DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS SYNDICATES
Spot News in daily newspapers, all sizes
First Place
“Baltimore Riots and the Freddie Gray case”
Baltimore Sun staff
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md.
Second Place
“Dec. 26 North Texas tornadoes”
The Dallas Morning News staff
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
“San Bernardino Terror Attack”
The Sun staff
The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif
Local news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
“Wolves of Jefferson City”
Jason Hancock
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
Second Place
“The Harbor”
Jessica Terrell and Cory Lum
Honolulu Civil Beat, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third Place
“The Walking Man”
Bill Laitner
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
International news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
“Thousands of Mexican families mourn the ‘other disappeared’”
E. Eduardo Castillo, Christopher Sherman and Dario Lopez
Mills Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“Inside the Caliphate”
Associated Press staff
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Third Place
“Nuclear black market seeks extremist buyers”
Desmond Butler and Vadim Ghirda
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000
First Place
“Violation of Trust”
George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer
Belleville NewsDemocrat, Belleville, Ill.
Second Place
“Shots Fired”
Tony Bartelme, Glenn Smith, Doug Pardue, David Slade and Andrew Knapp
Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Third Place
“Betrayal of Trust”
Shannon Mullen
Asbury Park Press, Neptune, N.J.
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000
First Place
“Higher Ed Hustle”
Michael Vasquez
Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
Second Place
“Unsettled Journeys”
Liz Bowie and Amy Davis
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md.
Third Place
“Homegrown Terror”
Mike Wereschagin
Pittsburgh TribuneReview, Pittsburgh Pa.
Local interest column on a variety of subjects
First Place
Jacquielynn Floyd
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Third Place
O. Ricardo Pimentel
San Antonio ExpressNews, San Antonio, Texas
Special or feature column on one subject by an individual
First Place
Colette Bancroft
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Second Place
Laura Reiley
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Third Place
Roger Simon
Creators Syndicate, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Editorial writing by an individual or team
First Place
Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
Second Place
Tim Nickens
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Third Place
Will Doolittle
PostStar, Glens Falls, N.Y.
Sports column by an individual
First Place
Dave Hyde
South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Second Place
Paul Newberry
Associated Press, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place
Tom Jones
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sports writing by an individual or team
First Place
Brad Townsend
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
“Hard Knocks”
Jim Baumbach Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
Third Place
“Life After Football”
Newsday Sports Staff Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
Feature writing on a variety of subjects by an individual
First Place
Laura Bauer
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
Second Place
Mark Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Third Place
John Carlisle
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
Business news coverage, business commentary and/or business columns by an individual or team
First Place
“The Double Dealers Behind China’s Counterfeiting Industry”
Erika Kinetz
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
Matt Levine
Bloomberg View, New York, N.Y.
Third Place
“Blue Bell”
Mark Collette
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
Education writing by an individual or team
First Place
“College of DuPage investigation”
Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
Second Place
“Left Behind: the unintended consequences of school choice”
Jennifer Berry Hawes
Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Third Place
“Dallas ISD Human Resources and Superintendent”
Matthew Haag, Holly Hacker, Tawnell Hobbs and Jeffrey Weiss
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Health, medical and science writing by an individual or team
First Place
“Candy Land: The Tomah VA”
Aaron Glantz
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, Calif.
Second Place
“Cradle of Shame”
Doug Pardue and Lauren Sausser
Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Third Place
“Clash in the name of care”
Jenn Abelson, Jonathan Saltzman and Liz Kowalczyk
Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.
Environmental writing by an individual or team
First Place
“Filthy Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics”
Brad Brooks, Jenny Barchfield and Stephen Wade
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“As the River Runs Dry”
Brandon Loomis
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
Third Place
“Florida Officials Ban Term Climate Change”
Tristram Korten
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Miami Beach, Fla.
Investigative reporting
First Place
“Seafood from Slaves”
Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“Insane. Invisible. In Danger”
Leonora LaPeter Anton, Anthony Cormier and Michael Braga
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Third Place
“Irradiated”
The McClatchy Washington Bureau staff
The McClatchy Company, Washington, D.C.
Public service performed by publishing material in a daily newspaper
First Place
“A Matter of Dignity”
Chris Serres, Glenn Howatt and David Joles
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Second Place
“Failure Factories”
Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Third Place
“Push to protect Wisconsin’s open records law”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Editorial cartoons
First Place
Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Second Place
Phil Hands
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wis.
Third Place
Mike Thompson
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
Journalistic innovation
First Place
“Left for Dead”
G.W. Schulz, Michael Corey and Michael I. Schiller
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, Calif.
Second Place
“Georgia Legislative Navigator”
The AJC Data Team
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place
“Unsolved”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc.
MAGAZINES
Magazine coverage of a major news event or topic
First Place
“The Vegas Plot”
Ashley Powers
The California Sunday Magazine
Second Place
“What About Us?”
Sylvia A. Harvey
The Nation in partnership with the Investigative Fund
Third Place
“The Sand and the Fury”
Vince Beiser and Adam Ferguson
Wired
Magazine feature writing by an individual on a variety of subjects
First Place
“Smoke Screen; Playing for Two; A Gray Matter”
Brian Burnsed
NCAA Champion Magazine
Second Place
Erika Fry
Fortune
Third Place
Wright Thompson
ESPN the Magazine
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICE AND SYNDICATES
Newspapers spot news photography
First Place
“Mother Loses Son”
Stephanie Strasburg
Pittsburgh TribuneReview, PIttsburgh Pa.
Second Place
“San Bernardino Terrorist Attack”
David Bauman
The PressEnterprise, Riverside, Calif.
Third Place
“Standoff in Ferguson”
Rick T. Wilking
Reuters News Service
Newspapers feature photography
First Place
“Kite Wash”
Doug Strickland
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Second Place
“Under the Sea”
Thomas A. Ferrara
Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
Third Place
“Dog Day Afternoon”
Ken Steinhardt
Orange County Register, Santa Ana Calif.
Newspapers sports photography
First Place
“Sleeping Sumo”
Wally Skalij
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Second Place
“American Pharoah wins the Triple Crown”
Michael Clevenger
Louisville CourierJournal, Louisville, Ky.
Third Place
“Underwater Hockey”
Mark J. Terrill
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Magazines, news services or syndicates spot news photography
First place
“Panic in Paris”
Peter Dejong
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“Death and Compassion”
Tumay Berkin
ZUMA Press, San Clemente, Calif.
Third Place
“Oh Donald!”
Gary A. Cameron
Reuters News Pictures, Washington, D.C.