2000 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards Presented At 80th Annual PNNA Meeting.Business Editors VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2000 The 2000 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting were presented to writers from 12 regional daily newspapers on November 2. For the 24th consecutive year, the awards were given in honor of C.B. Blethen, publisher of The Seattle Times for 26 years, from 1915 to 1941. Frank Blethen, current publisher of The Seattle Times, presented the awards at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association (PNNA PNNA Poly (N-Naphtylaniline) PNNA Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association PNNA Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association PNNA Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu PNNA Pairwise Nearest Neighbor Algorithm ) in Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography . The awards, which are among the most prestigious in the region, include plaques and cash prizes donated by The Seattle Times for first and second place winners. A total of $173,470 has been awarded during the program's history. PNNA daily newspaper members in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia are eligible to enter the contest, which is administered by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Foundation. Judges are top news executives from respected daily newspapers outside the PNNA area. The awards honor newspapers and reporters from two circulation divisions (over 50,000 circulation and under 50,000 circulation) in five categories: deadline reporting, feature writing, enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , investigative reporting and distinguished coverage of diversity issues. In the competition for the Debby Lowman Award for distinguished consumer-affairs reporting, all entrants compete together, regardless of circulation. This special award honors Debby Lowman, former Seattle Times consumer reporter who died of cancer in 1978. Winners of the 2000 C.B. Blethen Awards are: Distinguished Deadline Reporting Under 50,000 circulation: 1. Staff, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA, "Blast stuns city." 2. Staff, Yakima Herald-Republic The Yakima Herald-Republic is a newspaper published in Yakima, Washington and distributed throughout the Yakima Valley. • • , Yakima, WA, "Fire claims St. Joseph's." Over 50,000 circulation: 1. Staff, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, New Carissa  The M/V New Carissa coverage. 2. Staff, Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is one of two daily newspapers in Seattle, Washington, United States, the other being the Seattle Times. History The P-I, Seattle's first newspaper, was founded on December 10, 1863 as the Seattle Gazette , Seattle, WA, Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. crash. Distinguished Feature Writing Under 50,000 circulation: 1. John Harris John Harris may refer to: Dr. John Harris Internationlly Known Educator, Speaker, Philosopher, Theologian, and HomileticianItalic text http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography. , The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA, "Camp lets kids flee grip of grief" and "Death in the family." 2. Matt Cooper, Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima, WA, "Floyd's lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. walk." Over 50,000 circulation: 1. David Quigg, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, "Letter to Makenzie." 2. Alex Tizon, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, "In memory." Distinguished Enterprise Reporting Under 50,000 circulation: 1.Eric Newhouse, Great Falls Tribune The Great Falls Tribune is a daily morning newspaper printed in Great Falls, Montana. Its Sunday circulation is 36,763, with 33,434 on weekdays. The Great Falls Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 2000 for a yearlong series on alcoholism. , Great Falls, MT, "Alcohol: Cradle to grave." 2. James Sinks, The Bulletin, Bend, OR, "The Forest Plan: Good intentions, poor results." Over 50,000 circulation: 1. Tom Hallman Jr., The Oregonian, Portland, OR, "The Player." 2. Scott Sunde, Michael Paulson, Phuong Le, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, "Pipelines: America's hidden hazards." Distinguished Investigative Reporting Under 50,000 circulation: 1. Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID, "No place like home." 2. John Hughes and Robert Saltvig, The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA, "Who killed Laura Law." Over 50,000 circulation: 1. Brent Walth and Alex Pulaski, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, "The politics of pesticides." 2. Eric Nalder, Anne Koch and Kim Barker, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, "No justice for `throwaway' people." Distinguished Coverage of Diversity Under 50,000 circulation: 1. Staff, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, for a range of stories. 2. Eric Green, Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, MT, for a range of stories. Over 50,000 circulation: 1. Staff, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, for a range of stories. 2. Lise Olsen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, "Locked in limbo (series)." Debby Lowman Award All circulations: 1. Eric Hoover Barnett, Richard Hill, Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, "The puzzle of pain." 2. Elaine Williams, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Lewiston, ID, "Living life in advance." The Seattle Times Company is a 104-year-old locally owned family business. Founded in 1896 by Alden J. Blethen, The Seattle Times is a fourth and fifth generation family business. The family's flagship newspaper, The Seattle Times, is the largest daily newspaper in Washington state (220,000 circulation) and the largest Sunday newspaper in the Northwest (502,000). Other Blethen-owned newspapers in Washington
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