| NEWSPAPER AWARDS | |||||
| Spot News in Daily Newspapers, all sizes | |||||
| First Place: | “Traffic Stop Goes Horribly Wrong” St. Petersburg Times staff, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Second Place: | “Water Main Break” The Boston Globe staff, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Third Place: | “Rescue of the Chilean Miners” Associated Press staff Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| News Beat Coverage or Continuing Story by an Individual or Team | |||||
| First Place: | “Haiti” Jonathan Katz Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Deep Trouble” The Wall Street Journal staff The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “Gulf Oil Spill” Associated Press staff Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| News Series in Daily Newspapers with daily circulation up to 75,000 | |||||
| First Place: | “Money Pit/Money Maker” Mary Beth Pfeiffer Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Growing Up Indian” Steve Young Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. |
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| Third Place: | “District 189 Spending” Maria BaranGeorge PawlaczykBeth HundsdorferBelleville News-Democrat, Belleville, IL |
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| News Series in Daily Newspapers with daily circulation over 75,000 | |||||
| First Place: | “Breaking Point: Personal Tales of New Jersey’s Tax Crush” Asbury Park Press Projects Staff Asbury Park Press Neptune, N.J. |
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| Second Place: | “Probate Court: A Troubled System” Robert Anglen, Pat Kossan and Laurie Roberts The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ |
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| Third Place: | “Help Wanted” Mike Wilson and the St. Petersburg Times staff St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects | |||||
| First Place: | Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Boston, MA |
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| Second Place: | Wendi C. Thomas The Commerical Appeal, Memphis, TN |
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| Third Place: | “Oasis of Hope” Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI |
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| Special or Feature Column on One Subject by an Individual | |||||
| First Place: | “Rumble Seat” Dan Neil The Wall Street Journal New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | Samantha Critchell Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | Mike Sutter Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX |
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| Editorial Writing by an Individual or Team | |||||
| First Place: | Mark Mahoney The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | Lee Hockstader The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
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| Third Place: | James E. Causey Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Sports Column by an Individual | |||||
| First Place: | Geoff Calkins The Commercial Appeal Memphis, TN |
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| Second Place: | Sally Jenkins The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
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| Third Place: | Scott Soshnick Bloomberg News, New York, N.Y. |
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| Sports Writing by an Individual or team | |||||
| First Place: | “Stephen Strasburg Coverage” Dave Sheinin The Washington Post Washington, D.C. |
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| Second Place: | Bob Hohler The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Third Place: | “Blood Brothers” Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O’Connell The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y. |
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| Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects by an Individual | |||||
| First Place: | Paul Duggan The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
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| Second Place: | Lane DeGregory St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Third Place: | Bella English The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Business News Coverage, Business Commentary, and/or Business Column by an Individual or Team | |||||
| First Place: | “Florida’s Insurance Nightmare” Paige St. John Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota, FL |
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| Second Place: | “How Wall Street Duped Main Street” Martin Z. Braun and William Selway Bloomberg News, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “The Fault Lines Under the Crust” Jenn Abelson The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Education Writing | |||||
| First Place: | “Education Inc.” Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman Bloomberg News New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Tennessee State University: A University Challenged” Jaime Sarrio and Brad Schrade The Tennessean, Nashville, TN |
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| Third Place: | “Big Bucks U.” Alan Bavley The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO |
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| Health/Medical/Science Writing | |||||
| First Place: | “One in a Billion: A Boy’s Life, a Medical Mystery” Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Second Place: | David Brown and Linda Davidson The Washington Post, Washington, D.C |
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| Third Place: | “Money and Medicine” Amanda Bennett, Peter Waldman and David Armstrong Bloomberg News, New York, N.Y |
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| Environmental Writing | |||||
| First Place: | Michael Hawthorne The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL |
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| Second Place: | Craig Pittman St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Third Place: | Jim Lynch The Detroit News, Detroit, MI |
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| Investigative Reporting | |||||
| First Place & GRAND AWARD in Print: |  |
“Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas” Marshall Allen, Alex Richards and the Las Vegas Sun staff Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas, NV |
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| Second Place: | “The Hidden Life of Guns” The Washington Post staff The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
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| Third Place: | “Deadly Neglect” Sam Roe and Jared S. Hopkins The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL |
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| Public Service Performed by Publishing Material in a Daily Newspaper | |||||
