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Arizona Press Club

2003 Awards for the Best Journalism in Arizona

 

(click below for winners' places and categories)

 

Virg Hill Journalist of the Year

Community Journalist of the Year

Photographer of the Year

Distinguished Service Award

News Writing

Sports Reporting

Business Reporting

Feature Writing

Commentary

Headline Writing

Photography

Art and Design

 

List of publications and winners' names

 

Virg Hill Journalist of the Year

Susan Carroll, Arizona Republic

First runner-up (tie)

Rhonda Bodfield Bloom, Arizona Daily Star

Judi Villa, Arizona Republic

 

Photographer of the Year

Michael Chow, Arizona Republic

First runner-up

Mark Henle, Arizona Republic

Second runner-up (tie)

David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star

Pat Shannahan, Arizona Republic

 

Community Journalist of the Year

Jim Keyworth, Payson Roundup

First runner-up

Matthew Heil, Echo Magazine

Second runner-up

Philip Franchine, Green Valley News and Sun

 

Distinguished Service Award

Jana Bommersbach

 

News writing

 

A1. General reporting (small newspapers)

First place

Rebecca I. Allen, Peoria Times: “Council members’ attendance varies significantly”

Second place

Jim Small, Glendale Star: “Downtown church forced to move”

Third place

Mirsada Buric-Adam, Daily Courier: “County employees find dope in yard”

Honorable mention: Rebecca I. Allen, Glendale Star: “City receives brick wall from Arizona Press Club”

 

A4. Sustained coverage/series (small newspapers)

First place

Larry Hendricks, Arizona Daily Sun: “Trial of Eric Clark”

Second place

Betsey Bruner, Arizona Daily Sun: “Shiloh Community Church”

Third place

Mike Sunnucks, The Business Journal: “Gas Crisis”

 

B1. General reporting (mid-sized publications)

First place

Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly: “A Christmas crossing”

Second place

Michael Clawson, West Valley View: “Solar issue flares up again”

Third place

Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly: “Medical miracles”

Honorable mention

Patrick O’Grady, Northwest Valley News: “Hospitals grow with communities”

 

B2. Sustained coverage/series (mid-sized publications)

First place

Patrick Cavanaugh, Northwest Explorer: “Marana Police Department”

Second place

Luke Turf, Tucson Citizen: “Immigrant issues”

Third place

Renee Schafer Horton, Northwest Explorer: “Marana High School athletic department”

 

D1. Spanish language breaking news reporting

First place

Valeria Fernández, La Voz: “Mount Lemmon: La Furia de la Naturaleza”

Second place

Valeria Fernández, La Voz: “Inconformidad en el caso Madrigal”

3rd place

Marco Arreortúa, La Voz: “Ganan los jornaleros”

Honorable mention

Juan Villa, La Voz: “Conflictos en una iglesia”

 

D2. Spanish language general reporting

First place

Marco Arreortúa, La Voz: “Jornaleros con Orgullo”

Second place

Marco Arreortúa, La Voz: “Sacerdote sin iglesia”

Third place

Rosa Tequida, La Voz: “Niñas infractoras: En el desván de las correcionales”

Honorable mention

Rosa Tequida, La Voz: “Henry Esparza: Un hispano cazador de inmigrantes”

 

C1. Investigative reporting — Don Bolles Award (any publication)

First place

John Dougherty, New Times: “Bound by fear: polygamy in Arizona”

Second place (tie)

Joseph A. Reaves and Kelly Ettenborough, The Arizona Republic: “Priests with troubled pasts” and Joseph A. Reaves, The Arizona Republic: “Bishop O’Brien admits cover-up”

 

C2. John Kolbe Politics and Government Reporting Award (any publication)

First place

Robert Nelson, New Times: “Big House Inc.”

