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Welcome to the
SPJ Detroit 2016Excellence in Journalism
Awards Banquet
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Your MCs:
Jerome VaughnW. Kim Heron
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SPJ Detroit Chairman
Walter Middlebrook
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Lawrence A. Laurain Scholarships
Brian Freiberger, Olivet CollegeCurrently a staff writer for Olivet’s newspaper, The Echo, Brian
has also worked for the student-run radio station, WOCR, and
plays football for the Olivet Comets.
Katelyn Winkler, Michigan StateCurrently design editor at The State News, Katie was a breakingnews and sports reporter last year. Last summer she interned at her
hometown paper. This summer she will work in public relations.
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Lawrence A. Laurain ScholarshipsAmber Ainsworth
University of MichiganWith a niche in entertainment writing and photography,Amber has developed a strong portfolio of news
photographs and an instinct for visually telling a story
with pictures. Her work in sports photography is especially
notable, taking photos of University of Michigan
football games and UM-Dearborn sports for the UM-Dpaper.
As Arts and Entertainment editor of the UM-D paper,
she has been taking photos of concerts and interviewing
musicians for the paper and a music magazine,
communicating with publicists, conducting interviews
and writing about entertainment.
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Lifetime
Achievement
Awards
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Lifetime Achievement AwardsLaura Berman
The Detroit NewsBerman retired as metro columnist at The DetroitNews after nearly 40 years in journalism.
She worked as a feature writer at the Free Press for
about 10 years after leaving school, then moved to the
News in the mid-80s, writing columns since, except fora brief time freelancing for magazines.
She has covered Princess Diana’s funeral in London,
interviewed massacre refugees in Bosnia, and the
whistleblower who helped convict a cancer doctor who
profited from false diagnoses and treatments.
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Lifetime Achievement AwardsTom Walsh
Detroit Free PressWalsh joined the Detroit Free Press in 1982 and
retired last year as business columnist, after a variety
of positions including business editor, bureau chief,
and city desk reporter.
In his career he covered the highs and lows of Detroit
business, politics, and civic affairs. His innumerable
sources and friends included Metro Detroit’s and
Michigan’s business leaders, auto executives, and
politicians.
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Excellence in
Journalism
Awards 2016
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Radio- Feature StoryHonorable mentions
- Laura Weber-Davis, WDET-FM: CuriousiD: Black Bottom
- Michigan State University's School of Journalism Students, WKAR Radio,April Van Buren, Geri Alumit Zeldes: Living History
Third place
- Lester Graham, Michigan Radio:One Detroit Mom's Journey from Welfare to the Workforce
Second place- Laura Herberg, WDET-FM: CuriousiD Lahser
First place
- Laura Herberg, WDET-FM: John's Carpet House
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Radio- General NewsThird place
- WDET News, WDET-FM: WDET Parks
Second place
- Pat Batcheller, Quinn Klinefelter, Jerome Vaughn,
WDET-FM: Palm Sunday Tornados
First place
- WDET News, WDET-FM:
Detroit Bankruptcy One Year Later
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Radio- News Special/Documentary
First place- Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio:
Not Safe to Drink
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Radio- Newscast
Second place
- Jerome Vaughn, WDET-FM:5:44 p.m. newscast 9-23-15
First place
- Jerome Vaughn, WDET-FM:
5:44 p.m. newscast 10-20-15
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Radio- Spot or Breaking News
First place- Pat Batcheller, Jerome Vaughn,
WDET-FM:
SE Michigan Tornadoes
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Online- Best Localization of aNational Story
First place
- Charles Crumm, The Oakland Press:
More seek Concealed Pistol Licenses as
Process Changes and Nationwide ViolenceContinues Rising Water Costs Linked to
Aging Infrastructure Needs
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Online- BloggingHonorable mention
- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press
Third place
- Anna Clark, Freelancer: The Evolution of Michigan
Second place
- Kirk Pinho, Crain’s Detroit Business: Kirk Pinho Blog
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Online- BloggingFirst place
- Bill Shea, Crain’s Detroit Business: Bill Shea Blog
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Online- Digital Media PresentationHonorable mentions
- J.Carlisle Larsen, Melissa Mason, Jessica McInchak, WDET-FM: Purchasing
Detroit’s Vacant Land: Stories from the Side Lots
