| Feature story writing |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Lynn Wolstenholme |
Publication: Loudoun Times-Mirror |
| City: Leesburg |
Subject: Holocaust |
| Comments: There are lots of Holocaust memorials throughout the world, but by telling us the story of one woman and her family, the author puts a face on the horror. |
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| Headline writing |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Ted Shockley |
Publication: The Eastern Shore News |
| City: Accomac |
Subject: On roadways: booze, guns, moving cars with dead drivers |
| Comments: Really creative headlines. Outside of the box, refreshing take on news headlines. Creative use of photos and text and wordplay. |
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| Headline writing |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Jay Diem |
Publication: The Eastern Shore News |
| City: Accomac |
Subject: To bee or not to bee |
| Comments: Creative use of photos and text and wordplay. Unconventional and brilliant. |
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| Headline writing |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Jeff Poole |
Publication: Orange County Review |
| City: Orange |
Subject: Review headlines |
| Comments: Sharp, witty and smart headlines. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Clissa S. England, Tom Bond, Holly Prestidge |
Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| City: Richmond |
Subject: Discover Richmond |
| Comments: A handsomely laid-out guide to the area, logically arranged in an inviting typestyle with clearly designed sections of interest to newcomers and residents alike. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: Daily Press |
| City: Newport News |
Subject: College football preview section (8/28) |
| Comments: Smart-looking section chock-a-block with information nearly packaged and clearly presented. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: The Virginian-Pilot |
| City: Norfolk |
Subject: NASCAR 2007 |
| Comments: From the checkered-flag cover through the obligatory schedule listings, this section conveys the speed of the sport. |
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| Critical writing |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Joseph W. Cates |
Publication: Richmond Parents Monthly |
| City: Richmond |
Subject: RPM KidSpin |
| Comments: Joseph Cates' reviews read as smoothly as buttah. His casual tone, backed with carefully considered opinions, is perfect for talking about children's music to parents. His adjectives and verbs are lively but not overwhelming or overly abundant. I liked the way he set up his reviews to discuss the "good" and the "not so good." |
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| Critical writing |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Warren Rojas |
Publication: Northern Virginia Magazine |
| City: McLean |
Subject: Best New Restaurants; Best Bargain Dining; Shore Leave |
| Comments: Warren Rojas has mastered the tight, blurby writing that really works in magazines. He has some great turns of phrase in his "Best new restaurants" feature, including "boozy ball of mint julep ice cream." as well as terrific food words: toothsome, debilitating" deep-freid Snickers bars, "stunning" to describe roast garlic in olive oil. But the "Bargain Dining" feature was too blurby for me -- one sentence on each restaurant. |
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| Critical writing |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Wayne Melton |
Publication: Style Weekly |
| City: Richmond |
Subject: Film Criticism |
| Comments: "If only Murray had made." Wayne Melton's criticism is incisive but quite funny. He does a good job of balancing critique with information, not wasting too much time on summary but not assuming the reader knows what the film is about. His writing is very clear and doesn't get bogged down in adjectives or history. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Tonya Hall Bowyer, Amanda Bolen |
Publication: The News-Messenger |
| City: Christiansburg |
Subject: Extra section printed in response to the April 16th Virginia Tech Tragedy |
| Comments: What can we say? The paper, under duress and crisis, pooled its resources and responded with grace and dignity to a horrific event. They are real troupers. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Lawson Koeppel, Amanda Bolen |
Publication: The News-Messenger |
| City: Christiansburg |
Subject: Special pictorial/memorial edition printed the Saturday following the April 16th Virginia Tech tragedy |
| Comments: Same as previous comments. |
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| Special sections or special editions |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: The Dickenson Star |
| City: Clintwood |
Subject: Voters' Guide |
| Comments: Clean, comprehensive and informative. It took a lot of effort and the work paid off. |
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| Business, financial or agricultural pages |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: The Virginian-Pilot |
| City: Norfolk |
Subject: Business Pages |
| Comments: Would have liked better pages on the mandatory dates. Still, I applaud the efforts to design inside pages, which many competitions are missing. |
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| Business, financial or agricultural pages |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: The Free Lance-Star |
| City: Fredericksburg |
Subject: |
| Comments: Templates make for good starting points. A few too many tricks on covers. Let the content have a chance, too. |
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| Business, financial or agricultural pages |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Pam Feibish, Mark Ferguson, Jack Norton, Jeremy Glover |
Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| City: Richmond |
Subject: Optional dates: April 15 and June 17 |
| Comments: Big section with a lot going on and a lot of resources. Would have liked better optional entries and a few new ideas on inside pages. |
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| Combination picture and story |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Bill Lohmann, Bob Brown, John Camejo |
Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| City: Richmond |
Subject: Just a natural playground |
| Comments: Story and photos sell the reader on a place of obscurity but with a secret side that makes you want to visit. Interesting packaging of facts and sights. |
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| Combination picture and story |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Kate Wiltrout, Chis Tyree |
Publication: The Virginian-Pilot |
| City: Norfolk |
Subject: The Quiet War |
| Comments: Moving story and photos illustrating a little-known U.S. effort in the Horn of Africa to aid Somali refugees. Entry both informs and troubles the reader. Good candidate for followup. |
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| Combination picture and story |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Justin Cook, Jared Turner |
Publication: The Roanoke Times |
| City: Roanoke |
Subject: GRIEVING AND HEALING |
| Comments: A sad story that you can't leave until you've read it all. A poignant collection of photos of a family trying to lead a normal life. An entry that a reader will remember. |
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| Feature writing portfolio |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Skip Miller |
Publication: Culpeper Times |
| City: Culpeper |
Subject: Feature Writing Portfolio |
| Comments: Superb writing on timely and important topics. |
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