PHILADELPHIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL AWARDS COMPETITION FOR 2011
(Awarded in 2012)

 

GRAND AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

 

Battling Bullying: School of Intimidation-Daily Local News-Jennifer Carboni & Eric Smith


PUBLIC SERVICE DAILY DIVISION

First: Battling Bullying: School of Intimidation-Daily Local News-Jennifer Carboni & Eric Smith
Second: Montgomery Politics Uncovered-The Times Herald-Keith Phucas, Jenny DeHuff
Third: The School of Hard Knocks-Delaware County Times-Alex Rose, John Kopp & Danielle Lynch


 PUBLIC SERVICE WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: Unlitter Us Initiative-South Philly Review-South Philly Review Staff

Second: Greetings To Our Troops-Delco News Network; Peg DeGrassa, Anne Neborak, Rich Crowe & Marguerite DeGrassa

Third: “Delco Deals”-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa

 

ENTERPRISE REPORTING DAILY DIVISION

First: Refinery Shutdown-Delaware County Daily Times-Kathleen Carey
Second: Living On The Edge-Daily Local News-Fran Maye
Third: The Death of Officer Morgans-The Times News-Donald R. Serfass

 

ENTERPRISE REPORTING WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: Pa. Budget Cutbacks Drive Tuition Hikes-Philadelphia Business Journal-Peter Key
Second: New York Pity-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers

 

EDITORIAL COMMENT DAILY DIVISION

First: Silence From Sunoco Executives is Deafening-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron
Second: Paterno, Spanier Should Step Down-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron
Third: Violence Puts Chester at Crossroads-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron

  

EDITORIAL COMMENT WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: Thanksgiving 2011: Offering Sincere Gratitude for the Bushels of Apples-Delco News Network- Peg DeGrassa

Second: “We Are Not Exempt”-Jewish Exponent-Lisa Hostein

Third: “True To Tradition”-Jewish Exponent-Lisa Hostein

 

HEADLINE WRITING DAILY DIVISION

 

First: “It’s Oil Over”-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron

Second: “Sun Down”-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron

Third: “End of An Air-A-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron

Honorable Mention: “Steering The Shipp”-Times Herald-Gordon Glantz

Honorable Mention: A “Giant” Heartbreak-Times Herald-Gordon Glantz

Honorable Mention: No Love for Gov.-Times Herald-Gordon Glantz

 

HEADLINE WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: Porous Another-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers

Second: Strength in Slumbers-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers

Third: South Dakota Lawman Hunting for Wider Exposure”-Jewish Exponent-Robert Leiter

Honorable Mention:” This Bat Man Not at Home as Crusader-Jewish Exponent-Michael Elkin

Honorable Mention: “Sweets You Can’t Pass Over”-South Philly Review- Bill Gelman

 

BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE DAILY DIVISION

First: “Jackass” Star Killed-Daily Local News-Jennifer Carboni & Jeremy Gerrard

Second: Lucas K. Murray 12-Alarm Inferno Engulfs City Blocks-Courier-Post-Jim Walsh & George Mast

Third: Sunoco to Begin Shutdown-Delaware County Daily Times-Kathleen Carey & Rose Quinn

Third: Alleged Murderer Killed After Standoff With Police in Training-Delaware County Times-Danielle Lynch & Paul Luce

Honorable Mention: Teen Arrested, Facing Charges In Death of Two 15 year olds-Delaware County Daily Times-Kathleen Carey & Tim Logue

 
  NEWSPAPER WRITING DAILY DIVISION

First: Never Forget-Courier Post-Courier Post Staff
Second: The Knock You Never Want To Hear-Delaware County Daily Times-Timothy Logue

Third: Freedom For Now-Press of Atlantic City-Trudi Gilfillian

Honorable Mention: Little Boy Lost-Tamaqua Times News-Donald R. Serfass

Honorable Mention: Stop The Music-Delaware County Daily Times-Patti Mengers

Honorable Mention: Child’s Play” Now, More Now Than Ever, Kids Need To Be Kids-Courier-Post-Kim Mulford

 

NEWSPAPER WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION

First: Taming The Streets-South Philly Review-Amanda L. Snyder

Second: “Riding Rough Tide of Muslim Relations”-Jewish Exponent-Bryan Schwartzman  
Third: Ahoy, Mates!-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Honorable Mention: An Above Average Joe-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers

Honorable Mention: “The Untold Story of Josh Fattal”-Jewish Exponent-Bryan Schwartzman

BUSINESS COVERAGE DAILY DIVISION

First: Mom & Pop Motels Help Make Wildwood Run- Press of Atlantic City-Trudi Gilfillian
Second: Blast From The Past-Times News-Donald R. Serfass

Third: 69th Street Sears Stated For Closure-Delaware County Daily Times-Kathleen Carey

Third: Sunoco To Begin Shutdown-Delaware County Daily Times-Kathleen Carey & Rose Quinn
 

BUSINESS COVERAGE WEEKLY DIVISION

First: Road To Reform Series-Philadelphia Business Journal-John George
Second: Verizon, Union Dispute Is A Vestige Of The Past-Philadelphia Business Journal-Peter Key
Third: He Brews He’Brews-Not Just for Hebrews-Jewish Exponent-Jared Shelly

 

SPORTS COVERAGE DAILY DIVISION

First: Seeing It Through Obstacles Haven’t Hindered Galin’s Vision For His Future-Courier-Post-Mike Shute

Second: Ex-Haverford Coach: Why Was I Fired?-Delaware County Daily Times-Christopher A. Vito

Third: The Madness of King Joe-The Times Herald-Gordon Glantz
Honorable Mention: Chi Goalie Fought His Way Back To Game He Loves-Delaware Co. Daily Times- Christopher A. Vito

