The Pictures of the Year (POYi) competition is underway and winners are being posted Online daily. In the first few days, the Natural Disasters and Sports categories have been judged.
The contest has a rich heritage in the field of photojournalism and began in 1944 at the Missouri School of Journalism. Now in its 63rd year, the competition continues to honor the very best in the business.
The judges for this year's POYi represent a broad specturm of the industry including freelance photojournalists, photo editors and directors.