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Arizona Press Club
Winners of 2007 Arizona Press Club Contest
The Arizona Press Club presented awards for
Arizona's best journalism in 2007 at a banquet Saturday held at the
Heard Museum in Phoenix.
The winners are:
ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: James
Gregg, Arizona Daily Star
First runner-up: Nick Oza, The Arizona
Republic; Second runner-up: Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic.
ARIZONA DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Michael
Rice, Arizona Daily Star
First runner-up: Danny Ramirez, Arizona
Daily Star; Second runner-up: Jen Levario Cieslak, The Arizona Republic.
VIRG HILL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Brady
McCombs, Arizona Daily Star
First runner-up (tie): Sarah Fenske,
Phoenix New Times and John Faherty, The Arizona Republic.
WINNERS IN SMALL DIVISION: DAILY AND
NON-DAILY NEWSPAPERS WITH CIRCULATION OF 25,000 OR LESS.
Politics/government reporting
First place: Bill Hess, Sierra Vista
Herald: "Micro-grants rebuild Iraq"
Second place: Jim Small, Arizona Capitol
Times: "Disaffected Democrat split over committee assignments"
Third place: No award.
Public safety reporting
First place: Hillary Davis, Arizona
Daily Sun, "Bloodied but unbowed"
Second place: Marley Shebala, Navajo
Times, "After the fall"
Third place: Larry Hendricks, Arizona
Daily Sun, Juvenile corrections series
Environmental/health reporting
First place: Cindy Yurth, Navajo Times,
"Perfect match: Navajo man donates bone marrow to Tlingit boy"
Second place: Bill Coates, Arizona
Capitol Times, "Birds of a different feather: Should Arizona's bald
eagle population remain under federal protection?"
Third place: Bill Coates, Arizona
Capitol Times, "What lies beneath Oak Flat"
Education reporting
First place: Marley Shebala, Navajo
Times, "Language class shows that speaking, writing are a way of
life"
Second place: Marley Shebala, Navajo
Times, "Math made fun"
Third place: Jim Small, Arizona Capitol
Times, "A big hammer"
Sustained coverage
First place: Cindy Yurth, Marley Shebala,
Annie Greenberg, Bill Donovan and Jason Begay, Navajo Times, for its
chronicle of the misuse of public housing funds
Second place: Thelma Grimes, Vail Sun,
for stories detailing community concerns about photographer Doug
Markwith.
Third place: Jonathon Shacat, Sierra
Vista Herald, for series that detailed the range of community support
and opposition to the building of a border fence in Cochise County
Honorable mention: Alan Levine, Casa
Grande Dispatch, for coverage of the Pinal County manager case.
Lifestyle reporting
First place: Hillary Davis, Arizona
Daily Sun: "When worlds collide"
Second place: Bill Coates, Arizona
Capital Times: "Kids left behind by parents in prison"
Third place: Bill Coates, Arizona
Capital Times: "Phoenix streets in black & white"
Personality profile reporting
First place: Seth Muller, Northern
Arizona's Mountain Living Magazine: "Loss, rebirth and a tragic
blessing"
Second place: Susan Randall, Tri-Valley
Dispatch: "Cold War submariner ends 30+ years of silence"
Third place: Betsey Bruner, Arizona
Daily Sun: "Cool 'Kutz' are his specialty"
Business reporting
First place: Jim Keyworth, Rim Country
Gazette: "Gazette survey disputes chamber claim"
Second place: Marley Shebala, Navajo
Times: "Dreaming of 'ach'ii"
Third place: Shar Porier, Sierra Vista
Herald: "Sealing up old mines"
Sports reporting
First place: Brett Fera, Maricopa
Tribune: "Calling it like she sees it"
Second place: Candace Begody, Navajo
Times: "The struggle for gold"
Third place: Chris Casacchia, Phoenix
Business Journal: "Tee party"
Commentary/analysis
First place: Deborah Sussman Susser,
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix: "Straight talk"
Second place: Lindsey Gemme, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "What's happened to America's passion?"
Third place: Jim Keyworth, The Rim
County Gazette: "State legislature: this joke's on taxpayers"
MID-SIZED: Non-daily newspapers with
circulation of 25,001 or more and daily papers with circulation of
25,001 to 75,000.
