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SMALL DAILIES OR MEDIUM NON-DAILIES
(37 entries)
Margaret Regan
Tucson Weekly
"Thoroughly researched and balanced and written quite well. The description of "one young miss in black lipstick" not only made me smile but whet my appetite for similar gems Ð I was not disappointed. Nice touch adding "for the sake of her mother, we chose not to disclose" her identity. As an out-of-state reader, who would have thought IÕd even care about a routine high school test? Now IÕm wondering about the results."
Margaret Regan
Tucson Weekly
"This is one of those stories that drops your jaw. The writer put me in the Border Patrol office and exposed me to the anguish of the migrants. It was very well written and close contender for a first-place designationÉBravo."
Adriane Hopkins and Doug Murphy
Ahwatukee Foothills News
"The writing is concise and the story packed full of information. I can just imagine the publicÕs reaction to the depiction of police stepping over the wounded. Unfortunately, this is a subject I think weÕll be dealing with for quite some time. The writer handled it well."
Honorable mention
Monica Alonzo-Dunsmoor
Daily News-Sun of Sun City
"I know the difficulties of covering an incident like this. When pandemonium reigns, even the most obvious details are hard to get. This is good coverage."
Steven King
Casa Grande Dispatch
"I found myself wondering about the writer Ð whether he/she also had experienced the 70s or was younger and merely identifying with the people there. Either way, the story captured the mood and my attention. Nice job."
(55 entries)
She won first place last year in feature writing from the American Society of Feature Editors.
Kathleen Manning-Chavez
Casa Grande Dispatch (Tri-Valley Dispatch)
"The lead had no glib cliches. To read it is to understand what happened on the highway that hot day as Doug Bouttin talked to GodÉThe story is good because it has a shape and it is not too diffuseÉQuotes are well chosen. The ending is good because it fits with the storyÕs start: Now that his life is better, Bouttin drives to the desert he once wandered in, looks at it and feels grateful that heÕs not on the run anymore."
Patrick Cavanaugh
Northwest Explorer
"This profile of the last man to live in the last house on school district property was a good idea. The descriptionÉwas well done."
Chris Kahn
Phoenix Magazine
"Good storyÉinteresting details. Informative account of how people wait without insurance until theyÕre 65 so they can qualify for Medicare."
Alia Rau
Arizona Daily Sun
"The writer explores how a murder of a volunteer deputy almost 20 years ago affected the lives of five people. Description of the car where the deputy died was well done: "Blood, black with age, still stains the driverÕs door. The dust on the shards of bullet-shattered windshield is too thick to see through."
(25 entries)
Peter Aleshire
Phoenix Magazine
"This series stood out head-and-shoulders above the other entries. The stories provided remarkably balanced and complete reporting of a complex topic: police shootings. Resisting the easy tendency to point accusing fingers and create heroes and bad guys, the series was thoroughly reported and deftly written."
Patrick Cavanaugh
Northwest Explorer
"This series provided all three characteristics required by Arizona Press Club: It clearly impacted the residents of Marana, required a serious amount of individual initiative to report, and was clear and concise. The writing was first-rate and the coverage comprehensive."
Alia Rau
Arizona Daily Sun
"What stood out in this series was the thorough and intricate coverage of one manÕs brutal crime and the events leading up to his own execution Ð which was witnessed by the reporterÉThe judges found the narrative nature of the stories quite compelling."
Larry Hendricks
Arizona Daily Sun
Larry Hendricks
Arizona Daily Sun
Cindy Barks
Prescott Daily Courier
(20 entries)
She has been a literary editor, op-ed page editor and editorial writer. Last year, the American Society of Newspaper Editors awarded her its Distinguished Writing Award for her editorials.
Peter Aleshire
Phoenix Magazine
"The writer artfully manages to convey a real sense of the city through language and cadence and wry wit. It is not easy to talk about love, especially love of place, without descending to the maudlin. But this writer, using images like "a cheerful democracy of sweat" and people who "swirl into town on the unpredictable currents" of their lives, presents an unsentimental yet convincing portrait."
