Winners in the New England Associated Press News Executives Association annual contest. The awards will be presented on Friday, Sept. 10, at NEAPNEA’s fall conference at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, Chelmsford, Mass.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITING
Class I
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Mackenzie Issler; “Motherhood’s her muse”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Anita Phillips; “Tenacious and patient”
Class II
First Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Steve Pfarrer, “Chris Smither: A big city musician tries small town living”
Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Kathleen Mellen; “In Body and Spirit”
Third Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Rick Foster; “Remembering Ray”
Class III
First Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Jessica Bloch; “Face value eggtempera portrait”
Second Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Bob Keyes; “Jamie Wyeth Stands Alone”
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Kathi Scrizzi-Driscoll; “The show must go on”
BEAT REPORTING
Winners to be announced
BEST HEADLINE
Class I
First Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Brian Robitaille; “First the ooze…then the aahs”
Second Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; Jim Campanini; “BLUE STATE GOES BIG FOR BROWN”
Third Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Robert Chipkin; “Hot dog merchant is frankly steamed”
Class II
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Ernie Kohlsaat; “From Moguls to Mogul”
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Andy Tomolonis; “Local hip-hop artists face criminal rap” Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Harvey Peters; “Holy Rollers”
BUSINESS/CONSUMER NEWS
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Alex Kuffner; “The race: several companies want to be first to develop an offshore wind farm – Will wind turbines “
Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Aaron Nicodemus; “Pulse rates/Health care costs vary between hospitals”
Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Emily Burnham; “Reviving Bangor”
Class II
First Place: The Advocate, Stamford, Conn.; Elizabeth Kim, Neil Vigdor; “The Rise and Fall of Antares”
Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Kristin Palpini; “A jobless rebound? ; Loan limbo; Raises for Valley workers still months off”
Third Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Daniel Barrick, Amy Augustine; “Precision Technology”
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Richie Davis; “Labor Day dimmed for laid-off workers”
CONTINUING COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Paul Edward Parker, Benjamin N. Gedan, Cynthia Needham, Andy Smith; “The housing dilemma “Part-times” ”I just need work “Hopes are high for a better 2010″ ”RI jobless rate”
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. George Brennan; “Patric McCarthy: Case details lead experts to deadly conclusion”
Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Abigail Curtis, Bill Trotter, Judy Harrison; “Troubled waters”
Class II
Winners to be announced.
Class III
Winners to be announced.
DEADLINE NEWS COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: The Hartford Courant; Christine Dempsey, Mark Spencer, David Owens; “Richard Shenkman Standoff”
Second Place: The Hartford Courant; Don Stacom, David Owens; “SUSPECTS CAPTURED”
Third Place: New Hampshire Union Leader; Kathryn Marchocki; “Deadly Shootings Rattle City”
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Karen Florin, Izaskun E. Larraneta, Megan Bard, Karin Crompton; “Fiery end to hostage drama”
Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Larry Parnass, Laurie Loisel , Phoebe Mitchell , Lucy Pickett; “9 suspicious fires in 75 minutes “
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Brian Fraga, Brian Boyd, Charis Anderson, Jack Spillane; “Chemical released at city trash plant”
Class III
First Place: Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette; Gerry Tuoti; “Improvised runway”
Second Place: The Herald, New Britain, Conn.; Lisa Backus; “Neighbors Stunned”
DEADLINE SPORTS COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Paul Jarvey, Dave Nordman, Jim Wilson; “Baseball pitcher mourned”
Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Jennifer Toland; “Willard finishes his Purple reign”
Third Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; David Pevear; “Out with a whimper; Patriots sent packing from playoffs by Ravens – and it wasn’t even close”
Class II
First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Dave D’Onofrio; “Making a splash”
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Tim O’Sullivan; “Looks like a win”
Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, NH; Tris Wykes; “Dartmouth Students Slur Harvard Athletes During Squash Match”
Class III
First Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Adam White; “Pigskin pyrotechnics”
EDITORIAL
Class I
First Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Aki Soga; “Voice of the Free Press”
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; John Murphy; “Housing raids only treat symptom”, “Parents have right to know when children overdose”, “Light sentence, courtroom antics compound suffering”
Third Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; Sharon Flaherty; “Moral decline”, “Council overstepped its authority”,” Time to step down”
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Mike Kirby; “A bully in our high schools”, “A new low on the Hill”, “A victory for free speech in Norfolk”
Second Place: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass.; Patrick Luce; “City stripped of protection”, “Halfway to history”; “Damaged legacy”
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Jim Foudy; “Slavery’s unfinished story”, “The C-5 problem”, “Get anti-bullying bill right”
Class III
irst Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Justin Abelson; “Visitor’s center “, “Library subscribers”, “Fix School Choice”
Second Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Sheila Mullowney; “Firefighter’s death serves as a warning”, “City delayed accessibility for too long”, “Concussions need “
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Tim Blagg; “Broadband at last?”, “Better safe than…”, “Real ID … so what?”