Politics/government reporting
First place: Frank Morris, West Valley
View: "Campaign Controversies"
Second place: Garry Duffy, Tucson
Citizen: "Electronic vote results skewed easily, judge told"
Third place: Sara Bisker, West Valley
View: "Worker inmate program makes 'cents'"
Public safety reporting
First place: Michael Marizco, Tucson
Weekly: "The corridor of killing"
Second place: A.J. Flick, Tucson
Citizen: "Prison without bars"
Third place: Ryn Gargulinski, Tucson
Citizen: "Tucson teeming with 'stash houses'"
Environmental/health reporting
First place: Alan Fischer, Tucson
Citizen: "Valley Fever may be coming"
Second place: Jim Nintzel, Tucson
Weekly: "We're No. 1!"
Third place: Dave Devine, Tucson Weekly:
"State of emergency"
Education reporting
First place: Jason M. Ludwig, Ahwatukee
Foothills News: "The constitution and the student: The 4th
Amendment"
Second place: Emily McCann, West Valley
View: "District rental policy examined"
Third place: Frank Morris, West Valley
View: "School's out for summer"
Sustained coverage
First place: Tim Vanderpool, Tucson
Weekly: "Beating the rap"
Second place: Tim Vanderpool, Tucson
Weekly: "Rosemont revision"
Third place: No award.
Lifestyle reporting
First place: B. Poole, Tucson Citizen:
"Discouraging words: local ranching fades"
Second place: Tom Danehy, Tucson Weekly:
"Community under the stars"
Third place: Jason Ludwig, Ahwatukee
Foothill News: "Tragedy strikes twice"
Personality profile reporting
First place: Margaret Regan, Tucson
Weekly: "Never sold out"
Second place: Ryan Casey, Ahwatukee
Foothills News: "A long road back"
Third place: Margaret Regan, Tucson
Weekly: "Unstill life"
Business reporting
First place: Margaret Regan, Tucson
Weekly: "Roasting revolution"
Second place: B. Poole, Tucson Citizen:
"Still a buyer's market for local home sales"
Third place: Tim Vanderpool, Tucson
Weekly: "Oaxaca journal"
Sports reporting
First place: Tom Danehy, Tucson Weekly:
"Missing Lute Olson"
Second place: Steve Rivera, Tucson
Citizen: "O'Neill is Mr. Right for now"
Third place: Ryan Casey, Ahwatukee
Foothills News: "A leg up:
Commentary/analysis
First place: Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly:
"Campaigning 101: 10 simple rules for running for office"
Second place: David Leibowitz, The
Scottsdale Times: "Good grief!"
Third place: Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly:
"Flush this crackpot scheme: 5 reasons to vote no on Prop.
200"
M - MAGAZINES
News Issues Reporting
First place: Jana Bommersbach, Phoenix
magazine: "Three-year nightmare"
Second place: Adam Klawonn, Phoenix
magazine: "Valley docs help Katrina's kids"
Third place: John Dickerson, The
Scottsdale Times: "Love suckers"
Lifestyle and entertainment reporting
First place: Kelly Kramer, Phoenix
magazine: "Father, son & fighting spirit"
Second place: Dan Rafter, Phoenix
magazine: "Superheroes? Super freaks?"
Third place: Vicki Lou Balint, Raising
Arizona Kids: "Parental alienation"
Personality profile reporting
First place: David Leibowitz, Phoenix
magazine: "Peddler of porn"
Second place: (TIE) Ashlea Deahl,
Phoenix magazine: "Call me Chops, Baby"
Marge Pellegrino, Tucson Guide: "Native
son"
Third place: No award.