- Sandra Svoboda, Michael Ference, WDET-FM: Belle Isle Nature Restoration: ATour of the Park's East End
Third place
- Nancy Hanus, Norman Witte, Crain's Detroit Business: Most Connected
Second place
- Robert Snell, The Detroit News: The phantom and the fugitive
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Online- Digital Media Presentation
First place
- Staff, The Detroit News:
Foreclosures Fuel Detroit Blight, Cost City $500 Million
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Online- Feature StoryHonorable mention
- Sam Schlenner, Brian Hlavaty, OU News Bureau / Oakland
University: The Curious Work Ethic of a Ferndale Rock ‘n’ Writer
Third place
- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press: Detroit Lions at Silverdome: The Glory Days,
Lions at the Silverdome: Players loved the home-field advantage, Lions at the
Silverdome: Four biggest games
Second place
- Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press: Detroit Street Art: 35 Must-See
Pieces
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Online- Feature Story
First place
- Charlotte Massey, The Detroit News: A Dangerous, Desperate
Journey
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Online- General News
Honorable mention
- Amber Harvey, WDET-FM: Riverside Park Unauthorized Work
Third place
- Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business: Henry For d-Kaiser Permanente
Second place
- WDET Staff, WDET-FM: Detroit Bankruptcy One Year Later
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Online- General News
First place- Staff,
Detroit Free Press:
50 Detroiters: Voices from our City
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Online- Investigative ReportingSecond place:
- Crystal A. Proxmire, The
Oakland County: 115 News AYear's Worth of Change in
Ferndale Housing Commission
First place:
- Anna Clark, Freelance:The Threat to Detroit’s Rebound
Isn’t Crime or the Economy, It’s
the Mortgage Industry
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Online - Spot or Breaking News
Second place:
- Kirk Pinho and Dustin Walsh,Crain's Detroit Business:
Olga's Bankr uptcy
First place:- Tom Henderson, Kirk
Pinho and Jennette Smith,
Crain's Detroit Business:
Rocket Fiber
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Print –
Automotive Reporting
Third place:
- Keith Naughton, Bloomberg News, Driverless Cars
Second place:
- Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press: Auto reporting
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Print –
Automotive ReportingFirst place:
- Alisa Priddle,
Brent Snavely,
Greg Gardner,
Detroit Free
Press: UAWcontract talks
coverage
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Print- Car ReviewSecond place
- Mark Phelan,Detroit Free Press
First place- Henry Payne, The
Detroit News
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Print- Criticism
Second place
- Mark Stryker, DetroitFree Press
First place
- Adam Graham, The
Detroit News
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Print –
Editorial Cartoon
First place- Daniel Saad,
Crain’s Detroit
Business
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Print- Informational GraphicsHonorable mentions
- Eric Millikin, Detroit Free Press: Spartacular
- Martha Thierry, Detroit Free Press: The Delicate Balance of IsleRoyale
Third place
- Martha Thierry, Detroit Free Press: How the locks keep Great Lakes
shipping moving
Second place
- Tim Summers, The Detroit News: The Decimation of One City Block
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Print- Informational Graphics
First place- Tim Summers,
The Detroit News:
Raid: WhatInvestigation Showed
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Print Class A –
Consumer/Watchdog
Second place:
- David Jesse, Detroit Free Press:
Inconsistent justice for college sex
assault survivors
First place:
- Staff, Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Rising
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Print Class A –
Cover Design
First place
- Lauren Jeziorski, Kelly
Buren and Jose Zamudio,
Metro Parent/BLAC
Detroit: December MetroParent
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Print Class A –
Editorial WritingSecond place
- Detroit News Editorial Board,
The Detroit News:Michigan Road Repairs
First place
- Free Press Editorial Board,Detroit Free Press:
We Stand Together
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Print Class A –
Explanatory StoryThird place
- Chad Livengood, The Detroit News: Big
Three Tax Credits
Second place
- L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press:
Justifiable seizures? Or legal
shakedowns by police?
First place
- Laura Berman, The Detroit News:
The Downfall of Dr. Farid Fata
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Print Class A –
Feature Page Design
First place
Diana Thomas McNary,
The Detroit News
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Print Class A –
Feature PhotographyThird place
- Dale G. Young, The Detroit News: Wonder What’s for Lunch?
