Rocky dominates Colorado AP awards
Rocky Mountain News
Published March 1, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.
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The Rocky won 15 first-place awards and 45 total awards, far outstripping other newspapers in its circulation class, in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters competition announced Friday night in Denver.
Included in the Rocky's haul were top honors in the prestigious public service category and the singular "best of show" award, designating the best work of journalism in Colorado across all circulation categories.
In ceremonies at the Brown Palace Hotel, The Denver Post registered 10 first-place scores, including general excellence, and 25 total awards.
The Gazette of Colorado Springs also had a first-place finish.
The public service honor went to Rocky reporters Laura Frank and Ann Imse, whose worked exposed how the federal government is turning its back on former nuclear workers at Rocky Flats, many of whom are ill and dying without recompense from the program approved by Congress to address their needs.
Best-of-show honors went to Rocky photographer Chris Schneider for his spectacular portrayal of "The Crossing," a 34-part series written by reporter Kevin Vaughan.
The series dramatically demonstrated how the tragedy of a 1961 train-school bus accident has reverberated through the decades.
The Rocky's first-place finishes also included awards for best business story, best continuing photo coverage, best editorial, best feature photo, best feature story, best general news photo, best headline writing, best news column, best photo illustration, best portrait/personality photo, best sports photo, best spot news photo and best spot news story.
The Rocky swept first, second and honorable mention in six categories, including editorial writing and five photo competitions.
The Post won three first-place awards for its "Trashing the Truth" series, which showed how the disposal or destruction of DNA evidence thwarts justice in criminal cases.
In the competitions among newspapers in smaller circulation categories, the Cortez Journal and Longmont Times-Call won for general excellence.
The Aurora Daily Sentinel and the Greeley Tribune were honored for public service among smaller papers.
The winners in large circulation newspapers
* Beat reporting
1: Pam Zubeck, The Gazette
2: Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Nancy Mitchell, Rocky Mountain News
* Business story
1: Rocky Mountain News staff, Rocky Mountain News
2: Gargi Chakrabarty, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Tom McGhee, The Denver Post
* Continuing photo coverage
1: Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
2: Matt McClain, Javier Manzano, Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Ahmad Terry, Ellen Jaskol, Linda McConnell, Darin McGregor, Matt McClain, Evan Semon, Dennis Schroeder, George Kochaniec Jr., Marc Piscotty, Rocky Mountain News
* Editorial
1: Rick Henderson, Rocky Mountain News
2: Peter Blake, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Linda Seebach, Rocky Mountain News
* Environmental story
1: Kim McGuire, The Denver Post
2: Dick Foster, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Dave Philipps, The Gazette
* Feature photo
1: Ken Papaleo, Rocky Mountain News
2: Evan Semon, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News
* Feature story
1: Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News
2: Douglas Brown, The Denver Post
HM: Karen Auge, The Denver Post
* General Excellence
1: The Denver Post staff, The Denver Post
2: Rocky Mountain News staff, Rocky Mountain News
HM: The Gazette staff, The Gazette
* General news photo
1: Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News
2: Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News
* Headline writing
1: Greg McElvain, Rocky Mountain News
2: Chuck Hickey, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Valerie Mass, The Denver Post
* Informational Graphic
1: The Denver Post graphics team, The Denver Post
2: Andrew Lucas, The Denver Post
HM: Severiano Galvan, The Denver Post
* Investigative Reporting
1: Susan Greene, Miles Moffeit, The Denver Post
2: Ann Imse, Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Nancy Mitchell, Burt Hubbard, Judy DeHaas, Rocky Mountain News
* News Column
1: Mike Littwin, Rocky Mountain News
2: Diane Carman, The Denver Post
HM: David Harsanyi, The Denver Post
* Online: Breaking News
1: denverpost.com staff, The Denver Post
2: RockyMountainNews.com staff, Rocky Mountain News
HM: The Gazette staff, The Gazette
* Online: Special Package
1: Miles Moffeit, Susan Greene, R.J. Sangosti, Meghan Lyden, Matt Leyba, Tim Rasmussen, Mike McPhee, The Denver Post
2: Matt Leyba, Lyn Alweis, Meghan Lyden, Mike McPhee, Jeff Neumann, Tom McKay, Claire Martin, The Denver Post
HM: RockyMountainNews.com staff, Rocky Mountain News
* Photo illustration
1: Ellen Jaskol, Rocky Mountain News
2: Ellen Jaskol, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Ellen Jaskol, Rocky Mountain News
* Picture story/photo essay
1: Andy Cross, The Denver Post
2: Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Craig Walker, The Denver Post
* Portrait/personality
1: Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News
2: Glenn Asakawa, The Denver Post
HM: Marc Piscotty, Rocky Mountain News
* Public service
1: Ann Imse, Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News
2: Susan Greene, Miles Moffeit, The Denver Post
HM: The Denver Post Staff, The Denver Post
* Series
1: Susan Greene, Miles Moffeit, The Denver Post
2: Kevin Vaughan, Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Bill McKeown, Pam Zubeck, The Gazette
* Sports column
1: Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post
2: Dave Krieger, Rocky Mountain News
HM: David Ramsey, The Gazette
* Sports photo
1: Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
2: Javier Manzano, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Evan Semon, Rocky Mountain News
* Sports story
1: The Denver Post staff, The Denver Post
2: James B. Meadow, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Brian Gomez, The Gazette
* Spot news photo
1: Javier Manzano, Rocky Mountain News
2: Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News
HM: Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
* Spot news story
1: Rocky Mountain News staff, Rocky Mountain News
2: The Denver Post staff, The Denver Post
HM: Rocky Mountain News staff, Rocky Mountain News
* Best of show
Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
Featured
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DNC in Denver
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The Crevasse
A five-part series that examines one tragic day on Mount Rainier.
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Deadly denial
Sick nuclear workers applied for government compensation but most haven't seen a dime.
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Final Salute
The Rocky followed Maj. Steve Beck as he took on the most difficult duty of his career.
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'Colorado's burning'
Coverage of the state's worst wildfires.
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Columbine shootings
Coverage of the April 20, 1999, shootings at Littleton's Columbine High School.
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The Crossing
Colorado's deadliest traffic accident killed 20 children on Dec. 14, 1961.
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Osveli's journey
Osveli Sales left Guatemala for a better life. Two months later, he came home in a box.
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Wake for an Indian warrior
Oglala Sioux bestow a tribute to the first tribal fatality in Iraq.
March 2, 2008
10:58 a.m.
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jeffdragon writes:
How does a newspaper "dominate" the awards when it didn't win the General Excellenced award, which is the best award to win for a newspaper? Also, the Post's story today said it had 24 first-place awards, not 10, as you report. So, who's right?
Thank you for your Pravda-style report, Rocky Mountain News.
March 2, 2008
11:15 a.m.
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jeffdragon writes:
The Denver Post won 14 first-place awards in the Colorado Press Association awards. The Rocky Mountain News won 12.
I guess in John Temple's world, that's "domination" by his paper.
LOL.
I guess we also won't be seeing Temple be able to strip "Judged Colorado's Best Newspaper" across the top of his paper again this year, because his paper didn't win the General Excellence award. But, oh yeah, the RMN "dominated" the contests.
LOLOLOLOL!