2015 – Print/Photo

DAILY NEWSPAPERS & NEWS SYNDICATES
Spot news in daily newspapers, all sizes
First Place “Columbia Mall Shooting”
Baltimore Sun Media Group Staff
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, MD
Second Place: “Ferguson Police Officer Kills Michael Brown”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Staff
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Third Place: “Ferguson: No Indictment”
Associated Press Staff
Associated Press
New York, NY
Local news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place & GRAND AWARD : “Cruel and Usual”
Julie K. Brown
Miami Herald
Miami, FL
Second Place: “George Washington Bridge Scandal”
Shawn Boburg
The Record of North Jersey
Hackensack, NJ
Third Place: “Deaths in Police Custody and Parole System Problems”
Gina Barton
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee, WI
International news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place: “Dying for Justice: China’s Broken Legal System”
William Wan
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
Second Place: “Border Surge”
Aaron Nelsen and Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio, TX
Third Place: “Reporting from Egypt”
Hamza Hendawi
Associated Press
New York, NY
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000
 First Place: “Till Death Do Us Part”
Doug Pardue, Glenn Smith and Jennifer Berry Hawes
Post and Courier
Charleston, SC
Second Place: “The Iron Soldier”
Ken Serrano and Brian Johnston
Asbury Park Press
Neptune, NJ
Third Place: Killers & Pain”
Mary Beth Pfeiffer
Poughkeepsie Journal
Poughkeepsie, NY
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000
 First Place: “Drugging Our Kids”
Karen de Sá and Dai Sugano
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose, CA
Second Place: “Fugitives Next Door”
Brad Heath
USA Today
McLean, VA
Third Place: “Last Living Survivors of USS Arizona”
Shaun McKinnon and Pat Shannahan
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Local interest column on a variety of subjects
 First Place: John Romano
Tampa Bay Times
St. Petersburg, FL
Second Place: Colin McEnroe
Hartford Courant
Hartford, CT
Third Place: Phillip Morris
Plain Dealer
Cleveland, OH
Special or feature column on one subject by an individual
 First Place: Laura Reiley
Tampa Bay Times
St. Petersburg, Florida
Second Place: Andrea Simakis
Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Third Place: Marc Ramirez
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
Editorial writing by an individual or team
First Place: “Editorials on the VA scandal”
Doug MacEachern
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Second Place: Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Third Place: “Jury still out on justice in Koschman case”
Tom McNamee
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago, IL
Sports column by an individual
 First Place: “Brenda Tracy’s Ordeal”
John Canzano
The Oregonian
Portland, OR
Second Place: Tom Jones
Tampa Bay Times
St. Petersburg, FL
Third Place: John Leicester
Associated Press
New York, NY
Sports writing by an individual or team
First Place: Jared Hopkins
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
Second Place: “Mind Over Matter: Concussions and Football”
Stephanie Kuzydym
Northeast Ohio Media Group
Cleveland, OH
Third Place: Daniel Brown
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose, CA
Feature writing on a variety of subjects by an individual
First Place: Krista Larson
Associated Press
New York, NY
Second Place: Eric Moskowitz
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA
Third Place: Lane DeGregory
Tampa Bay Times
St. Petersburg, FL
Business news coverage, business commentary and/or business columns by an individual or team
First Place: “Tax Runaways”
Zachary R. Mider
Bloomberg News
New York, NY
Second Place: “Motorola’s Reign is Taxpayers’ Bane”
Gregory Gordon, Lydia Mulvany and Paul Hampton
McClatchy Company
Washington, D.C.