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Print Class A –
Feature PhotographySecond place: Brandy Baker, The Detroit News, Snoozing Cheerleaders
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Print Class A –
Feature Photography
First place
- Dale G. Young, The Detroit
News: Steer Wrestler
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Print Class A –
Feature StoryHonorable mention
- Bill McGraw, Bridge Magazine:
Meet a Detroit neighborhood that’s not waiting for city help- Amy Kuras, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit: Raising Kids in Detroit
Third place
- Gregg Krupa, The Detroit News: Hockey Features
Second place
- John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press:
Couple turns dreams into reality in U.P. wild
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Print Class A –
Feature Story
First place
- John Carlisle,
Detroit Free Press:
What about Uncle
Oscar? Family's
GoFundMe PleaGoes Awry
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Print Class A –
General ColumnThird place:
- Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free
Press
Second place:
- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free
Press
First place:
- Nancy Kaffer, Detroit
Free Press
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Print Class A –
General NewsThird place:
- David Welch, Bloomberg News:
UAW Trades Jobs for Historic Pay Gains
Second place:
- Joel Kurth, Christine MacDonald, Louis
Aguilar, The Detroit News: Arson in Detroit
First place:
- Chad Livengood, Shawn D. Lewis,
Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News:
Detroit Public School District Woes
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Print Class A –
Headline WritingThird place
- Andreas Supanich,
The Detroit News
Second place
- Keith Roberts,
The Detroit News
First place
- Daren Tomhave,
The Detroit News
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Print Class A –
Investigative ReportingHonorable Mentions
- Ron French, Ted Roelofs, Bridge Magazine: Sex assaults of Michigan's
juvenile offenders
- Lee DeVito, Detroit Metro Times: Dire Straits
Third place
- L.L. Braiser, Detroit Free Press: Muslim-Americans in Metro Detroit
Second place
- Chad Livengood, The Detroit News:
Courser-Gamrat Scandal in the Michigan Legislature
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Print Class A –
Investigative Reporting
First place
Joel Kurth,Christine
MacDonald,
The Detroit
News: Detroit’sForeclosure
Meltdown
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Print Class A –
Localization of National StoryHonorable Mentions
- Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press: Conflicted Catholics
- Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press: Two Detroit Women Accuse Bill Cosby
Third place
- Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press:
Muslim-Americans in metro Detroit
Second place
- Jacquie Goetz Bluethmann, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:
The State of Child Care
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Print Class A –
Localization of National Story
First place
- Nancy Derringer, Ron French,Mike Wilkinson, Scott Sendra,
Bridge Magazine: “Game
Day" -- College drinking
culture and what's working to
keep students safe
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Print Class A –
Magazine Spread DesigThird place
Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Jose Zamudio,
Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:
Warming Them Up
Second place
Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina
Csomor, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC
Detroit, Choosing Child Care
First placeKelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina
Csomor, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC
Detroit: Vaccine Facts Vs. Fiction
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Print Class A –
News PhotographyThird place
- Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News: Courtroom Vitriol
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Print Class A –
News PhotographySecond place: Daniel Mears, The Detroit News: I-94 Fireball
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Print Class A –
News PhotographyFirst place: Stephen Perez, The Detroit News: Inconsolable Mother
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Print Class A –
Page One DesignThird place
- Richard Epps, The Detroit News:
Star WarsSecond place
- Jean Johnson, The Detroit News:
Art of Resilence
First place
- Alicia Secord,
Detroit Free Press:
Jimmy Hoffa page
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Print Class A –
Personality Profile
Honorable mention
- Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press: Kid Rock before the fame
Third place
- John Niyo, The Detroit News: Still Growing Strong: Ted Lindsay
Second place- Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press: Marcus Belgrave obituary
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Print Class A –
Personality Profile
First place- Lee DeVito,
Detroit Metro
Times:American Idiot
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Print Class A –
Sports Page DesignThird place
- Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press:
400!
