The World Press Photo of the Year competition honours the photographer whose visual creativity and skills made a picture that captures or represents an event or issue of great journalistic importance in the last year. The 2017 contest drew entries from around the world: 5,034 photographers from 126 countries submitted 80,408 images. The jury gave prizes in eight categories to 45 photographers from 25 countries. WinkBall reporters Olivia Sumrie and Pooja Chhabria report.
Olivia Sumrie recently began her career as a presenter for WinkBall. She is currently studying a Masters​ at City University in London for Television Journalism. Her passion lies in current affairs and she was one of the few to make it to the final round of the BBC journalism trainee scheme last year. Olivia hopes to progress her career as a journalist through her event coverage here at WinkBall.
Pooja Chhabria has worked both in front and behind the camera at WinkBall. She graduated from City University with an MA and has just been selected for a fellowship position with the BBC. Pooja has covered an array of events for WinkBall some of which has been some of our best reports to date.