Media Advisory

Contact:
Ryan Williams
NABJ Communications
rwilliams@nabj.org

2010 Salute to Excellence Winners Announced

Winners of the 2010 NABJ Salute to Excellence National Media Award.

DIGITAL MEDIA 

Digital Media – Single Story: Feature 

Deborah Creighton Skinner, Derek T. Dingle, Christina Faison
BlackEnterprise.com
"Obama’s 100 Days” 

Digital Media — Sports 

Jenni Carlson, Sara Phipps
NewsOK.com
"nDepth: The Minister of Millwood” 

RADIO 

Radio — News: Long Form 

Arleen Lebe
CBS Radio News NYC 
"2009: The Breakthrough Year Courage, Commitment, Celebration 
Radio — Feature 

William Craven, Felix Contreras
National Public Radio
"The Music of Africa, By Way of Latin America” 

Radio – Sports 

Dwayne Bray, David Lubbers, Mark Schwarz
ESPN
"ESPN’s Outside the Lines: White Out” 

Radio – Commentary 

Staff of Tell Me More
National Public Radio
"Tell Me More with Michel Martin” 

Radio – Public Affairs: Interview/ Discussion 
Anita S. Woodley, Dick Gordon
North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC FM
"Thinking Big” 

Radio – News, Long Form: Top 15 Market 
Amon "AJ” Frazier, Courtney Stein, Marianne McCune, Kaari Pitkin
WNYC Radio – New York City
"Promotion in Doubt” 

Radio – Public Affairs, Program: Top 15 Market 

Gabriel Spitzer, Cate Cahan
Chicago Public Radio – WBEZ-FM Chicago
"Twice as Deadly: Chicago’s Race Gap in Breast Cancer Survival” 

Radio – Public Affairs, Interview/ Discussion: Top 15 Market 

Richard Steele, Eilee Heikenen-Weiss, Aurora Aguilar
Chicago Public Radio – WBEZ-FM Chicago
"Barbershop Welcomes Discussion of Youth Violence” 
 
NEWSPAPER- PHOTOGRAPHY, ART & DESIGN 

News – Art & Design: Page Design  

Brandon Stuck 
The Virginian-Pilot
"Lost Boy” 

News – Photography: Single Image  

Gerald Herbert
The Associated Press
"Visiting the Children” 

Dean Hoffmeyer
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Bukuru Nyandwi” 

News – Photography: Multiple Images 
Jahi Chikwendiu
The Washington Post
"Rwanda Homecoming: 15 Years” 

News – Art & Design: Graphics (Under 150,000) 

Crystal Thomas
South Florida Times
"From King to Obama” 

News – Photography: Single Image (Under 150,000) 
Sarah Glover
Philadelphia Daily News
"I Just Want to See Her” 

NEWSPAPER- CIRCULATION 150,000 AND UNDER 

News — Single Story 
Gloria Campisi
Philadelphia Daily News
"Treated Like Trash” 

Kimberly Hayes-Taylor
The Detroit News
"Cancer’s Inequities” 

News – Feature: Single Story 
Gus Garcia-Roberts
Miami New Times
"Curse of the Class of 2006” 

News – Sports 
Corey Mitchell
The Saginaw News
"A bond of brothers” 

News – Commentary 
Sarah Fenske
Phoenix New Times
"Bryant Wilkerson case” 
 
NEWSPAPER- CIRCULATION OVER 150,000 

News – Single Story

Stephan Salisbury
Philadelphia Inquirer
"An Explosion of Sad History” 

News – Series 
Tony Rizzo
The Kansas City Star
"Murder Factory” 

News – Feature: Single Story 
Wil Haygood
The Washington Post
"A Family’s March Through History and Hope” 

News – Feature: Series 
Brian McCollum, Bill McGraw
Detroit Free Press
"Motown at 50”  
News – Investigative 
Debbie Cenziper
The Washington Post 
"Wasting Away” 

News – International 
Stephanie McCrumen
The Washington Post
"Congo” 

News – Specialty 
Elizabeth Simpson
The Virginian-Pilot
"Both sides of dialysis” 

News – Business 
Ken Wells
Bloomberg News
"Armageddon in Alabama” 

News – Commentary 
Phillip Morris, Debra Adams Simmons
The Plain Dealer
"Phillip Morris Commentary”  
Darryl Owens
Orlando Sentinel
"Darryl Owens Commentary” 

News – Special Project 
Suzanne Bohan, Sandy Kleffman
Contra Costa Times
"Shortened Lives: Where You Live Matters” 

Cheryl Thompson
The Washington Post
"5.5 Seconds, DeOnte Rawlings” 

News – Copy Editing 
L. Lamar Wilson
The Washington Post
"Where is the love? Everywhere” & other headlines 
 
MAGAZINE- CIRCULATION UNDER 1 MILLION 
Magazine – General News 
Neely Tucker
The Washington Post Magazine
"The Known Word of Edward P. Jones” 

Magazine – Single Topic Series 

Sarah Karp, John Myers
Catalyst Chicago
"Reaching Black Boys” 

Magazine -- Investigative 
AC Thompson
The Nation
"Katrina’s Hidden Race War & Body of Evidence” 

Magazine – International 
Yanick Rice Lamb, Akiba Solomon, Kendra Lee, Debra Moore
Heart & Soul
"Mapping AIDS” 