Second place
- Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press:
SACK INK
First place
James Hollar, The Detroit News
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Print Class A –
Sports PhotographyHonorable mention
- Daniel Mears, The Detroit News:
Anti-Gravity Chamber
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Print Class A –
Sports PhotographyThird place – Daniel Mears, The Detroit News: Suspended in Air
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Print Class A –
Sports Photography
Second place
- Daniel Mears, The Detroit News:Megatron vs. Superman
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Print Class A –
Sports PhotographyFirst place
- Dale G. Young, The Detroit News: On to the Final Four
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Print Class A –
Sports ReportingThird place
- Jeff Seidel, Mick McCabe, Detroit Free
Press: Harbaugh's wonder years
Second place
- Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press: Tim
Shaw & ALS
First place
- Tony Paul, Matt Charboneau, The
Detroit News: Police, MSU
investigate softball coaches
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Print Class A –
Spot or Breaking NewsFirst place
- Detroit News Staff,
The Detroit News
"Equal Dignity":
Supreme CourtLegalizes Same-Sex
Marriage
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Print Class B –
Consumer / Watchdog
First place
- Paul Kampe,The Oakland Press:
Rochester’s $12 million
parking structures will
lack surveillance
cameras
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Print Class B –
Explanatory StorySecond place
- Monica Drake, Pat Caputo, The Oakland
Press: 3-part series: Suicide - the epidemic
nobody wants to talk about
First place
- Dustin Walsh, Pierrette Templeton,Lisa Sawyer, Cindy Goodaker,
Crain's Detroit Business:
Millennials in the Workplace
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Print Class B –
Feature Page Design
First placePierrette Templeton,
Crain's Detroit
Business:Detroit 2.0
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Print Class B –
Feature PhotographyFirst place
- Tim Thompson, TheOakland Press:
Hellzapoppin circus
sideshow in Pontiac for two October
weekends
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Print Class B –
Feature StoryHonorable mention
Gary Graff, TheOakland Press: Ann Arbor’s Ark celebrates 50 years of folkin’
around
Third place
- Nicole Hayden, The Times Herald: Foster care series
Second place
- Gina Joseph, Macomb Daily: Operation Babylift adoptee 40 years
later
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Print Class B –
Feature Story
First place
- Gary Anglebrandt,
Crain's Detroit
Business:
Second Stage
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Print Class B –
General ColumnSecond place
- Kenneth Kish, Macomb Daily:
Local Columns - Macomb
County
First place
- Jeff Payne, Macomb DailyColumns
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Print Class B –
General NewsThird place
- Dustin Walsh, Crain's Detroit
Business: MEGA mess
Second place
- Jameson Cook, Macomb Daily:
Unjust verdict?
First place
- Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit
Business: Blue Cross
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Print Class B –
Headline WritingSecond place
- Gary Piatek, Crain'sDetroit Business
First place- Beth Jachman, Crain's
Detroit Business
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Print Class B –
Localization of a National StoryThird place
- Monica Drake, The Oakland Press: Caitlyn
Jenner honors West Bloomfield transgender boy
during her ESPYs speech
Second place
- Nicole Hayden, The Times Herald:
Homeless need more than homes
First place
- Chad Halcom, Crain's Detroit Business:
Disability: Rolls rise, funding dries
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Print Class B –
News PhotographyThird place
- Paul Kampe, The Oakland Press: Hazel Park
couple planning a wedding; children were key
to fight
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Print Class B –
News Photography
Second place
- Tim Thompson, The Oakland Press: First
couple to marry at Oakland County courthouse:
‘We’re going to tell everybody for years’
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Print Class B –
News Photography
First place
- Ray Skowronek, Macomb Daily:
Lenox Township man charged with
animal cruelty
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Print Class B –
Personality ProfileThird place
- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press: Detroit Lions: It’s not been easy
route to NFL for Laken Tomlinson
Second place
- Pat Caputo, The Oakland Press: Straight Outta Brother Rice, ex-
football star Greg Collins living Hollywood dream
First place
- Gina Joseph, Macomb Daily
Paralyzed chef turns tragedy into triumph
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Print Class B –
Sports ColumnThird place
- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press
Second place
- George Pohly, Macomb Daily
First place- Matthew Mowery, The
Oakland Press
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Print Class B –
Sports ReportingThird place
- George Pohly, Macomb Daily:
George Steele was 'mentor and father'
Second place
- Bill Shea, Crain's Detroit Business:
