2018 – Print/Photo

DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS SYNDICATES


Spot News in daily newspapers, all sizes

First Place
“Seven Minutes of Terror: A gunman attacks a small Texas church as parishioners worshipped”
San Antonio Express-News staff
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Second Place
“Northern California Wildfires”
The Press Democrat staff
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Third Place
“Wine Country Fires”
San Francisco Chronicle staff
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif.

Local news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team

First Place
“Uncovering child-sexual abuse allegations against Seattle’s mayor”
Jim Brunner and Lewis Kamb
Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.

Second Place
“Corruption in Baltimore Police Department”
Baltimore Sun staff
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md.

Third Place
“Bamboozled”
Karin Price Mueller Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Newark, N.J.

International news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team

First Place
“Brazil Violence”
Associated Press staff
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.

Second Place
“Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh/Myanmar” Annie Gowen
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Third Place
“Rise of a Strongman”
Emily Rauhala
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000

First Place
“Wounded City”
Marc Perrusquia
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.

Second Place
“Wrong Side of the Bars?”
Ames Alexander, Gavin Off and Elizabeth Leland The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C.

Third Place
“I Call Them, The Expendables”
Jamie Satterfield
Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn.

News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000

First Place
“The Tax Divide”
Jason Grotto, Sandhya Kambhampati and Ray Long Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois, Chicago, Ill.

Second Place
“About a Boy”
Casey Parks
The Oregonian/OregonLive staff, Portland, Ore.

Third Place
“Developing Storm: How and Why Hurricane Harvey Devastated Houston” Houston Chronicle staff
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas

Local interest column on a variety of subjects

First Place
John Romano
The Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Second Place
Dahleen Glanton
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

Third Place
Michael Dobie Newsday, Melville, N.Y.

Special or feature column on one subject by an individual

First Place
“San Antonio’s Dining Scene”
Mike Sutter
San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, Texas

Second Place
Bethany Jean Clement Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.

Third Place
Sharon Grigsby
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Editorial writing by an individual or team

First Place
The Detroit News Editorial Board Detroit News, Detroit, Mich.

Second Place
“Arkansas Death Penalty”
David Barham, Paul Greenberg and Walter Hussman Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.

Third Place
“Working Poor”
Michael Lindenberger and Jim Mitchell Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Sports column by an individual

First Place
Dan Shaughnessy
The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.

Second Place
Dave Hyde
South Florida Sun Sentinel, Miami, Fla.

Third Place
Tim Cowlishaw
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Sports writing by an individual or team

First Place
Kevin Armstrong
New York Daily News, New York, N.Y.

Second Place
Ryan Kartje
Southern California News Group, Anaheim, Calif.

Third Place
Dirk Chatelain
Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.

Feature writing on a variety of subjects by an individual

First Place
John Carlisle
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.

Second Place
Leonora LaPeter Anton
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Third Place
Crocker Stephenson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Business news coverage, business commentary and/or business columns by an individual or team

First Place
“Burned”
Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett and John Diedrich Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Second Place
“The Future of Food”
Kristen Leigh Painter and Glen Stubbe Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

Third Place
“Rewiring the West”
Sammy Roth
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif.

Education writing by an individual or team

First Place
“Bridging the Divide: The struggle to move past segregated schools” Liz Bowie and Erica L. Green
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md.

Second Place
“Benefit of the Doubt”
Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian/OregonLive staff, Portland, Ore.

Third Place
Michael Vasquez
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.

Health, medical and science writing by an individual or team

First Place
“Kept in the Dark”
Fedor Zarkhin and Lynne Terry
The Oregonian/OregonLive staff, Portland, Ore.

Second Place
“Doomed by Delay”
Patricia Callahan
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

Third Place
“The New Price of Hope”
Robert Weisman and Jonathan Saltzman The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.

Environmental writing by an individual or team

First Place
“Oil and Water”
Dan Egan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Second Place
“Running Wild”
Brandon Loomis and Pat Shannahan
Arizona Republic/azcentral.com, Phoenix, Ariz.

Third Place
“Environmental Reporting”
Tony Kennedy and Josephine Marcotty Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

Investigative reporting in newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000

First Place
“Fight Club: Dark Secrets of Florida Juvenile Justice” Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch
Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.

Second Place
“Defying the Odds”
Daniel Simmons-Ritchie, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Pennsylvania Media Group, Harrisburg, Pa.

Third Place
“Unmasked: Firefighters and Cancer” Mike Wagner and Lucas Sullivan Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio

Investigative reporting in newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000

First Place
“Rigged: Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing” Brett Murphy
USA Today, McLean, Va.

