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2009 News Contest Winners
| General makeup: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: staff |
Publication: The Progress-Index |
| City: Petersburg |
Subject: A Giant Leap for mankind. Teen Enlisted despite danger. Who will lead Va? |
| Comments: Great Page-1 impact. Good use of photos & graphic elements for stories. But - I felt the skyboxes were a little weak. Overall a great paper. |
Year: 2009 |
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| General makeup: D1 |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Lee Wolverton, Alicia Rimel, Rob Sisk |
Publication: The News Virginian |
| City: Waynesboro |
Subject: General makeup |
| Comments: Nice front page. Good above the fold look. Nice looking paper throughout. |
Year: 2009 |
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| General makeup: D1 |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Staff |
Publication: Culpeper Star-Exponent |
| City: Culpeper |
Subject: General makeup: 6/21, 8/28, 10/23 |
| Comments: Overall a decent looking paper. Tho the use of the color pallet threw me off a bit on the front page. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Editorial pages: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Rob Humphreys |
Publication: Culpeper Star-Exponent |
| City: Culpeper |
Subject: Editorial pages |
| Comments: Nice looking page. Clean layout. But a little grey. Maybe use 100% black for the reverse heads to achieve more contrast and make it a little more punchier. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Business, financial or agricultural pages: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: James Heffernan |
Publication: Northern Virginia Daily |
| City: Strasburg |
Subject: Business pages |
| Comments: Decent layouts. Nice use of photos & graphics. Nice mix of typography. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Combination picture and story: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Preston Knight, Laetitia Clayton, Dennis Grundman |
Publication: Northern Virginia Daily |
| City: Strasburg |
Subject: Like clockwork |
| Comments: Great depth of field. Good use of photos in depicting the man, the work & his tools. Nice layout to accompany photos. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Combination picture and story: D1 |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Res Spears, Troy Cooper |
Publication: Suffolk News-Herald |
| City: Suffolk |
Subject: Dismal Swamp canoe trip |
| Comments: Gorgeous boat on lake. Great reflections with clouds. I especially like combined cutline for all photos. I felt the peace. Great work! |
Year: 2009 |
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| Combination picture and story: D1 |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Patrick Kane |
Publication: The Progress-Index |
| City: Petersburg |
Subject: Love Renewed |
| Comments: Overall I liked the moments captured. Although I feel this may have been overdone in photoshop. Be careful, not to lose the moments with fading out photos. |
Year: 2009 |
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| General news writing: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Sally Voth, J.R. Williams |
Publication: Northern Virginia Daily |
| City: Strasburg |
Subject: Brendon Barker Murder |
| Comments: The enterprise pieces - on the mom of the victim and the daughter of the killer - set this entry apart. The stories did a good job of conveying all the emotions involved in this case. Nice work throughout. |
Year: 2009 |
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| General news writing: D1 |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Tony Gonzalez |
Publication: The News Virginian |
| City: Waynesboro |
Subject: Arrest looms in 1967 double murder |
| Comments: This entry was marked by solid reporting. It's an incredibly compelling case and the reporter did a great job of guiding readers through it as it developed. |
Year: 2009 |
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| General news writing: D1 |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Jimmy LaRoue, Bob Stuart, Tony Gonzalez |
Publication: The News Virginian |
| City: Waynesboro |
Subject: Invista plant layoffs, ongoing struggles |
| Comments: I was impressed by all of the reporting that permeates these stories. These reporters are not afraid of numbers. But the stories also went beyond numbers to tell stories of people affected. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Feature writing portfolio: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Ron Counts |
Publication: Culpeper Star-Exponent |
| City: Culpeper |
Subject: Renaissance man; Missile attack; Jack of all trades |
| Comments: Did a nice job of helping us understand the person and capturing a sense of place. Also, good use of quotes to help drive stories. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Feature writing portfolio: D1 |
Place: 2 |
| Name: Jeff Say |
Publication: Culpeper Star-Exponent |
| City: Culpeper |
Subject: Culpeper's fountain of youth; Camp is cool again; Random Writers lets teens' creativity shine |
| Comments: Clearly spent a lot of time with the story subjects and knew them well. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Feature writing portfolio: D1 |
Place: 3 |
| Name: Markus Schmidt |
Publication: The Progress-Index |
| City: Petersburg |
Subject: A living Angel. Sheriff of the living.. and the dead. Living with Leukemia. |
| Comments: The 'Living Angel' story was definitely one of the best I read. It wasn't overly emotional or overwritten in any way, as it could have been. Just told nice and straight. A very nice job. |
Year: 2009 |
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| Government writing: D1 |
Place: 1 |
| Name: Bob Stuart |
Publication: The News Virginian |
| City: Waynesboro |
Subject: Government writing portfolio |
| Comments: I thought the story on agritourism was balanced and well done. The Pyles story was a strong profile of a person in the news which newspapers should provide as often as possible. |
Year: 2009 |
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