Sport order cooks
First place
- George Pohly, Macomb Daily:
Team rallies around each other
after teammate's death
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Print Class B –
Spot or Breaking News
Honorable mention
-Tom Henderson, Kirk Pinho, Sherri Welch, Crain's Detroit Business: Shinola
Third place
- Mitch Hotts, Macomb Daily: Macomb County treasurer dies
Second place- Kirk Pinho, Crain's Detroit Business: Mexican mogul
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Print Class B –
Spot or Breaking News
First place- Sherri Welch,
Crain's Detroit
Business:
Focus: Hope
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Print Class C –
Consumer/WatchdogHonorable mention
- Joshua Gordon, C&G Newspapers: Wading through uncertainty
Third place
- Sarah Wojcik, C&G Newspapers: Protests spur change at animal shelter
Second place
- Terry Oparka, C & G Newspapers: Clear cutting of trees by developers
prompts woodland ordinance
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Print Class C –
Consumer/Watchdog
First place- Katelyn Larese, The Voice
Newspapers:Uniting
against Crime
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Print Class C –
Cover DesignHonorable mentions
Lauren Jeziorski, Kelly Buren, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:BLAC
November Cover
Deborah Schultz,Neighborhood SEEN:Schultz, Cover Design, 'For Love of Wine‘
Third place
Valerie Morgan, CybelleCodish,Hour Detroit:August 2015 Hour Detroit, The Food Issue
Second place
- Valerie Morgan, Roy Ritchie, Veronica Soderlund,Hour Detroit
June 2015 Hour Detroit, "Best of Detroit"
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Print Class C –
Cover Design
First place- Valerie Morgan, Joe
Vaughn, Kosta
Finnllow, Hour Detroit
March 2015 Hour
Detroit
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Print Class C –
Editorial WritingHonorable mention
- Robert Sklar, Detroit Jewish
News: Sklar, 'Repurposed JPMShows Value In Working
Together'
First place
- C.J. Carnacchio, The Oxford
Leader: Vote your conscience on
NOTA
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Print Class C –
Explanatory StoryThird place
- Aaron Foley, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:
Detroit, Come In! We're (Now) Open
Second place
- Monica Mercer, Hour Detroit/Health
Guide: City of Vision, Health Guide,
Spring issue
First place
- Kurt Kuban, Hour Detroit:
Reclaiming the Rouge
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Print Class C –
Feature Page DesignThird place
- Jason Clancy, Brian Louwers,
C & G Newspapers West Bloomfield
Beacon: V-E Day
Second placeJessica Jordan,Plastics News:Ebola photo story
First place
- Michelle Sheridan, Detroit Jewish
News: Sheridan, Feature Page
Design, 'Hail to the Victor'
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Print Class C –
Feature Photography
Honorable mention
- Deborah Boeger-Jacques,C & G Newspapers:
So Close
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Print Class C –
Feature Photography
Honorable mention
- CybelleCodish,Hour Detroit:
Authentic Artistry
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Print Class C –
Feature Photography
Third place
- Roy Ritchie, Hour Detroit:
Legendary Favorites (Best of Detroit)
June
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Print Class C –
Feature Photography
Second place
- Josh Scott, Hour Detroit:
The House of Truth
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Print Class C –
Feature Photography
First place- Deb Jacques, C & G
Newspapers:
National Day of
Prayer/Warren, Michigan
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Print Class C –
Feature StoryHonorable mentions
- Jeff Waraniak, Hour Detroit: Life in the Cadaver Lab
- Scott Atkinson, Hour Detroit: Inside the House of Truth
Third place
- Emell Derra Adolphus, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:
The Fight for Equality
Second place
- Steve Wilke, Dorothy L. Hernandez, Jeff Waraniak,
Casey Nesterowich, Hour Detroit: A Long Day's Coney Into Night
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Print Class C –
Feature Story
First place
- Jeff Waraniak,Hour Detroit:
Oneita the
Magnificant
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Print Class C –
General ColumnHonorable mention
- Don Loepp, Plastics News: Plastics News viewpoint columns
Third place
- Harry Kirsbaum, Detroit Jewish News: Kirsbaum, 3 examples of Column Writing
Second place- Ben Falik, Detroit Jewish News: Falik, Three examples of Column Writing
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Print Class C –
General Column
First place
- Desiree Cooper,
Metro Parent/BLAC
Detroit: DetroitProper
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Print Class C –
General NewsThird place
- Tiffany Esshaki, C&G Newspapers: ACLU
responds to ‘no minors alone’ policy
Second place
- Ashley Sword, The News-Herald:
Downriver residents speak out about rising
drug abuse, hopes of ending stigma
First place
- Jessica Strachan, The News-Herald:
Michigan's foster kids - who they are and
what they need
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Print Class C –
Headline WritingThird place
K. Michelle Moran,
C&G Newspapers
Second place
David Sachs,
Detroit Jewish News
First place
Dorothy L.