Magazine – Specialty 
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Kimbriell Kerry, Jessica Young, Jennifer Fernicola
The Chicago Reporter
"Lower Standards” 

Magazine – Commentary/ Essay 
Earl G. Graves Jr.
Black Enterprise
"Executive Memo”  

MAGAZINE- CIRCULATION OVER 1 MILLION 
Magazine — General News 
Shirley Henderson, Kevin Chappell, Valerie Goodloe 
Ebony Magazine
"Reclaiming Victory” 

Magazine — Single Topic Series 

Angela Burt-Murray, Dawn M. Baskerville
Essence Magazine
"Realizing the Dream” 

Magazine — Investigative 
Angela Burt-Murray, Jeannine Amber, Rosemarie Robotham
Essence Magazine
"Lost Girl” 

Magazine – International 
Angela Burt-Murray, Jeannine Amber, Rosemarie Robotham
Essence Magazine 
"Trouble in Paradise” 

Magazine—Specialty 
Angela Burt-Murray, Robin D. Stone, Patrik Henry Bass
Essence Magazine
"Our Secret Pain” 

Magazine—Sports 
Chris Broussard, Otto Strong
ESPN The Magazine
"Home Is Where the Hoop Is” 

Magazine—Business 
Angela Burt-Murray, Lynn O’Shaughnessy, Tanisha Sykes
Essence Magazine
"The Black Woman’s Guide to Making College Affordable” 

Magazine – Commentary/ Essay 
Angela Burt-Murray, Dawn Baskerville 
Essence Magazine
"Michael Jackson: The Man, The Music, The Magic 1958-2009” 

Magazine – Copy Editing 
Otto Strong
ESPN The Magazine
"ESPN The Magazine” 

Magazine – Art & Design: Page Design 
Ingrid Larkin
Ebony Magazine
"The Ebony Power 150” 
 
TELEVISION- MARKETS 16 AND BELOW 

Television – Feature: Long Form 
Gloria Neal
KCNC-TV Denver
"Black at 5,280 Feet” 

Television – Public Affairs: Segment 
Everett Marshburn
MPTV-TV Milwaukee
"Black Nouveau: Soultime at The Apollo” 

TELEVISION- NETWORK 

Television – General Assignment News: Short Form 
Steve Osunsami, Mary McGuirt, Jon Banner, Mimi Gurbst
ABC’s World News
"A Town Without Water” 

Television – General Assignment News: Long Form 
Gitika Ahuja, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Dan Harris
ABC News Good Morning America
"Black & White Now: Perceptions of Race in America” 

Television – Feature: Short Form 
Rick Kaplan, Byron Pitts, Rodney Comrie, Betty Chin
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
"N-Word” 

Television – Feature: Long Form 
Marcelena Spencer
CBS News 48 Hours
"Medgar Evers Segment from ‘Change & Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama’” 

Television – Specialty 
Jason Samuels, Traci A. Curry, Cassandra Lizaire, Scott Martin
BET News
"Heart of the City: Dying to Eat in Jackson” 

Television – Sports 
Michael Smith
ESPN E:60
"E:60 James Stewart” 

Television – Documentary 
The staff of MSNBC
MSNBC
"A Father’s Promise”  

Television – Public Affairs: Segment 
Michelle Miller, Alturo Rhymes, Pat Shevlin, Matt Kugleman
CBS Evening News: Weekend Edition
"The Lost King Tapes” 
 
TELEVISION- TOP 15 MARKETS 

Television – Feature: Long Form 
Pat Harvey, Kimberly Mackie
KCAL-TV Los Angeles
"High School Harmony” 

Television – Specialty 

Robin Robinson, Ann Serafin, Lou Hinkhouse, Donald Gresham
WFLD-TV Chicago
"Keeping It Straight” 

Television – Sports 
Matt Barrie, Noah Bullard
KXAS-TV, Dallas/ Ft. Worth
"A Game of Hope” 

Television –  Feature: Long Form 
Pat Harvey, Kimberly Mackie
KCAL/ CBS2 Los Angeles
"High School Harmony” 
Television – Specialty

Robin Robinson, Ann Serafin, Lou Hinkhouse, Donald Gresham
WFLD-TV Chicago
"Keeping It Straight”

Television – Sports 
Matt Barrie, Noah Bullard
KXAS-TV, Dallas/ Ft. Worth
"A Game of Hope”

Television – Documentary 
Art Fennell, Brian Aiken
CN8 Philadelphia
"Camden – The Rising”

Television – Public Affairs: Program 
Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Kenneth Meeks, Shon Gables
Black Enterprise Business Report
 "Celebrating America’s Largest Black Business”

Television –  Public Affairs: Program 
Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Kenneth Meeks, Ed Gordon
Our World with Black Enterprise
"Recognizing NAACP’s 100th Anniversary”

Television – Segment 
Nicholas Shields
WTTW-TV Chicago
"Damarra’s Story” 

Television – Interview/Discussion 
Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Kenneth Meeks, Ed Gordon
Our World with Black Enterprise 
"Singer Charlie Wilson’s War: Prostate Cancer”

Television – Interview/Discussion 
Angela Robinson, Vickie Whitlock
WPBA-TV Atlanta 
"Trauma of Slavery, Part 1”