Second place

Rhonda Bodfield Bloom, Arizona Daily Star: “Arizona at the bottom”

Third place

David Pittman, Tucson Citizen: “Arizona Clean Elections law”

 

C4. Deadline news reporting (any publication)

First place

Joseph A. Reaves, The Arizona Republic: “Romley, O’Brien clash over substance of deal,” “Bishop denies he’s admitting cover-up,” “Hard-won agreement was months in the making,” “Victim: ‘You can’t put it behind you’”

Second place

Emily Bittner, Lesley Wright, Peter Corbett, Marty Sauerzopf, Kristen Go, Laurie Roberts, Diana Balazs, Thomas Ropp, Laura Dobbins, The Scottsdale Republic, “Rural-Metro pulling out”

Third place

Judy Nichols, The Arizona Republic: “Man dies as online chat pals look on”

 

C5. Sustained reporting (any publication)

First place

Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic: “The Western drought”

Second place

Susy Buchanan, New Times: “Skinheads”

Third place

Joseph A. Reaves, The Arizona Republic: “Priest abuse”

Honorable mention

Craig Harris, The Arizona Republic: “Phoenix Cardinals”

 

C6: Beat reporting (any publication)

First place

Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic: The immigration beat

Second place

Joe Burchell, Arizona Daily Star: The city beat

Third Place

Judi Villa, The Arizona Republic: The criminal justice beat

Honorable mention

Inger Sandal, Arizona Daily Star: The higher education beat

 

C7. Project reporting (any publication)

First place

Connie Cone Sexton, The Arizona Republic: “Life and death: One family’s yearlong journey"

Second place

Joyesha Chesnick and Gabrielle Fimbres, Tucson Citizen: “Childhood lost: Legacy of addiction”

Third place

Susan Carroll, The Arizona Republic: “Death in the Desert”

 

C8. Environmental reporting (any publication)

First place (tie)

James Bishop Jr., Phoenix Magazine: “Tree houses” and Robert Nelson, New Times: “Outlaw dumping”   

Third place

Mitch Tobin, Arizona Daily Star: “Dwindling snowmelt”

 

C9. Science, technology and medicine reporting (any publication)

First place

Scott Simonson, Arizona Daily Star: “Wars without end”

Second place

Jane Erikson, Arizona Daily Star: “Health care costs soar in Tucson”

Third place

Jimmy Magahern, New Times: “Geeks gone wild”

 

C10. Law and order reporting (any publication)

First place

Jennifer Ryan, East Valley Tribune: “Deadly Pursuit”

Second place

Amanda J. Crawford and Bill Hart, The Arizona Republic: “Inmate overcrowding hits dangerous level”

Third place

L. Anne Newell and Enric Volante, Arizona Daily Star: “Minority motorists searched more often”

Honorable mention

Judi Villa and Ryan Konig, The Arizona Republic: “Murders go unsolved as smuggling grows”

 

C11. Religion, faith or ethics reporting (any publication)

First place

Tony Ortega, New Times: “Peacemonger”

Second place

Joseph A. Reaves and Mark Shaffer, The Arizona Republic: “Polygamist sect target of Arizona-Utah inquiry”

Third place

Lawn Griffiths, Scottsdale Tribune: “A Churchgoer’s Odyssey”

 

C12. Diversity reporting (any publication)

First place

Paul Rubin, New Times: “Back to the future”

Second place

Bonnie Henry Arizona Daily Star: “Starting over in Tucson”

Third place

Kristen Go and Kirsten Sorenson, The Arizona Republic: “School shines ‘ray of hope’ on Palomino neighborhood”

 

C13. Education reporting (any publication)

First place

Pat Kossan and Monica Mendoza, The Arizona Republic: “Parents unprotected in charter process” and “Charter standards tougher in other states”

Second place (tie)

CeCe Todd, East Valley Tribune: “What Price Performance?”

And

Daryl James, East Valley Tribune: “School crime reports paint a blurry picture”

Honorable mention

Patricia Biggs, The Arizona Republic

 

C14. Explanatory reporting (any publication)

First place

Christina Leonard and Pat Flannery, The Arizona Republic: “Lawsuits better local governments”

Second place

Robert Nelson, New Times: “Clink”

Third place

Jodie Snyder, The Arizona Republic: “Hospitals chase patient debt”

Honorable mention

Gary Nelson, Ed Taylor and Scott Seckel, East Valley Tribune: “SRP 100 years”

 

C15. Sustained neighborhood reporting (any publication)

First place

Yvonne Wingett, The Arizona Republic

Second place

Colleen Sparks, Arizona Daily Star

Third place

Kristen Go, The Arizona Republic

 

SPORTS REPORTING

 

A6. Sports reporting (small newspapers)

First place

Steve Rom, Arizona Daily Sun: “Just one of the guys”

Second place

Adam Kress, The Business Journal: “Start your engines!”