Hernandez,
Hour Detroit
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Print Class C –
Inside News Page Design
First place
- Michelle Sheridan,
Detroit Jewish
News:'The Sick Man'
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Print Class C –
Investigative ReportingSecond place
Jackie Harrison-Martin,
The News-Herald:John Guthrie series
First place
Emell Derra
Adolphus, Metro
Parent/BLAC
Detroit:
The Invisible Girls
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Print Class C –
Localization of a National StoryThird place
- C.J. Carnacchio, The Oxford Leader: Oxford
shows its solidarity with Paris following attacks
Second place
- Jessica Strachan, The News-Herald: Same-sex
marriage ruling 'couldn't come at a better time'
for Allen Park couple
First place- Steve Wilke, Dorothy L. Hernandez,
Casey Nesterowich, Hour Detroit:
Farm to Table: Delivering the Goods
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Print Class C –
Magazine Spread DesignHonorable mentions
- Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina Csomor, Jose Zamudio,
Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit: The Invisible Girls
- Veronica Soderlund, Hour Detroit: Reclaiming the Rouge
Third place
- Valerie Morgan, Marvin Shaouni, Hour Detroit
A Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen, March 2015 Hour
Second place
- Veronica Soderlund, Josh Scott, Hour Detroit:
Inside the House of Truth, November 2015 Hour
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Print Class C –
Magazine Spread Design
First place
- Valerie Morgan, Joe
Vaughn, KostaFinnllow,
Hour Detroit:
Elements of Surprise,
March 2015 Restaurant ofthe Year
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Print Class C –
News Photography
First place
- Jessica Strachan
The News-Herald:
Honoring Emma
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Print Class C –
Page One Design
First place- Michelle Sheridan
Detroit Jewish
News: 'Wow!'
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Print Class C –
Personality ProfileHonorable mention
- Ronelle Grier, Detroit Jewish News: Mogul and Mensch
Third place- K. Michelle Moran,C&G Newspapers: Longtime mayor drove improvements in Park
Second place
- Dave Herndon, The News-Herald:
Rhino celebrates 20th ‘ wrestleversary ’ with VFW fundraiser
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Print Class C –
Personality Profile
First place
- Ronelle Grier,Detroit Jewish News:
Rachel Jacobs
Obituary
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Print Class C –
Sports Photography
First place- Amber Ainsworth
University of
Michigan-Dearborn
De'veon's Drive
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Print Class C –
Sports Reporting
First place- Jeff Waraniak, Hour
Detroit: It Was a Very
Good Year, Hour
Detroit, April
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Print Class C –
Spot or Breaking NewsThird place
Frank Esposito, Don Loepp, Plastics News:
Dow, DuPont strike 'merger of equals'
Second place
Nick Mordowanec, C&G Newspapers:
Clinton Township man receives probation in
manslaughter case
First placeK. Michelle Moran, C&G
Newspapers: Fire destroys two
popular Grosse Pointe Park businesses
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Print Class D –
Cover DesignThird place
- Michelle FranzenMartin, Lee Ann
Gusmano, Bill Costello, Rebecca Wall,
University Liggett School:Perspective
Second place
- Michelle FranzenMartin, Lee Ann
Gusmano, Bill Costello, Rebecca Wall,
University Liggett School:Perspective
First place
- Margaret Geralyn Kelly, City
of Ann Arbor: Wastewatcher
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Print Class D –
Feature DesignSecond place
- Julie Pincus, Kresge
Foundation:
Inspiration: Modernism
First place
Michelle Franzen Martin, Bill
Costello, Lee Ann Gusmano,Rebecca Wall: University
Liggett School: Discovering
Their Passions
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Print Class D –
Feature StoryThird place
- Michelle Franzen Martin,University
Liggett School
Discovering Their Passions
Second place
- Sue Levytsky, Kresge Foundation
Transcendent Vision
First place
- Julie Halpert, Michigan Today:
Getting Schooled
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Print Class D –
Use of Photos, GraphicsSecond place
- Julie Pincus, Kresge
Foundation: The Fabric of Her
Life: A Timeline
First place
- Michelle FranzenMartin,
David Dalton, Lee AnnGusmano, Rebecca Wall,
University Liggett School:
Perspective Photography
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Congratulations!