ANY PUBLICATION: WRITING & REPORTING
Investigative reporting - Don Bolles Award
First place: Ray Stern, Phoenix New
Times: "What happened in Vegas ... "
Second place: Mark Flatten and Jason
Massad, East Valley Tribune: "Tow hold: Power players help Mesa
company"
Third place: Robert Anglen, The Arizona
Republic: "Maricopa Community College"
Honorable mention: Josh Brodesky,
Arizona Daily Star: "Brandon Williams' death and the problems at
Child Protective Services"
John Kolbe Politics and Government Reporting
Award
First place: Michael Lacey and Jim
Larkin, Phoenix New Times: "Breathtaking abuse of the
Constitution"
Second place: Erica Meltzer, Rob O'Dell,
Josh Brodesky, Danielle Sottosanti, Aaron Mackey and Tim Ellis, Arizona
Daily Star: "We pay our taxes so they can do that?" kept on
the public dole."
Third place: Becky Pallack and Cathalena
E. Burch, Arizona Daily Star: "Yaqui casinos: more money, more
problems"
Honorable mention: Mark Flatten, East
Valley Tribune: "Public corruption cases abound"
Breaking news reporting
First place: Staff, East Valley Tribune:
"Nobody got out, so I fell to my knees"
Second place: Jack Gillum, Christie
Smythe and David Wichner, Arizona Daily Star: "First Magnus halts
loans"
Third place: Bruce Pascoe, Rob O'Dell
and Greg Hansen, Arizona Daily Star: "Lute gone for season"
Honorable mention: Gary Grado, East
Valley Tribune: "I'm guilty"
Honorable mention: Carla McClain,
Stephanie Innes, Dale Quinn, Joseph Barrios, Andrea Kelly, Arizona Daily
Star: "Parade victim a shining star"
Project reporting
First place: Mark Flatten, East Valley
Tribune: "Desert dealer"
Second place: Mary K. Reinhart, East
Valley Tribune: "Pam's story"
Third place: Indicators Team, The
Arizona Republic: "Arizona indicators"
Environment and science reporting
First place: Megan Irwin, Phoenix New
Times: "A cancer on ASU"
Second place: Anne Ryman, The Arizona
Republic: "Inside the ant world"
Third place: Mike Branom, East Valley
Tribune: "Red alert"
Health reporting
First place: Carla McClain, Arizona
Daily Star: "Tucson ERs lack docs you may need"
Second place: Chris Hawley, The Arizona
Republic: Seniors head to Mexico for cheaper nursing care"
Third place: No award.
Public safety reporting
First place: Robert Anglen, The Arizona
Republic: "Murder suspect slipped by"
Second place: Enric Volante, Arizona
Daily Star: "Unsafe lane changes are big factor in truck
crashes"
Third place: Ray Stern, Phoenix New
Times: "Gotcha!"
Honorable mention: Katie McDevitt, East
Valley Tribune: "Drug logbooks largely ignored"
Religion, faith or values reporting
First place: Amanda J. Crawford, The
Arizona Republic: "Leaving the flock"?
Second place: Stephanie Innes, Arizona
Daily Star: "Hispanics power city's Pentecostal growth spurt"?
Third place: Bill Hess, Sierra Vista
Herald: "War zone chaplain sees stress"
Education reporting
First place: Mike Sakal and Amanda Keim,
East Valley Tribune: "Special report: Teachers disciplined in
sexual misconduct"
Second place: Andrea Falkenhagen, Tammy
Krikorian, Amanda Keim, Ryan Gabrielson, Katie McDevitt, East Valley
Tribune: "Meet the school board/The watchdog parent"
Third place: Anne Ryman, The Arizona
Republic: "University credit cards are abused"
Immigration reporting
First place: (tie)
Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic:
"Deportation: a new flashpoint in immigration debate"
Mariana Alvarado Avalos, Arizona Daily Star:
"Death in the desert: Jesus' long journey home"
Third place: Brady McCombs, Arizona
Daily Star: "Records contradict agent's story on entrant's
slaying"
Honorable mention: Brady McCombs,
Arizona Daily Star: "Drug violence threatens Tubac"
Children, families and seniors issues
reporting
First place: Megan Irwin, Phoenix New
Times: "Redemption song"
Second place: Josh Brodesky, Arizona
Daily Star: "Special needs foster family disintegrates"
Third place: Jane Erikson, Arizona Daily
Star: "Strict food rules"
Honorable mention: Robert L. Pela,
Phoenix New Times: "My super sweet six"
Growth and development reporting
First place: Aaron Mackey, Tim Ellis,
Erica Meltzer, Rob O'Dell, Brian J. Pedersen and Danielle Sottosanti,
Arizona Daily Star" ''Growing pains: Money crunch looms for
suburbs"
Second place: Rob O'Dell, Arizona Daily
Star: "Why not in Tucson?"