Honorable Mention: The Ghosts of Longwood-Daily Local News-Neil Geoghegan

SPORTS COVERAGE WEEKLY DIVISION

First: “She Makes Aliyah To Have Shot At Soccer”-Jewish Exponent-Bryan Schwartzman
Second: Root,Tweet, Blog For The Phillies-Philadelphia Business Journal-John George
Third: Engine 50-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Honorable Mention: “Jews & Baseball”-Jewish Exponent-Michael Elkin
Honorable Mention: The Italian Job-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers

 

COLUMN WRITING DAILY DIVISION

First: Welcome Home To A Fellow Paperboy-Delaware County Daily Times-Philip E. Heron
Second: For Whom The Road Tolls-Times Herald-Stan Huskey
Third: Unthinkable Shame In Pennsylvania-Times News-Donald R. Serfass
Honorable Mention: Scoring A Natural Hat Trick-Times Herald-Gordon Glantz

Honorable Mantion: State Faces Tipping Point In New York-Daily Local News-Tom Tatumm

COLUMN WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION

First: The Male Obsession-South Philly Review-Tom Cardella
Second: Just What The Doctor Ordered-South Philly Review-Bill Gelman
Third: Surviving A Hectic Week of Hollywood Glitz & Glamour-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa

Honorable Mention: Our Best Hope: Middle-Market Firms-Philadelphia Business Journal-Craig Ey

Honorable Mention: Oh Canada-South Philly Review-Tom Cardella

  

SPECIAL SUBJECT WRITING DAILY DIVISION

First: Tragedy At Hometown Hill-Times News-Donald R. Serfass
Second: Baker’s Voice Still Choice-40 Years With The Phillies-Courier-Post-Mike Shute
Third: Venturing Out On His Own-Delaware County Daily Times-Patti Mengers
Honorable Mention: Judge Never Gave Up On The People-Courier-Post-Christina Mitchell
Honorable Mention: “Death Gets Last Word”-Courier-Post-Christina Mitchell

SPECIAL SUBJECT WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION

First: “They Have Us Over A Barrel”-Philadelphia Business Journal-John George
Second: A Change Of Heart-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers”
Third: Approaching Shoah, Again & Again-Jewish Exponent-Robert Leiter
Honorable Mention: “A Land Of Grey Specters”-Jewish Exponent-Robert Leiter

Honorable Mention: Mother Charged With Murder-South Philly Review-Amanda L. Snyder


OVERALL WEEKLY COVERAGE

First: South Philly Review

Second: Jewish Exponent

 

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY DIVISION

First: “A City Shaken”-Delaware County Daily Times-Eric Hartline
 

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: Fire Damages River Road House-Yardley News-Jeff Goldberg

Second: View Finder-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

Third: Perennial Spirit-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

 

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY DIVISION

First: “Mush”-Delaware County Daily Times-Eric Hartline
Second: Snow Daze-Daily Local News-Tom Kelly IV
 
 FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION

First: Ten Little Citizens-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

Second: “With One Year Down, Museum Takes Inventory”-Jewish Exponent-Greg Bezanis
Third: Warrior Refresher-Yardley News-Jeff Goldberg

Honorable Mention: An Exquisite Visit-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

 

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY DIVISION

First: “How Bout Four Bases”-Delaware County Daily Times-Eric Hartline
Second: “Cutting It Close”-Delaware County Daily Times-Eric Hartline


 SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION

 

First: A Scrum-ptious Stay-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

Second: Around South Philly-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

Third: Good Day, Mates-South Philly Review-Greg Bezanis

 

TELEVISION MAGAZINE FEATURE


First: “The Power of The Governor”-NJN News-Bob Szuter, Kent Manahan, Janice Selinger & Bob Herman

 

RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE

First: “Coming Home: Are We Ready?”-KYW-Pat Loeb

Second: Harrisburg’s Failing Grade in Philadelphia-KYW-Pat Loeb

RADIO ENTERPRISE

First: “Pope John Paul II: Journey To Saint Hood-Harry Donahue, Pat Ciarrocchi, Cardinal John Foley, Bill Roswell
Second: Smoking Unfiltered-Rowan Radio-Christina Maxwell

Third: “Memories of 9/11:Ten Years Ago-KYW-Mark Abrams, Lynne Adkins, Mike DeNardo, Mike Bunn, Tony Hanson, Amy Kaplan, Lauren Lipton, Jay Lloyd, David Madden, Dr. Brian McDonough, Karin Phillips and Beth Trapani

Honorable Mention: “African-American Profile-Rowan-Omarey Williams

RADIO BREAKING NEWS

First: The Northeast Earthquake- KYW Newsradio Staff
Second: Penn State: Victory & Defeat- KYW Newsradio Staff
 
RADIO FEATURE

First: Studio 89.7-Rowan Radio– Paul Perrello
Second: “The Last Shuttle Interview-KYW- Harry Donahue, Carol McKenzie
Third: “Is the Cost of College Worth It?”-KYW-Pat Loeb

Honorable Mention: The Biggest TV Fan-KYW-Lauren Lipton

 

WEBSITE –BEST OVERALL

 

First: Philadelphia Business Journal
Second: Bill Lawrence On Line.Com
Third: CBS Philly Web Staff


WEBSITE –NEWS WRITING


First: Springfield Committee-Bill Lawrence

WEBSITE –EDITORIAL WRITING

 

First: Would SBI Have Helped Nadin Khoury?-Bill Lawrence
Second: Corbett Budget Ignores The Termites in The Wall-Bill Lawrence
Third: It’s The End-Bill Lawrence