Contest Winners
2010 Winners of PAPME writing, photo contests announced
The Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors (PAPME) announced winners of the group's annual writing and photo contests. Cash awards will be presented to the first-place winners at the PAPME's annual convention in Harrisburg on May 14.
CIRCULATION OVER 75,000
WRITING
Sports Deadline Reporting
First: Staff, Philadelphia Daily News, “Harry Kalas”
Second: David Murphy, Philadelphia Daily News, “ROCK OUT!”
Sports/Outdoors Column
First: Bob Ford, The Philadelphia Inquirer,” Iverson talks: One for money, two for show"
Second: Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "Last not least at marathon”
Sports Feature Reporting
First: Mark Kram, Philadelphia Daily News, "Picking Their Brains"
Second: Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “A swerve, a crash-‘That boy’s dead’
Editorial
First: Charles Raymond Shaw, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, “Forgiving”
Second: Reg Henry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Hard cases, bad politics”
Investigative Reporting
First: Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Philadelphia Daily News, “Tainted Justice”
Second: Craig R. McCoy, Nancy Phillips, John Sullivan, Emilie Lounsberry, Dylan Purcell, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Crisis in Courts”
Spot News Reporting
First: Mike Fuoco, Dennis Roddy, Jonathan Silver, Lillian Thomas, Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Stanton Heights police shooting”
Second: Staff, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Most tragic day”
General News Reporting
First: Staff, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “LA Fitness shootings”
Second: Matt Assad, The Morning Call, “Casino Coverage”
Enterprise Reporting
First: Andrew Conte, Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Failure to Inform”
Second: Mark Kram, Philadelphia Daily News, “Picking Their Brains”
Business Writing
First: Alfred Lubrano, Jane M. Von Bergen, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Jobs at a Loss: Upheaval in the Region's Job Market”
Second: G-20 Team, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pittsburgh Summit 2009”
Feature Writing
First: John Luciew, The Patriot-News, “One Arrest Changed Many Lives”
Second: Jeff Hawkes, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, “As long as there is breath, there is hope.”
Column
First: John Baer, Philadelphia Daily News, “Why is high court treading lightly in ugly Luzerne case?”
Second: Eric Heyl, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Honesty best cure for Web of deceit”
Public Service
First: Craig R. McCoy, Nancy Phillips, Dylan Purcell, John Sullivan, Emilie Lounsberry, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Crisis in courts”
Second: Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Philadelphia Daily News, “Tainted Justice”
Online Coverage of Breaking News
First: Online Team, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Officers killed, wounded in Stanton heights standoff”
Second: No Winner
PHOTOS
Spot News Photo
First: Michael Henninger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Church Fire”
Second: Justin David Graybill, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, “Mourners Honor a Life Cut Short”
Feature Photo
First: Eric Schmadel, GreenburgTribune-Review, “Welcome Home Dad”
Second: Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Foggy Bottom"
Sports Photo
First: John Whitehead, The Patriot-News, “Just Two More”
Second: Monica Cabrera, The Morning Call, “Heart of an Eagle”
Personality Portrait
First: Peter Diana, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pro Football Preview”
Second: Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Role Model Roll Call”
Photo Story
First: Sean Simmers, The Patriot-News, "A Life Well Lived"
Second: Sean Simmers, The Patriot-News, "On the March"
CIRCULATION 30,000-75,000
WRITING
Sports Deadline Reporting
First: Frank Bodani, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Lions cursed no more”
Second: Derek Levarse, Times Leader, “Buckeyes rule”
Sports/Outdoors Column
First: Jack McCaffery, Delaware County Daily Times, “$112 million reasons to look in a mirror”
Second: Donnie Collins, The Times-Tribune, “Wins not always reason to play”
Sports Feature Reporting
