2011 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE WINNERS

 

Newspaper 150,000 and Under

 

News - Single Story

"Trial by Fire"

Joel Warner

Westword

  

News - Series

"Tough Times: Akron's Black Community at Risk"

David Knox, Colette Jenkins

Akron Beacon Journal

 

News - Feature: Single Story

"Mystery Record"

Emily Kaiser

City Pages

  

News - Investigative

"Taken for a Ride"

Joel Warner

Westword

 

News - Feature: Series

"Brother, Can You Spare Some Time?" 

Jamaal Abdul-Alim

Youth Today

 

News - International

"Dr. Peanut"

Aimee Levitt

Riverfront Times

 

News - Specialty

"Paco's 2nd Round"

Mark Kram

Philadelphia Daily News

 

News - Sports

"Fifth Ward Saints"

Chasen Marshall

Houston Press

 

News - Photography: Single Image

"Dominican Parade"

Sarah J. Glover

Philadelphia Daily News

 

Newspaper Over 150,000

News - Single Story

"The Ghost of Public Housing" 

Maudlyne Ihejirika

Chicago Sun-Times

 

News - Series

"The Shirley Sherrod Story"

Mary Clare Jalonick

The Associated Press

 

News - Feature: Single Story

"Black Flight Hits Detroit"

Alex P. Kellogg

The Wall Street Journal

 

News - Feature: Series

"Master of Cuisine, Slave of Washington"

Craig LaBan

The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

News - Investigative

"Education Inc."

Daniel Golden, John Hechinger, John Lauerman

Bloomberg News

  

News - International 

"Haiti"

Ridgely Ochs, J. Conrad Williams

Newsday

 

News - Specialty

"The Boy was Called 50 Tyson"

Corey Mitchell

Star Tribune

 

News - Sports

"A Warrior's New Fight"

James E. Causey

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

News - Business

"Meet the women who helped keep Hugo Boss in town"

Olivera Perkins, Debra Adams Simmons

The Plain Dealer

 

News – Commentary

"Education: A Choice and a Voice"

Rochelle Riley

Detroit Free Press

 

News - Special Project

"A Portrait of Hunger"

Alfred Lubrano, Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel

Philadelphia Inquirer

 

News - Art & Design: Page Design

"King's Court"

Emmet Smith , John Kuntz, Debra Adams Simmons

The Plain Dealer

  

News - Photography: Single Image

"Looting Aftermath"

Ramon Espinosa

The Associated Press

 

News - Photography: Multiple Images

"Apollo Kid"

Marvin Joseph

The Washington Post

 

Magazine Over 1 Million

 

Magazine - General Reporting

"The Coal Miner's Wife"

Kevin Chappell

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Single Topic Series

"Ebony Education Special"

Amy DuBois Burnett

Ebony Magazine

  

Magazine - Investigative

"Black Girls for Sale"

Angela Burt-Murray, Jeannine Amber, Rosemarie Robotham

Essence Magazine

 

Magazine - International

"Sister Soldiers in Afghanistan"

Angela Burt-Murray, Abigail Hauslahner, Jeannine Amber

Essence Magazine

 

Magazine - Specialty

"Watering The Food Desert"

Adrienne Samuels Gibbs, Amy DuBois Barnett

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Sports

"Giving Kids a Lifeline"

Andrew Lawrence

Sports Illustrated

 

Magazine - Business

"The Power Package"

Angela Burt-Murray, Tanisha A. Sykes

Essence Magazine

 

Magazine - Commentary / Essay

"Is Black Leadership Dead?" 

Amy DuBois Burnett

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Art & Design: Page Design

"Ebony 65th Anniversary Covers"

Amy DuBois Burnett, Dudley Brooks, Keith Major, Mario Wilson

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Art & Design: Graphics

"The Ebony Lists of 65"

Amy DuBois Burnett, Lynnette Galloway, Ebony Staff

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine Under 1 Million

 

Magazine - General Reporting

"Correcting Corrections"

Trevor W. Coleman, Lori S. Robinson

B.L.A.C. Magazine

  

Magazine - Single Topic Series

"State of Our Girls"

Yanick Rice Lamb, Kendra Lee, Demene Millner, Eisa Ulen

Heart and Soul Magazine

 

Magazine - Investigative

"Stolen Futures"

Angela Caputo, Kimbriell Kelly

The Chicago Reporter

 

Magazine - Specialty

"Cleanse Craze"

Yanick Rice Lamb, Kendra Lee, Robin Stone

Heart and Soul Magazine

 