Third place

David M. Ward, Chandler Connection: “A special bond”

 

B6. Sports reporting (mid-sized publications)

First place

Tom Danehy, Tucson Weekly: “Out of bounds”

Second place

Marc Buckhout, Northwest Valley News: “Cast of Cactus coaches reel

in winners”

 

C30. Sports column writing (any publication)

First place

Dan Bickley, The Arizona Republic

Second place

Scott Bordow, East Valley Tribune

Third place

Slim Smith, East Valley Tribune

 

C31. Sports deadline reporting (any publication)

First place

Craig Harris, The Arizona Republic: “Valley mogul joins big

leagues”

Second place

Norm Frauenheim, The Arizona Republic: “Arizona humiliated by LSU”

Third place

Charles Durrenberger, Arizona Daily Star: “More player-coach unrest”

 

C32. Sports enterprise reporting, under 1,000 words (any publication)

First place

Mark Shaffer, The Arizona Republic: “NAU’s Souers admits to DUI in wake of team’s troubles”

Second place

Paola Boivin, The Arizona Republic: “Speed Thrills”

Third place

Norm Frauenheim, The Arizona Republic: “De La Hoya Set for Defining Fight”

 

C33. Sports enterprise reporting, more than 1,001 words (any publication)

First place

Dan Bickley, The Arizona Republic: “You Play, You Pay: NFL Glory Feeds Hunger, Numbs”

Second place

Paul Kix, New Times: “Eye of El Tigre”

Third place

Bob Young, The Arizona Republic: “Straight to Video”

Honorable mention

Jack Magruder, Arizona Daily Star: “Fighting spirit: All-Army boxers compete in ring amid deployment to Mideast”

 

BUSINESS REPORTING

 

C34. Business column writing (any publication)

First place

Jon Talton, The Arizona Republic

Second place

Bonnie Henry, Arizona Daily Star

 

C35. Business deadline reporting (any publication)

First place

Jodie Snyder, The Arizona Republic: “TriWest lands $10 billion pact with military” and “How TriWest put together $10 billion deal”

Second place

Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star: “6,000 seek 400 jobs at Geico call center”

Third place

Shella Jacobs, Arizona Daily Star: “Changing times give Tack Room the boot”

 

C36. Business enterprise reporting, under 1,000 words (any publication)

First place

Carey Sweet, New Times: “Stiffed! Prive's co-owner beats a hasty retreat out of town and the San Carlos’ proprietor is furious”

Second place

Amy Silverman, New Times: “Raising Arizona State”

Third place

Craig Harris, The Arizona Republic: “Restitution a long shot in state’s fraud cases”

 

C37. Business enterprise reporting, more than 1,001 words (any publication)

First place

Dawn Gilbertson and Jonathan J. Higuera, The Arizona Republic: “Trade and Turmoil: 10 years of NAFTA”

Second place (tie)

David Wichner and Inger Sandal, Arizona Daily Star: “Tech transformation” and Catherine Burrough and Glen Creno, The Arizona Republic: “Valley foreclosures”

Honorable Mention:

Tiffany Kjos, Arizona Daily Star: “Starting from scratch: the birth of a small business”

 

FEATURE WRITING

 

A2. Personality profile writing (small newspapers)

First Place (tie)

Colin Boyd, College Times: “Carmen Electra” and Dave Maass, College Times: “The Nexx big thing”

No second place

Third place

Steve Rom, Arizona Daily Sun: “Former FHS hoops star gave it all until the end”

 

A3. Feature writing (small newspapers)

First place

Michelle Burgess, College Times: “The Stalked”

Second place

Kelly Crowley, The Payson Roundup: “Foster mom battles Child Protective Services”

Third place

Doreen Obermeyer, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Word Pictures”

Honorable mention

Catherine J. Rourke, Sedona Red Rock News: “Remembering Ground Zero” and Scott Tittrington, The Daily Courier: “Landing on her feet”

 

B3: Feature writing (mid-sized publications)

First place

Ginger S. Eiden, Scottsdale Life: “Small Town, AZ”

Second place

Leo W. Banks, Tucson Weekly: “Howling Mad”

Third place

Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly: “Royal Flush”

 

B4: Personality profile writing (mid-sized publications)

First place

Jana Bommersbach, Phoenix Magazine: “Bringing down the Bull”

Second place

Terry Greene Sterling, Phoenix Magazine: “Fallen angel?”

