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| DAILY NEWSPAPERS & NEWS SYNDICATES – Writing & Reporting | |||||
| Spot News | |||||
| First Place: | The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY “Crisis on Wall Street” Staff Entry |
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| Second Place: | Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI “A Mayor in Crisis” Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO “Kirkwood Shootings” Staff Entry |
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| News Beat Coverage or Continuing Story | |||||
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL “America’s Hidden Wars in Africa” Paul Salopek |
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| Second Place: | The Boston Globe, Boston, MA “Madoff” Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY “Financial Crisis” Staff Entry |
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| News Series, circulation up to 75,000 | |||||
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The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, MD “Domestic Violence” Staff Entry |
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| Second Place: | Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD “Reservation Suicide Surge” Steve Young, Lara Neel |
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| Third Place: | Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima, WA “Hidden Wells, Dirty Water” Leah Beth Ward |
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| News Series, circulation over 75,000 | |||||
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI “Ambassador Mahal” Jan Uebelherr |
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| Second Place: | Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL “Domestic Violence” Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA “Genes as Evidence” Jason Felch, Maura Dolan |
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| Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects | |||||
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI “No Quarter” Daniel Bice |
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| Second Place: | Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI “Column Collection by Mitch Albom” Mitch Albom |
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| Third Place: | Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL “Politics, Chicago and Obama” John Kass |
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| Special or Feature Column on One Subject | |||||
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The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH “The Inheritance” Regina Brett |
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| Second Place: | St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL “Paycheck to Paycheck” John Pendygraft |
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| Third Place: | St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL “Real Florida” Jeff Klinkenberg |
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| Editorial Writing | |||||
| First Place: |  Jeff Gerritt |
 Stephen Henderson |
 Ron Dzwonkowski |
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI Editorial Board |
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| Second Place: | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, AR David Barham |
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| Third Place: | The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY Mark Mahoney |
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| Sports Column | |||||
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The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO Joe Posnanski |
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| Second Place: | Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI Mitch Albom |
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| Third Place: | The Oregonian, Portland, OR John Canzano |
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| Sports Writing | |||||
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The Boston Globe, Boston, MA Sports Reporting Collection Dan Shaughnessy |
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| Second Place: | The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY “Tragedy on the Track” Jennie Rees, Andrew Wolfson, Greg Hall |
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| Third Place: | San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA Sports Reporting Collection Brent Schrotenboer |
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| Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects | |||||
| First Place: |  |
St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL Lane DeGregory |
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| Second Place: | The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA Melissa Dribben |
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| Third Place: | Associated Press, New York, NY Ted Anthony |
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| Business News Coverage | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Miami Herald, Miami, FL “Borrowers Betrayed” Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman, Rob Barry” |
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| Second Place: | The Boston Globe, Boston, MA “Multinational Corporations Get Around U.S. Laws” Farah Stockman |
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| Third Place: | USA Today “Airlines Rising Fares” Gary Stoller |
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| Education Writing | |||||
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The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH “Putting Teachers to the Test” Scott Stephens, Edith Starzyk |
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| Second Place: | The Oregonian, Portland, OR “Disciplining Oregon Teachers” Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas, Bill Graves |
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| Third Place: | Newsday, Melville, NY “School Lunch on LI” Jennifer Sinco Kelleher |
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| Health/Medical Science Writing | |||||
| First Place: |  |
The Miami Herald, Miami, FL “South Florida’s Medicare Racket” Jay Weaver |
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| Second Place: | Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN “Your Choice: Health Care’s New Era” Josephine Marcotty, Chen May Yee, Warren Wolfe, Maura Lerner |
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| Third Place: | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH “John Mangels, Body of Work” John Mangels |
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| Environmental Reporting | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI “Great Lakes, Great Peril” Dan Egan |
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| Second Place: | The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA “Smoke and Mirrors” John Shiffman, John Sullivan, Tom Avril |
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| Third Place: | The State, Columbia, S.C. “DHEC Under Fire Sammy Fretwell, John Monk, Eileen Waddell |
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| Investigative Reporting | |||||
First Place: St. Onge, Alexander, Ordonez, Hall and Mellnik |
Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C. “The Cruelest Cuts” Ames Alexander, Kerry Hall, Franco Ordoñez Peter S. Onge & Ted Mellnik |
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| Second Place: | The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. “Forced Out” Debbie Cenziper and Sarah Cohen |
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| Third Place: | Associated Press, New York, N.Y. “PharmaWater” Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza & Justin Pritchard |