Third place: Scott Wong, The Arizona
Republic: "Wickenburg is using growth to fight land war"
Honorable mention: John Dickerson,
Phoenix New Times: "Walking on water"
Sustained community reporting
First place: Tony Lombardo, The Arizona
Republic: Surprise
Second place: Beth Lucas, East Valley
Tribune: Gilbert
Third place: Tim Ellis, Arizona Daily
Star: Sahuarita
Storytelling in graphic form
First place: Staff, Arizona Daily Star:
"Step right up"
Second place: Staff, Arizona Daily Star:
"Spring training preview"
Personality profile
First place: Leo W. Banks, Tucson
Weekly: "J.P.S. Brown's last stand"
Second place: Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily
Star: "Science superstar"
Third place: Ashlea Deahl, Phoenix
magazine: "Daron on deck"
Human Interest reporting
First place: Kimberly Matas, Arizona
Daily Star: "A zest for life kept her dancing at every chance"
Second place: Tom Beal, Arizona Daily
Star: "The ultimate loss"
Third place: Chris Hawley, The Arizona
Republic: "Dwarfs find respect in bullfighting"
Honorable mention: Megan Irwin, Phoenix
New Times: "Pimp my body"
Short-form writing
First place: (tie)
Nick Martin, East Valley Tribune: "A life
lost between the cracks"
East Dan Sorenson, Arizona Daily Star:
"Boy works to change the rules so he can bring little mare
home"
SPORTS
Sports enterprise reporting
First place: Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily
Star: "Inside the injured brain of Tuitama"
Second place: John Moredich, Tucson
Citizen: "Getting a jump on education and important subject area
for a university athletic department."
Third place: Bruce Pascoe, Arizona Daily
Star: "Chasing his goal"
Sustained sports coverage
First place: Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily
Star
Second place: Norm Frauenheim, The
Arizona Republic
Third place: Bruce Pascoe, Arizona Daily
Star
BUSINESS
Business enterprise reporting
First place: Jack Gillum and Christie
Smythe, Arizona Daily Star: "First Magnus made many risk
loans"
Second place: Chris Hawley, The Arizona
Republic: "Key to a job in Mexico: youth"
Third place: Gabriela Rico, Arizona
Daily Star: "Mining suddenly hot again"
Honorable mention: Becky Pallack and
Mariana Alvarado Avalos, Arizona Daily Star: "Mexican worker going
home"
OPINION WRITING
News column writing
First place: Sarah Fenske, Phoenix New
Times
Second place: Catherine O' Sullivan,
Tucson Weekly
Third place: Anne T. Denogean, Tucson
Citizen
Editorial writing
First place: Bob Satnan, East Valley
Tribune: "A lesson in how not to respond," '' Pipe down, peace
mom" and "Artie's too tough? Pass the salt . . ."
Second place: Kathleen Ingley, The
Arizona Republic: "Is 'good for the Golden State' good for
Arizona?" ''No self-starters, please" and "Unpleasant
people"
Third place: No award.
Features column writing - Don Schellie Award
First place: Ryn Gargulinski, Tucson
Citizen
Second place: Sarah Fenske, Phoenix New
Times
Third place: Bonnie Henry, Arizona Daily
Star
Food writing or criticism
First place: Howard Steftel, The Arizona
Republic: "Twisted contorts global comfort food concept" ?
Second place: Nikki Buchanan, Phoenix
magazine: "Mixed marriages" ?
Third place: Michele Laudig, Phoenix New
Times: "The big chill" ?
