List of winners in 73rd annual National Headliner Awards

Winners of the 73rd annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., by category, followed by second- and third-place finishers:

PRINT DIVISION

Daily Newspapers

Writing and Reporting

Spot News: Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, staff, "The Tragedy at Flight 5191"; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, staff, "Explosion at Falk Corp."; Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo., staff, "Coverage of an Immigration Raid."

News Beat Coverage or Continuing Story: The Dallas Morning News, Brooks Egerton, "Unequal Justice"; The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Susan Gordon, "Environmental Issues"; Chicago Tribune, Oscar Avila, "Immigration Stories."

News Series, circulation up to 75,000: First Place and Grand Award in Print: Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer, "Lethal Lapses;" Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Steve Young, "Crippled in Combat, a Warrior Fights Back;" Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif., Mason Stockstill, "Criminal Neglect."

News Series, circulation over 75,000: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jane O. Hansen, "Through Hell and High Water"; The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Joanne Kimberlin and William H. Sizemore, "Blackwater-Inside America's Private Army"; San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Rick Tulsky, "Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice."

Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects: The Miami Herald, Ana Menendez, "In My Opinion"; The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Tommy Tomlinson; Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C., Lane Filler.

Special or Feature Column on One Subject: San Francisco Chronicle, Tim Goodman, "Television Columns"; McClatchy Newspapers, Washington, Joseph L. Galloway, "War Columns"; The Record, Hackensack, N.J., John Cichowski, "Road Warrior."

Editorial Writing: The Sun Herald, Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss., Tony Biffle, "Death of Jessie Lee Williams"; San Francisco Chronicle, John Diaz and Pati Poblete, "Foster Care"; The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, Carolyn Lumsden, "The Right to Records."

Sports Column: Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, Mike Leggett; San Francisco Chronicle, Bruce Jenkins; The (Baltimore) Sun, Rick Maese.

Sports Writing: Bloomberg News, New York, Curtis Eichelberger, "Sports and Public Service"; The Miami Herald, Michelle Kaufman, "Sports Features"; Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, Kevin Robbins, "Kevin Robbins Sports Writing."

Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects: The Boston Globe, Neil Swidey; St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Lane DeGregory; Detroit Free Press, Jeff Seidel.

Business News Coverage: The Wall Street Journal, Charles Forelle, James Bandler and Mark Maremont, "Stock Option Abuses"; Chicago Tribune, Greg Burns, "College Has Become Less Affordable"; The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky., Jim Adams., R.G. Dunlop and Caroline Lynch Pieroni, "Selling a Dream, Buying a Nightmare."

Education Writing: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Susan Snyder, "Writing for Their Lives"; Bloomberg News, New York, David Glovin and David Evans, "How Test Companies Fail Your Kids"; San Francisco Chronicle, Jim Doyle, "State University Pay Practices."

Health/Medical/Science Writing: The Miami Herald, Jacob Goldstein, "State's Files on Doctors"; The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif., Valeria Godines, "Brain Storm"; The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Diana Keough, "At What Cost?"

Investigative Reporting: The Miami Herald, Debbie Cenziper, "House of Lies"; The Seattle Times, Michael J. Berens, Julia Sommerfeld and Carol M. Ostrom, "License to Harm"; The (Baltimore) Sun, June Arney and Fred Schulte, "On Shaky Ground."

Public Service: The Seattle Times, staff, "Your Courts, Their Secrets"; The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team, "Debtor's Hell"; The Philadelphia Inquirer, Melanie Burney, Frank Kummer and Dwight Ott, "Camden Test Scores Scandal."

Editorial Cartoons: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mike Luckovich; The Journal-News, White Plains, N.Y., Matt Davies; The Buffalo (N.Y.) News, Adam Zyglis.

