2009 – Print/Photo

Print Division
DAILY NEWSPAPERS & NEWS SYNDICATES – Writing & Reporting 
Spot News
First Place: The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
“Crisis on Wall Street”
Staff Entry
Second Place: Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
“A Mayor in Crisis”
Staff Entry
Third Place: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
“Kirkwood Shootings”
Staff Entry
News Beat Coverage or Continuing Story
First Place: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
“America’s Hidden Wars in Africa”
Paul Salopek
Second Place: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
“Madoff”
Staff Entry
Third Place: The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
“Financial Crisis”
Staff Entry
News Series, circulation up to 75,000
First Place:

The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, MD
“Domestic Violence”
Staff Entry
Second Place: Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD
“Reservation Suicide Surge”
Steve Young, Lara Neel
Third Place: Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima, WA
“Hidden Wells, Dirty Water”
Leah Beth Ward
News Series, circulation over 75,000
First Place: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
“Ambassador Mahal”
Jan Uebelherr
Second Place: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
“Domestic Violence”
Staff Entry
Third Place: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
“Genes as Evidence”
Jason Felch, Maura Dolan
Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
“No Quarter”
Daniel Bice
Second Place: Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
“Column Collection by Mitch Albom”
Mitch Albom
Third Place: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
“Politics, Chicago and Obama”
John Kass
Special or Feature Column on One Subject
First Place: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
“The Inheritance”
Regina Brett
Second Place: St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
“Paycheck to Paycheck”
John Pendygraft
Third Place: St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
“Real Florida”
Jeff Klinkenberg
Editorial Writing
First Place:
Jeff Gerritt

Stephen Henderson

Ron Dzwonkowski
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Editorial Board
Second Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, AR
David Barham
Third Place: The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY
Mark Mahoney
Sports Column
First Place: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
Joe Posnanski
Second Place: Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Mitch Albom
Third Place: The Oregonian, Portland, OR
John Canzano
Sports Writing
First Place: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Sports Reporting Collection
Dan Shaughnessy 
Second Place: The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
“Tragedy on the Track”
Jennie Rees, Andrew Wolfson, Greg Hall 
Third Place: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
Sports Reporting Collection
Brent Schrotenboer 
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Lane DeGregory 
Second Place: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Melissa Dribben
Third Place: Associated Press, New York, NY
Ted Anthony
Business News Coverage
First Place: Miami Herald, Miami, FL
“Borrowers Betrayed”
Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman, Rob Barry”
Second Place: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
“Multinational Corporations Get Around U.S. Laws”
Farah Stockman 
Third Place: USA Today
“Airlines Rising Fares”
Gary Stoller
Education Writing
First Place: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
“Putting Teachers to the Test”
Scott Stephens, Edith Starzyk 
Second Place: The Oregonian, Portland, OR
“Disciplining Oregon Teachers”
Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas, Bill Graves 
Third Place: Newsday, Melville, NY
“School Lunch on LI”
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
Health/Medical Science Writing
First Place: The Miami Herald, Miami, FL
“South Florida’s Medicare Racket”
Jay Weaver
Second Place: Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN
“Your Choice: Health Care’s New Era”
Josephine Marcotty, Chen May Yee, Warren Wolfe, Maura Lerner
Third Place: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
“John Mangels, Body of Work”
John Mangels
Environmental  Reporting
First Place: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
“Great Lakes, Great Peril”
Dan Egan
Second Place: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
“Smoke and Mirrors”
John Shiffman, John Sullivan, Tom Avril 
Third Place: The State, Columbia, S.C.
“DHEC Under Fire
Sammy Fretwell, John Monk, Eileen Waddell
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 
Second Place: The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
“Forced Out”
Debbie Cenziper and Sarah Cohen 
Third Place: Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
“PharmaWater”
Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza & Justin Pritchard
Public Service
First Place: Best of Show
Jim Schaefer