ENTERPRISE
Class I
First Place: Boston Herald; Staff; “Bully central”
Second Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Felice Freyer; “Price of Miracles”
Third Place: Connecticut Post of Bridgeport, Conn.; Staff; “Breaking the Sound Barrier”
Class II
First Place: The Salem (Mass.) News; Stacie N. Galang, Ethan Forman, Matthew K. Roy, Amanda McGregor; “Far From Home”
Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Margot Cleary; “Fatal Distraction”
Third Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Maria Papadopoulos; “In harm’s way-Jaywalkers crossing line?”
Class III
First Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Mark E. Rondeau; “More Vermonters reject religion; Survey: Churches in trouble; Religious leaders reaching out”
FEATURE STORY
Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass., Hyannis, Mass.; Karen Jeffrey; “Long Journey Home”
Second Place: Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.; Brynn Mandel; “A Monumental Life”
Third Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Candace Page and staff; “Town Meeting Day: Predictable punctuated by surprises”
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Kenton Robinson; “ROLLIE An Old Palooka Who Can Teach You A Thing Or Two”
Second Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Steve Damish; “Heaven. Hell. Heroin”
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Margot Cleary; “A brain stem stroke left Adam Langlois ‘locked in’ “
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Tim Blagg; “Guarding a floating target”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Richie Davis; “Traces of the trade”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Richie Davis; “A life with the cows”
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Thomas Caywood; “Time Lapse/Did Duggan get a deal”
Second Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; staff; “Drunk driving”
Third Place: The Hartford Courant; Dave Altimari, Matthew Kauffman, Regine Labossiere; “School Bus Safety”
Class II
First Place: Rutland (Vt.) Herald; Kevin O’Connor; ” Vt. man’s charity trek running into questions”, “Barefoot trek runs into trouble”
Second Place: The Telegraph of Nashua, N.H.; Andrew Wolfe; “Stanley Paving investigation”
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Ted Mann; “UConn expert advising Rell on politics”
Class III
First Place: Greenwich (Conn.) Time; Debra Friedman; “Doctor uses wrong man’s sperm to produce twins”
LOCAL COLUMN
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Dianne Williamson; “Inner battle claims beloved priest”, “Finally heard, but too late”, “Out of the Rubble – Letting go”
Second Place: The Hartford Courant; Helen Ubinas; “Neighborhood Refreshed – Garden Street cleanup A little effort, a lot accomplished”, “A blight on housing director<s record”, “When well we treat all murder victims equally?”
Third Place: The Hartford Courant; Jon Lender; DSS: It’s a New Britain, even if it’s not”, “Budget crisis hits cleanup fund”, “Somehow CRRA didn’t miss stolen earth-mover”
Class II
First Place: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass.; Marc Munroe Dion; “Working and dying for a living”, “Good luck breaking out of the box”, “New benchmark for stupid ideas”
Second Place: The Salem (Mass.) News; Steve Landwehr; Lives
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Bob Flaherty; “Tears of rage finally turned to tears of grief”, “A city’s dread”, “An Empty Workbench”
Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Jim Gillis; “City didn’t take long to curb RVs”, “Jackson thrilled the world”, “Why fight it? Let’s embrace the drunkards”
Second Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Telly Halkias; “From the Stacks: Dr. Anna and the amazing Katy”, “Farewell, icon”, “On Rembrandt’s palatte”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Chris Collins; “Don’t let fear rule”, “Interesting turn of events”, “Latest in biomass story”
SPORTS COLUMN
Winners to be announced
SPORTS FEATURE OR ENTERPRISE
Class I
First Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Andrew Neff, Ernie Clark; “Giants Packers”
Second Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; David Pevear; “He shoots, he scores -” in life”
Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Ernie Clark; “Obstacles fail to slow down Baeza”
Class II
First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Dave D’Onofrio; ” Racing in the recession”
Second Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Jim Fenton; “Rocky: Celebrating his life 40 years after his death”
Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Tris Wykes; “The Lost and Found Football “
Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Scott Barrett; “He shall overcome”
Second Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Adam White; “Force of Nature: SMS avalanche survivor returning to site where he was buried alive”
Third Place: The Herald, New Britain, Conn.; Johnny J. Burnham; “Lost and Found”
SPECIALTY PUBLICATIONS
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; “Hometeam Magazine”
Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; “Worcester Living magazine”
Third Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; “Business sections”
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Beth Perdue; “The New England Business Bulletin”
Second Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Journal; Jessica Kosowski; “local-I-dos
Class III First Place: Newport (R.I.) Daily News; “Mercury”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Tim Blagg; “Going Green”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Tim Blagg; “Valley Kids”
GENERAL INTEREST WEEKLY
Class I
First Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; “Savorvor”
Second Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; “Green Mountain”
Third Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; “Valley Dispatch”
Class II
First Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; “Hampshire Life”
Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; “South County Independent”
DEADLINE NEWS PHOTO
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; John Freidah; “Darlene Mcloud, waits for transport to a shelter after being rescued from her flooded home”
Second Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; John Freidah; “West Warwick firefighters rescue residents from their flooded homes”
Third Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Mark C. Ide; “Blackstone Rages Out of Control”
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Tim Martin; “Heavy storms rip region”
Second Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Abigail Pheiffer; “Democrats lose their grip”
Third Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Katie Barnes; “Who got the power”
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Peter MacDonald; “Couldn’t be saved”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Peter MacDonald; “Shocking loss of life”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Dog revived after smoky blaze”
GENERAL NEWS
Class I
First Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Kevin Bennett; “Homeless in Bangor”
Second Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Joshua Lambert; “Mountain warriors depart “
Third Place: Boston Herald; Mark Garfinkel; “Church Fire Aftermath “
Class II to be announced.