Magazines

Writing and Reporting

Coverage of a Major News Event: Bloomberg News, New York, Michael Smith and David Voreacos, "The Secret World of Modern Slavery"; Newsweek, Washington Bureau, Jeffrey Bartholet, Kevin Peraino, Sarah Childress and Team, "The Most Dangerous Man in Iraq"; Glamour, New York, Susan Dominus, Ellen Kampinsky and Cynthia Leive, "The Deadliest Day for U.S. Women."

Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects: Milwaukee Magazine, Kurt Chandler, "Blood Simple," "The Lost River" and "Ties That Bind"; Newsweek, New York, Peg Tyre, "The Boy Crisis," "Smart Moms, Hard Choices" and "The New First Grade"; Glamour, New York, Mariane Pearl, Abigail Pesta and Cynthia Leive, "The Sex Slave Tragedy," "The Women Who Dare Defy a Dictator" and "She Stands Up to the Toughest Criminals."

Column on One Subject: Newsweek, New York, Fareed Zakaria, "To Become an American ..."; National Journal, Washington, Stuart Taylor Jr., "Opening Argument"; BusinessWeek, New York, Jon Fine, "Media Centric."

Photography and Graphics for Daily Newspapers, Magazines, News Services and Syndicates

Newspapers

Spot News Photography: Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, Red Huber, "Search Ends in Heartbreak"; The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Scott Shaw, "Waterlogged Backup"; San Francisco Chronicle, Lance Iversen, "Smoked Sky."

Feature Photography: Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif., Mindy Schauer, "Curious: Children Peek at Saddleback Church Missionaries"; Bloomberg News, New York, Lucas Schifres, "Yue Minjun"; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray, "On a Mission."

Sports Photography: Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, Matt Goins, "Flying Jockey"; Las Vegas Sun, Sam Morris, "Daddy's OK, it's all over"; Detroit News, Dale Young, "Sports."

Magazines, News Services, Syndicates

Spot News Photography: Associated Press, Oded Balilty, "The Power of One"; Time-Magnum Photos, Thomas Dworzak, "Lebanon"; Associated Press, Kevork Djansezian, "Receiving the Body."

Feature Photography: EPA/Sports Illustrated, Nic Bothma, "Invincible Spirit"; Associated Press, Alex Brandon, "Uncle's Funeral"; Associated Press, Matt Rourke, "Summer Fun."

Sports Photography: Associated Press, Mike Roemer, "Crowd Pleaser"; Associated Press, Gene Puskar, "Home Run Derby"; Newsweek, Mike Powell, "Board Crazy."

Photography Portfolio: The Miami Herald, Carl Juste; The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Jamie Francis; St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, John Pendygraft.

Photo Essay/Story: First Place and Grand Award in Photography: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, staff, "The Funeral of Coretta Scott King"; The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, John Kuntz, "Family Deals with Daughter with Tay-Sachs Disease"; The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, Renee C. Byer, "A Mother's Journey".

Newspapers/Magazines

Informational Graphics: The News-Journal, New Castle, Del., Dan Garrow; Houston Chronicle, Alberto Cuadra, Ken Ellis, John T. Valles, Robert Dibrell, Jay Carr; The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Steve Cowden.

Illustrative Graphics: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Andrea Levy; Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette, Daniel Marsula; Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, Randy Palmer.

Online Journalism

Radio Affiliated Online Journalism: WFPL Radio, Louisville, Ky., "Hands of Hope from Nicaragua to Louisville;" WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Md., WBAL.com; WDEL, Wilmington, Del., WDEL.com.

Television Affiliated Online Journalism: ABC News, New York, "The Mark Foley Investigation"; CBS News, New York, "Courtwatch-A Year in the Law"; KIRO-TV, Seattle, Wash., "Broken and Unchecked."

Newspaper Affiliated Online Journalism: Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, "Leave or Die"; San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com; The News Journal, New Castle, Del., "Losing Stephen."

Magazine Affiliated Online Journalism: CNNMoney.com, "Best Places to Live"; Newsweek.com; no third place award given.

Independent Online Journalism: Yahoo! News, "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone"; no second or third place awards given.

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