Arts writing or criticism
First place: Serene Dominic, Phoenix New
Times: "Back on the Sun"
Second place: Lilia Menconi, Phoenix New
Times: "Cause celeb"
Third place: Niki D'Andrea, Phoenix New
Times: "Beyond blonde"
Film, video and television writing criticism
First place: James DiGiovanna, Tucson
Weekly: "Cult classic"
Second place: Iris J. Arnesen, The Opera
Glass: "DVD review, The Henrik Ibsen Collection"
Third place: Michael Clawson, West
Valley View: "Thou shalt not sin: Evan missed that memo"
HEADLINE WRITING
News headlines
First place: Mark Stewart, Arizona Daily
Star: "Her mother wears combat boots," ''Lions of all stripes
pull together in assisting area's less fortunate" and
"Paintball: It's assault and splattery"
Second place: James Maish, Arizona Daily
Star: "In Cuba, the rule of thumb applies: Hitchhiking is a way of
life for commuters," When it comes to mom, even mobsters go
misty" and "New S.F. firm hangs out fur-lease sign, rents out
dogs to those short on time, space"
Third place: Bill Clemens, Tucson
Citizen: "It's a boy - and a girl and a boy and a girl and a boy
and a girl: Lake Havasu City woman gives birth to sextuplets," ''Is
shooting a man 10 times self-defense?" and "Fastest-graying
states include Ariz."
Feature headlines
First place: Dave Petruska, Tucson
Citizen: "Photo finish," ''Yes, you can can" and "
'I do' diligence"
Second place: Clay McNear, Phoenix New
Times: "Four leaves and a rake," ''The dirt devil wore Prada"
and "Someday my prints will come"
Third place: Kat Bryant, Phoenix
Business Journal: "Stable environment" and "Saving
face"
SPANISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
News reporting
First place: Nora Patricia Mora, Prensa
Hispana
Second place: Cristobal Garcia Bernal,
Prensa Hispana
Third place: Valeria Fernandez, La Voz
Honorable mention: Mariana Alvarado
Avalos, La Estrella de Tucson
Feature reporting
First place: Valeria Fernández, La Voz:
"Sin mirar atrás"
Second place: Valeria Fernández and
Samuel Murillo, La Voz: Five-Part Prostitution Series
Third place: Javier Arce, Prensa Hispana:
"Azteca Boxing Club: Cuna de 'Guerreros'"
Commentary/analysis
First place: Paul Brinkley-Rogers, La
Voz: : "Temor familiar"
Second place: Valeria Fernández and
Samuel Murillo, La Voz: "Criminaliza Arizona al indocumentado"
Third place: Paul Brinkley-Rogers, La
Voz: "Vía rápida hacia la ciudadanía"
ANY PUBLICATION - ONLINE
Small and mid-sized newspapers
Creative use of online, small and mid-sized
newspapers
First place: No award.
Second place: No award.
Third place: Ed Sharpe, The Glendale
Daily Planet: "Cesar E. Chavez 2007"
Creative use of online, any publication
First place: Mike Sakal, Tony D'Astoli,
Amanda Keim, Scott Kirchhofer and Ljiljana Ciric, eastvalleytribune.com:
"Reading, writing and wrongdoing"
Second place: Jim Carreno, Dennis
Wagner, Kristen DelGuzzi, Bill Pliske, Ryan Eilders, Peter Hart and Eric
Dick, azcentral.com: "Fatal voyage"
Third place: Rob Wisner, azstarnet.com:
"Live reports from iPhone buyers"
Online breaking news, any publication
First place: Levi Long, Eric Swedlund,
Cathalena Burch and Dale Quinn, azstarnet.com: "Female UA student
killed, 1 hospitalized after fight in dorm"
Second place: Staff,
eastvalleytribune.com: "4 killed as news copters collide over
Phoenix"
Third place: Staff, azstarnet.com:
"Teacher sickout"
ANY PUBLICATION - ART
Graphics
First place: Chiara Bautista and Kori
Rumore, Arizona Daily Star: "Winds of change"
Second place: Kori Rumore, Arizona Daily
Star: "Desert of death"
Third place: Gabriel Utasi, Scott Sheils
and Scott Kirchhofer, East Valley Tribune: "I-10 stretch could get
wider"
Honorable mention: Scott Kirchhofer,
Scott Sheils, Chris Page and Ralph Freso, East Valley Tribune:
"Tempe's waterside arts oasis"
Illustration
First place: Jorge Ariel Palomares
Buzani, Prensa Hispana: "Que es el arte?"