Second Place
“Mexico Blackouts”
Raquel Rutledge
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Third Place
“Shielded by the Badge”
Jennifer Bjorhus and MaryJo Webster Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

Public service performed by publishing material in a daily newspaper

First Place
“Why so secret, Kansas?”
The Kansas City Star staff
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.

Second Place
“The Water Drain”
Chicago Tribune staff Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

Third Place
“Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Reckoning” Houston Chronicle staff
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas

Editorial cartoons

First Place
Michael Ramirez Creators Syndicate

Second Place
“Tom the Dancing Bug” Ruben Bolling
Andrews McMeel Syndication

Third Place
Robert Ariail
The State, Columbia, S.C.

Journalistic innovation

First Place
“Why Cops Shoot”
Ben Montgomery, Connie Humburg and Neil Bedi Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Second Place
“The Wall”
Arizona Republic staff with the USA Today Network, Phoenix, Ariz.

Third Place
“The Loneliest Polar Bear”
The Oregonian/OregonLive staff
The Oregonian/OregonLive, Portland, Ore.

Best political coverage

First Place
“Eric Greitens’ Culture of Secrecy” Jason Hancock
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.

Second Place
“The Bradley Blueprint”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Third Place
“Texas Politics”
Peggy Fikac and Allie Morris
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Best satire or humor writing

First Place
James Lileks
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

No second- or third-Place award

MAGAZINES


Magazine coverage of a major news event or topic

First Place and BEST IN SHOW PRINT
“The Greatest, At Rest”
Tom Junod
ESPN The Magazine, Bristol, Conn.

Second Place
“What Am I Paying For?”
Peter Keating
ESPN The Magazine, Bristol, Conn.

Third Place
“Reqiuem for the Vaquita” Erik Vance
Scientific American

Magazine feature writing by an individual on a variety of subjects

First Place
Ericka Fry
Fortune, New York, N.Y.

Second Place
Wright Thompson
ESPN the Magazine, Bristol, Conn.

Third Place
Abigail Pesta
Stories in Mother Jones, Cosmopolitan and Texas Monthly

Magazine column by an individual on a variety of subjects

First Place
Howard Bryant
ESPN The Magazine, Bristol, Conn.

No second- or third-place award given

PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICE AND SYNDICATES


First Place
“Devasting Deluge”
Louis DeLuca
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Second Place
“Harvey Gentle Rescue”
Michael Ciaglo
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas

Third Place
“Hot Wheels”
Luis Santana
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Newspapers feature photography

First Place
“Snowy Commute” John Paraskevas Newsday, Mellville, N.Y.

Second Place
“Eclipse!”
Dirk Shadd
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Third Place
“Getting Out of the Storm”
Douglas Clifford
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Newspapers sports action photography

First Place
“Claw Back”
Loren Elliott
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Second Place
“Over the Top”
Steven M. Falk
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Third Place
“Manu’s Clean Block”
Jerry Lara
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Newspapers sports features photography

First Place
“Altuve the MVP” Thomas A. Ferrara Newsday, Mellville, N.Y.

Second Place
“Harvey Astros”
Steve Gonzales
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas

Third Place
“To Lightning, With Love”
Dirk Shadd
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Magazines, news services or syndicates spot news photography

First Place
“Devastated”
Dar Yasin
Associated Press, New York, N.Y.

No second- or third-place awards

Magazines, news services or syndicates feature or sports photography

First Place
“Going Out Like Fireworks”
Louis DeLuca
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Photography portfolio

First Place and BEST IN SHOW PHOTO
Tom Fox
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Second Place
Robert Gauthier
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.

Third Place
Mindy Schauer
Orange County Register, Anaheim, Calif.

Photo essay/story

First Place
“Body 2017”
ESPN staff,
ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

Second Place
“The Battle for Mosul” Felipe Dana Associated Press

Third Place
“Migrants Journey in Death Valley” Nick Oza
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.

Portrait

First Place
“Russell Westbrook: Analytics” Kristen Geisler and Karen Frank ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

Second Place
“Entertainment Issue: Leslie Jones and Kristaps Porzingis” Nancy Weisman and Karen Frank
ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

Third Place
“Transgender: A Life in Transition”
Carolyn Van Houten
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Pictorial

First Place
“Immersed in Surreal Setting”
Douglas Clifford
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Second Place
“Eclipse Flyby”
Mark Garfinkel
Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.

Third Place
“The Land of the Free”
Scott Keeler
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Disaster coverage

First Place
“Death From Above”
Marcus Yam
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.

Second Place
“Northern California Wildfires”
The Press Democrat staff
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Third Place
“Hurricane Harvey:
Houston Chronicle staff
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas