Michael Macor of the San Francisco Chronicle has been named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition. Marcus Bleasdale of the London-based Independent Photographers Group was named Magazine Photographer of the Year. In newspapers, The Los Angeles Times won for overall excellence in picture editing, and best use of photography awards went to The Albuquerque Tribune for newspapers under 100,000 and The Palm Beach Post for newspapers over 100,000.

Full press release here and full winners list here.