The Winners -- Results
of the 1995 Awards
for Excellence in Journalism

Gerald White Memorial Prize

Mark Braykovich and Cameron McWhirter of Cincinnati Enquirer for "A Criminal Exchange - The failure of America's interstate parole system."

Queen City Scholar

Michelle, who lives in Loveland, has been part of the news ever since she was born as one of quintuplets -- a news event covered by the local media.

While growing up, her family discussed world news around the dinner table and that led her to recognizing journalism is very important in influencing public opinion.

She sees her role as a journalist as one of an educator to help people understand events in their world. As a journalist, she wants to give something back to society.

Michelle is a junior at Ohio State University studying broadcast journalism and communications. She also hopes to get a law degree.

She plans a career in television broadcasting and is currently a news assistant at WCBE, a National Public Radio station. She also has been published in Visions, a Jewish Student publication at Ohio State University and the Ohio Jewish Chronicle in Columbus.

Michelle is the third recipient of a $1,000 by the Cincinnati chapter of SPJ. The money for the scholarship was raised through celebrity roasts held several years ago.

Writing

1. Deadline or spot news story

First place: Brent LaLonde, of Columbus Dispatch for "West Side fire kills 7"

Second place: Kristen DelGuzzi, Kathleen Hillenmeyer, Janet Wetzel, Adam Weintraub, Julie Irwin, Tim Bonfield and Sue MacDonald, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Police: Revenge behind shooting."

Third place: Cincinnati Post staff for "Fired worker returned, kills 2"

Honorable mention: Laura Goldberg, Adam Weintraub, Kristen DelGuzzi, Candace Goforth, John Hopkins and Mark Curnutte,Cincinnati Enquirer for "Pharon Crosby coverage"

2. Enterprise/Database reporting

First place: Mark Braykovich and Meghan Henterly, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Indiana Gambling"

Second place: Steve Bennish and David Mendell, Dayton Daily News for "Action Agency stories"

Third place Michael Berens, Columbus Dispatch for "Fugitives from Justice"

Honorable mentions: Cameron McWhirter, Cincinnati Enquirer for Liquor control

Mark Braykovich of Cincinnati Enquirer for "Parole ­The Easy Out"

Mark Skertic, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Cincinnati School"

Felix Winternitz and Cincinnati Magazine staff for "Neighborhoods" "Charity Follies" and "God"

3. Beat Reporting

First place: Debra Jasper, Dayton Daily News for politics

Second place: Tim Bonfield, Cincinnati Enquirer for health

Third place: Sue MacDonald, Cincinnati Enquirer for health

Honorable mentions: Janice Haidet, Dayton Daily News

Kristen DelGuzzi, Cincinnati Enquirer for courts

4. Series

First place: Michael J. Berens, Nancy Smeltzer and Laurie Loscocco, Columbus Dispatch for "Fragile Lives"

Second place: Scott Powers, Columbus Dispatch for "Ohio's Radioactive legacy"

Third place: Barry Horstman, Cliff Peale and Dan Hassert, Kentucky Post for "Tri-State Compact"

Honorable mentions: Tom Beyerlein and others, Dayton Daily News for "Death Row: A matter of Time"

Richard Green and Howard Wilkinson, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Battle for City Hall"

Steve Bennish and David Mendell of Dayton Daily News for "Oversight"

5. Continuing Coverage

First place: Adam Weintraub, Marc Curnutte and Laura Goldberg, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Police Brutality"

Second place: Mark Skertic, Cincinnati Enquirer for "School financial Crisis"

Third place: Staff of Dayton Daily News for "Massive search on for girl, 4"

Honorable mention: Cameron McWhirter, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Peace Talks"

Kimball Perry, Cincinnati Post for Eddy Frye series

6. Feature

First place: Dan Horn, Cincinnati Post for variety of stories

Second place: Tanya Bricking, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Carmen's Terrible Secret"

Third place: Richard Green, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Cleveland's Last Hurrah"

Honorable mentions: Mary McCarty, Dayton Daily News

Jeff Hillard and Dennis Breen of Cincinnati CityBeat for "Shut out in Cuba"

7. Personality Profile

First place: Richard Green, Cincinnati Enquirer, "Love of Two Moms"

Second place: Cliff Radel, Cincinnati Enquirer for "All Eyes on Mike Brown''

Third place: Michael Graham, Cincinnati Magazine for "John Boy"

Honorable mentions:

Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer for "The Last Right Thing"

Debra Ann Vance, Kentucky Post for "Tom Boysen"

Jim Massie, Columbus Dispatch for "Hopes in the 'hood"

Sue MacDonald, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Healing Art"

8. Business reporting

First place: Ursula Miller and Jeff Harrington, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Future Healthcare"

Second place: Lynn Hulsey and Jim Bebbington, Dayton Daily News for "Big Employers ­ Small Towns."

