ARIZONA ASSOCIATED
PRESS MANAGING EDITORS 2003 CONTEST WINNERS:
ARIZONA ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER OF THE YEAR:
SIERRA
VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW
BEAT REPORTING METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: JUDY NICHOLS,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Mothers of Marines stand by each other
SECOND PLACE: KARINA BLAND,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Child Welfare
THIRD PLACE: JOSEPH A.
REAVES, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, A diocese in disgrace
HONORABLE MENTION: RAY STERN,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, Mesa library director
HONORABLE MENTION: SUSAN CARROLL,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Border patrol tackles desolation...
BEAT REPORTING NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: BILL HESS,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, On the border
SECOND PLACE: LARRY
HENDRICKS, ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Clark murder trial
THIRD PLACE: T.M. SHULTZ,
THE SUN, Leading
the way, until we meet again,...
HONORABLE MENTION: DANA COLE,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Water Woes: ACC takes control
HONORABLE MENTION: BETSEY BRUNER,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Oldest church, shortest future?
HONORABLE MENTION: T.M. SCHULTZ,
THE SUN, Lawyer
may have practiced law while suspended
BUSINESS WRITING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: DAWN
GILBERTSON AND JONATHAN J. HIGUERA, THE
ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Decade of NAFTA brings
pains, gains
SECOND PLACE: DAVID WICHNER
AND INGER SANDAL, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Tech
Transformation
THIRD PLACE: TIFFANY KJOS,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Starting from scratch: The birth of a small business
HONORABLE MENTION: RUSS WILES,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Investing after the storm series
HONORABLE MENTION: JENNIFER RYAN,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, Investing in terrorism
BUSINESS WRITING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: JEFF TUCKER,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Conference Center
Plans
SECOND PLACE: KEN HEDLER,
THE DAILY COURIER, Gasoline: Stores' profits are marginal; rely more on
merchandise
THIRD PLACE: CHRIS MARKHAM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Old West theme park revived
HONORABLE MENTION, NON-METRO, JOHN GUZZON AND DANA COLE,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Cell phone a-rama
DEADLINE REPORTING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: MICHAEL
MARIZCO, ARIZONA DAILY SUN, No survivors
SECOND PLACE: BILL HESS,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Truck causes bridge to collapse
THIRD PLACE: PATRICK
O'GRADY, DAILY NEWS-SUN, Glassel gets death
HONORABLE MENTION: JOANNA DODDER,
THE DAILY COURIER, Prescribed burn near Cherry eludes control
DEADLINE REPORTING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE:
MITCH TOBIN, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Mom recalls child...
SECOND PLACE: JOSEPH A.
REAVES, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Romley, O'Brien clash over substance of deal:...
THIRD PLACE: JUDY NICHOLS,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Man dies as online chat pals look on
HONORABLE MENTION: RAY STERN,
BRYON WELLS, GARIN GROFF AND KIM SMITH, EAST
VALLEY TRIBUNE, Biship O'Brien arrested
EDITORIAL WRITING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
TERRY ROSS, THE SUN
SECOND PLACE: KEITH J. ALLEN
AND PHILIP VEGA, SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW
THIRD PLACE:
RANDY WILSON, ARIZONA DAILY SUN
EDITORIAL WRITING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
SAM NEGRI, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Food for naught
SECOND PLACE: STEVE
AUSLANDER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Laterally absurd
THIRD PLACE: KATHLEEN
INGLEY, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Sunstroke: Our urban heat island and how to escape it
HONORABLE MENTION: MARGO HERNANDEZ,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Faces of war, World Aids Day, Budget Warnings
HONORABLE MENTION: JOEL NILSSON,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, A Dam, A Tent City,
and A Transportation Plan
EDUCATION REPORTING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: DIANE
SAUNDERS, SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE
DAILY REVIEW, Cutting sports wouldn't pay
for music, art in schools
SECOND PLACE: BECKY PALLACK,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Native
American Education
THIRD PLACE: DIANE SAUNDERS,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Start of school for some
EDUCATION REPORTING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: PAT KOSSAN AND
MONICA MENDOZA, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Parents Unprotected in Charter Process
SECOND PLACE: CECE TODD,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, What price performance?
THIRD PLACE: PAT KOSSAN,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Impact of test hitting class of '06
HONORABLE MENTION: SARAH
GARRECHT-GASSEN, ARIZONA DAILY STAR,
Magnet schools limited...
HONORABLE MENTION: DAVID J.
CIESLAK, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Beloved special education student elected home coming
king
ENTERPRISE REPORTING NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
STAFF, THE DAILY COURIER, Cutting close to
home
SECOND PLACE: LOUIE
VILLALOBOS, THE SUN, Immigrant smuggling
THIRD
PLACE:
LARRY HENDRICKS, ARIZONA DAILY SUN
HONORABLE MENTION: HILARY ELLER
AND MIRSADA BURIC-ADAM, THE DAILY COURIER,
Cultural crossroads
HONORABLE MENTION: NATE SEARING, SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE
DAILY REVIEW, Uncovering Meth
ENTERPRISE REPORTING METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: KIRSTEN SEARER
AND MARK FLATTEN, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, Petition
Machine
SECOND PLACE: LUKE TURF, TUCSON
CITIZEN, Finding Rafa
THIRD PLACE: TOM BEAL,
MITCH TOBIN AND THOMAS STAUFFER, ARIZONA
DAILY STAR, Smoke, flames & ash
HONORABLE MENTION: CONNIE CONE
SEXTON, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Life and death: One family's year-long journey
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: MARK FLATTEN,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, Path to destruction
SECOND PLACE: MITCH TOBIN,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Dwindling snowmelt trouble...
