Baltimore Sun multimedia editor Christopher T. Assaf won first place this week in the White House News Photographers Association's "The Eyes of History 2011" contest in the Video Photography - General News category.

Assaf won for "Snowmagedon 2010" coverage of Baltimore's historic snowstorms in February 2010.

He will join the other winners of the still, video and new media contests at the annual "Eyes of History" Gala on May 14, 2011, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington.

The 90-year-old photographers organization supports the efforts of Washington's professional photojournalists.