Magazine - Business

"Where Entrepreneurs Need Nerves of Steel"

Steven Gray

Fortune Magazine

 

Magazine - Commentary / Essay 

"Pain & Promise: An Essay on the Politics of Detroit"

Trevor W. Coleman, Lori S. Robinson

B.L.A.C. Magazine  

 

Magazine - Art & Design: Page Design

"Spa Special"

Yanick Rice Lamb, Kendra Lee, Debra Moore

Heart and Soul Magazine

Radio Market 16 & Below

Radio - News: Short Form

"Haitian Creole"

Leoneda Inge

North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC FM

 

Radio - Documentary

"Curtis Mayfield - Keep on Pushin"

The Midnight Ravers

 WBAI-NY 99.5 FM

 

Radio - Public Affairs: Program

"Freedom Plow: The Michael Eric Dyson Show"

Michael Eric Dyson, Davar Ardalan, Bob Malesky

www.dysonshow.org

 

Radio - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

"Maya Angelou: The Michael Eric Dyson Show"

Michael Eric Dyson, Davar Ardalan, Teria Rogers, Carlos Olazagasti

www.dysonshow.org 

 

Radio - Feature

"North Carolina Mutual"

Leoneda Inge

North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC FM

 

Radio - Sports

"Black Ice, Gold Mettle"

Phil Farrar

AM 600 KOGO San Diego

 

Radio - News: Long Form

"Chicago still not up to speed with new gun law"

Robert Wildeboer, Cate Cahan

Chicago Public Radio - WBEZ FM Chicago

 

Radio Top 15 Market

Radio - Sports

"Chlorine and Curls"

Jenna Flanagan

WNYC Radio - New York City

 

Radio - News: Short Form

"Transgender Woman Fights Public Housing Discrimination"

Natalie Moore, Julia McEvoy

Chicago Public Radio - WBEZ FM Chicago

 

Radio - News: Long Form

"Back to the Middle East"

Alexis Gordon, Courtney Stein, Marianne McCune, Kaari Pitkin

WNYC Radio - New York City

  

Radio - Investigative

"Federal food stamp program fails some low-income Chicagoans"

Natalie Moore, Shawn Allee

Chicago Public Radio - WBEZ FM Chicago

 

Radio - Feature

"Gamun-Pyul"

Rayon Wright, Sanda Hiyte, Marianne McCune, Kaari Pitkin

WNYC Radio - New York City

  

Radio - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

"Worldview Race Series: Film Black Images"

Steve Bynum, Richard Steele, Worldview Staff

Chicago Public Radio - WBEZ FM Chicago

 

Radio - Documentary

"Pop & Politics with Farai Chideya"

Farai Chideya, Dean Cappello, Kerry Donahue, Suzie Lechtenberg

WNYC Radio - New York City

 

Radio Network

 

Radio - News: Short Form

"Sherrod at NABJ"

Julie Walker

 Associated Press Radio

 

Radio - Feature

"Donny Hathaway: Neglected Heart of Soul"

Allison Keyes

NPR

 

News: Long Form

"Remembering Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Height"

Allison Keyes    

NPR

 

Radio - Sports

"Off the Corner"

Anita S. Woodley, Dick Gordon

The Story/North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC FM Chapel Hill

 

Radio - Documentary

"My Favorite Things At 50"

Robin Washington

 

Radio - Commentary

"Can I Just Tell You"

Michel Martin

NPR

 

Radio - Public Affairs: Program

"Tell Me More"

Michel Martin

NPR

 

Radio - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion 

"When Living in a Hotel is not a Vacation"

Anita S. Woodley, Dick Gordon

North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC FM

Television Market 16 & Below

Television - General Assignment News: Short Form

"Black Male Teachers"

Tim Pulliam

WIS - Columbia

 

Television - General Assignment News: Long Form

"Secrets of the Down Low"

Blayne Alexander

WRDW- Augusta,GA

 

Television - Sports

"Sisters Tri-ing"

TaRhonda Thomas, Byron Reed

KUSA TV - Denver, CO

 

Television - Specialty

"Quitting with Kaleidoscope"

TaRhonda Thomas, Ken Mostek

KUSA TV - Denver, CO

 

Television - International

"Medical Mission in Kenya"

Amie McLain

WRIC TV - Richmond, VA

 

Television - Feature: Short Form

"A Moment in History"

TaRhonda Thomas, Byron Reed

KUSA TV - Denver, CO

  

Television - Feature: Long Form

"Richmond 34"

Reba Hollingsworth

 WTVR TV - Richmond

  

Television - Documentary 

"Code Switching"