Mark Duncan
The Prescott Daily Courier
"This brief, movingly told tale of two murder victims--homeless alcoholics brutally beaten to death--quietly reminds readers that even the supposedly least among us has value, in life and in death. In a vignette about one of the victims, in which the victim gives a poignant gift to a generous acquaintance, the writer conveys a sense of universal humanity. Very nicely done.
Jana Bommersbach
Phoenix Magazine
"This well-written story of a mixed-race boy nearly lost in the Kafkaesque labyrinth of the state's child protection agency is both a worthy reminder and a timely warning that bureaucracies and children don't mix, and that justice requires extra vigilance to protect society's most vulnerable."
(34 entries)
He was named Louisiana sports writer of the year for 1998.
Tom Danehy
Tucson Weekly
"One story stood far above the rest. Great description, great use of quotes, and, best of all, itÕs compelling profile that no only holds the readerÕs interest but builds it from start to finish."
Dan Beeson
The Prescott Daily Courier
"The writer skillfully brings you into the story and keeps you there Ôtil the end."
Steve Stockmar
The Prescott Daily Courier
"A good effort to tell yet another story about the Columbine disaster from the different, albeit interesting, perspective of a former star pitcher at Columbine High."
(17 entries)
Karen Holub
Scottsdale Life Magazine
The designer bet on this photo and was right. It is great. The simplicity of this layout really works."
Thomas Blazier
Daily News-Sun of Sun City
"Simple layout with motion and fluency in reading."
Hector Acuna
Tucson Weekly
"Daring use of typography, but it seems very clean."
(22 entries)
Oscar Perez
Casa Grande Dispatch
"A very strong photo for many reasons, not the least of which was the fire blazing out of the house while the suspect was being arrestedÉtwo shots in one. ItÕs not often that you can inject humor into a spot news photograph, and we appreciated that level, as well. It answers that age-old question, 'Just how many cops does it take to arrest a half-naked arsonist?'
Oscar Perez
Casa Grande Dispatch
"Hopefully the photographer was high and dry taking this photo. It was the critical moment of the stretching to safety that caught our eye. Nice work being at the right place at the right time."
Tom Hodd
Prescott Courier
"Neat shot."
Joy Lambert
Daily News-Sun
"These two pictures from the same event by the same photographer showed enough raw emotion to honor each image."
(37 entries)
Jake Bacon
Arizona Daily Sun
"This shot was clearly the winner from the get-go. It was one of those rare moments where the perfect elements come together to provide a visually stunning image. We yearned to have this picture in our own portfolios."
Mollie Hoppes
Daily News-Sun
"Okay, so they let coyotes wander about golf courses there? ItÕs kind of like the alligators down on the Florida links. All we have to worry about up here is shooting birdies..get it? The juxtaposition of the nonchalant woman and the even more nonchalant canine was perfect."
Beth McGovern
The Tribune
"This straightforward documentary photo was well worth making mention of. It was an emotion-rich glimpse, and the balloons/ladies in the background let us know what the event was all about before even reading the file info."
Greg Bryan
Arizona Daily Sun
"Oooooh, cool! We had to give a nod to this one just because of the ethereal quality."
Michael Jewart
Ahwatukee Foothill News
"To be honest, we werenÕt really intimidated by these swimmers, but the picture had a certain humorous graphic appeal to us so we slipped it in here under the wire."
(30 entries)
Craig MacNaughton
Ahwatukee Foothill News
"There was no doubt with this category which picture would be first. The frozen nature of the ball and mask hanging together in the wrong place made us gasp, say Ôouch,Õ then award it first place."
Craig MacNaughton
Ahwatukee Foothill News
"Okay, weÕve seen prayer shots many times before, but the caption added another layer to the photo. At first the light tones of the image seemed too hot, but then they grew on us to the point of not liking it any other way. (We tried working the levels on it and ended up liking the photogÕs original job.)"
Oscar Perez
Casa Grande Dispatch
"The money part of the photo is right there! In your face."
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