First: Jerry Reimenschneider, Julie Pelchar Cohen, Reading Eagle, “Running toward the light”
Second: Frank Bodani, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Not your typical player”
Editorial
First: Scott Fisher, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Savage Memorial”
Second: Steven Carpenter, Altoona Mirror, “Give workers checks, not loans”
Investigative Reporting
First: Borys Krawczeniuk, The Times-Tribune, “Bon Mellow Series”
Second: Melissa Nann Burke, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Angel Food Ministries”
Spot News Reporting
First: Ben Finley, Bucks County Courier Times, “Killing leaves homeless community grieving”
Second: Nichole Dobo and Mike Hoover, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Sexting caution”
General News Reporting
First: Brent Burkey, Sean Adkins, Kevin Horan, Tom Joyce, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Harley in York County”
Second: Mark Guydish, Times Leader, “Martino's Mission”
Enterprise Reporting
First: Staff, The Times-Tribune, “Outlook 2009”
Second: Daniel Axelrod, The Times-Tribune, “Code Blue”
Business Writing
First: David Falchek and Staff, The Times-Tribune, “PPL rate hikes”
Second: Daniel Axelrod, The Times-Tribune, “Code Blue”
Feature Writing
First: Ben Finley and George Mattar, Bucks County Courier Times, “Bensalem murder remains unsolved”
Second: Kathy Stevens, The York Dispatch, “Death over Dialysis”
Column
First: Christopher Kelly, The Times-Tribune, “The soupspoon Rebellion”
Second: Larry Hicks, The York Dispatch, “The Ball is in York County's Court”
Public Service
First: Jeff Frantz, Teresa Boeckel, Jennifer Vogelsong, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “No room for the mentally ill”
Second: Melissa Nann Burke, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Angel Food Ministries”
Online Coverage of Breaking News
First: Tom Joyce, Angie Mason, Kevin Horan, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Bonusgate Scandal”
Second: Matt Mead, Erie Times-News, “Mill Creek Rescue/Swept Away”
PHOTOS
Spot News Photo
First: Don Carey, Times Leader, “Honor and Tears”
Second: Jason Farmer, The Times-Tribune, (untitled)
Feature Photo
First: Susan L. Angstadt, Reading Eagle, “The Heart of Hospice”
Second: Carl Kosola, The Intelligencer, “A Gem of a Field”
Sports Photo
First: Aimee Dilger, Times Leader, “American Legion Baseball”
Second: Pete G. Wilcox, Times Leader, “Northwest vs. Southern Columbia Football”
Personality Portrait
First: Kate Penn, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Greatest Battle”
Second: Jack Hanrahan, Erie Times-News, “Taunia's Willow”
Photo Story
First: Kate Penn, York Daily Record/Sunday News, “Back to 1863”
Second: Butch Comegys, Michael Mullen, and Staff, The Times-Tribune, “Hero”
CIRCULATION 15,000-30,000
WRITING
Sports Deadline Reporting
First: Jeff Rice, Centre Daily Times, “Buckeyes' defense, special teams smack Lions with second loss”
Second: Jonathan Bombulie, The Citizens' Voice, “Streaking Penguins ice Sharks”
Sports/Outdoors Column
First: Tony Coccagna, The Indiana Gazette, “One Shining Moment”
Second: Vinny Pezzimenti, Centre Daily Times, “Disease hasn't touched P-O senior's soul”
Sports Feature Reporting
First: Dave Zeitlin, Daily Local News, “2 brothers - 1 dream”
Second: Matthew Burglund, The Indiana Gazette, “For the love of the game”
Editorial
First: Dave Janoski, The Citizens' Voice, “Sexting Editorial”
Second: Mitchel Olszak, New Castle News, “Open Ignorance”
Investigative Reporting
First: Dave Janoski, The Citizens' Voice, “Connected”
Second: Ed Mahon, Centre Daily Times, “Swap costing millions”
Spot News Reporting
First: Howard Frank, Michael Sadowski, Beth Brelje Pocono Record, “Tornado hits Cherry Valley”
Second: Kristen Gaydos, The Citizens' Voice, “Blast rocks neighborhood”
General News Reporting
First: Dave Janoski, Michael Sisak, Ryann Grochowski, Erin Moody, The Citizens' Voice, “Judgment Day”
Second: Jennifer Miller, Dan Kristie, Daily Local News, “City of Fire: The Coatesville Arsons”
Enterprise Reporting
First: Dave Zeitlin, Daily Local News, “Lining Up On the Right Side of History”
Second: Ed Mahon, Centre Daily Times, “Back to School/Back to Work”
Business Writing
First: Nick Malawskey, Centre Daily Times, “Business Matters”
Second: Nick Malawskey, Centre Daily Times, “$8 billion pours into local banks”
Feature Writing
First: Beth Brelje, Pocono Record, “Face to face with survival”