Third place

Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly: “The life of Timothy H. O’Sullivan”

 

D3: Spanish language Personality profile/feature writing

First place

Rosa Tequida, La Voz: “Entre el desamparo y la indigencia”

Second place

Valeria Fernandez, La Voz: “Patrullando por las calles de Mesa”

Third place

Valeria Fernandez, La Voz: “Pueblo sin ley”

 

C17. News feature writing, 500 words and under (any publication)

First place

Thomas Bond, East Valley Tribune: “Indecent exposure?”

Second place

Rosa Cirianni, East Valley Tribune: “Los Arcos rivals make unlikely neighbors”

Third place

Maggie Galehouse, The Arizona Republic: “A little English put on ballplayers”

 

C18. News feature writing, 501 to 1,000 words (any publication)

First place

Judd Slivka, The Arizona Republic: “Inside the cockpit of a Gulf fighter jet”

Second place

Connie Cone Sexton, The Arizona Republic: “Rivers of life: Old age comes, canoe has to go”

Third place

Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star: “There’s green, so there’s hope”

 

C19. News feature writing, 1,001 to 1,500 words (any publication)

First place

Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic: “Marine held death at bay for son’s birth”

Second place

Rhonda Bodfield Bloom, Arizona Daily Star: “Piercings, hooks and a lift attract extreme ‘fliers’

Third place

Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star: “Sudan refugee works his way to Pima degree”

Honorable mention:

John D’Anna, The Arizona Republic: “Living with a mystery”

 

C20. Newsfeature writing, more than 1,500 words (any publication)

First place

Judd Slivka, The Arizona Republic: “Williams family buries a Marine”

Second place

Paul Rubin, New Times: “Dying for love”

Third place

Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic: “CPS takes a child”

Honorable mention

Peter Aleshire, Phoenix Magazine: “Golden lab?”

 

C21. Lifestyle reporting, 500 words or less (any publication)

First place

Kate Nolan, The Scottsdale Republic: “3 days of monkeyshines enough, Coolio returns”

Second place

Jill Koch, New Times: “Slide dish”

 

C22. Lifestyle reporting, 501-1,500 words (any publication)

First place

Rob Bailey, Arizona Daily Star: “Teens Coming Out”

Second place

Jaimee Rose, The Arizona Republic: “Retrofitting the ‘50s”

Third place

Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic: “A Faerie Affair”

 

C23. Lifestyle reporting, 1,501 words or more (any publication)

First place

Jaimee Rose, The Arizona Republic: “The Princess Within”

Second place

Michele Laudig, Phoenix New Times: “Wednesday Night Fever”

Third place

Susy Buchanan, Phoenix New Times: “Very Bad Thoughts”

Honorable mentions

Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic: “Shining Example” and

Barbara Yost, The Arizona Republic: “Roping a Dream”

 

C24. Personality profile, under 1,000 words (any publication)

First place

Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic: “Gordon aim: Livable city”

Second place

Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic: “Kids say goodbye to Mrs. Gulley”

Third place: Michael Clawson, West Valley View: “Victor Vargas stunner teeters on stardom”

 

C25. Personality profile, over 1,001 words (any publication)

First place

Peter Aleshire, Phoenix Magazine: “His own man”

Second place (tie)

Pat Flannery and Betty Reid, The Arizona Republic: “American” and

Amy Silverman, New Times: “Legally brown”

“An effervescent, fun and surprising story about a local culture hero.”

 

C26. Food reviews (any publication)

First place

Carey Sweet

New Times: “Torte reform”

Second place

Howard Seftel, The Arizona Republic: “Raw? Naw!”

