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Updated: Friday, November 24, 2006
Published: Monday, August 21, 2006 |
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NABJ Announces 2006 Salute to Excellence Award Honorees
INDIANAPOLIS -- The National Association of Black Journalists announced the honorees for the 2006 Salute to Excellence Awards. The annual awards recognize exemplary coverage of people or issues of African Americans or in the African Diaspora. The competition honors work from print, television, radio, online, and photojournalism.
For the first time since 2003, the honorees were announced at the Salute to Excellence Awards Gala at the 31st Annual Convention and Career Fair in Indianapolis. Rene Syler, anchor of the CBS Early Show was the host.
“This was an amazing year for our journalism,” said NABJ President Bryan Monroe, vp/editorial director for Ebony and Jet magazines. “From Hurricane Katrina to the death of Rosa Parks to the war in Iraq, journalists showed how important different perspectives are in telling the stories of America and the world.”
The Journalist of the Year Award honored Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial columnist Cynthia Tucker.
The following awards were also presented at the 2006 Salute to Excellence Gala:
Community Service Award
DeMarco Morgan
WISN-12, Milwaukee
Emerging Journalist Award
Errin Haines
Associated Press
Trymaine Lee
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Best Online News Project
“They Changed the World”
Paul Crawford, Scott Schneider, Mark McGregor
Montgomery Advertiser
Best Use of Interactivity
“Interactive Features of Hurricane Katrina”
The Staff of Newsweek
Enterprise/Documentary
“The Elaine, Arkansas Race Riot of 1919”
Robert Franklin, Ph.D, Deni Luna, Jane Popik
Passion Plus Productions
Features
“Michele Norris: Reports on Hurricane Katrina”
Michele Norris, Andrea Hsu,Chris Turpin, Ivan Burketh
National Public Radio: All Things Considered
News
“Are Civil Rights Still Relevant?”
Allison Keyes
National Public Radio: News and Notes with Ed Gordon
Commentary
“Grandpa’s Legacy”
Phyllis Fletcher
KUOW-FM (Seattle)
Photography, Single Image
“Final Salute”
Robert Mecea
Newsday
Photography,Multiple Images
“Polio’s Final Chapter”
Martha Rial
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Page Design
“Splash”
Rick Crotts
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Graphic
“100 Songs of the South”
Rick Crotts
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Commentary
“Civil Rights Pioneers Remembered”
Robin Washington
Duluth News Tribune
Enterprise
“It Was Just Like Beverly Hills”
Randall Roberts
Riverfront Times
International
“Liberty in Liberia”
Millete Birhanemaskel
Greeley Tribune
Sports
“Alone No More”
Paul Kix
Dallas Observer
Sports
“Alley Cat”
Mike Seely
Riverfront Times
Features
“Rap vs. Rapture”
Ben Westhoff
Riverfront Times
Magazine-Circulation Under 1 Million
“Fighting Genocide’s Deadly Legacy, Hiding In Plain Sight”
Don Terry
Chicago Tribune Magazine
Magazine-Circulation Over 1 Million
“The Bravest Generation”
Cora Daniels
Fortune Magazine
Copy Editing
“Evacuees Endure”
Eric Williams
The Dallas Morning News
International
“The Promise: Married at 11”
Roger Thurow
The Wall Street Journal
Enterprise
“A Year’s Journey to an Education”
Mary Shanklin, Leslie Postal
Orlando Sentinel
Business
“Drive Away”
Joe Collier, Kortney Stringer, Alejandro Bodipo-Membe
Detroit Free Press
Commentary
“Forgotten Heirs”
Mary Mitchell
Chicago Sun Times
Sports
“In Two Arenas”
Juliet Macur
The New York Times
Features
“Margaret Garner”
Mark Stryker
Detroit Free Press
Daily News
“Nightmare in the 9th Ward, All Too Real For One Woman”
Trymaine Lee
The Times Picayune
Documentary
“Remember My Name: Sylvia’s Story”
Beryl Dakers, Amy Shumaker, Betsy Newman
South Carolina ETV-TV
News Magazine
“Before Rosa”
Steve Crump
WTVI-TV (Charlotte)
Enterprise
“Search for Justice”
Darran Caudle, Tony Pipitone, Elieen Gilmer, Scott Noland
WKMG-TV (Orlando)
Features/Short Form
“99 year old Janitor: The Story of Willie Brandon”
George Mitchell
WKRN-TV (Nashville)
Features/Long Form
“A Spiritual Journey with the Fisk Jubliee Singers”
Anne Holt, Jeff Davison
WKRN-TV (Nashville)
News/Short Form
“A Painful Glimpse at Katrina Reality”
Sabrina M. Wilson
WVUE-TV (News Orleans)
Public Affairs/News Magazine
“Bridge to Gretna”
Ed Bradley, Harry Radliffe, Magalie Lagurre-Wilkinson,
CBS News: 60 Minutes
Environmental Reporting
“Walking Man”
Dana King, Craig Franklin
KPIX-TV (San Francisco)
International
“Desperation in Malawi”
Jeff Koinange
Cable News Network
Enterprise
“Born in the USA”
Lesley Stahl, Karen Sughrue, Richard Buddenhagen, Susan M. Cipollaro
CBS News: 60 Minutes
Sports
“Players Left Behind”
Diann Burns, Edie Kasten
WBBM-TV (Chicago)
Features/Short Form
“Mother-Child Reunion”
Hattie Kauffman, Robin Singer, Soshea Leibler
CBS News: The Early Show
Features/Short Form
“Strange Fruit”
Joe Johns, Josh Rubin, Steve Turnham
Cable News Network
Features/Long Form
“Home Away From Home”
Ron Allen, Dawn Frantangelo
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
News/Short Form
“Zeleder Barnes, Insurance Saga”
Bill Whitaker
CBS Evening News
News/Long Form
“Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time”
The Staff of
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Television Photojournalism
“Bird Flu”
Alphonso Van Marsh
Cable News Network
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than 4,100 members, and provides educational, career development and support to black journalists worldwide.
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