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| Public Service | |||||
| First Place: |  |
 Jim Schaefer |
 M. L. Elrick |
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI “Mayor in Crisis” Staff Entry |
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| Second Place: | Newsday, Melville, N.Y. “The Pension & Privileges Jackpot” Sandra Peddie & Eden Laikin |
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| Third Place: | USA Today, McLean, VA “Smokestack Effect” Blake Morrison & Brad Heath |
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| Editorial Cartoons | |||||
| First Place: |  |
San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA Stephen P. Breen |
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| Second Place: | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA Don Asmussen |
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| Third Place: | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN Clay Bennett |
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| Journalistic Innovation | |||||
First Place:  |
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA “Kali’s Book – Please Touch Museum” Frank Wiese & Inquirer Please Touch Team |
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| Second Place: | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH “American Dream Project” Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI “Christ Child House” Kathleen Galligan & Robin Erb |
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| MAGAZINES – Writing & Reporting | |||||
| Coverage of a Major News Event | |||||
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Newsweek, New York, N.Y. “How He Did It” Staff Entry |
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| Second Place: | Fast Company, New York, N.Y. “China Storms Africa” Richard Behar |
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| Third Place: | Newsweek, New York, N.Y. “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage” Lisa Miller |
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| Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Boston Globe, Boston, MA Neil Swidey |
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| Second Place: | Milwaukee Magazine, Milwaukee, WI Kurt Chandler |
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| Third Place: | SmartMoney, New York, N.Y. Anne Kadet |
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| Column | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Newsweek, New York, N.Y. “The Money Culture” Daniel Gross |
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| Second Place: | SmartMoney, New York, N.Y. “Tough Customer” Anne Kadet |
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| Third Place: | Newsweek, New York, N.Y. “World View” Fareed Zakaria |
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| PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES | |||||
| Newspapers – Spot News Photography | |||||
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA John Gibbins “Tijuana River Valley Flooding” |
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| Second Place: | Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA Steven M. Falk “Cop Shot” |
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| Third Place: | New York Daily News, New York, NY Nicholas Fevelo “Swept Away” |
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| Newspapers – Feature Photography | |||||
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The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA Peter Haley “Retired Marine & Wife Watch Son’s Casket Moved from Hearse” |
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| Second Place: | The Boston Globe, Boston, MA Essdras M. Suarez “Breathless” |
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| Third Place: | New York Daily News, New York, NY Ron Antonelli “Leading Man” |
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| Newspapers – Sports Photography | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX Tom Fox “Usain Bolt Breaks World Record” |
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| Second Place: | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA Sean M. Haffey “Fourth Round, U.S. Open Golf Coverage” |
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| Third Place: | The Boston Globe, Boston, MA Barry Chin “Against All Odds” |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography | |||||
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Associated Press Chris Carlson “Supporting Hands” |
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| Second Place: | Associated Press Majed Hamdan “Trapped in Rubble” |
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| Third Place: | Associated Press George Abdaladze “Caught in Airstrike” |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Feature Photography | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Associated Press Alaa Al-Marjani “School Time” |
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| Second Place: | Associated Press Joel Ryan “Powell Dance-a-thon” |
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| Third Place: | Bloomberg News Chris Ratcliffe “Man walks past billboard of Keith Richards” |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Sports Photography | |||||
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Sports Illustrated Heinz Kluetmeier “0.01” |
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| Second Place: | Sports Illustrated Damian Strohmeyer “The Catch – Super Bowl XLII” |
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| Third Place: | Associated Press Scott Heppell “Ariel Feat” |
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| Photography Portfolio | |||||
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Associated Press Emilio Morenatti |
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| Second Place: | Associated Press David Guttenfelder |
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| Third Place: | Associated Press Oded Balilty |
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| Photo Essay/Story | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Miami Herald, Miami, FL Patrick Farrell “Four Hurricanes Hit Haiti” |
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| Second Place: | Aurora/Time Magazine Callie Shell “A Look Behind Scenes/Presidential Campaign of Sen. Barack Obama” |
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| Third Place: | Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX Sonya N. Hebert “At the Edge of Life” |
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| Portrait | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Miami Herald, Miami, FL Carl Juste “Elmore Nickelberry, Memphis sanitation worker who participated in 1968 Strike with his son” |
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| Second Place: | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA Mike Kepka “Rev. Cecil Williams” |
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| Third Place: | Newsweek Nigel Dickson “Portrait of Michelle Obama” |
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| Newspapers/Magazines: Informational Graphics | |||||
| First Place: |  |
Oregonian, Portland, OR Eric Baker |
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| Second Place: | San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA Staff Entry |
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| Newspapers/Magazines: Illustrative Graphics | |||||
| First Place: |  |
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH Andrea Levy |
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| Second Place: | St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL Staff Entry |
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| Third Place: | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA. Daniel Marsula |
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