2012 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE WINNERS

 

NEWSPAPER OVER 150,000

 

News: Single Story

"Put Obama in the game”

Derrick Z. Jackson

The Boston Globe

 

 News: Series 

 "The Women of Imperial Avenue”

Margaret Bernstein, Stan Donaldson

The Plain Dealer

 

News – Feature: Single Story

"Freedom’s Distant Cry”

Mara’ Rose Williams, Glenn E. Rice

The Kansas City Star

 

News - Feature: Series 

"The Seat Pleasant 59”

Paul Schwartzman

The Washington Post

 

News – Investigative

"NYPD Spying”

Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Chris Hawley

The Associated Press

 

News - Specialty

"AIDS activists here flourish by adapting”

Don Sapatkin

Philadelphia Inquirer

News - Sports 

"A Real Player”

Keith Pompey

Philadelphia Inquirer  

 

News – Business

"Going Hollywood”

Karina Longworth

LA Weekly

 

News - Commentary 

"Body of Work”

Sharon Broussard

The Plain Dealer

 

News - Special Project 

"Assault On Learning”

John Sullivan, Susan Snyder, Kristen A. Graham, Dylan Purcell, Jeff Gammage

Philadelphia Inquirer

 

News – Copy Editing

"Some common ground; Finding a better route, Harden's bench play fries the Nuggets early”

Russell LaCour

Tulsa World

News - Art & Design: Page Design 

"The Root DC”

Carla Broyles

The Washington Post

 

News – Photography: Single Image

"Displaced”

Emilio Mornatti

The Associated Press

 

News - Photography: Multiple Images 

"Operation Blessing”

Stephen Katz

The Virginian-Pilot

 

NEWSPAPER 150,000 AND UNDER

 

News – Single Story

"Black and Blue”

Joel Warner

Westword

 

News - Feature: Single Story 

 "Knockout King”

John H. Tucker

The Riverfront Times

 

News – Investigative

"Dial 'M' for Martyr”

Rick Anderson

Seattle Weekly

 

News – International  

"Haiti's Wounds”

Michael Miller

Miami New Times

 

News - Sports 

"Hard Hit”

Gus Garcia-Roberts

Miami New Times

 

News – Commentary

"A Television is Just a Screen, Not a Mirror” 

Stacy Davis

The News-Times 

 

News - Photography: Single Image 

"Sister Sonia”

Sarah J.Glover

Philadelphia Daily News

 

MAGAZINE OVER 1 MILLION

 

Magazine – General Reporting

"Behind the Music: Hazing or Brotherhood”

Amy Barnett, Lyle V. Harris

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine – Single Topic Series

"Rebuilding Detroit”

Amy Barnett, Terry Glover, Ellis Cose

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Investigative 

 "Without A Trace”

Amy Barnett, Francie Latour

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine – International

"Haiti One Year After the Quake”

Kevin Chappell 

Ebony Magazine

Magazine - Specialty 

 "Our Teens' Secret Sex Lives”

Constance White, Jeannine Amber, Rosemarie Robotham, Lynya Floyd

Essence Magazine

 

Magazine – Sports  

 "The Game of Her Life”

Tim Crothers

ESPN The Magazine

 

Magazine – Business

"The State of Black Wealth in America”

Amy Barnett, Lynnette Khalfani Cox

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazine - Commentary/Essay 

 "EBONY Special Report: Multiracial in America”

Amy  Barnett, Terry Glover, Monique Fields, Heidi Durrow, Sil Lai Abrams

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazines - Art & Design: Page Design 

 "The Hottest Music of 2011”

Darhil Crooks

Ebony Magazine

 

Magazines - Art & Design: Graphics 

"EBONY Debate: Gay Marriage”

Darhil Crooks, Brian Stauffer

Ebony Magazine

 

MAGAZINE UNDER 1 MILLION

 

Magazines – General Reporting

"Black & Gay in Corporate America”

Carolyn M. Brown

Black Enterprise

 

Magazines - Single Topic Series 

"Black America's Education Crisis...and What You Can Do About It”

Earl G. Graves Jr., Marcia Wade Talbert, Robin White Goode, Alan Hughes

Black Enterprise

 

Magazines – Investigative

"Missing the Mark”

Angela Caputo, Kimbriell Kelly

The Chicago Reporter

 

Magazine – Specialty

"Mother Under Siege”

Angela G. King, Lori S. Robinson

B.L.A.C. Detroit Magazine

Magazines - Business 

"Geeked!”