Excellence in Journalism
Award Winners
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Young Journalist of the Year Finalists
He has advanced from an intern for the Business section
to Ford Motor Co. beat reporter.
He was first to report that Ford was cutting a shift at the
Michigan Assembly Plant, and later broke the news that
Ford would bring the Ranger pickup to that same plant.
He excelled as part of the local White House press pool on
two different occasions since January 2015 when
President Obama visited Detroit.
Martinez founded, edits and co-hosts The News’ first-ever
automotive podcast, “Miked Up.”
Michael Martinez, The Detroit News
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Young Journalist of the Year Finalists
Strachan has excelled since arriving at
The News-Herald in 2014, and is the paper’s
highest page-view-generating reporter.
She is an award-winning, multimedia media who puts her
all into everything — from chasing a shooting suspect
and arriving to the scene before the police do, camping
out with homeless individuals to find out firsthand what
the plight of homelessness really is about.
Her editor says she is a smart digital reporter, a treasured
photographer, a passionate journalist and a true leader in
the newsroom.
Jessica Strachan,
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Young Journalist of the Year 2016
Past Honorees
2004Sheri Hall, The Detroit News2005 Andrea Nobile, The Macomb Daily
2006 Marisa Schultz, The Detroit News
2007 Keith Dunlap, The Oakland Press
2008 Jennifer Guerra, Michigan Radio
2009 Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press
2010 Tim Higgins, Detroit Free Press2011 Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press
2012 Ross Jones, WXYZ-TV
2013 Ross Jones, WXYZ-TV
2014 Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio
2015 Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press
Michael Martinez, The Detroit News
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Journalist of the Year Finalists
Long before Flint’s water crisis became a national news
story, Fonger, a reporter for the newspaper since 1995, was
the first journalist to report the shocking discovery that a
cancer-causing agent was lurking in Flint’s drinking water.
The story snowballed despite some city officials’ best
attempts to marginalize the issue. His reports provoked
angry protests, truckloads of free bottled water, and, finally,a $2-million grant for Flint’s troubled system.
Other Michigan communities had similar water violations,
but none of them rose to the level of public out-rage seen in
Flint following the publishing of more than 200 of Fonger’s
articles during 2015.
Ron Fonger, The Flint Journal
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Journalist of the Year Finalists
Nearly a year before Flint became a national story, Kaffer
was writing about the trouble with contaminants in its
water, and raising important questions about why Flint left
the Detroit water system.
Once it became clear that the water switch had tragically
exposed the city’s residents to unsafe levels of lead, she was
among the first to demand answers, and one of the mostrelentless detailing the trail of bad decision-making & errors.
She pursues the same dogged editorial prosecution when
writing about Michigan’s widespread application of an
emergency manager law that displaces local governance,
and its impact on poor and largely minority communities.
Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press
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Journalist of the Year Finalists
In the fast-developing driverless-car story, Keith Naughton
kept Bloomberg ahead of the curve for dialogue and
coverage of this critical business, tech-nology and public
policy issue, revealing truths and raising troubling questions
about what our future would look like when cars drive
themselves.
Naughton’s coverage culminated in two pieces thatreverberated from Detroit to Silicon Valley and beyond:
A Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on how General
Motors is vying with Google, and a piece showing that robot
cars, intended to improve highway safety, were getting in
crashes at three times the rate of human-driven vehicles.
Keith Naughton, Bloomberg
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Journalist of the Year Finalists
Smith led coverage of the Flint water crisis for the news
outlet, including an hour-long documentary telling the
contamination story that was picked up for national
distribution by the Center for Investigative Reporting.
She was far ahead of other news outlets with this in-depth
look at the issue. The documentary launched much of the
national news coverage that followed its airing.
This past year she covered stories from a school district that
found a way to make money by setting up a “virtual”
charter school, to what it’s like riding your bike to work in
winter, to a community so dangerous that other towns
refused to play high school football games there.
Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio
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Journalist of the Year 2016
Past honorees
2004 George Bullard, The Detroit News2005 David Zeman, Detroit Free Press
2006 Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press
2007 Ron French, The Detroit News
2008 Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press
2009 M. L. Elrick, Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press
2010 Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press2011 John Carlisle, Metro Times
2012 Christine MacDonald, The Detroit News
2013 Donna Terek, The Detroit News
2014 Robert Snell, The Detroit News
2015 Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press
Ron Fonger, The Flint Journal
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