Er, not for His Blackness, aka Inmate No. 18330-424, but for Canadian Press photographer David Chidley. From CBC.ca:
A photo of former Canadian media baron Conrad Black giving the finger to reporters during his trial in Chicago has taken top prize for spot news at the second annual National Pictures of the Year awards competition.
The awards are a creation of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) and winners were judged from more than 2,200 entries.
Conrad Black gives the finger to a member of the media as he arrives at the courthouse for his fraud trial in Chicago in July 2007.
(Dave Chidley/Canadian Press)The winners were announced at a gala in Vancouver on Saturday night.
The Conrad Black photo was taken by David Chidley of the Canadian Press during the businessman's trial, in which Black was convicted of obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders of his former newspaper company, Hollinger International Inc.
Black is currently serving a 6½-year sentence at a jail in central Florida.
Conrad Black gives the finger to a member of the media as he arrives at the courthouse for his fraud trial in Chicago in July 2007.