Marcia Wade Talbert

Black Enterprise

 

Magazines - Commentary/Essay 

"All the President's Frenemies"

Adam Serwer, Kit Rachlis

The American Prospect

 

RADIO MARKET 16 AND BELOW

 

Radio - News: Short Form 

"Liberian President”

Leoneda Inge

NC Public Radio WUNC

 

Radio – Investigative

"Following the Firearms: Gun Violence in Minneapolis”  

Brandt Williams, Laura McCallum, Mike Edgerly, Laura Yuen, Jeffrey Thompson

Minnesota Public Radio

 

Radio - Sports 

"A Tribute to John Mackey”

David Steele, Sunni Khalid

WYPR, 88.1 FM-Baltimore MD

 

Radio – Documentary

"Last Rites: Death & Remembrance In Maryland”

Sunni Khalid, Mary Rose Madden, Fraser Smith, Deborah George

WYPR

Radio - Commentary 

"Looking for Black Santa”

Leoneda Inge

NC Public Radio WUNC

 

RADIO NETWORK

 

Radio - News: Short Form 

"Ahead Of Anniversary, Freedom Riders Remember”

Allison Keyes, Denice Rios, Vicki Walton James

NPR

 

Radio - News: Long Form 

"Straight Outta Compton…On Horseback”

Guy Raz, Staff of All Things Considered Weekend

NPR

 

Radio - Feature 

Minneapolis' Starring Role In 'Purple Rain'

Allison Keyes, Sara Sarasohn

NPR

 

Radio - Sports

"After Basketball”

Anita Woodley, Dick Gordon, Katie Davis

The Story/North Carolina Public Radio

 

Radio - Documentary 

"Youths and Gun Violence: Chicago's Challenge”

Cheryl Corley, David Schaper, Linda Lutton, Vickie Walton James, Dianna Douglas, David Gilkey

NPR

 

Radio - Commentary 

"Radio Commentaries: TV's Black Best Friends and Interracial TV Couples”

Eric Charles Deggans

National Public Radio

 

Radio - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion 

"Prison to Life”

Anita Woodley, Dick Gordon, Katie Davis

The Story/North Carolina Public Radio

 

RADIO TOP 15 MARKET

 

Radio - News: Long Form 

"Not Front Page News”

Rob Wildeboer, Cate Cahan

Chicago Public Radio/ WBEZ - Chicago

 

Radio - Investigative 

"Hospital regulators let formula vie with breast milk”

Chip Mitchell, Shawn Allee

Chicago Public Radio/ WBEZ - Chicago

 

Radio - Feature 

"Whatever happened to Marcus?”

Rob Wildeboer, Cate Cahan

Chicago Public Radio/ WBEZ - Chicago

 

Radio - Documentary 

"Cops and Neighbors”

Cate Cahan, Richard Steele, Steve Edwards, Rob Wildeboer

Chicago Public Radio/ WBEZ - Chicago

 

TELEVISION MARKET 16 & BELOW

 

Television – General Assignment: Short Form

"War on Crime: Start Snitching”

Kandiss Crone

KMTV

 

Television - General Assignment: Long Form 

 "King Memorial Weekend”

Steven Crump

WBTV

 

Television - Investigative 

"Injustice Files”

Keith Beauchamp, Susan Zirinsky, Nancy Kramer, Hal Gessner, Judy Rybak

Investigation Discovery - "Secrets of Natchez"

 

Television - Feature: Short Form 

 "Riding Out A Wildfire”

Wendell Edwards

KOCO-TV5 / Oklahoma City, OK 

 

Television - Feature: Long Form 

"Teen Issues”

Bruce Nix, Yenu Wodajo, Carlos Chaverst, Kenya Maxey

WBMA-TV/ ABC 33-40

 

Television – Specialty

"The Real O.G.”

TaRhonda Thomas, Corky Scholl

9NEWS

 

Television – Sports

"The Ricky Frazier Story”

Jon King, Frank Cusumano

KSDK-TV

Television – Documentary

"Deadly Deception"

Sherri Jackson, Sonia Dicarlo, Scott MacDowell, Toby Carter

WIAT – TV

 

TELEVISION NETWORK

 

Television - General Assignment: Short Form 

 "Anniston Freedom Riders Anniversary”

Alturo Rhymes, Russ Mitchell, Patricia Shevlin, Jared Kindestin

CBS Evening News Weekend Editions

 

Television - General Assignment: Long Form 

"Queen of Soul: Aretha Franklin”

Ramon Parkins, Anthony Mason, Robin Skeete, Rand Morrison

CBS News Sunday Morning

 

Television - Spot News 

 "Alabama Tornadoes – Searching for the Missing"

Steve Osunsami, Harvey Goldberg, Audrey Taylor, Nils Kongshaug

World News with Diane Sawyer

 

Television -  Investigative 

"World's Untold Stories: Locked Up and Forgotten”

Mike McCarthy, Sheri England, David McKenzie

Ingrid Formanek, Earl Nurse

CNN

 