Class III
First Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Peter Crabtree; “Not Ready To Let Go”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Downtown renovation”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Mike Phillips; “Muzzle nuzzle”
FEATURE
Class I
First Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; John Ewing; “Spencer Garrett of Portland does some fly casting…”
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Merrily Lunsford; “Bogged Down”
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Paul Blackmore; “Double Play”
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Mark Stockwell; “Nature’s Masterpiece”
Second Place: Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Peter Pereira; “Seniors get a belly full”
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Dana Jensen; “Flying a kite”
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Fall floats”
Second Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Peter Crabtree; “In Flight”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Bored? Gnaw!”
PORTRAIT OR PROFILE
Class I
First Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Gabor Degre; “Test Pilot”
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Greg Derr; “Brian Neville, who has suffered with depression since 2002, says electroshock treatment has helped”
Third Place: Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass.; Tom Rettig; “Where will they go?”
Class II
First Place: Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Peter Pereira; “Window of Opportunity”
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Katie Barnes; “Prize kiss”
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Tim Cook; “Girl enjoys ice cream cone”
Class III
First Place: Bennington (Vt.)Banner; Peter Crabtree; “Sweet Steam”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Plunging in “Black Water”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Geoff Bluh; “Green River String Band”
SPORTS ACTION
Class I
First Place: Boston Herald; Angela Rowlings; “Agony of defeat”
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Paul Blackmore; “Winning Combo”
Third Place: Boston Herald; Matt Stone; “Header Gone Bad”
Class II
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Geoff Bluh; “Disc dive”
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Paul Franz; “Tug of war”
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; J. Anthony Roberts; “Diving catch”
Class III
First Place: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass.; Jack Foley; “Westport: Cats capitalize in win”
Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Kevin Gutting; “Hampshire Regional catcher Becca Huard, top, tags out Monique Grenoble of Greenfield to end the”
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Mike Valeri; “Flying high…But not high enough”
SPORTS FEATURE OR ENTERPRISE
Class I
First Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Don Treeger; ” Lions den-ied”
Second Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Glenn Russell; “A racer rinses himself”
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Bob Thayer; “Tackling the rules of the game”
Class II First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; James M. Patterson; “Foreshadows”
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Jason Johns; “This Might Hurt”
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Sean D. Elliot; “UConn women’s perfect season”
Class III
First Place: Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette; Dave DeMelia; “Bowled Over”
PHOTO STORY
Class I
First Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Amelia Kunhardt; “Buff Beauty: Elizabeth Rohde”
Second Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Bridget Brown; “Where The Whales Are”
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Kathy Borchers; “The price of miracles, Families and modern medicine cope with the relentless rise in premature births”
Class II
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Jennifer Hauck; “Against the Odds”
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Peter Pereira; “Taking Care”
Third Place: The Salem (Mass.) News; Deborah Parker; “Far From Home”
ILLUSTRATION: FINE ART ILLUSTATRATION
Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; “Why we like to be scared”
Second Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Bob Rich; “Psst – teens keep secrets but that can be OK if …”
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; “Ronald Reagan”
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Zach Giallongo, Jonathan Comey; “Superstars”
Second Place: The Advocate, Stamford, Conn.; Jen Cahill; “A River Runs Wild”
Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Anzell Jordaan; “Finding the Army”
INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC
Class I
First Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Mike Fisher; “2009 Portland Weather”
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; “Making electricity smarter”
Third Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Jeff Woodbury; “Pushing 100 – Dempsey challenge”
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Nate Silva; “Searching for Answers”
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Charlotte Thibault, Daniel Barrick; “State economy by the numbers”
Third Place: The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.; Andrew Toland; “Stimulus funds may speed up finish of airport access road”
LOCAL/REGIONAL PAGE
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Craig Borges; “City & Town”
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; David Humphrey; “Under review”
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Rebecca Coleman; “Through the years”
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
Class I
First Place: Boston Herald; Gustavo Leon; “Meet Duke-Val!”