Third place: Jeff Harrington, Cincinnati Enquirer for "P&G succession"

9. Sportswriting

First place: Tom Archdeacon, Dayton Daily News

Second place: Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer

Third place: Geoff Hobson, Cincinnati Enquirer

Honorable mentions: Tim Sullivan, Cincinnati Enquirer

John Erardi, Cincinnati Enquirer

Neil Schmidt, Cincinnati Enquirer

10. Editorial Writing

First place: Robert White, Cincinnati Post

Second place: Mark Neikirk, Kentucky Post

Third place: Peter Bronson, Cincinnati Enquirer

11. Column or Signed Opinion

First place: William Weathers, Kentucky Post

Second place: Laura Pulfer, Cincinnati Enquirer

Third place: John Hopkins, Cincinnati Enquirer

Honorable mention: John Eckberg, Cincinnati Enquirer

12. Best work by a student journalist

First place: Evelyn Ellison of Ohio Magazine "The difficult Dr. Clarke"

Second place: Amy Gallaher of Everybody's News "Smoke one and call me in the Morning"

Third place: Lance Williams, Kentucky Post "Daylight Burglars on the Prowl"

Broadcast

1. Spot news

First place: WLW staff for Shooting Rampage

2. Continuing Coverage

First place: WLW staff for Stadium issue

Second place: Ann Hartmann, WNKU for Federal Shutdown

Third place: Maryanne Zeleznik, WNKU for Medicaid

3. Enterprise reporting

First place: WLW staff for "Living on the Edge"

Second place: Bill Cohen, Ohio Public Radio "Nuclear Reaction"

Third place: Maryanne Zeleznik, WNKU "Why Work"

4. Feature

First place: Kathy Lehr of WLW for Halloween series

Second place: Maryanne Zeleznik, WNKU for Tuna Christmas and shopping

Third place: Bill Cohen, Ohio Public Radio for Harry Meshel

Editing, layout, photo

1. News or feature headline

First place: Linda Vaccariello, Cincinnati Magazine for "At Prey in the Fields of the Lord"

Second place: Lisa Sullivan, Cincinnati Enquirer for "King of the Road Kill"

Third place: Tom Collins, Columbus Dispatch for "Cold Town, Virus in the city... ''

Honorable mentions: Jack Cannon, Cincinnati Enquirer

Felix Winternitz, Cincinnati Magazine

2. Page one layout

First place: Staff, Columbus Dispatch

Second place: Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer

Third place: Staff, University of Cincinnati News Record

Honorable mention: Kristin Davenport and Douglas Bolton, Business Record

3. Page design

First place: Robin Chenoweth, Columbus Dispatch for "Island Exotica"

Second place: Joy W. Kraft, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Cincinnati Suffragist"

Third place: Kathy Diabick, Columbus Dispatch for "A Ducky Idea"

Honorable mentions: Ron Huff, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Weekend"

Colleen Lanchester, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Champagne Dreams"

4. Informational graphic

First place: Johnathan Massie, Colleen Lanchester and Ron Cosby, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Aronoff Center"

Second place: Sherry Rinderle, Columbus Dispatch "Heads Up"

Third place: Tom Baker, Columbus Dispatch "Stormy Weather"

5. Photo illustration

First place: Kevin Miyazaki, Cincinnati Enquirer

Second place: Traci Meece, Cincinnati Magazine for "Everybody's War"

Third place: Kevin Miyazaki, Cincinnati Enquirer

6. Art illustration

First place: John Patrick, Cincinnati Magazine "Snake in the Mailbox"

Second place: Evangelia Philippidis, Columbus Dispatch for "50 Boredom Beaters"

Third place: Rob Schuster, Cincinnati Enquirer "Gathering Evidence"

Honorable mention: Mark Shepherd and Craig Clements, Cincinnati CityBeat "On strings and a Prayer"

7. Editorial Cartoon

First place: Jim Borgman, Cincinnati Enquirer

Second place: Jeff Stahler, Cincinnati Post

8. Photography

First place: Ernie Coleman, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Back on Bubble"

Second place: Glenn Hartong, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Jury Duty"

Third place: Patrick Reddy, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Parole"

Honorable mentions: Michael Wilson, Ohio Magazine for "Pigmeat Jarrett"

Glenn Hartong, Cincinnati Enquirer for "Frisch's CEO"

9. Feature photo

First place: Melvin Grier, Cincinnati Post for "Life on Vine"

Second place: Fred Squillante, Columbus Dispatch for "Hell"

Third place: Fred Squillante, Columbus Dispatch for "Eddie takes flight"

Local winners in the Press Club of Cleveland's 1996 Excellence in Journalism Awards

The Cincinnati Enquirer:

Staff, general excellence ­ best daily, best sports coverage

Jim Borgman, first place, cartooning

Ernest Coleman, first place, spot news photography

Kevin Miyazaki, first place, fashion photography

Cliff Radel, first place, column writing; second place, arts/entertainment

John Erardi, first place, sports reporting

Richard Green, Laura Goldberg and Anne Michaud, second place, breaking news reporting

Jeff Harrington, second place, business writing

Glenn Hartong, second place, spot news photography

Mark Skertic, second place (tie), public service reporting

Sports staff, second place, sports reporting

The Cincinnati Post:

Melvin Grier, second place, general news photography

Robert White, second place, editorial writing

Dayton Daily News:

Tom Archdeacon, first place, sports commentary

Russell Carollo, Jeff Nesmith and Carol Hernandez, first place, investigative reporting

M.B. Hopkins, second place, illustration

Mary McCarty, second place, feature writing

Cincinnati Business Courier:

Staff, general excellence -- best business coverage

Matthew Hall, first place, best headline

Joe Hoffecker, first place, cartooning

Cincinnati CityBeat:

John Fox, first place, sports reporting

Steve Ramos, first place, feature reporting

Nancy Firor and John Fox, second place, public service reporting

Cincinnati Magazine:

Felix Winternitz, first place, departments/media

Felix Winternitz, first place, headline writing

Felix Winternitz, second place, commentary

Felix Winternitz, second place, headline writing

WLWT-TV:

Robert Busby Jr. and Courtis Fuller, first place, human interest reporting

WLW

Staff, general excellence -- best contincontinuous coverage, best spot news

Staff, first place, in-depth reporting

Staff, first place, best documentary

Staff, first place, investigative reporting

Kevin Christopher, first place, news reporting

Source: The Associated Press

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