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Navigate to your contest category: • Print • Broadcast Radio • Broadcast TV • New Media • 2001 Awards Coming up: 2003 National Media Awards Contest Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2003 The official Call for Entries will be available from the NABJ National Office, after Monday, October 28, 2002.

Print

Photography-Single Image
1^st Place-Stephen Schmitt, The Journal News-“Faith and Tears”
2^nd Place-Elizabeth Flores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-“Summer Fun”
3^rd Place-Genevieve Ross, The Virginian-Pilot-“Toughest Cure: Sending Children Away”

Photography-Multiple Image
1^st Place-Matt Rainey, The Star-Ledger-“2 Families”
2^nd Place-Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press-“Bring Margaret Home:  A September 11^th Tragedy”
3^rd Place-Elizabeth Flores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-“Running for Their Lives”

Features (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Amy Waldman, The New York Times-“An American Block”
2^nd Place-Oscar Dixon, USA Today-“Where the scene courts as much as the game”
3^rd Place-Daniel J. Vargas, Houston Chronicle-“Legacy of Love & Pain”
Honorable Mention- Amy Ellis Nutt, The Star-Ledger-“Black History Series”

Features (150,000 & Under)
1^st Place- Laura Putre, Cleveland Scene-“Hell to Pay”
2^nd Place-Memorie Knox, The Final Call Newspaper-“Living on the Street”

Magazine (Over 1 Million)
1^st Place-Ellis Cose, Johnnie L. Roberts, Lynette Clemetson, Newsweek-“The New Black Power”
2^nd Place-Dale Russakoff, The Washington Post Magazine-“Lessons of Might and Right”
3^rd Place-Allison Samuels, Newsweek-“Series on Black Entertainers”

Magazine (Under 1 Million)
1^st Place-Brett Pulley, Savoy Magazine-“Wall Street Player”
2^nd Place-Shawn E. Rhea, Savoy Magazine-“Old Enough to Die?”
3^rd Place-Victoria Valentine, The Crisis Magazine-“Langston Hughes Centennial Tribute Issue”

Art & Design:  Page Design
1^st Place-Hugh Grannum, Jessica Trevino, Cassandra Spratling, Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Free Press-“Passion for the Past”
2^nd Place-Leon Lawrence III, USA Weekend Magazine-“Born 9.11.01”
3^rd Place-Eric Seals, Amy Etmans, Diane Weiss, Jessica Trevino, Alex Cruden, Detroit Free Press-“Everyday Inventions”

Art & Design:  Graphics
1^st Place-Stacy Innerst, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-“Country Music Blacklist”
2^nd Place-John Labbe, The Crisis Magazine-“The Colorline: National Security Concerns Must Not Trample Our Constitutional Rights”

Sports (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Luke Cyphers, New York Daily News-“Wilmeth Sidat-Singh”
2^nd Place-Edward G. Robinson III, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-“Hockey in the Hood”
3^rd Place-Judith Evans, The Washington Post-“Out of Town Players Spark a High School’s Success”
Honorable Mention-Steve Politi, The Star-Ledger-“Walter Dukes”

Sports (150,000 & Under)
1st Place-Ian O’Connor, The Journal News-“Iona vs. Miss, circa 1956”

Commentary (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Leonard Pitts, The Miami Herald-“We’ll Go Forward”
2^nd Place-Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press-“A series of columns”
3^rd Place-Kevin Merida, The Washington Post-“A series of columns”
 

Commentary (150,000 & Under)
1^st Place-Wiley A. Hall 3^rd, Afro-American Newspaper-“Body of Work”
2^nd Place-Steffen Silvis, Willamette Week-“A Shock to the System”
3^rd Place-Wayne Dawkins, Daily Press-“Collection of Columns”

Enterprise (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Heidi Evans, Dave Saltonstall, New York Daily News-“Hale House”
2^nd Place-Jane O. Hansen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution-“Selling Atlanta’s Children”
3^rd Place-Cameron McWhirter, The Detroit News-“Broken Detroit”

