A narrative picture story based on daily coverage of a general or breaking news event that is of primary interest to the local audience in a media organization or the photographer’s primary geographic market. In other words, a hometown story. 10 photographs maximum per story.
Dolls belonging to Piper Tennant, 11, rest outside the house where the family relocated in Paden City, West Virginia, on February 16, 2024. The family sealed many of their belongings in plastic to avoid exposure to volatile organic compounds that may have contaminated them.