Second Place: Boston Herald; Gustavo Leon; “Final Sale!”
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Patti Bangert, Paul Blackmore; “Worn down”
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Mark Stockwell; “The clean truth”
Second Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Jack Foley, Jon Root; “Fourth of July”
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Nelson Borges, Jonathan Darling; “Entering Wareham”
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Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Dhyana Sancoucie; “The Lion Rests”
Second Place: The Hartford Courant; Greg Harmel; June 21 – 2009
Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Becky Bowden, Eric Zelz; “Mountainside Monument”
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; David Humphrey; “Risky Business”
Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Jessica Kosowski; “Beat up, broken down”
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Harold Hanka; “A Singular Soaking”
Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Jon Zins; “Spanning the years”
Second Place: The Herald, New Britain, Conn.; Megan Golrick; “Lost and Found”
SPORTS PAGE
Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Barbara Tierney; “Sea Worthy”
Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Elizabeth Russell; “Jim Rice”
Third Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Sally Tyrell; “Outdoors – Higher Education”
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Harold Hanka; “UConn Huskies”
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Jonathan Couture; “V-Day”
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Jonathan Couture; “The Year in
SouthCoast Sports”
Class III
First Place: Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette; Steve Sanchez; “CHAMPIONS”
OVERALL WEBSITE
Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Staff; www.capecodonline.com
Second Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Staff; www.pressherald.com
Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Staff; www.bangordailynews.com
Class II/III
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Staff; “TheDay.com”
Second Place: Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.; Dan Champagne, Ryan Millner, Carolyn Wallach, Liz White; “Myrecordjournal.com”
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Staff; “SouthCoastToday.com”
ENGAGEMENT
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Staff; “The Floods of 2010”
Second Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Staff; “The vote over gay marriage”
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Staff; “Cape Cod Online/Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass, www.capecodonline.com
Class II/III
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Zip06.com staff; “Zip06.com”
Second Place: Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.; Dan Champagne, Ryan Millner, Carolyn Wallach, Kim Primicerio; “Holiday Idol 2009”
NEWS PRESENTATION
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; www.telegram.com
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn. “Morning after a late-night apartment fire”
Second Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass. “Honoring Jared Monti”
Third Place: SouthCoastToday.com: www.SouthCoastToday.com/halfmarathon
SPORTS SECTION
Class I
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass,; Staff; www.capecodonline.com
Class II/III
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Staff; High School Sports Section
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Staff; High School Sports Section — SouthCoastVarsity.com: http://www.gazettenet.com/section/umass-sports
PUBLIC SERVICE
Class I
First Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Staff; “IN THE PINK: A month to focus on curing cancer”
Class II/III First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Staff; “Public Service – The Neediest Families Fund”
SPECIAL SECTION
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Staff; “Warehouse fire”
Class II/III
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Tim Martin, Karin Crompton; “Haiti: On the Ground”
Second Place: Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.; Dan Champagne, Kim Primicerio; “Sheehan’s Road to the State Finals”
Third Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Staff; “D-Day Remembrances”
ENTERTAINMENT SECTION
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass; Staff; “GO”
MULTIMEDIA SLIDESHOW
Class III
First Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Carol Lollis; “One breast cancer experience: A photojournalist tells her own story”
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Peter Pereira, David Cuddy; “Mark Carvalho: The Man Behind The Artwork”
Third Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Craig Murray; “Heaven, hell, heroin: Lessons learned from one young man’s death”
Class II
First Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass; David H. Brow, Julia Malakie, David Perry; “Day in the life of a visiting nurse”
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Amelia Kunhardt; “HERstory: Nancy Goggin’s perspective on life right now”
Third Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Ryan Mercer; “Veterans Day a call to action at Norwich University”
VIDEO
Class I
First Place: The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; Tory Germann; “Cassandra Falcone, Heart of a champion”
Second Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Emily McManamy; “Scientists try to save Bats from White Nose Syndrome”
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Staff; “Floods of 2010”
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Peter Huoppi; “A Boxing Revival at Coast Guard”
Second Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Peter Huoppi, Rick Koster; “Behind the Scenes at The Movies”
Third Place: The Enterprise. Brockton, Mass.; Maria Papadopoulos; “In Harm’s Way — pedestrian safety report”
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