2002-2003
Cincinnati SPJ Awards
Gerald
White Memorial Prize
Winners:
Debra Jasper and Spencer Hunt, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Ohio's
Secret Shame"
Camilla
Warrick Community Journalism Award
Winner:
Michael Flannery, WCPO Channel 9, for "9 on Your Kid's Side"
Deadline/Spot News Story (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Staff,
Kentucky
Post, for "Fire
Ravages Historic Hall"
Award of Merit: Staff, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "Settlement"
Third Place: John
Kiesewetter and Tempo Staff, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "Rosemary Clooney: Maysville Mourns"
Honorable
Mention: Staff, Hamilton
Journal-News, for "Every
Child Counts Now"
Deadline/Spot
News Story (Non-Dailies)
Award of Excellence: None
Award of Merit: Staff, CityBeat, for "Election Night
Coverage"
Enterprise/Database Reporting (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Debra Jasper and Spencer Hunt, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "Ohio's Secret Shame"
Award of Merit: Susan
Vela, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "What
Is Blight?"
Third Place:
Sheila
McLaughlin and Michael Clark, Cincinnati
Enquirer,
for "Anti-Porn Crusader Takes Fight to Hotels"
Honorable Mention:
Susan
Vela, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "Firefighters:
Everyday Heroes, One Day"
Enterprise/Database Reporting (Non-Dailies)
Award of Excellence: Dan Monk and Lucy May, Cincinnati Business
Courier, for "Road to Nowhere"
Award of Merit: Leslie
Blade, CityBeat, for "Piling On"
Beat Reporting (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Kevin
Lamb , Dayton Daily News, for medical stories
Award of Merit: Mara Lee, Dayton Daily News, for Ohio Census
stories
Third Place (Tie): Susan
Vela, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for City of Norwood
stories; and Dan Horn, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for stories
Honorable
Mention:
Peggy
McCracken, Hamilton
Journal-News, for religion
stories
Beat Reporting (Non-Dailies)
Award of Excellence: Kristen Wicker, Dayton Business Journal,
for residential real estate stories
Award of Merit: Andrea Tortora, Cincinnati Business Courier,
for health care stories
Third
Place: Brian
Womack, Dayton
Business Journal, for manufacturing
stories
Honorable Mention: Caleb Stephens, Dayton Business Journal,
for stories
Series (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Kevin Lamb, Dayton Daily News, for "Bad
Habits, Bad Health"
Award of Merit: Barry
Horstman, Cincinnati
Post, for "Riots"
Third Place: Mary
McCarty, Dayton Daily News, for "Courage to Live"
Honorable Mention: Chuck
Martin, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "de Cavel Series"
Series (Non-Dailies)
Award of Excellence: Rita Nader Hiekenfeld, Community
Press Newspapers, for "Herbs That Heal
the Body and Soul"
Continuing Coverage (Daily
Papers)
Award of Excellence (TIE): Kevin Aldridge Cincinnati Enquirer,
for "Three Organizations
United in Boycott"
Award
of Merit: Shelley Whitehead, Peggy Kreimer, Luke Saladin and
Paul A. Long, Kentucky Post, for "Warsaw Attack Stories"
Third Place: Tom
Archdeacon, Dayton
Daily News, for
" 9/11 Anniversary Stories"
Honorable Mention: Jennifer
Mrozowski, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Closing Worries Carthage"
Continuing Coverage (Non-Dailies)
Award
of Excellence: Gregory
Flannery, Maria Rogers and Doug Trapp, CityBeat, for "Nothing's
Changed, Everything Has"
Award of Merit: Andrea
Tortora, Cincinnati Business Courier, for "Results Mixed for
County's Care Plan"
Third
Place :
Andrea Tortora, Cincinnati
Business Courier, for "Major
Doctor Studies Proposed"
Consumer
Coverage (Daily Papers)
Award
of Excellence: David Wecker, Kentucky Post, for "EITC Stories"
Consumer
Coverage (Non-Dailies)
Award
of Excellence: Doug
Trapp, CityBeat, for "The Color of Air"
Award
of Merit: Andrea Tortora, Cincinnati Business Courier, for "Health
Care Series"
Third
Place: Doug Trapp, CityBeat, for "Methadone Highway"
Sports
Coverage (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Michael
Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer, for stories