THIRD PLACE: JUDD SLIVKA,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Border crime ravaging parks in Arizona
HONORABLE MENTION: JOE KULLMAN,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, No Man's Land
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTING NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: SETH MULLER,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, The
Healthy Forests Debate
SECOND PLACE: GARY GHIOTO,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Forest health - a burning issue
THIRD
PLACE:
JACOB LOPEZ, THE SUN, Colorado River Makeover
HONORABLE MENTION: ALAN LEVINE,
CASA GRANDE DISPATCH, Burrowing owl gets help...
FEATURE COLUMNS NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
ANN A. WALKER, THE SUN
SECOND PLACE: TIM
WIEDERAENDERS, THE DAILY COURIER
THIRD PLACE: RUTH EVANS,
THE DAILY COURIER
FEATURE COLUMNS
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
E.J.
MONTINI, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SECOND PLACE: LAURIE ROBERTS,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
THIRD
PLACE:
GARY NELSON, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE
HONORABLE MENTION: BONNIE HENRY,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
HONORABLE MENTION: BILL
GOODYKOONTZ, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
FEATURE WRITING NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
T.M. SHULTZ, THE SUN, Bulletproof
in Baghdad
SECOND PLACE: STEVE ROM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Centered by a miracle
THIRD PLACE: LARRY
HENDRICKS, ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Mount Elden cave dweller evicted
HONORABLE MENTION: BILL HESS,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Goodbye gentle giant
HONORABLE MENTION: MITCHELL
VANTREASE, DAILY NEWS-SUN, Father, son reverse roles
FEATURE WRITING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
JUDD SLIVKA, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Nils is dead
SECOND PLACE: BONNIE HENRY,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Starting
Over
THIRD PLACE: SLIM SMITH,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, Late in the season
HONORABLE MENTION: PAT FLANNERY AND BETTY REID, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, American
Sacrifice: Lori Piestewa's journey from Tuba City to her death in Iraq
HONORABLE MENTION: KARINA BLAND,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Motel Kids
FOI METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: JOSEPH A.
REAVES, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Reluctant confessions: Shedding light on a dark past
FRONT PAGE DESIGN
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE: JEN LEVARIO, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SECOND PLACE: STAFF, TUCSON CITIZEN
THIRD
PLACE:
AMANDA ROHRER, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE
FRONT PAGE DESIGN
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
SCOTT WALTERS, ARIZONA DAILY SUN
SECOND PLACE: RANDY HOEFT, THE
SUN
THIRD PLACE: KEITH J. ALLEN, SIERRA
VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW
HONORABLE MENTION: ANN A. WALKER,
THE SUN
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SECOND PLACE: ARIZONA
DAILY STAR
THIRD
PLACE:
TUCSON CITIZEN
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW
SECOND PLACE: ARIZONA
DAILY SUN
THIRD
PLACE:
THE SUN
HONORABLE MENTION: MOHAVE VALLEY DAILY NEWS
HONORABLE MENTION: DAILY NEWS-SUN
HEADLINE WRITING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
RON SOLOMON, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
SECOND PLACE: GEORGE
CAMPBELL, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
THIRD
PLACE:
SYLVIA CODY, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
HONORABLE MENTION: RON RINEHART,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
HEADLINE WRITING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
RANDY WILSON, ARIZONA DAILY SUN
SECOND PLACE: ANN A. WALKER,
THE SUN
THIRD
PLACE:
TIM WIEDERAENDERS, THE DAILY COURIER
HEALTH REPORTING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: SAM
MITTELSTEADT, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE,
Taking Shape series
SECOND PLACE: SANDRA VALDEZ
GERDES, TUCSON CITIZEN, Head Lice: The equal opportunity insect
THIRD PLACE: BARBARA YOST,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Obesity: Kids' call to arms
HONORABLE MENTION: SCOTT SIMONSON,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Post-traumatic-stress disorder: Wars without end
HEALTH REPORTING
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: SETH MULLER,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Implant will change student's life
SECOND PLACE: JENA
SCHEUNEMAN, MOHAVE VALLEY
DAILY NEWS, Organ Donors
THIRD PLACE: DANA COLE,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Waiting for a match
HONORABLE MENTION: RACHELLE BUMP,
THE DAILY COURIER, Beyond the Trauma
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: STEPHANIE
INNES, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Diocese
wants to reveal...
SECOND PLACE: JOSEPH A.