Second place: Gabriel Utasi, East Valley
Tribune: "Music to my Heirs"
Third place: Jorge Ariel Palomares
Buzani, Prensa Hispana: "''Insomnio"
Editorial cartooning
First place: Steve Benson, The Arizona
Republic: "Michael Vick fire hydrant"
Second place: David Fitzsimmons, Arizona
Daily Star: "Random violence board game"
Third place: David Fitzsimmons, Arizona
Daily Star: "Immigration reform gets buried"
DESIGN
SMALL NEWSPAPERS
Layout/design
First place: Roxanne A. Molenar, The
(Yuma) Sun: "Yuma wakes up to major storm damage"
Second place: Leigh T. Jimmie, Navajo
Times: "Special Olympics"
Third place: Andrew Wade, Arizona Daily
Sun: "Walking warrior"
Layout/design
First place: Brant Clinard, Ocotillo
Tribune: "Riding high"
Second place: Luis Castillo, Prensa
Hispana: "Jardines en balcones y terrazas"
Third place: Dinora Gonzalez, La Voz:
"Hot rod"
ANY PUBLICATION DESIGN
Deadline design
First place: Mike Gossie, East Valley
Tribune: "I'm guilty"
Second place: Christopher George, The
Arizona Republic: "Migrant fatalities rise at Ariz. Border"
Third place: Mike Rice, Arizona Daily
Star: "Rampage leaves 33 dead"
Non-deadline news design
First place: Bryan Blumer, Arizona Daily
Star: "Death in the Desert"
Second place: Staff, Tucson Citizen:
"Tight Squeeze"
Third place: Keri Hegre, The Arizona
Republic: "The Valley of Yesteryear"
Non-deadline features design
First place: Maria Camou, Arizona Daily
Star: "Keeping your cool"
Second place: Luis Castillo, Prensa
Hispana: "En realidad tus neumáticos. ¿Conoces?"
Third place: Julia Zolondz, East Valley
Tribune: "Ready-to-wear rainbow"
Multi-page design
First place: Bryan Blumer, Arizona Daily
Star: "Death in the desert"
Second place: Mike Rice, Arizona Daily
Star: "Space U: 100 years of curiosity, exploration and
discovery"
Third place: Monya Mollohan, Phoenix
magazine: "Here's the beef"
Newspaper tabloid cover design
First place: Danny Ramirez, Arizona
Daily Star: "Hidden talents abound in Tucson"
Second place: Amy Sweeney, East Valley
Tribune: "Stay cool"
Third place: Amy Sweeney, East Valley
Tribune: "Party!"
Magazine single story design
First place: Andrea Heser, Arizona Woman
magazine: "What your stuff says about you"
Second place: Charles Sanderson, Latino
Perspectives magazine: "Past, present and future"
Third place: Madalyn Otto, 33.10
Latitude with Attitude: "The longest day"
Honorable mention: SWITCH Studio, azTeen
magazine: "A midwinter night's dream"
Magazine cover design
First place: Andrea Heser, Arizona
Woman: "Go green"
Second place: Paul Braun, Echo magazine:
"Don't ask., don't tell"
Third place: Andrea Heser, Arizona
Woman: "Here comes generation Y"
Honorable mention: Charles Sanderson,
Latino Perspectives (consulting by SWITCH Studio): "Eyes wide
open"
SPANISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
Design portfolio
First place: Jorge Ariel Palomares
Buzani, Prensa Hispana
Second place: Felipe Lucero, La Estrella
de Tucson
Third place: Luis Castillo, Prensa
Hispana
PHOTO
NON METRO
Photo package 9 entries
First place: Brant Clinard, Ahwatukee
Foothills News: "Candle"
Second place: Owen K. Martin, West
Valley View: "Logan"
Third place: Josh Biggs, Arizona Daily
Sun: "Bust"
Spot news photography
First place: Steven King, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "Bear"
Second place: Oscar Perez, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "Fire"
Third place: Oscar Perez, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "Collision"
General news photography.