 

C27. Visual and performing arts criticism (any publication)

First place

Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly: “Heaven and Hell in Connemara”

Second place

Robrt L. Pela, New Times: “German Hairlift”

Third place

Kathleen Vanesian, New Times: “Girls, Interrupted”

 

C28. Music criticism (any publication)

First place

Serene Dominic, New Times: “Borgir Kings”

Second place

Jimmy Magahern, New Times: “Mouf Wash”

Third place

Jimmy Magahern, New Times: “Mad Max”

 

C29. Film, video and television criticism (any publication)

First place

James DiGiovanna, Tucson Weekly: “Two Tons of Style”

Second place

Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star: “ ‘Cremaster Cycle’ is what you make of it”

Third place

Michael Clawson, West Valley View: “’25th Hour’ exalts post-9/11 New York”

 

COMMENTARY

 

A5. Commentary/analysis (small newspapers)

First place

Georgann Yara, Ahwatukee Foothills News: “Talking about the unspeakable: Priceless”

Second place

Third place

Scott Tittington, The Daily Courier: “Fans went for, and got, their cheap thrills”

Honorable mention: Alan Levine, Tri-Valley Dispatch: “Worrying about the next big splash”

 

B5. Commentary/analysis (mid-sized publications)

First place

Matthew Heil, Echo Magazine: “Crip is hip”

Second place

Jeff Ofstedahl, Echo Magazine: “Ewe lost that lovin’ feeling”

Third place

Tom Danehy, Tucson Weekly: “Entitled to Nothing”

Honorable mention

Cary S. Hines, West Valley View: “Why can’t they just make dog food taste like cat food?”

 

C3. News column writing (any publication)

First place

Jana Bommersbach, Phoenix Magazine

Second place

Linda Valdez, The Arizona Republic: “The Other Side of the Dream”

Third place

Gary Nelson, East Valley Tribune: “Romley sets precedent...,”

 

C16. Feature column writing – Don Schellie Award (any publication)

First place

E. J. Montini, The Arizona Republic

Second place

Renee Schafer Horton, Northwest Explorer: “An Examined Life”

Third place

Jeremy D. Bonfiglio, East Valley Tribune: “Arizona Adventure”

Honorable mention

Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic

 

C38. Editorial writing (any publication)

First place

Dan Nowicki, Scottsdale Republic: “Scottsdale fire proposition”

Second place

Doug MacEachern, The Arizona Republic: “Defining ‘patriot,’” “A toast to Old Glory” and “Memorable spirit”

Third place

Joel Nilsson, The Arizona Republic: “Preserving Arizona’s military bases”

 

HEADLINE WRITING

 

C39. Headlines (any publication)

First place

Sylvia Cody, The Arizona Republic

Second place

Mark Stewart, Arizona Daily Star: “Negative developments: New cell-phone cameras taking too-candid shots,” “Making it semiofficial” and “Cops: Boy, 16, killed parents then partied”

Third place

Kerry McVeigh, Arizona Daily Star: “Power to the Peeps: Nostalgia helps make sugary chicks a big moneymaker,” “Seekers of manhood in a bottle could be gulping down E. coli” and “Tree rings suggest cold spell sweetened the Stradivarius”

 

C40. Feature headlines (any publication)

First place

Dave Skog, Arizona Daily Star: “Shallowness reaches new depths,” “Oh man, is she a character: Impersonator finds happiness when his audience ‘gets it’” and “A Rock and a Charred Place: Climbers returning to favorite cliffs after wildfires in Catalinas”

Second place

Jill Koch, New Times: “Math of least resistance: New play conquers the fears of all sums,” “Robbing the Dreidel: How the goblins stole Hanukkah” and “Wee oui: Passport leads kids through French doors”

Third place

Jill Koch, New Times: “Rock out, damn spot,” “Hirsute case: get your locks off with urban bush women” and “Magical history tour: you say you want high resolution?”

Honorable mentions

Michele Laudig, New Times: “All’s Fair in Love and Wardrobe” and Sylvia Cody, The Arizona Republic: “Yule-tired carols: check our list of 12 worst Christmas songs”

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

A1. Spot news photography (non-metro publications)

Judges: Photo staff of the Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune.

First place

Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Shooting”

Second place

Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Fire”

 

A2. Feature photography (non-metro publications)

First place

Steven King, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Graduation”

Second place

Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Bowling”

Third place

Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Water boy”

 

A3. Portrait/personality photography (non-metro publications)

First place

Richard Haddad, Payson Roundup: “Kiss”

Second place

Owen K. Martin, West Valley View: “Percival”

 

A4. Pictorial photography (non-metro publications)

First place

Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Storm”

Second place

J. Kat Woronowicz, Sedona Red Rock News: “Lizard”

 

A5. Sports photography (non-metro publications) First place

U. Frank Williams, Ahwatukee Foothills News: “Long snapper”

Second place

Owen K. Martin, West Valley View: “Tears”