Second: Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times, “The American dream”
Column
First: Tony Phyrillas, The Mercury, “Gov. Rendell is turning into a Republican”
Second: Nancy March, The Mercury, “Telling your stories is a privilege”
Public Service
First: Staff, Centre Daily Times, “Binge Drinking”
Second: Nancy March, Evan Brandt, The Mercury, “Borough on the brink”
Online Coverage of Breaking News
First: Marta Gouger, John Misinco and Staff, Pocono Record, “Tornado hits Cherry Valley”
Second: No winner
PHOTOS
Spot News Photo
First: William B. Hughes, Press Enterprise, “Car into House”
Second: Erica Hilliard, The Indiana Gazette, “State Troopers Investigate Crash”
Feature Photo
First: Justin Guido, Butler Eagle, “Tractor Funeral”
Second: Kristen Mullen, The Citizens' Voice, “Victory King”
Sports Photo
First: Matthew Harris, The Daily Item, “Injured Wrestler”
Second: Matthew Harris, The Daily Item, “Girls Field Hockey”
Personality Portrait
First: Christopher Weddle, Centre Daily Times, “A maestro among us”
Second: Justin Guido, Butler Eagle, “Historical Cleaner”
Photo Story
First: Jimmy May, Press Enterprise, “Piper Cub Homecoming”
Second: Jimmy May, Press Enterprise, “PIAA State Swimming and Diving Championship”
CIRCULATION BELOW 15,000
WRITING
Sports Deadline Reporting
First: Frank Foreman, The Punxsutawney Spirit, “From Zero to Heroes”
Second: Brian Cox, Drew Pellman, Chris McFarland, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “Warriors stave off late rush”
Sports/Outdoors Column
First: Jon Sitler, Warren Times Observer, “SitComm: Finding their seats in Heaven”
Second: B.J. Small, Gettysburg Times, “See and be-extension by muscle memory”
Sports Feature Reporting
First: Donald R. Serfass, Warren Times News, “Remembering Bo Tkach”
Second: Jon Sitler, Warren Times Observer, “The Chicago Cubs select…Addison Dunn”
Editorial
First: Brad Siddons, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “How to remove people from office”
Second: Frank Jost, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “Committee's selection should have been more open process”
Investigative Reporting
First: Ronald W. Hosie, The Sunday Review, “Judge fights county, The Review”
Second: Donald R. Serfass, Times News, “Within a whisper”
Spot News Reporting
First: Bruce Siwy, Judy D.J. Ellich, Dan DiPaolo, The Daily American, “Arrest made in cold case”
Second: Dan Walk, The Punxsutawney Spirit, “Remembering 'A great person'”
General News Reporting
First: Donald R. Serfass, Times News, “Rare blood disease”
Second: Jim Runkle, The Express, “Domenique Wilson Case”
Enterprise Reporting
First: Kiernan Schalk, Megan Bollinger, Micaiha Bisebilger, Marjorie Stromberg, Joe Cannon and Bethany Fehlinger, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “Cutting to the Core”
Second: Staff, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “Fighting through recession”
Business Writing
First: Donald R. Serfass, Times News, “Winter of the farm”
Second: Staff, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “Staying afloat”
Feature Writing
First: Dean Wells, Warren Times Observer, “Passing it on”
Second: Tony Di Domizio, The Reporter, “Selling the dream”
Column
First: Marcie Schellhammer, The Bradford Era, “The table by the staircase”
Second: Denny Bonavita, The Courier-Express, “‘Hizzoner,' laughter and letters”
Public Service
First: Staff, Gettysburg Times, “Progress 2009”
Second: Dean Wells, Warren Times Observer, “Esolen + One Year”
Online Coverage of Breaking News
First: Chris Stanley, The Reporter, “Pizza shop owner murdered”
Second: Jeff Pratt, Erica Dolson, Joe Cress, Mike Bupp, The Sentinel (Carlisle), “Crash on I-81”
PHOTOS
Spot News Photo
First: Bradley Kreitzer, The Sentinel (Lewistown), “I want to leave”
Second: Bill Crowell, The Express, “Home for the Holidays”
Feature Photo
First: Alan Hancock, The Bradford Era, “Warding off the Evildoers”
Second: Brian F. Henry, Leader Times, “Billy Hicks”
Sports Photo
First: Michael Bupp, The Sentinel (Carlisle), “Loose Ball”
Second: Jason Malmont, The Sentinel (Carlisle), “Look Who’s in First Place”
Personality Portrait
First: Michael Bupp, The Sentinel (Carlisle), “Swimmer of the year”
Second: Brian F. Henry, Leader Times, “Billy Hicks”
Photo Story
First: Evan Sanders, The Daily Courier, “Reliving history in Perryopolis”
Second: Nate Wilson, The Express, “BEA-utiful Day”