First place: Steven King, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "Return"
Second place: U. Frank Williams,
Ahwatukee Foothills News: "Funeral"
Third place: Steven King, Casa Grande
Dispatch: "Window"
Portrait photography
First place: Peter Pallagi, Daily
News-Sun: "Dance"
Second place: Donovan Quintero, Navajo
Times: "Freeze"
Third place: Josh Biggs, Arizona Daily
Sun: "Lobstein"
Feature photography
First place: Ray Thomas, West Valley
View: "Boom"
Second place: Jenn Ireland, Arizona
Daily Sun: "Lights"
Third place: Jenn Ireland, Arizona Daily
Sun: "Stroller"
Photo story
First place: Josh Biggs, Arizona Daily
Sun: "Fire"
Second place: Bill Coates, Arizona
Capitol Times: "Streets"
Third place: No award.
Sports action photography
First place: Peter Pallagi, Daily
News-Sun: "Blind"
Second place: Peter Pallagi, Daily
News-Sun: "Goal"
Third place: Brant Clinard, Ahwatukee
Foothills News: "Ouch"
Honorable mention: Oscar Perez, Casa
Grande Dispatch: "Bronc"
Honorable mention: Brant Clinard,
Chandler Connection: "Agony"
Sports feature photography
First place: Ray Thomas, West Valley
View: "Bars"
Second place: Brant Clinard, Chandler
Connection: "Batter"
Third place: No award.
Pictorial photography
First place: Donovan Quintero, Navajo
Times: "Air"
Second place: Donovan Quintero, Navajo
Times: "Prayer"
Third place: Brant Clinard, Chandler
Connection: "Shadow"
Honorable mention: Brant Clinard,
Ahwatukee Foothills News: "Water"
Honorable mention: Josh Biggs, Arizona
Daily Sun: "North rim"
METRO
Photo package
First place: James Gregg, Arizona Daily
Star: "Quail hunt"
Second place: Michael Chow, The Arizona
Republic: "Ironman"
Third place: Mark W. Lipczynski, The
Arizona Republic: "AZ haunts"
Spot news photography
First place: A.J. Alexander, La Voz:
"News helicopter crash"
Second place: Jeffry Scott, Arizona
Daily Star: "Flooded lot"
Third place: P.K. Weis, Tucson Citizen:
"Monsoon rescue"
General news photography
First place: Cheryl Evans, The Arizona
Republic: "Doves"
Second place: Benjie Sanders, Arizona
Daily Star: "Sad"
Third place: Francisco Medina, Tucson
Citizen: "Casket"
Portrait photography
First place: A.E. Araiza, Arizona Daily
Star: "Dachau"
Second place: Giulio Sciorio, Phoenix
New Times: "April"
Third place: Dean Knuth, Arizona Daily
Star: "Hersey"
Feature photography
First place: Thomas Boggan, East Valley
Tribune: "Drink"
Second place: Ralph Freso, East Valley
Tribune: "Car wash"
Third place: Xavier Gallegos, Tucson
Citizen: "Doggy"
Photo story
First place: Nick Oza, The Arizona
Republic: "Fugitive"
Second place: Cheryl Evans, The Arizona
Republic: "Room 202"
Third place: Nick Oza, The Arizona
Republic: "Refugees"
Sports action photography
First place: Michael Chow, The Arizona
Republic: "Safe"
Second place: Dean Knuth, Arizona Daily
Star: "Rodeo"
Third place: Ralph Freso, East Valley
Tribune: "Air battle"
Honorable mention: Kelly Presnell,
Arizona Daily Star: "Droplet"
Sports feature photography
First place: Darryl Webb, East Valley
Tribune: "Bad call"
Second place: A. E. Araiza, Arizona
Daily Star: "Almost"
Third place: Nick Oza, The Arizona
Republic: "Triathlon"
Honorable mention: Rob Schumacher, The
Arizona Republic: "Victory"
Honorable mention: James Gregg, Arizona
Daly Star: "Champ"
Pictorial photography
First place: Rob Schumacher, The Arizona
Republic: "Solstice takeoff"
Second place: Kelly Presnell, Arizona
Daily Star: "Wings"
Third place: Francisco Medina, Tucson
Citizen: "Boneyard"
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