FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 24, 2009

Roll Call Photographers Honored

Note from Roll Call Photo Editor Douglas Graham

I’m really happy to announce that Staff Photographer Tom Williams won an award from the White House News Photographers Association in the 2009 “Eyes of History” contest.

Tom won 3rd place in one of the hardest categories for his photo of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel whispering to each other after the House passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on Oct. 3, 2008. The category, “On Capitol Hill,” always has the highest number of entries.

Philip Andrews, our contributing photographer, also netted an award of excellence in the “Pictorial” category for Roll Call.

— Douglas Graham

The White House News Photographers Association is a professional association for photojournalists who cover the president, Congress and major news events in Washington and around the world. Their annual “Eyes of History” contest showcases the top entries in the still photography, television, new media and student categories. More information can be found at http://www.whnpa.org/.

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