2011 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE
NEWSPAPER FINALISTS
Newspaper 150,000 and Under
News - Single Story
Joel Warner
Westword
"Trial by Fire"
Nicholas Phillips
Riverfront Times
"Tears of a Town"
News - Series
David Knox, Colette Jenkins
Akron beacon Journal/www.hohio.com
"Tough Times: Akron's Black Community at Risk"
News - Feature: Single Story
Aimee Levitt
Riverfront Times
"Kevin Jackson wrote the Book on How to Win White Friends & Influence Black People"
Emily Kaiser
City Pages
"Mystery Record"
Joel Warner
Westword
"LAX and the City"
News - Investigative
Joel Warner
Westword
"Taken for a Ride"
News - Feature: Series
Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Youth Today
"Brother, Can You Spare Some time?"
News - International
Aimee Levitt
Riverfront Times
"Dr. Peanut"
News - Specialty
Lisa Rab
New times Broward/Palm Beach
"On the Down Low"
Mark Kram
Philadelphia Daily News
"Paco's 2nd Round"
News - Sports
Chasen Marshall
Houston Press
"Fifth Ward Saints"
Darnell Mayberry
The Oklahoman /Newsok.com
"Why 35?"
News - Photography: Single Image
Sarah J. Glover
Philadelphia Daily News
"Dominican Parade"
Newspaper Over 150,000
News - Single Story
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Chicago Sun-Times
"The Ghost of Public Housing"
Errin Haines
The Associated Press
"Still no justice for civil rights-era rape victims"
Glenn Proctor, Michael Paul Williams, Karin Kapsidelis
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Race in Richmond: The Next Chapter Reconciling Our Past, Seeing Our Future"
News - Series
Anthony Colarossi
Orlando Sentinel
"Wrongful Conviction of Malenne Joseph"
Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
"The Shirley Sherrod Story"
News - Feature: Single Story
Alex P. Kellogg
The Wall Street Journal
"Black Flight Hits Detroit"
Theola Labbe'- DeBose, Wil Haygood
The Washington Post
"One Man's Agonizing Wait"
Denise W. Batts
The Virginian - Pilot
"HELA:Cancer Cells Killed Henrietta Lacks, Then They Made Her Immortal"
News - Feature: Series
Craig LaBan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Master of Cuisine, Slave of Washington"
Glenn Proctor, Katherin Calos
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Race in Richmond: The Next Chapter Tourism"
Jesse Holland
The Associated Press
"Capital Culture Columns"
Theresa Vargas
The Washington Post
"Working for a Chance at a Job; Hoping to Make Work Last"
Kate Wiltrout
The Virginian - Pilot
"Free to Fight"
News - Investigative
Daniel Golden, John Hechinger, John Lauerman
Bloomberg News
"Education Inc."
Mike McGraw, Glenn E. Rice
The Kansas City Star
"Who Killed Leon Jordan?"
Niraj Warikoo
Detroit Free Press
"FBI Shooting Death of Imam Abdullah"
Robert O'Horrow
The Washington Post
"Alaska"
News - International
Derrick Z. Jackson
The Boston Globe
"The Chronic Disease Dilemma"
Michael Allen
The Wall Street Journal
"War on AIDS Hangs in Balance"
Rakmini Callimachi
The Associated Press
"Abandoned Children"
Ridgely Ochs, J. Conrad Williams
Newsday
"Haiti"
News - Specialty
Corey Mitchell
Star Tribune
"The Boy was Called 50 Tyson"
Elizabeth Simpson
The Virginian - Pilot
"He's a Simple Surgeon From Rural Virginia"
Tina Lam
Detroit Free Press
"Michigan's Most Polluted Zip Code"
News - Sports
Aaron Applegate
The Virginian - Pilot
"A Record That Didn’t Make History"
Derrick Z. Jackson
The Boston Globe
"NCAA Fouls on Grad-Rate Commitment"
James E. Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"A Warrior's New Fight"
News - Business
Olivera Perkins, Debra Adams Simmons
The Plain Dealer
"Meet the Women who helped keep Hugo Boss in town"
News - Commentary
Mike Thomas
Orlando Sentinel
"Wrongful Arrest of Edwin McFarlane"
Phillip Morris, Debra Adams Simmons
The Plain Dealer
"Phillip Morris, body of work"
Rochelle Riley
Detroit Free Press
"Education: A Choice and a Voice"
James E. Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Facing the AIDS threat; it's not just that 'gay' disease; and Young black and HIV+"
News - Special Project
Alfred Lubrano, Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel
Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Portrait of Hunger"
Joe Robertson, Rick Montgomery, Eric Adler
The Kansas City Star
"Saving 17,000 Kids"
News - Art & Design: Page Design
Emmet Smith , John Kuntz, Debra Adams Simmons
The Plain Dealer
"King's Court"
Glenn Proctor, Jeremy Glover
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Race in Richmond: The Next Chapter"
News - Photography: Single Image
Ramon Espinosa
The Associated Press
"Looting Aftermath"
News - Photography: Multiple Images
J. Conrad Williams
Newsday
"From Long Island to Haiti"
Eva Russo
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Surviving Haiti"
Marvin Joseph
The Washington Post
"Apollo Kid"
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