Third Place: Robert Anglen
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Education writing by an individual or team
First Place: “Shuttered: Florida’s Failed Charter Schools” Jacob Carpenter
Naples Daily News
Naples, FL
Second Place: “Empty Desks”
Betsy Hammond
The Oregonian
Portland, OR
Third Place: Kimberly Hefling
Associated Press
New York, NY
Health, medical and science writing by an individual or team
First Place: “Ebola: Tracking a Killer Across Continents”
Associated Press Staff
Associated Press
New York, NY
Second Place: “Insult to Injury”
Tampa Bay Times Staff
Tampa Bay Times
St. Petersburg, FL
Third Place: “The Cost of Not Caring”
Mental Health Project team USA Today
McLean, VA
Environmental writing by an individual or team
First Place: “Deadly Legacy”
Brandon Loomis and David Wallace
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Second Place: “California’s Drought”
Paul Rogers and Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose, CA
Third Place: “Buck Fever”
Ryan Sabalow, Robert Scheer and Steve Berta
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, IN
Investigative reporting
First Place: “Investigation of Centinela Valley”
Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci
Los Angeles News Group
West Covina, CA
Second Place: “Undue force”
Mark Puente
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, MD
Third Place: “Cuba Twitter”
Associated Press Staff
Associated Press
New York, NY
Public service performed by publishing material in a daily newspaper
First Place: “Harsh Treatment”
David Jackson, Gary Marx and Duaa Eldeib
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
Second Place: “VA scandal coverage”
Arizona Republic Staff
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Third Place: “Illusion of Safety”
Keegan Kyle, Tony Saavedra and David Whiting
Orange County Register,
Santa Ana, CA
Editorial cartoons
First Place: Stephen Benson
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
Second Place: Adam Zyglis
Buffalo News
Buffalo, NY
Third Place: Signe Wilkinson
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia, PA
Journalistic innovation
First Place: “Payday California”
Joanna Lin, Michael Corey and Emmanuel Martinez
The Center for Investigative Reporting
Emeryville, CA
Second Place: “Dress a Duck machine generator”
Quentin Lueninghoener and Seth Prince
The Oregonian
Portland, OR
Third Place: “AZCentral Fact Check”
Arizona Republic Staff
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Phoenix, AZ
MAGAZINES
Magazine coverage of a major news event or topic
First Place: “The Ebola Fighters”
Aryn Baker
TIME
New York, NY
Second Place: “Could Financial Planning Help Stem the Rate of Military Suicides?”
Ann Marsh, Scott Wenger and Kamrhan Farwell
Financial Planning
New York, NY
Third Place: “The Shadow Lobbying Complex”
Lee Fang
The Nation in partnership with the
Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute
New York, NY
Magazine feature writing by an individual on a variety of subjects
First Place: Abigail Pesta
Cosmopolitan
New York, NY
Second Place: Seth Wickersham
ESPN The Magazine
West Hartford, CT
Third Place: Wright Thompson
ESPN The Magazine
West Hartford, CT
Magazine column
First Place: “The Fix” Chris Jones
ESPN The Magazine
West Hartford, CT
Second Place: “The Truth” Howard Bryant
ESPN The Magazine
West Hartford, CT
Third Place: Melissa Harris-Perry
ESSENCE
New York, NY
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES 
Newspapers spot news photography
First Place: “Return Fire”
Robert Cohen
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Second Place: “In The Pursuit of Happiness”
Edward Hille
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA
Third Place: “Looting Ferguson”
David Carson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Newspapers feature photography
First Place: “Icy Cathedral”
Brian Peterson
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Minneapolis, MN
Second Place: “Unidentified Immigrant’s Crisis”
Bob Owen
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio, TX
Third Place: “The Hug”
Johnny Nguyen
The Oregonian
Portland, OR
Newspapers sports photography
First Place: “Stanley Cup winning goal”
Michael Goulding
Orange County Register
Santa Ana, CA
Second Place: “Ghost Tackle” Steven M. Falk
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia, PA
Third Place: “Moustakas Catch”
Jill Toyoshiba
Kansas City Star
Kansas City, MI
 
Magazines, news services or syndicates spot news photography
First Place & GRAND AWARD: “The Ghosts of Ebola”
Kieran Kesner
Zuma Press
San Clemente, CA
Second Place: Place “Fiery Cocktail”
Efrem Lukatsky
Associated Press
New York, NY
Third Place: “Wounded”
Khalil Hamra
Associated Press
New York, NY
Magazines, news services or syndicates feature photography
First Place: “Defeated”
Natacha Pisarenko
Associated Press
New York, NY
Second Place: “Wild Ride”
Joerg Mitter
Zuma Press
San Clemente, CA
Third Place: “Jeter’s Last Jump at The Stadium”
Julie Jacobson
Associated Press
New York, NY
Photography portfolio
First Place: “#Ferguson”
David Carson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Second Place: J.B. Forbes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, MI
Third Place: Jay Janner
Austin American-Statesman
Austin, TX
Photo essay/story
First Place: “The Ghosts of Ebola”
Kieran Kesner
Zuma Press
San Clemente, CA
Second Place: “War in Gaza”
Khalil Hamra
Associated Press
New York, NY
Third Place: “Saturday Night Lights”
M. Scott Mahaskey
POLITICO
Arlington, VA
Portrait
First Place: “Wedding Portrait”
Maye-E Wong
Associated Press
New York, NY
Second Place: “Laiba”
Muhammed Muheisen
Associated Press
New York, NY
Third Place: “Orphan Prayer”
Bob Owen
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio, TX
Newspapers/magazines illustrative or informational graphics
First Place: Andrea Levy
Plain Dealer
Cleveland, OH
Second Place: U-T San Diego Graphic Staff
U-T San Diego
San Diego, CA
Third Place: Peter Bell, Brian McGill and Stephanie Stamm
National Journal
Washington, D.C.