Award of Merit: Tom
Archdeacon, Dayton Daily News, for stories
Third
Place: Mark
Lancaster, Cincinnati Post, for stories
Honorable
Mention: Mark
Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "LeBeau Firing"
Sports Coverage (Non-Dailies)
Award
of Excellence: Bill
Peterson , CityBeat, for stories
Sports
Feature (Daily Papers)
Award
of Excellence: Michael Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Logan
Grew as a Player and a Man"
Award
of Merit: Neil
Schmidt, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Black Jockey's Journey Spanned
Different Worlds"
Sports
Feature (Non-Dailies)
Award
of Excellence: None
Award
of Merit: Brandon
Brady, CityBeat, for "They Might Be Giants"
Opinion Writing (Daily Papers)
Award of Excellence: Kerry Duke, Kentucky Post, for editorials
Award of Merit: Robert White, Cincinnati Post, for editorials
Third Place: Don
Hassert, Kentucky Post, for editorials
Opinion Writing (Non-Dailies)
Award of Excellence: Gigi
Verna, Cincinnati Business Courier, for editorials
Award
of Merit: John Fox, CityBeat, for editorials
Third
Place: Barbara
Beckwith, St. Anthony Messenger, editorials
Column
Writing (Daily Papers)
Award
of Excellence: Tom Archdeacon, Dayton Daily News
Award
of Merit: Mary McCarty, Dayton Daily News
Third
Place: Cliff Radel, Cincinnati Enquirer
Honorable
Mention (TIE): Laura
Pulfer, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Peter Bronson, Cincinnati Enquirer
Column
Writing (Non-Dailies)
Award
of Excellence: Karen Bells, Cincinnati Business Courier
Award
of Merit: Kathy Y. Wilson, CityBeat
Short Story
Award of Excellence: None
Award of Merit: William A. Weathers, Cincinnati Enquirer,
for "Night Watch"
Personality Profile
Award of Excellence: Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "No Ordinary Jones"
Award
of Merit: France Griggs Sloat, Xavier Magazine, for "Education
of a Republican"
Third
Place: John Johnston, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Museum
Director Embraces the New"
Honorable
Mention: Felix Winternitz, Cincinnati People Magazine, for "Dance
with a Proper Stranger"
Long News Feature
Award of Excellence: Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "The
Year America Changed"
Award of Merit: Gregory Flannery, CityBeat, for "A
Life Among the Catholics"
Third Place: John
Johnston, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "His Toughest Marathon"
Honorable Mention: David
Wecker, Kentucky Post, for "Love Machine"
Short News Feature
Award of Excellence: Mary McCarty, Dayton
Daily News, for "Shattered Dream"
Award of Merit: France Griggs Sloat, Xavier
Magazine, for "After the Fall"
Third Place: John
Johnston, Cincinnati
Enquirer, for "He
Took a Long Road to the Drive-Through"
Honorable Mention: Amanda
York, Cincinnati
Business Courier, for
"Staying 'authentisch'"
Lifestyle Feature
Award of Excellence: Shauna Scott Rhone, Cincinnati Enquirer,
for "Parents Heal After Son's Suicide"
Award of Merit: Mary McCarty, Dayton Daily News, for "Journey
of Love"
Third Place: Andrea
Tortora, Cincinnati Business Courier, for "Testers' Choice"
Honorable Mention: Kitty
Morgan, Cincinnati Magazine, for "High on the Hog"
Trend Reporting
Award of Excellence: Kristina Goetz, Cincinnati Enquirer, for
"Cutting Through the Pain"
Award of Merit: Lucy May and Dan Monk, Cincinnati Business
Courier, for "Airport at the Crossroad"
Third Place: Mara
Lee, Dayton Daily News, for "Life Is Not Always Black or White"
Honorable
Mention: Liz Mandrell, Cincinnati Magazine, for "Lillies
of the Field"
Arts/Entertainment Feature
Award of Excellence: Jason Fagone, Cincinnati Magazine, for
"Lords of the Ring"
Award of Merit: Steve Ramos, CityBeat, for "Dead Man
Sings"
Third Place: Mary
Ellyn Hutton, Cincinnati Post, for "A Day with Paavo"
Honorable
Mention: Janelle
Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "CSO, Paavo Reviews"
Arts/Entertainment Criticism
Award of Excellence: Dave Larsen, Dayton Daily News, for movie
reviews
Award of Merit: Steve Ramos, CityBeat, for movie reviews
Third Place: Marilyn Bauer, Cincinnati Enquirer, for art
reviews
Business Coverage
Award of Excellence: Bob Driehaus and Dan Baker, Cincinnati
Post, for "FBI Probe"