M. L. Elrick
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
“Mayor in Crisis”
Staff Entry
Second Place: Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
“The Pension & Privileges Jackpot”
Sandra Peddie & Eden Laikin 
Third Place: USA Today, McLean, VA
“Smokestack Effect”
Blake Morrison & Brad Heath
Editorial Cartoons
First Place: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
Stephen P. Breen
Second Place: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
Don Asmussen 
Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN
Clay Bennett
Journalistic Innovation
First Place:          Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
“Kali’s Book – Please Touch Museum”
Frank Wiese & Inquirer Please Touch Team
 
Second Place: Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH
“American Dream Project”
Staff Entry
Third Place: Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
“Christ Child House”
Kathleen Galligan & Robin Erb 
MAGAZINES – Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place: Newsweek, New York, N.Y.
“How He Did It”
Staff Entry
Second Place: Fast Company, New York, N.Y.
“China Storms Africa”
Richard Behar 
Third Place: Newsweek, New York, N.Y.
“The Religious Case for Gay Marriage”
Lisa Miller
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Neil Swidey 
Second Place: Milwaukee Magazine, Milwaukee, WI
Kurt Chandler
Third Place: SmartMoney, New York, N.Y.
Anne Kadet 
Column
First Place: Newsweek, New York, N.Y.
“The Money Culture”
Daniel Gross
Second Place: SmartMoney, New York, N.Y.
“Tough Customer”
Anne Kadet 
Third Place: Newsweek, New York, N.Y.
“World View”
Fareed Zakaria 
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES 
Newspapers – Spot News Photography
First Place: The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
John Gibbins
“Tijuana River Valley Flooding”
Second Place: Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA
Steven M. Falk
“Cop Shot”
Third Place: New York Daily News, New York, NY
Nicholas Fevelo
“Swept Away”
Newspapers – Feature Photography
First Place: The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
Peter Haley
“Retired Marine & Wife Watch Son’s Casket Moved from Hearse”
Second Place: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Essdras M. Suarez
“Breathless”
Third Place: New York Daily News, New York, NY
Ron Antonelli
“Leading Man”
Newspapers – Sports Photography
First Place: Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
Tom Fox
“Usain Bolt Breaks World Record”
Second Place: The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
Sean M. Haffey
“Fourth Round, U.S. Open Golf Coverage”
Third Place: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Barry Chin
“Against All Odds”
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography
First Place: Associated Press
Chris Carlson
“Supporting Hands”
Second Place: Associated Press
Majed Hamdan
“Trapped in Rubble”
Third Place: Associated Press
George Abdaladze
“Caught in Airstrike” 
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Feature Photography
First Place: Associated Press
Alaa Al-Marjani
“School Time”
Second Place: Associated Press
Joel Ryan
“Powell Dance-a-thon”
Third Place: Bloomberg News
Chris Ratcliffe
“Man walks past billboard of Keith Richards”
Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Sports Photography
First Place: Sports Illustrated
Heinz Kluetmeier
“0.01”
Second Place: Sports Illustrated
Damian Strohmeyer
“The Catch – Super Bowl XLII” 
Third Place: Associated Press
Scott Heppell
“Ariel Feat”
Photography Portfolio
First Place: Best of Show Associated Press
Emilio Morenatti
 
Second Place: Associated Press
David Guttenfelder 
Third Place: Associated Press
Oded Balilty 
Photo Essay/Story
First Place: Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Patrick Farrell
“Four Hurricanes Hit Haiti”
Second Place: Aurora/Time Magazine
Callie Shell
“A Look Behind Scenes/Presidential Campaign of Sen. Barack Obama”
Third Place: Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
Sonya N. Hebert
“At the Edge of Life”
Portrait
First Place: Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Carl Juste
“Elmore Nickelberry, Memphis sanitation worker who participated in 1968 Strike with his son”
Second Place: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
Mike Kepka
“Rev. Cecil Williams”
Third Place: Newsweek
Nigel Dickson
“Portrait of Michelle Obama” 
Newspapers/Magazines: Informational Graphics
First Place: Oregonian, Portland, OR
Eric Baker
Second Place: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
Staff Entry
Third Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
Staff Entry
Newspapers/Magazines: Illustrative Graphics
First Place: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
Andrea Levy
Second Place: St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Staff Entry
Third Place: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA.
Daniel Marsula