5:30 p.m. update » As Day 1 turns into Night 1, we have our first Gold Medals of the competition - one awarded to the Los Angeles Times for a portrait of woman in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the other for a photo illustration by the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Andrea Levy about taxes. These came with a handfull of Silver Medals in photo, news and features.

With dinner coming up soon, the news team is looking at sports pages, the long-form team is looking at special section covers, graphics is judging non-breaking news and features graphics; and photo is diving into multi-photo stories. Overall, nearly 4,000 entries have been judged, with a little more than 200 winners.