Television – Feature: Short Form

"Hudson River Survivor”

Mara Schiavocampo, Steve Forrest, Daria Shelton

Today Show

Television - Feature: Long Form 

 "Harry Belafonte”

Reid Orvedahl, Russ Mitchell, Joe Frandino, Rand Morrison

CBS News - Sunday Morning

 

Television – International

"Haiti Rubble Survivor”

Mara Schiavocampo, Aarne Heikkila, John Bailey

Weekend Nightly News

 

Television - Specialty 

"Hunger at Home"

Steve Osunsami, David Muir, Christine Romo, Catherine Cole,

Diane Sawyer, Jon Banner, Judy Isikow, Jared Wiener

ABC News – World News with Diane Sawyer

 

Television – Sports

"E:60 Philly Stakes”

Heather Lombardo, Andy Tennant, Michael Baltierra, Lisa Salters

E:60

 

Television - Documentary 

 "Gospel for Teens”

Lesley Stahl, Shari Finkelstein, Jennie Held, Robert Shattuck

60 Minutes

 

Television - Public Affairs: Program 

"The Curious Case of Citizen Cain”

Marie Nelson, James Blue, Emmett Miller, Fletcher Johnson

BET Networks

 

Television – Public Affairs: Segment 

"Urban Prep”

Alturo Rhymes, Cynthia Bowers, Patricia Shevlin, Paul Rose

CBS Evening News Weekend Editions

Television - Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion 

"The N-Word”

Byron Pitts, David Schneider, Robert Zimet, Joyce Gesundheit

60 Minutes

 

TELEVISION TOP 15 MARKET

 

Television – General Assignment: Short Form

"Two Years of Hell”

Randy Mcllwain

NBC 5 / KXAS-TV

 

Television - General Assignment: Long Form 

"FAMU & A Culture of Hazing”

Blayne Alexander, Benjamin Mayer

WXIA- WATL- TV/ Atlanta, GA

 

Television -  Investigative 

"Black & Blue”

Bryan Jenkins

News 12 – New Jersey

 

Television - Feature: Short Form 

 "The Dedication of A Dream”

Cheryl Burton, Ross Weidner, Annie Esp, Derek Robinson

WLS-TV/ Chicago, IL

 

Television - Feature: Long Form 

"Kristi's Gift”

Kristi Nelson, Deborah Ferguson, Reginald Hardwick, Noah Bullard

NBC 5 / KXAS-TV

 

Television - Sports 

"Future Hopes /Fighting Challenges”

Sam Crenshaw, Pete Smith, Bruce Mason

WXIA- WATL- TV/ Atlanta, GA

 

Television – Documentary

"Letters to Our Children": The John Lewis Story

Erika Facey-Palmer, David Brooks, Brenda Wood, Karyn Greer

11 Alive News

 

Television - Public Affairs: Program 

"A King Amongst Presidents"

Melanie Lawson, Joseph Williams, Anthony Reed, John Mubarak

KTRK-TV / Crossroads- Houston, TX

 

Television – Public Affairs: Inverview/Discussion

"Urban Gardens”

Angela Robinson, Vickie Whitlock, Imara Canady, Ronnie Hoof

WPBA – Atlanta, GA

  

DIGITAL MEDIA

 

Digital Media – Single Story: News

"Deadly Secrets: How California Law Shields Oakland Police Violence”

Ali Winston, Esther Kaplan, Kai Wright

Colorlines

 

Digital Media – Single Story: Feature

"Southword: Mississippi Losing the War with Obesity”

Vicki Walton James, Steve Drummond, Warwick Sabin

NPR

 

Digital Media - Online Project: News 

"Young Guns: TV Station Takes Four-Year-Old Child’s Quote Out of Context”

Bob Butler

Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

 

Digital Media - Online Project: Feature 

"Civil Rights in America: Connections to a Movement – Memorial to a King”

Nichelle Smith, Deborah Barfield Berry, Larry Copeland, Lottie Joiner

Gannett / USA Today 

 

Digital Media - Interactive: News 

"Living With Murder”

Amy Butters, Suzette Hackney, Romain Blanquart, Kristi Tanner, Kathy Kieliszewski

Detroit Free Press

 

Digital Media - Interactive: Feature 

"Auburn Gresham Series”

Bill Healy, Cate Cahan, DeCeault DeCeault

WBEZ.org

 

Digital Media - Commentary/Weblog 

"The Hyphenated Life”

Francie Latour

Boston.com | The Hyphenated Life

 

Digital Media - Sports 

"Huffington Post Blog of Maya Rupert”

Maya Rupert

Huffington Post

 

PR/MARKETING/ADVERTISING AWARDS

 

Associations/Nonprofit

 

Nappiology Expo PR Campaign

Ramona Logan

Image Advantage PR