2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News · Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

First Place - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson leave the Tennessee State Capitol after a vote at the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse the previous week, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023.

Cheney Orr / Reuters

Second Place - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

Family embrace as they learn of the death of Joshua Starr, 37 years old who was shot multiple times in an epidemic of gun violence at his apartment building near Stanton Road SE in Washington DC on October 5, 2023. His family looked down from their balcony where forensic investigators documented shell casings and his bloody clothes. Homicides in the nations Capital surpassed 200 in late September up 35% from last year with a trend of increasing numbers in the past decade. His aunt showed a photo of his body that she took and lamented about a lack of caring on the part of the mayor and other authorities.It was initially reported that the shooter was wearing a school uniform, but no arrests have been made.

Carol Guzy

Third Place - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

Makatla Ritchter wades through flood waters after having to evacuate her home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Hurricane Idalia is hitting the Big Bend area of Florida.

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

Honorable Mention - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

People disperse after the NYPD set off a smoke bomb, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in New York's Union Square. Police in New York City struggled to control a crowd of thousands of people who gathered in Manhattan's Union Square for an Internet personality's videogame console giveaway that got out of hand.

Mary Altaffer / Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

Cars are seen piled on top of each other at the scene of a partial collapse of a parking garage in the Financial District of New York, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in New York.

Mary Altaffer / Associated Press