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News Contest Winners


Excellence of page design (slick) Place: 2
Name: Daidra Hershberger Publication: Northern Virginia Magazine
City: McLean Subject: Guatemala Excepcional
Comments: Nice choice of typography and color. The border helps pull the whole design together. Clean simple layout makes it very inviting.

Excellence of page design (slick) Place: 3
Name: Steve Hedberg Publication: Richmond Magazine
City: Richmond Subject: "Who's Really Driving?" March, p. 67-68; "Little Man, Big Dreams," April, p. 78-79; "The Drama That Is Doug," May, p. 70-73; "An Old Print Dog Crosses Over," Aug. p. 68-69; "Sports For the Masses," Sept., p. 84-92
Comments: Nice variation in use of fonts to match subject matter. Layouts are clean and organized.

Page design Place: 1
Name: Michelle Burdette Publication: Loudoun Times-Mirror
City: Leesburg Subject: Page Design
Comments: Michelle makes her pages pop! Use of graphics to enhance the subject is top rate. Creative from the childlike V'day head to the roller-skate O in GO.

Page design Place: 2
Name: Greg Wyshynski Publication: Alexandria Gazette Packet
City: Alexandria Subject: Page Design
Comments: Eye-pleasing sense of balance. There's a lot going on in these pages but Greg pulls it off well.

Page design Place: 3
Name: Genevieve Cinecoe Publication: Loudoun Times-Mirror
City: Leesburg Subject: Page Design
Comments: The first two front pages are a bit formulaic but the other pages showed creativity.

General news writing Place: 1
Name: Aranya Tomseth Publication: Great Falls Connection
City: Great Falls Subject: Great Falls citizens criticize a road widening project.
Comments: Traffic is a serious concern in crowded areas. Tomseth does a fine job outlining the critical issues here.

General news writing Place: 2
Name: Res Spears Publication: The Tidewater News
City: Franklin Subject: Navy seeks to build OLF
Comments: All critical issues are in play here: planning, government impact, etc. This set of stories offers a clean, thorough representation of an issue that clearly gripped the community.

General news writing Place: 3
Name: Leslie Rudd-Edwards, Don Koralewski Publication: South Hill Enterprise
City: South Hill Subject: Proposed Ethanol Plant
Comments: Major planning project. Reticent government officials. Nice job with this lead.

Editorial pages Place: 1
Name: Logan Anderson, Jon Ness Publication: The News & Advance
City: Lynchburg Subject: Panorama and Opinion pages
Comments: Daily and Panorama pages are alive with graphics. Great typography and photos. Big, bold headlines leave little doubt as to which issues are important and where the paper stands.

Editorial pages Place: 2
Name: Robert Benson Publication: Danville Register and Bee
City: Danville Subject: Mayor, Regret, Finding Help and Outside Help
Comments: A very clean look. Bold fonts help sell the pages. Good cartoons.

Editorial pages Place: 3
Name: Adrian O'Connor, Bobby Ford Publication: Winchester Star
City: Winchester Subject: Feb. 5, July 30, Aug. 9, and Oct. 5
Comments: Easy to read. Good layout.

Sports pages Place: 1
Name: Chris Morris, Jim Steinmiller, Clark Ruhland, Steve Trosky Publication: The News & Advance
City: Lynchburg Subject:
Comments: Wow. Heavy lifting by designers and it pays off. Tons of great information. Graphics everywhere. Good use of screens and silhouettes. A major league section.

Sports pages Place: 2
Name: Staff Publication: Danville Register and Bee
City: Danville Subject: Racing, Safe, Braves and Sweet
Comments: A comprehensive coverage plan with generous and creative use of photos and graphical presentation.

Sports pages Place: 3
Name: Staff Publication: Potomac News
City: Woodbridge Subject:
Comments: A good buy for your money. Photo use well done. Lots of bites of info. A clean delivery.

Specialty pages or sections Place: 1
Name: Jeremy Fogt Publication: The News & Advance
City: Lynchburg Subject:
Comments: Great use of color (or not -- Nov. 29). Well designed. Good story selection. Good local coverage and presentation of information.

Specialty pages or sections Place: 2
Name: Staff Publication: Daily News-Record
City: Harrisonburg Subject: Saturday Magazine
Comments: A bold approach to Saturday. Lots of good information packed into the section. A varied approach to all three covers.

Specialty pages or sections Place: 3
Name: Jason Snyder Publication: The News & Advance
City: Lynchburg Subject: Sunday Politics
Comments: I give it an A for innovation. Each week gave me a good variety of information that gave me an overall sense of being in the know without having to invest in a lot of heavy reading.

Combination picture and story Place: 1
Name: Joe Tennis, Earl Neikirk, Keith O'Dell Publication: Bristol Herald Courier
City: Bristol Subject: Conway Twitty
Comments: A unique look at a subject few ever examine. Moving photos by Neikirk and a touching, sweet tale by Tennis. Well packaged for easy consumption. A triumph.

Combination picture and story Place: 2
Name: Chet White, Darrell Laurant, Jon Ness Publication: The News & Advance
City: Lynchburg Subject: Mom's at war
Comments: White's photo essay quickly captures the essence of Laurant's story. A great inside layout. Overall, a heartfelt story of a familiar problem. Well done.

Combination picture and story Place: 3
Name: Joe Conroy, Jason Hornick, Donnie Biggs Publication: Potomac News
City: Woodbridge Subject:
Comments: A great way to tell the larger story of sprawl and growth through the football program. A wonderful centerpiece capture the life of a town through its youth.

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