Enterprise (150,000 & Under)
1^st Place-Charles Siderius, Dallas Observer-“Forget Me Not”
2^nd Place-Bruce Rushton, Riverfront Times-“Who’s Next?”
3^rd Place-John Tuohy, Florida Today-“Police, Residents Transform Once-Troubled Community
 

Business (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Scot Paltrow, The Wall Street Journal-“In Black and White”
2^nd Place-Carrie Mason-Draffen, Christian Murray, Sandra Peddie, Newsday-“Their American Nightmare”
3^rd Place-Tannette Johnson-Elie, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-“A series of columns”
 

Business (150,000 & Under)
1^st Place-Peter Ritter, City Pages, Inc.-“The Job From Hell”
 

Daily News (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune-“The Southern Experience 2001”
 

Daily News (150,000 & Under)
1^st Place-The Clarion-Ledger Staff-“Coverage of Mississippi Flag Vote”
 

International Reporting (Over 150,000)
1^st Place-Donald McNeil, Rachel Swarns, The New York Times-“Death and Denial”
2^nd Place-Andrew Maykuth, The Philadelphia Inquirer-“At Medicines Mercy”
3^rd Place-Norimitsu Ouishi, The New York Times-“Reporting from Africa”
 

Broadcast (Radio)

News
1^st Place-Cheryl Corley, National Public Radio-“Cheryl Corley Reports”

Enterprise/Documentary
1^st Place-Dianne Thompson, Erickson Blakney, Donna Wilson, The Bloomberg Urban Network-“Bloomberg Music Makers 2001-The Business of Music”
2^nd Place-National Public Radio Staff, National Public Radio-“The UN Conference on Racism”

Commentary
1^st Place-Askia Muhammad, Pacifica Network News/National Public Radio-“Post September 11, Radio Commentaries”
2^nd Place-Joe Davidson, National Public Radio-“Collection of Commentaries”

Features
1^st Place-Bob Butler, KCBS/San Francisco, CA-“African American Pioneers”
2^nd Place-Cheryl Corley, National Public Radio-“A collection of Feature Stories”
3^rd Place-Carole Simspon, Wayne Fisk, ABC News Radio-“Portraits in Pride”
Honorable Mention-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donna Limerick, Dani Barefoot, Thom Woodward, North Star Communications/Washington, DC-“Moments to Remember”

Broadcast (Television)

Public Affairs/News Magazines (Network and Top 15)
1^st Place-Harold Dow, CBS News, 48 Hours-“Changing Tempo”
2^nd Place-Steve Hartman, CBS News, 48 Hours-“It Takes a Village”
3^rd Place-Carol Marin, 60 Minutes II, CBS News-“Holy Grail”

Public Affair/News Magazines (16 & Below)
1^st Place-Steve Crump, WBTV/Charlotte, NC-“Touchstones: Moments of Charlotte’s Black History”

Enterprise (Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-Steve Kroft, CBS News 60 Minutes-“Dillard’s”
2^nd Place-Trina Robinson, Scott Zamost, Jeff Barnes, Daniel Varela, Cecilia Bradley, WTVJ-TV/Miramar, FL-“The Price of Beauty”
3^rd Place-Vicki Mabrey, CBS News 60 Minutes II-“No More Babies”

Enterprise (16 & Below)
1^st Place-Steve Crump, WBTV/Charlote, NC-“Hamlet 10 Years Later”
2^nd Place-Darran Caudle & Tony Pipitone, WKMG-TV/Orlando, FL-“Earl’s Special Interest
3^rd Place-Ricardo M. Young, WTVR-TV/Richmond, VA-“Generation of Prisoners”

Sports (Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-I. Denise Bailey, MBC Network-“Sports Lifestyles: Bo Jackson”
2^nd Place-Darren Duarte,WGBH-TV/Boston, MA-“Conversation with Bill Russell”
3^rd Place-Jennifer Ohlson, WFAA-TV/Dallas, TX-“Chris Davis”