| First Place: | “Top Secret America” Dana Priest and William M. Arkin The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
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| Second Place: | “An Agency Where Patronage is Job One” The Boston Globe Spotlight Team The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Third Place: | “Predatory Doctors” Megan Twohey Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL |
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| Editorial Cartoons | |||||
| First Place: | Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News Dayton, OH |
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| Second Place: | Stuart Carlson Universal Uclick Syndicate |
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| Third Place: | Adam Zyglis The Buffalo News, Buffalo, N.Y. |
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| Journalistic Innovation | |||||
| First Place: | “Attempting to Elevate Online Commentary” The Las Vegas Sun staff The Las Vegan Sun, Las Vegas, NV |
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| Second Place: | “What They Know” The Wall Street Journal staff The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “The Midwest Democracy Project” Anne Spenner The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO |
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| PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS | |||||
| Newspapers – Spot News Photography, Single Photo | |||||
| First Place: | “Saved” Eric Stringer New York Daily News, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Fort Worth Officer Injured in High Speed Chase” Tom Fox The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX |
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| Third Place: | “The State of Dope” Joe Amon The Denver Post, Denver, CO |
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| Newspapers – Feature Photography, Single Photograph | |||||
| First Place: | “Bucket List” Kathryn Scott Osler The Denver Post Denver, CO |
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| Second Place: | “Japanese Festival” Robert Cohen St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO |
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| Third Place: | “Snow Swept Rooftops” Jed Kirschbaum The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD |
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| Newspapers – Sports Photography, Single Photograph | |||||
| First Place: | “Just Missed” Louis DeLuca Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX |
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| Second Place: | “Laid Out Flat” Josie Lepe San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA |
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| Third Place: | “Watch Out!” Chuck Crow The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography, Single Photograph | |||||
| First Place: | “Royal Attack” Matt Dunham Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Run Down” Moammar Awwad Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “Under Attack” Ivan Sekretarev Associated Press, New York, N.Y |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Feature Photography, Single Photograph | |||||
| First Place: | “Graduation Day” Gemunu Amarasinghe Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Heading Home” Maya Alleruzzo Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “In All Its Glory” Larry Downing Reuters Photos, Washington, D.C. |
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| Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Sports Photography, Single Photograph | |||||
| First Place: | John W. McDonough Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | Al Tielemans Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | Tim Larsen Associated Press, New York, N.Y. |
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| Photography Portfolio | |||||
| First Place: | Jay Janner Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX |
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| Second Place: | Bill Greene The Boston, Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Third Place: | Ralph Barrera Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX |
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| Photo Essay/Story | |||||
| First Place & GRAND AWARD in Photography: | |
“Earthquake in Haiti” Ramon Espinosa The Associated Press New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Private Battles” Sonya N. Hebert The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX |
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| Third Place: | “Where the Need to Help Meets the Need to Hope” Bill Greene The Boston Globe, Boston, MA |
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| Portrait | |||||
| First Place: | “My Son’s Uniform” Sonya N. Hebert The Dallas Morning News Dallas, TX |
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| Second Place: | “Coal Miner” RJ Sangosti The Denver Post, Denver, CO |
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| Third Place: | “I’m Blessed” Lisa DeJong The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH |
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| Newspapers/Magazines: Informational Graphics | |||||
| First Place: | William Neff The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH |
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| Second Place: | Don Morris and John Corbitt “The Gulf Oil Spill” St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Third Place: | Linda Scott, Bob Calzada and Rob Villalpando Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX |
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| Newspapers/Magazines: Illustrative Graphics | |||||
| First Place: | Andrea Levy The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH |
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| Second Place: | Don Morris St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Third Place: | no award given | ||||
| MAGAZINES – Writing & Reporting | |||||
| Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic | |||||
| First Place: | “Special Report: Concusssions” Sports Illustrated staff Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | “Bound for America” John Bowe, Mother Jones & The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | “The Man Who Conned the Pentagon” Aram Roston Playboy, New York, N.Y. |
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| Feature Writing by an Individual on a Variety of Subjects | |||||
| First Place: | Lev Grossman Time, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | Kurt Chandler Milwaukee Magazine, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Column | |||||
| First Place: | Anne Kadet SmartMoney, New York, N.Y. |
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| Second Place: | Phil Taylor Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y. |
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| Third Place: | Joe Klein Time, New York, N.Y. |
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