PHILADELPHIA
PRESS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL AWARDS COMPETITION FOR 2012
(Awarded in 2013)
GRAND AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Labor Pains –Philadelphia Business Journal-John George
PUBLIC SERVICE DAILY DIVISION
First: Autism-Daily Local News-Andy Hachadorian, Chelsea Reyher & Phyllis Rowan
Second: Battle For-Delco Times- Staff
Third: This Is No Life-Courier Post-Lucas Murray
Honorable Mention: Tax/Water Bill-Courier Post-Kevin Shelly
Honorable: GOP-Delco Times- Danielle Lynch
PUBLIC SERVICE WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Labor Pains –Philadelphia Business Journal-John George
ENTERPRISE REPORTING DAILY DIVISION
First: Police Cases-Times News-Donald Serfass
Second: Wego-Daily Local News-Michael Price
ENTERPRISE REPORTING WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Wall Street-Philadelphia Business Journal- John George
Second: Finer Dining-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Third: Time of Need-South Philly Review-Amanda L. Snyder
Honorable Mention: Image-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
EDITORIAL COMMENT ALL MEDIA
First: Check-Out-Line-Town Talk- Peg DeGrassa
Second: Dan Guanella Village-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa
Third: Make Pay-to-Play-Courier Post-Mike Daniels
Honorable Mention: Something So Precious-Delco Times-Phil E.Heron
HEADLINE WRITING ALL MEDIA
First: Bamboo-zled-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa
Second: Sibling-South Philly Review-Joseph M.Myers
Third: Mettle of Honor-Delco Times-Phil E Heron
Third: Garden of Eatin-Delco Times-Phil E. Heron
Third: Sealed With A Disc- Delco Times-Philip E. Heron
NEWSPAPER WRITING DAILY DIVISION
First: Life & Crimes-Delco Times-Rose Quinn
Second: Andrews-Courier Post-Jim Walsh
Third: Murder at Riverview Inn-Times News-Donald Serfass
Honorable Mention: Tribute-Delco Times – Jeff Wolfe
Honorable Mention: Suicide Brings More Questions Than Answers-Courier Post-Kim Mulford
NEWSPAPER WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Oh, Danny Man-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Second: Special Need-Jewish Exponent-Deborah Hirsch
Third: From Prison-Jewish Exponent-Eric Berger
Third: Our Majesties-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Honorable Mention: Abrupt End-Jewish Exponent-Lisa Hostein &Bryan Schwartzman
Honorable Mention: Choice Moms-Jewish Exponent-Deborah Hirsch
BUSINESS COVERAGE DAILY DIVISION
First: A Tale Of Two-Delco Times-Kathleen Carey
Second: Crude Realities-Delco Times-Kathleen Carey
Third: Winter Rules-Courier-Post-Mike Shute
Third: Buyers-Atlantic City Press-Trudi Gilfillian
BUSINESS COVERAGE WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Doing It In The Dorms-Philadelphia Business Journal-Peter Key
Second: Women Doing It-Philadelphia Business Journal-Jeff Blumenthal
SPORTS COVERAGE DAILY DIVISION
First: Lenahan-Courier Post-Kevin Callahan
Second: The Pine Valley-Courier-Post-Mike Shute
Third: Moorestown-Courier-Post-Celeste Whittaker
Honorable Mention: Good Wood-Courier-Post-Kevin Callahan
Honorable Mention: Lindenwold-Courier-Post-Celeste Whittaker
Honorable Mention: Penn State-Courier-Post-Randy Miller
Honorable Mention: Voge-Courier-Post-Kevin Callahan
SPORTS COVERAGE WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Sprinting – South Philly Review- Joseph M. Myers
Second: Lady Huskies-South Philly Review-Bill Gelman
Third:The Seven Week-South Philly Review-Joseph M. Myers
Honorable Mention:-Committee-South Philly Review- Joseph M. Myers
COLUMN WRITING DAILY DIVISION
First: Victim No.59-Courier-Post-Jim Walsh
Second: When Ginger-Courier-Post-Kevin Callahan
Third: Change Is Not Always-Delco Times-Philip E. Heron
Honorable Mention: Mourning Together-Courier-Post-Kim Mulford
Honorable Mention: The Friendly-Times News-Donald Serfass
COLUMN WRITING WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Rip Richard-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa
Second: Cracking The Great-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa
Third: The Night-South Philly Review-Tom Cardella
Third: Fifty States-South Philly Review-Tom Cardella
Honorable Mention: One Man’s Junk-Town Talk-Peg DeGrassa
SPECIAL SUBJECT WRITING DAILY DIVISION
First: A Look At Camden-Courier-Post-Lucas Murray
FEATURE WRITING-DAILY DIVISION
First: Calling The Shots –Courier-Post- Mike Shute
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY DIVISION
First: Fire Hits Downington Church-Daily Local News-Tom Kelly IV
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Firefighters Battle –The Advance of Bucks County – Jeff Goldberg
Second: Wind-Whipped Flames-The Advance of Bucks County –Jeff Goldberg
Third: Fralinger Fights Through Fire – South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
Honorable Mention: Two Hurt – The Advance of Bucks County-Jeff Goldberg
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY DIVISION
First: A Man Beloved-Daily Local News-Tom Kelly IV
Second: Duffy’s Cut Burial-Daily Local News-Tom Kelly IV
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION
First: A Mummer Summer-South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
Second: Weathering The Storm-Philadelphia Business Journal-Peter Van Allen
Third: A Great Gait-South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
Honorable Mention: Cedar Leader-South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKLY DIVISION
First: Committee of 70-South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
Second: Hoops Haiti-South Philly Review-Gregory Bezanis
TELEVISION FEATURE
First: Health Beat-WHYY-Sara Lee Kessler - Host, Janice Selinger - Executive Producer
RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE
First: Making Schools Safe-KYW-Mike DeNardo
Second: Music & Memories-Rowan - Joe Mineo, Allie Volpe & Matt Kazin
Third: Public Money: Private Schools-KYW-Pat Loeb
RADIO ENTERPRISE
First: “Beware The Robot-Traffic Cop”-KYW-Ian Bush
Second: Heroin High-Rowan–Joe Mineo, Allie Volpe & Robert Zettlemoyer
Third: “Princes & Paupers: The Income Gap At Work”–KYW-Pat Loeb
RADIO BREAKING NEWS
First: “Super Storm Sandy”-KYW Newsradio Staff
Second: “Penn State Trials & Tribulations”-KYW Newsradio Staff
RADIO FEATURE
First: “Titanic at 100/Following Her Path”-KYW-Michelle Durham, David Madden
Second: The Tweet Seat-KYW-Paul Kurtz
WEBSITE –OVERALL CORPORATE
First: PbJ.Com-Philadelphia Business Journal
Second: wwwjewishexponent.com-Jewish Exponent
Third: BillLawrenceOnLine.com-Bill Lawrence
Honorable Mention: South Philly Review –Amanda L. Snyder
WEBSITE –NEWS WRITING
First: Domestic Dispute –South Philly Review-Amanda L. Snyder
Second: He Allegedly-BillLawrenceOnLine.Com-Pattie Price
Third: DNC HEAD-BillLawrenceOnLine.Com-Bill Lawrence
Honorable Mention: Penna. HRC’s Coir Connection-BillLawrenceOnLine.Com-Hillel Zaremba
WEBSITE – FEATURE WRITING
First: So Who’s Abusing Children Now-Good Writers Blog-Jim Venore
Second: Why Mitt Romney –BillLawrenceOnline.Com-Chris Freind
Third: Shots From Sandy-BillLawrenceOnline.Com-Bill Lawrence