Lisa Godley

WHRO TV - Norfolk

 

Television - Public Affairs: Program

"Sitting in to Move Forward"

Steve Crump

WBTV - Charlotte

 

Television - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

"Black Nouveau - Gwen Ifill"

Everett L. Marshburn

WMVS - Milwaukee

 

Television Network

Television - General Assignment News: Short Form

"The Billboards in Black Neighborhoods"

Steve Osunsami, Harvey Goldberg , Mimi Gurbst, Jon Banner

World News with Diane Sawyer ABC

 

Television - General Assignment News: Long Form

"American Voices! African American Voters"

Matt Shelley

CBS News

 

Television - Spot News

"Bishop Long"

Steve Osunsami, Harvey Goldberg , Christine Brozyna, Sharde Miller

World News & Good Morning America ABC

 

Television - Feature: Short Form

"Madieu Williams: Making A Difference in Sierra Leone" 

Ron Allen, Amber Payne , Subrata De, Bob Epstein

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

  

Television - Feature: Long Form

"60 Minutes: The Seed School" 

AJ Warren

CBS News

 

Television - International

"Earthquake in Haiti"

Lester Holt, Ron Allen, Bill Neely, Mary Laurence Flynn, Bob Epstein

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

 

Television - Specialty

"Food Deserts Fuel U.S. Health Crisis"

Betty Ann Bowser, Bridget DeSimone, Murrey Jacobson, Linda Winslow

PBS Newshour

 

Television - Sports

"E:60 Maurice Jones-Drew"

Lisa Salters

ESPN

 

Television - Documentary

"There Goes the Neighborhood" 

Rebecca Kaufman

Al Jazeera English

 

Television - Public Affairs: Program

"Let's Move with First Lady Michelle Obama"

Johnathan Rodgers, Roland Martin

TV One

Television - Public Affairs: Segment

"Marketplace Africa: Little Ethiopia"

Mike McCarthy, Sheri England, Robyn Curnow, Misty Showalter, Farrah Flanagan

CNN

 

Television - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

"TV One on One with Cathy Hughes: Minister Louis Farrakhan"

Johnathan Rodgers, Roland Martin

TV One

 

Television Top 15 Market

Television - General Assignment News: Short Form

"Swangas"

Joseph Williams, Melanie Lawson, John Mubarak, Wes Sewell

KTRK TV- Houston

 

Television - Feature: Short Form

"Preserving Praise"

Kristi Nelson

KXAS TV- Dallas/Fort Worth

 

Television - International

"Stories from Uganda"

Jeremy Campbell

Fox 13 News WTVT Tampa

 

Television - Specialty

"Rooftop Garden"

Roxanne Evans, Karin Attonito, Chuck Werneke

News 12 NJ-Edison

 

Television - Public Affairs: Program

"Howard Theatre: A Century in Song"

Robin N. Hamilton, Jim Byrne, Fran Murphy

DC50tv.com WDCW TV - Washington DC

 

Television - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

"Beyond the Bridge"

Angela Robinson, Imara Canady, Vickie Whitlock, Leonard Raglin

WPBA- Atlanta

 

Digital Media

Digital Media - Single Story: News

"Michael Vick Interview"

Mara Schiavocampo, Greg Kaplan

www.TheGrio.com

 

Digital Media - Single Story: Feature

"Prison Moms"

Mara Schiavocampo, Victor Limjoco, Jessica Shim

www.TheGrio.com

 

Digital Media - Online Project: News 

"Race in Richmond"

Glenn Proctor, Paul Kyber, Bryan DeVasher

Richmond Times-Dispatch

 

Digital Media  - Online Project: Feature

"TheGrio's 100: History Makers in the Making (2010)" 

David Wilson

www.TheGrio.com

 

Digital Media - Interactive: News

"A Year of Challenges: Haiti after the Quake"

Keith Jenkins

NPR

 

Digital Media - Commentary/Weblog

"Collection of Commentaries from The Root and The Body”

Kellee Terrell, Sheryl Salomon, Myles Helfand

The Root/ The Body

 

Digital Media – Sports 

"Looking Back at the Men who Broke the Color Barrier in Ivy League Golf"

Allison Bourne-Vanneck

www.Golf.com

 

Public Relations Awards

 

Public Relations - Government

Chuck Johnson

Detroit Public Schools

 

Public Relations - Associations/Nonprofit Organizations

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

 

Cause Related Marketing Campaigns

 

Public Relations – Cause Related Marketing Campaigns

Business – Services

Terry Allen

1016 Media