DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS SYNDICATES
Spot News in daily newspapers, all sizes
First Place
“Dallas Police Shootings”
The Dallas Morning News Staff Dallas, Texas
Second Place
“Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire” East Bay Times staff
East Bay Times, San Jose, California
Third Place
“The Shooting Death of Philando Castile” Star Tribune staff
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Local news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
“The Pulse Shooting”
Orlando Sentinel staff
Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla.
Second Place
“Lincoln Hills coverage”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Third Place
“Police Watchdog”
Tony Plohetski
Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas
International news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
“Voices from Tibet”
Simon Denyer
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Second Place
“Duterte’s War”
Reuters team
Reuters, Washington, D.C.
Third Place
“Venezuela Undone”
Hannah Dreier
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000
First Place
“Painkiller Profiteers”
Eric Eyre
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, W. Va.
Second Place
“Watched”
Glenn Smith, Andrew Knapp and J. Emory Parker The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000
First Place
“Panama Papers”
The Miami Herald, El Nuevo and McClatchy staff
Second Place
“Migration Machine”
Selam Gebrekidan, Stephen Grey and Amina Ismail Reuters, Washington, D.C.
Third Place
“Navajo Housing Tragedy”
Craig Harris, Dennis Wagner and Michael Chow Arizona Republic/AZcentral.com, Phoenix, Ariz.
Honorable Mention
“Solitary: Way Down in the hole” Andy Mannix
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Local interest column on a variety of subjects
First Place
Jacquielynn Floyd
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
Jon Tevlin
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Third Place
Dahleen Glanton
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
Special or feature column on one subject by an individual
First Place
Dominic Armato
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
Second Place
Jon Bream
Star Tribune, MInneapolis, Minn.
Third place
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Editorial writing by an individual or team
First Place
“Dallas Ambush”
Sharon Grigsby, Michael Lindenberger and James Ragland Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
Michael Dobie
Newsday, Mellville, New York
Third Place
“Neglected and abandoned dogs” Sharon Grigsby
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Sports column by an individual
First Place
Paul Newberry
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
Kevin Sherrington
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
Martin Fennelly
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sports writing by an individual or team
First Place
Ryan Kartje
Orange County Register
Second Place
“Doping’s Reach”
John Leicester
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Third Place
“Football Helmet Safety”
Matt Wixon, Michael Florek and Gregg Riddle Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Feature writing on a variety of subjects by an individual
First Place
Eric Moskowitz
The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.
Second Place
Michael Kiefer
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
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
Dan Gearino
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
Second Place
Susan Antilla
TheStreet, New York, N.Y.
Third Place
Mitchell Schnurman
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Education writing by an individual or team
First Place
Jessica Calefati
San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.
Second Place
“Act 10 at Five”
David Umhoefer and Sarah Hauer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Third Place
Renee Dudley, Steve Stecklow, Alexandra Harney, Irene Jay Liu and team Reuters, Washington, D.C.
Health, medical and science writing by an individual or team
First Place
“The Price of Being Wrong”
Ellen Gabler
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Second Place
Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Yasmeen Abutaleb and team Reuters News Service, Washington, D.C.
Third Place
“Uncovered”
Jenny Deam
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
Environmental writing by an individual or team
First Place
“Draining Oregon”
Kelly House and Mark Graves
The Oregonian/OregonLive, Portland, Ore.
Second Place
“Every Other Breath”
Tony Bartelme
The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Third Place
Josephine Marcotty
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Investigative reporting
First Place
“Dangerous Doses”
Sam Roe, Karisa King and Ray Long Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
Second Place
“Fatal Echoes”
Mike Hendricks and Matt Campbell
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
Third Place
“Doctors & Sex Abuse”
The Staff of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
Public service performed by publishing material in a daily newspaper
First Place
“Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education” Brian M. Rosenthal
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
Second Place
“Bias on the Bench”
Josh Salman, Emily Le Coz and Elizabeth Johnson Sarasota Herald Tribune, Sarasota, Fla.
Third Place
“Toxic Armories”
The Oregonian/OregonLive staff
The Oregonian/OregonLive, Portland, Ore.
Editorial cartoons
First Place
Matt Davies
Newsday, Melville, New, York
Second Place
Michael P. Ramirez Creators Syndicate
Third Place
Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Journalistic innovation
First Place
“Detroit’s 100 Greatest Songs”
Brian McCollum and Steve Byrne Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan
Second Place
“Boston Herald Radio”
Joe Sciacca and Staff
Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
Third Place
“San Francisco Homeless Project”
San Francisco Chronicle staff
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif.
MAGAZINES
Magazine coverage of a major news event or topic
First Place
“Man in the Woods”
Ashley Powers
The California Sunday Magazine
Second Place
“How School Desegregation Unraveled” LynNell Hancock
The Hechinger Report
Third Place
“Walmart’s crime problems”
Shannon Pettypiece and David Voreacos Bloomberg Businessweek
Magazine feature writing by an individual on a variety of subjects
First Place
Abigail Haworth Marie Claire
Second Place
Saki Knafo
New York Times Magazine
Third Place
Monte Reel
Bloomberg Businessweek
Magazine column by an individual on a variety of subjects
First Place
Peter Coy
Bloomberg Businessweek
Second Place
Erin Griffith Fortune
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICE AND SYNDICATES
Newspapers spot news photography
First Place
“KKK Rally in Anaheim”
Luis Sinco
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Second Place
“Ambush”
Ting Shen
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
“Trench Tragedy”
Mark Garfinkel
Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
Newspapers feature photography
First Place
“Snowy graves”
David Joles
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Second Place
“For winter, lots to crow about”
Tom Fox
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
“Doctor Dolittle”
Cindy Yamanaka
Orange County Register, Santa Ana Calif.
Newspapers sports photography
First Place
“Lay Out”
Robert Gauthier
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Second Place
“Phelps Wins”
Smiley N. Pool
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
“Vin Scully” Wally Skalij
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Magazines, news services or syndicates spot news photography
First place
“An Assassination”
Burhan Ozbilici
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“Migrant Crisis: A Rescue”
Emilio Morenatti
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Magazines, news services or syndicates feature or sports photography
First Place
“Gay Pride”
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Second Place
“Portrait with Grenade Launcher” M. Scott Mahaskey
Politico, Arlington, Va.
Photography portfolio
First Place
Marcus Yam
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Second Place
Smiley N. Pool
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
Nick Oza
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona
Photo essay/story
First Place
“Dallas July 7th Shooting”
Dallas Morning News staff
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
“Kobe Bryant’s Farewell Tour”
Wally Skalij
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Third Place
“Kentucky’s Second Amendment Paradise” M. Scott Mahaskey
Politico, Arlington, Va.
Portrait
First Place
“Chef Dianna Daoheung” Alejandra Villa
Newsday, Mellville, N.Y.
Second Place
“Miss Cleo”
Justin Merriman
Tribune Review, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Third Place
“The Rock”
Jay L. Clendenin
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Newspapers/magazines illustration or informational graphics by an individual or team
First Place
“A decade in immigration purgatory” Juana Medina
Fusion
Second Place
The Dallas Morning News staff Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
Scott Brown
The Oregonian/OregonLive, Portland, Ore.