REAVES, KELLY ETTENBOROUGH, ELVIA DIAZ, RYAN KONIG AND ROBERT VARELA, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Hiding priests with troubled pasts
THIRD PLACE: RHONDA
BODFIELD AND ENRIC VOLANTE, ARIZONA DAILY
STAR, Ambulance series
HONORABLE MENTION: DARYL JAMES,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE, School crime reports paint a blurry picture
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: MARVIN ROBERTSON,
KINGMAN DAILY MINER, BLM Building Snafu
SECOND PLACE: CHRIS MARKHAM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Dead couple had prior suicide pact
THIRD PLACE: PATRICK
O'GRADY, DAILY NEWS-SUN, Shelter funds fail to resurface
NEWS COLUMNS
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: DARRYLE
PURCELL, MOHAVE VALLEY
DAILY NEWS
SECOND PLACE: DAVID NASH,
THE SUN
THIRD
PLACE:
ANN A. WALKER, THE SUN
NEWS COLUMNS METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
LAURIE ROBERTS, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SECOND PLACE: MARY K.
REINHART, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE
THIRD PLACE: RICHARD RUELAS,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
HONORABLE MENTION: PAUL GIBLIN,
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE
HONORABLE MENTION: O. RICARDO
PIMENTEL, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
PAGE DESIGN METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
PATTI VALDEZ, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SECOND PLACE, METRO: CRAIG KURTZ,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
THIRD PLACE: FRANCINE
LOINAZ, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
PAGE DESIGN
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
KEITH J. ALLEN, SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE
DAILY REVIEW
SECOND PLACE: ROSS M. PRIEST,
THE SUN
THIRD PLACE: MATT HICKMAN,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE
DAILY REVIEW
HONORABLE MENTION: KRISTI O'BRIEN,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE
DAILY REVIEW
PUBLIC SERVICE
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: CINDY BARKS,
HILARY ELLER, JOANNA DODDER AND LOUISE KONIARSKI, THE DAILY COURIER, On the brink
SECOND PLACE: GARY GHIOTO
AND JEFF TUCKER, ARIZONA DAILY SUN,
Water shortage - Flagstaff
THIRD PLACE: DANA COLE,
SIERRA VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, Leukemia cases climb: research investigation continues
HONORABLE MENTION: BETSEY BRUNER,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Journey into a nightmare
HONORABLE MENTION: STAFF, DAILY NEWS-SUN, Forum
probes
PUBLIC SERVICE METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: GABRIELLE
FIMBRES AND JOYESHA CHESNICK, TUCSON
CITIZEN, Childhood lost: Legacy of Addiction
SECOND PLACE: JOSEPH A.
REAVES, MARK SHAFFER AND JUDY NICHOLS, THE
ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Polygamy in Arizona
THIRD PLACE: DAVID PITTMAN,
TUCSON CITIZEN, Clean Elections
SPORTS COLUMNS METRO
DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
GREG HANSEN, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
SECOND PLACE: CORKY SIMPSON,
TUCSON CITIZEN
THIRD
PLACE:
DAN BICKLEY, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
HONORABLE MENTION: GREG HANSEN,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
SPORTS COLUMNS
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: RICH POLIKOFF,
THE SUN
SECOND PLACE: STEVE ROM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN
THIRD
PLACE, NON-METRO, MATT HICKMAN, SIERRA
VISTA HERALD/BISBEE DAILY REVIEW
SPORTS DEADLINE
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: STEVE ROM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Nearly a spoiler
SECOND PLACE: PATRICK
O'GRADY, DAILY NEWS-SUN, NFC spotlight shines on West Valley
THIRD PLACE: PAUL CLICK,
MOHAVE VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Ramada Rally racers ready for snow as weather turns
sour
SPORTS DEADLINE
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: CRAIG HARRIS
AND JUDD SLIVKA, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Fiesta Thriller
SECOND PLACE: CHARLES
DURRENBERGER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, More player-coach unrest
THIRD PLACE: SHELLY LEWELLEN
AND STEVE RIVERA, TUCSON CITIZEN, Job Insecurity: Buyout of Mackovic contract could hit
$1 Million
HONORABLE MENTION: BRUCE PASCOE,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Vargas
by TKO
SPORTS ENTERPRISE METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: SCOTT BORDOW
AND CRAIG MORGAN, EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE,
The Supplement Gamble
SECOND PLACE: CHRIS FISCUS
AND STAFF, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Friday Glory
THIRD PLACE: JOSE E. GARCIA,
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, A tougher game
HONORABLE MENTION: JACK MAGRUDER,
ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Sudden death
SPORTS ENTERPRISE NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST
PLACE:
RICH POLIKOFF, THE SUN, Not
running from fears
SECOND PLACE: CHRIS LANG,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Making his point
THIRD
PLACE:
ED ODEVEN, ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Starring role
HONORABLE MENTION: STEVE ROM,
ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Just one of the guys
STORY OF THE YEAR
NON-METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: T.M. SHULTZ,
THE SUN, BULLETPROOF
IN BAGHDAD
STORY OF THE YEAR
METRO DIVISION:
FIRST PLACE: GABRIELLE
FIMBRES AND JOYESHA CHESNICK, TUCSON
CITIZEN, CHILDHOOD LOST: LEGACY OF
ADDICTION