Third place

Owen K. Martin, West Valley View: “Crash”

 

E0. Photo package (metro publications)

First place

Aaron J. Latham, Arizona Daily Star: “Agent killed”

Second place

Aaron J. Latham, Arizona Daily Star: “Inauguration”

Third place

David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star: “Rescue”

 

E1. Spot news photography (metro publications)

First place

Gary Gaynor, Tucson Citizen: “Chase”

Second place

Xavier Gallegos, Tucson Citizen: “Carjack”

Third place

Tim Hacker, East Valley Tribune: “Fingerprints”

Honorable mention

James S. Wood, Arizona Daily Star: “Smokey climb”

 

E2. General news photography (metro publications)

First place

Jeffry Scott, Arizona Daily Star: “Wailing women”

Second place

Jack Kurtz, The Arizona Republic: “Coyote”

Third place

Mark Henle, The Arizona Republic: “Deployment”

 

E3. Portrait/personality photography (metro publications)

First place

David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star: “Church”

Second place

Darryl Webb, East Valley Tribune: “Farewell”

Third place

A.E. Araiza, Arizona Daily Star: “Backstroke”

 

E4. Feature photography (metro publications)

First place

Dave Cruz, The Arizona Republic: “Monsoon”

Second place

Sherrie Buzby, The Arizona Republic: “Prayer”

Third place

Deirdre Hamill, The Arizona Republic: “Feeding time”

 

E5. Picture story (metro publications)

First place

Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic: “School house”

Second place

Andy Sawyer, East Valley Tribune: “Vision loss”

Third place

Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic: “Motel kids”

 

E6. Illustration photography (metro publications)

First place

David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star: “Jam”

Second place

Francisco Medina, Tucson Citizen: “Slam”

Third place

Ron Medvescek, Arizona Daily Star: “Music”

 

E7. Sports action photography (metro publications)

First place

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star: “Flinch”

Second place

Darryl Webb, East Valley Tribune: “Shirt tail”

Third place

Chris Richards, Arizona Daily Star: “Greyhounds”

 

E8. Sports feature photography (metro publications)

First place

Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic: “Out of left field”

Second place

Ralph D. Freso, East Valley Tribune: “Swarmed”

Third place

Mark Henle, The Arizona Republic: “Rainbow”

 

E9. Pictorial photography (metro publications)

First place

Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic: “Light of night”

Second place

David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star: “Light”

Third place

Norma Jean Gargasz, Tucson Citizen: “Fire:

 

Art and Design

 

A7. Layout/design (small newspapers)

First place

Scott Walters, Arizona Daily Sun: “U.S. strikes by air, land”

Second place

Scott Walters, Arizona Daily Sun: “Revolutions not the one”

Third place

Larry Lockhart, Casa Grande Dispatch: “Nuts about pecans”

 

B6. Layout/design (mid-sized publications)

First place

Jennifer Judge and Jason Watkins, Northwest Explorer: “Reflections of the flag”

Second place

Rich Ott, Northwest Valley News: “The thrill of victory”

Third place

Paul Schwalbach, Tucson Citizen: Hundred years of hoops”

 

F1. Graphics (any publication)

First place

Mark Waters and Dan Kempton, The Arizona Republic: “Monsoon”

Second place

Andrew Long, East Valley Tribune: “Carving up Jack”

Third place

Eric Baker and Dan Kincaid, The Arizona Republic: “Valley mountains”

 

H1. Creative use of online

First place

Celia O’Brien, Ann Brown, Arizona Daily Star

“AZNightbuzz.com, John Lennon songwriting contest.”

Second place

StarNet staff, Arizona Daily Star: “Iraq war build-up,” “Rescue roulette” and “Centennial of flight”

 

H2. Breaking news online (any publication)

First place

Kerry Dinsmore, Mitch Tobin, Tom Beal and Thomas Stauffer, Eric Swedlund, James S. Wood, Renee Sauer, Aaron J. Latham, Jeffry Scott, David Sanders, Dave Castelan and Don Hammond, Arizona Daily Star: “Aspen Fire coverage, July 3”

 

Second place

Kris LaFleur, D. Shayne Christie, Rich-Joseph Facun, David Sanders, Aaron J. Latham, Rhonda Bodfield Bloom, Tony Davis, Tom Beal and Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star: “Aspen Fire coverage, July 18”

 

 

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