Award of Merit: James McNair, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Fiorini
Investors"
Third Place: Cliff
Peale, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Procter & Gamble"
Education
Coverage
Award
of Excellence: Staff, Xavier Magazine
Award
of Merit: Jennifer Mrozowski, Cincinnati Enquirer
Third
Place: Coleen Armstrong, Cincinnati Magazine
Radio Spot
News
Award
of Excellence: None
Award
of Merit: Jay
Hanselman, WNKU-FM, for "Twitty Deal"
Radio Short
Feature
Award
of Excellence: None
Award
of Merit: Renee
Sexton, WLW-AM, for "A Day with the Dogs"
Radio
Long Feature
Award
of Excellence: Jay Hanselman, WNKU-FM, for "Litter and Weeds"
Award
of Merit: Maryanne
Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman, WKNU-FM, for "Young Black Men"
Radio Documentary
Award
of Excellence: Renee Sexton, WLW-AM, for "When the Fans Go
Wild"
Award
of Merit: Maryanne
Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman, WKNU-FM, for "Riots Anniversary"
Third
place: Maryanne Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman, WKNU-FM, for "Racial
Profiling Collaborative"
Radio
Sports Coverage
Award
of Excellence: None
Award
of Merit: Renee
Sexton, WLW-FM
Radio Investigative
Award
of Excellence: Maryanne
Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman, WKNU-FM, for "Eminent Domain"
News or Feature Headline
Award of Excellence: M.B. Hopkins, Dayton Daily News, for "Spittin'
Eminemage"
Award of Merit: Karen Bells, Cincinnati Business Courier,
for "Rehabilitation in Spades"
Third Place: Felix
Winternitz, Cincinnati People Magazine, for "Sound of Mucas"
Honorable
Mention: Karen Bells, Cincinnati Business Courier, for "24-Carat
Makeover"
Sports
Headline
No Awards
Page One Layout
Award of Excellence: Kristin Davenport, Business Courier
Award of Merit: Sean Hughes, CityBeat
Third
Place: None
Honorable Mention: Mark
Neikirk, Cincinnati
Post
Page Design
Award of Excellence: Joseph Powell, Cincinnati Enquirer, for
"Sept. 11, 2001: 2,999* Losses"
Award of Merit: Patrick Foose, Dayton Daily News, for "Go
Fly a Kite"
Third Place: Ron
Hunn, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Baskeball: Out of the Park"
Honorable Mention: Patrick
Foose, Dayton Daily News, for "Relax and Say Spa-aah"
Informational Graphic
Award of Excellence: Randy Mazzola, Cincinnati Enquirer, for
"USS Cincinnati"
Award of Merit: Randy Mazzola, Cincinnati Enquirer, for
"Down in 37 Seconds"
Third place: Mike Nyerges, Cincinnati Post, for "Bringing
Down the House"
Photo Illustration
Award of Excellence: Jeanne Kortekamp, St. Anthony Messenger,
for "The Lost Boys of Sudan"
Award of Merit: Geoff Raker, CityBeat, for "100 Miles
and $100"
Art Illustration
Award of Excellence: Ryan Ostrander, Cincinnati Post, for "The
Boss Is Back"
Award of Merit: M.B. Hopkins, Dayton Daily News, for "Changing
Unhealthy Behavior Is Painful"
Third Place: Julie Lonneman and Jeanne Kortekamp, St. Anthony
Messenger, for "Juan Diego Apostle of the New World"
Honorable
Mention: Randy Mazzola, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Two Faced
Bengals Fan"
Editorial Cartoon
Award of Excellence: Jeff Stahler, Cincinnati Post
Award of Merit: Joe Hoffecker, Cincinnati Business Courier
News Photography
Award of Excellence: Jymi Bolden and Sean Hughes, CityBeat,
for "Nothing's Changed"
Award of Merit: Brandi Stafford, Michael E. Keating, Glenn
Hartong, Craig Ruttle, Tony Jones, Patrick Reddy and Michael Snyder,
Cincinnati Enquirer, for "And This One Is Gone!"
Third
Place: Michael E. Keating, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Casey's
Blast"
Honorable
Mention: E.L. Hubbard, Hamilton Journal-News, for "Lawson Gets
Life"
Feature Photography
Award of Excellence: Michael E. Keating, Cincinnati Enquirer,
for "Ohio's Secret Shame"
Award of Merit: Bruce Crippen, Cincinnati Post, for "A
Really Big Show"
Third Place: Steven Herppich, Cincinnati Enquirer, for "Bingo
Night"
Honorable Mention: Bruce Crippen, Cincinnati Post, for
"Oh, Deer!"
Web Site
Award of Excellence: Xavier Magazine (www.xavier.edu/magazine)
Award of Merit: Cincinnati Business Courier (www.cincinnati.bizjournals.com)
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