2002 – Print/Photo

Print Division
DAILY NEWSPAPERS- Writing & Reporting 
Attack on America & Aftermath
First Place: Los Angeles Times
Staff Entry
“America Attacked”
Second Place: Wall Street Journal
Staff Entry
“Day of Infamy”
Third Place: Miami Herald
Staff Entry
“Attack”
Spot News, circulation up to 75,000
First Place: Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY
Staff Entry
“September 11 Attacks”
 
Second Place: No Award Given
Third Place: No Award Given
Spot News, circulation over 75,000
First Place:  USA Today
Jack Kelley
“Sbarro Pizza Restaurant Bombing in Jerusalem”
Second Place: San Diego Union-Tribune
Staff entry
“Shooting at Santana High”
Third Place: Houston Chronicle
Staff entry
“The Great Flood-Tropical Storm Allison”
News Beat Coverage, circulation up to 75,000
First Place:  Poughkeepsie Journal
Mary Beth Pfeiffer
“Death in Prison: Punishing the Mentally Ill”
Second Place: Valley News, W. Lebanon, NH
Jim Kenyon
“The Other Side of  The Valley”
Third Place: Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV
Tara Tuckwiller
News Beat Coverage, circulation over 75,000
First Place:  USA Today
Stephanie Armour
Second Place: Sacramento Bee
Tom Knudson
“Environment, INC.”
Third Place: USA Today
Dave Moniz & Jim Drinkard
“Special Report: Tarnished Guardians”
Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects
First Place:  Baltimore Sun
Dan Rodricks
Second Place: Palm Beach Post
Frank Cerabino
Third Place: Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
Kathleen O’Brien
Special or Feature Column on One Subject
First Place: Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts
Second Place: Los Angeles Times
Patrick Goldstein
“The Big Picture”
Third Place: News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
J. Peder Zane
Editorial Writing
First Place:  Los Angeles Times
Andrew Malcolm
Second Place: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Martha Ezzard
“When Justice is a Crime”
Third Place: Sacramento Bee
Ginger Rutland
“Unfair Fares”
Sports Writing
First Place:  Los Angeles Times
Alan Abrahamson
Second Place: Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
Brad Parks
Third Place: San Diego Union-Tribune
Mark Zeigler
Feature Writing on Variety of Subjects
First Place:  St. Petersburg Times
Thomas French
Second Place: The Oregonian
Michael Wilson
Third Place: USA Today
Gregg Zoroya
Investigative Reporting
First Place: Seattle Times
Duff Wilson & David Heath
“Uninformed Consent”
  
Second Place: Los Angeles Times
Staff entry
“Revealing Terrorism”
Third Place: Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.
Keith Darce & Jeffrey Meitrodt
“River Barons: How Pilots Exploit Their Monopoly on the Mississippi”
Public Service
First Place  BEST OF SHOW IN PRINT DIVISION New York Daily News
Heidi Evans & Dave Saltonstall
“Hale House”
  
Second Place: St. Petersburg Times
Julie Hauserman
“The Poison in Your Back Yard”
Third Place: Chicago Tribune
Ken Armstrong, Steve Mills & Maurice Possley
“Cops and Confessions” and “The Rocetti Case”
Business News Coverage and/or Commentary by an Individual or Staff
First Place: The Oregonian
Jeff Manning, Gail Hill & Steve Woodward
  
Second Place: Associated Press
Adam Geller
Third Place: San Francisco Chronicle
David Lazarus
Editorial Cartoons
First Place:  The Oregonian
Jack Ohman
 
Second Place: Dayton Daily News
Mike Peters
Third Place: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mike Luckovich
MAGAZINES – Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic
First Place: Newsweek
Karen Breslau, Eleanor Clift & Evan Thomas
“The Real Story of Flight 93”
  
Second Place: Bloomberg News
Vernon Silver
“Inside Qaddafi’s Financial Web”
Third Place: Newsweek
Rod Nordland & Jeffrey Bartholet
“The Darkest Corner of the Internet”
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place:  Newsweek
David France & David Noonan
Second Place: Smart Money Magazine
Stephanie Williams
Third Place: Los Angeles Magazine
Jesse Katz
Special Column on One Subject
First Place:  Newsweek
Allan Sloan
Second Place: National Journal
Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Third Place: Newsweek
Jonathan Alter
NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES – Writing & Reporting 
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place:  Associated Press
Helen O’Neill
Second Place: Newhouse News Service
Jonathan Tilove
Third Place: Newhouse News Service
David Wood
Columns or Commentary on either a Single Topic or Variety of Topics
First Place:  Bloomberg News
Andrew Ferguson
Second Place: Newhouse News Service
James Lileks
Third Place: Bloomberg News
Michael Lewis
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES 
Newspapers – Spot News
First Place and Tie for  BEST OF SHOW IN PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION:

 

The Record, Hackensack, NJ
Thomas E. Franklin
“WTC – Firemen Flag Raising”
 
First Place and Tie for  BEST OF SHOW IN PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION:

 

New York Daily News
David Handschuh
“Dark Day”
Second Place: Newsday
Robert Mecea
“Lucky To Be Alive”
Third Place: No Award Given
Newspapers – Feature Photography
First Place:  Las Vegas Sun
Ethan Miller
“Candlelight Vigil”
 
Second Place: New York Daily News
John Roca
“Tears For Heroes”
Third Place: New York Times
Vincent Laforet
“Repairing Electrical Connections Atop the Empire State Building”
Newspapers – Sports Photography
First Place:  Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fl.
Phelan Ebenhack
“So Close”
Second Place: Journal News, White Plains, NY
Stuart Bayer
“Girls Soccer”
Third Place: Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
Barry Reeger
“Breaking Away”
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography
First Place:  Associated Press
Carmen Taylor
“Moment of Impact”
Second Place: Associated Press
Richard Drew
“Victim of Terrorism”
Third Place: Associated Press
Gulnara Samoilova
“Group of Survivors”
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Feature Photography
First Place:   Associated Press
Vadim Ghirda
“Macedonian Refugees”
Second Place: Sports Illustrated
Philippe Poulet
“French Dip”
Third Place: Associated Press
Tony Gutierrez
“Conjuring Up A Storm”
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Sports Photography
First Place:  Sports Illustrated
Darren Carroll
“Traveling Steerage”
Second Place: Sports Illustrated
Bob Rosato
“Dreadful”
Third Place: Sports Illustrated
Bob Rosato
“Beeline”
Photography Portfolio
First Place:  Denver Post
Craig F. Walker
Second Place: Philadelphia Daily News
David Maialetti
Third Place: No Award Given
Newspapers – Informational Graphics
First Place: Charlotte Observer
William H. Pitzer, Jr.
 
Second Place: Los Angeles Times
Staff entry
Third Place: The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
Dan Garrow
Newspapers – Illustrative Graphics
First Place:  Newsday
Gary Viskupic
 
Second Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Daniel Marsula
Third Place: The Oregonian
Steve Cowden