(11 entries)

Judge: Dave Carpenter, The Associated Press.
Carpenter is a Chicago-based business editor and writer for The Associated Press. He also has been a Moscow-based foreign correspondent and AP's Eastern European news editor.

First place
ANGELA GONZALES
The Business Journal
"Severed relations: split between doctors, HMOs taking a heavy toll" "Head and shoulders above the other entries. A well-researched, well-written, comprehensive package on an important topic that isn't easy to write well about."

Second place
TARA TEICHGRAEBER
The Business Journal
"Keeping secrets: Business booms for security firms" "Thoroughly reported, interesting and useful for businesses."

No Third place