Sports (16 & Below)
1^st Place-Jon King, KSDK-TV/St. Louis, MO-“Cory Spinks”
2^nd Place-Joe Mayor, WKBW-TV/Buffalo, NY-“Coaching Excellence”
 

Documentary (Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-Darlene Hill, Mark Saxenmeyer, WFLD-TV/Chicago, IL-“The Experiment in Black and White”
2^nd Place (tie)-Gregory Branch, Claudia Pryor Malis, PBS “Life 360”-“Roots”
2^nd Place (tie)-Renee D. Turner, Black Entertainment Television-“Naked Truth”
3^rd Place-Tom Seligson, Andrew Rothstein, David Siegel, Kent Harrington, Neneh Diallo, CBS News Productions-“Black Aviators:  Flying Free”

Documentary (16 & Below)
1^st Place-Steve Crump, WTVI-TV/Charlotte, NC-“Forgotten at the Finish Line”
2^nd Place-Tonya Francisco, Stan Simmons, WJRT-TV/Flint, MI-“Idlewild: Rebuilding Paradise”

International Reporting (Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-Rehema Ellis, NBC Network News-“Gomo Volcano”
2^nd Place-Del Walters, Cindy Wright, Pete Hakel, Karen Ours, WJLA-TV/Washington, DC-“Sudanese Slaves: Joe Madison’s Journey”
3^rd Place-Alphonso Van Marsh, Cable News Network-“The Rights of the Child:  West Africa Links”

International Reporting (16 & Below)
1^st Place-Jon King, KSDK-TV/St. Louis, MO-“Korean Mom”

Photojournalism (Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-Clifford L. Williams, WFAA-TV/Dallas, TX-“Mr. Armstrong”

News (Long-16 & Below)
1^st Place-WTVH-TV Staff, WTVH-TV/Syracuse, NY-“Stop the Violence”
2^nd Place-Jon King, KSDK-TV/St. Louis, MO-“Police Recruit”

News (Short-Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-John Bathke, News 12 New Jersey-“Generation of AIDS”
2^nd Place-Bryon Pitts, Alan Golds, Ed Forgotson, Jr., David Bhagat, CBS News Sunday Morning-“Reporter’s Notebook Cincinnati”
3^rd Place-Steve Osunami, Eddie Pinder, ABC News -“Linguistic Profiling”

News (Short-16 & Below)
1^st Place-Sabrina Wilson, WVUE-TV/New Orleans, LA-“Nasty Apartments”

Features (Short-Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-John Martin, Fletcher Johnson, Eric Wray, ABC News Nightline-“History Recovered: The Civil War Union Navy”
2^nd Place-Morley Safer, CBS 60 Minutes-“President Simmons”
3^rd Place-Mike Wallace, CBS 60 Minutes-“Byronn Bain of Harvard”

Features (Long-Network & Top 15)
1^st Place-Stephanie Frederic, Black Entertainment Television-“Journeys In Black-The Johnnie Cochran Story
2^nd Place-Darren Duarte, WGBH-TV/Boston, MA-“Isaiah Jackson:  The Classical Experience”
3^rd Place-Janet Johnson, The Weather Channel-“Atmospheres-Hurricane Allison

Features (Long-16 & Below)
1^st Place-Van Dora Williams, WHRO-TV/Norfolk, VA-“Century: The Diverse Population and Education”

New Media

Best Online News Project
1^st Place-Leah Y. Latimer, Retha Hill, BET.com-“Under One Roof/The Black Family Project”

Best Use of Interactivity
1^st Place-Stephanie A. Crockett, BET.com-“Understanding Slavery:  An American Journey”
2^nd Place-Marni Harriman, ABC News.com-“When Voice Recognition Leads to Bias”
3^rd Place-Everett L. Marshburn, Karen Podoff, Jamile White, Elliott A. Wiley, Maryland Public Television-“Color At The Bar Website”

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