ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Associated Press, The Guardian US, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV have won top
honours
as "best of show" winners in the 82nd National Headliner Awards.
For The Associated Press, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan won first place in the newspaper category for "Seafood from Slaves."
The AP's Santi Palacios received top
honours
in photography for "Coming Ashore."
At the Guardian US, Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland and the Guardian US staff were awarded the top spot in online for "The Counted."
In radio, G.W. Schulz, Michael Montgomery and Michael Corey from Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting won for "Inside America's Coldest Cases."
Paul Van Osdol, Sally Wiggin and Michael Lazorko of WTAE-TV took the grand award in television for "CHRONICLE: Burning Questions.
The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City.
The winners are:
Best of show: Newspapers
First Place
"Seafood from Slaves"
Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan
Associated Press, New York, New York
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Best of show: Photography
First Place
"Coming Ashore"
Santi Palacios
Associated Press, New York, New York
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Best of show: Online
"The Counted"
Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland and the Guardian US staff
Guardian US, New York, New York
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Best of show: Radio
"Inside America's Coldest Cases"
G.W. Schulz, Michael Montgomery and Michael Corey
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California
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Best of show: TV
First place
"CHRONICLE: Burning Questions"
Paul Van Osdol, Sally Wiggin and Michael Lazorko
WTAETV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS SYNDICATES
Spot News in daily newspapers, all sizes
First Place
"Baltimore Riots and the Freddie Gray case"
Baltimore Sun staff
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland
Second Place
"Dec. 26 North Texas tornadoes"
The Dallas Morning News staff
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Third Place
"San Bernardino Terror Attack"
The Sun staff
The Sun, San Bernardino, California
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Local news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
"Wolves of Jefferson City"
Jason Hancock
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri
Second Place
"The Harbor"
Jessica Terrell and Cory Lum
Honolulu Civil Beat, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third Place
"The Walking Man"
Bill Laitner
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan
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International news beat coverage or continuing story by an individual or team
First Place
"Thousands of Mexican families mourn the 'other disappeared'
E. Eduardo Castillo, Christopher Sherman and Dario Lopez-Mills
Associated Press, New York, New York
Second Place
"Inside the Caliphate"
Associated Press staff
Associated Press, New York, New York
Third Place
"Nuclear black market seeks extremist buyers"
Desmond Butler and Vadim Ghirda
Associated Press, New York, New York
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News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation up to 100,000
First Place
"Violation of Trust"
George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer
Belleville News-Democrat,
Belleville, Illinois
Second Place
"Shots Fired"
Tony Bartelme, Glenn Smith, Doug Pardue, David Slade and Andrew Knapp
Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina
Third Place
"Betrayal of Trust"
Shannon Mullen
Asbury Park Press, Neptune, New Jersey
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News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000
First Place
"Higher Ed Hustle"
Michael Vasquez
Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
Second Place
"Unsettled Journeys"
Liz Bowie and Amy Davis
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland
Third Place
"Homegrown Terror"
Mike Wereschagin
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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Local interest column on a variety of subjects
First Place
Jacquielynn Floyd
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Third Place
O. Ricardo Pimentel
San Antonio Express-News,
San Antonio, Texas
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Special or feature column on one subject by an individual
First Place
Colette Bancroft
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida
Second Place
Laura Reiley
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida
Third place
Roger Simon
Creators Syndicate, Hermosa Beach, California
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Editorial writing by an individual or team
First Place
Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis, Missouri
Second Place
Tim Nickens
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third Place
Will Doolittle
PostStar,
Glens Falls, New York.
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Sports column by an individual
First Place
Dave Hyde
South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Second Place
Paul Newberry
Associated Press, Atlanta, Georgia.
Third Place
Tom Jones
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Sports writing by an individual or team
First Place
Brad Townsend
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Second Place
"Hard Knocks"
Jim Baumbach
Newsday, Melville, New York
Third Place
"Life After Football"
Newsday Sports Staff
Newsday, Melville, New York
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Feature writing on a variety of subjects by an individual
First Place
Laura Bauer
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri.
Second Place
Mark Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Third Place
John Carlisle
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan.
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Business news coverage, business commentary and/or business columns by an
individual or team
First Place
"The Double Dealers Behind China's Counterfeiting Industry"
Erika Kinetz
Associated Press, New York, New York
Second Place
Matt Levine
Bloomberg View, New York, New York
Third Place
"Blue Bell"
Mark Collette
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
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Education writing by an individual or team
First Place
"College of DuPage investigation"
Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois.
Second Place
"Left Behind: the unintended consequences of school choice"
Jennifer Berry Hawes
Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina.
Third Place
"Dallas ISD Human Resources and Superintendent"
Matthew Haag, Holly Hacker, Tawnell Hobbs and Jeffrey Weiss
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
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Health, medical and science writing by an individual or team
First Place
"Candy Land: The Tomah VA"
Aaron Glantz
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California.
Second Place
"Cradle of Shame"
Doug Pardue and Lauren Sausser
Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina..
Third Place
"Clash in the name of care"
Jenn Abelson, Jonathan Saltzman and Liz Kowalczyk
Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Environmental writing by an individual or team
First Place
"Filthy Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics"
Brad Brooks, Jenny Barchfield and Stephen Wade
Associated Press, New York, New York.
Second Place
"As the River Runs Dry"
Brandon Loomis
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona.
Third Place
"Florida Officials Ban Term Climate Change"
Tristram Korten
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Miami Beach, Florida.
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Investigative reporting
First Place
"Seafood from Slaves"
Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan
Associated Press, New York, New York.
Second Place
"Insane. Invisible. In Danger"
Leonora LaPeter Anton, Anthony Cormier and Michael Braga
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third Place
"Irradiated"
The McClatchy Washington Bureau staff
The McClatchy Company, Washington, D.C.
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Public service performed by publishing material in a daily newspaper
First Place
"A Matter of Dignity"
Chris Serres, Glenn Howatt and David Joles
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Second Place
"Failure Factories"
Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third Place
"Push to protect Wisconsin's open records law"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Editorial cartoons
First Place
Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Second Place
Phil Hands
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin.
Third Place
Mike Thompson
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan.
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Journalistic innovation
First Place
"Left for Dead"
G.W. Schulz, Michael Corey and Michael I. Schiller
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California.
Second Place
"Georgia Legislative Navigator"
The AJC Data Team
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia.
Third Place
"Unsolved"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc.
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MAGAZINES
Magazine coverage of a major news event or topic
First Place
"The Vegas Plot"
Ashley Powers
The California Sunday Magazine
Second Place
"What About Us?"
Sylvia A. Harvey
The Nation in partnership with the Investigative Fund
Third Place
"The Sand and the Fury"
Vince Beiser and Adam Ferguson
Wired
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Magazine feature writing by an individual on a variety of subjects
First Place
"Smoke Screen? Playing for Two? A Gray Matter"
Brian Burnsed
NCAA Champion Magazine
Second Place
Erika Fry
Fortune
Third Place
Wright Thompson
ESPN the Magazine
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PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS
SERVICE AND SYNDICATES
Newspapers spot news photography
First Place
"Mother Loses Son"
Stephanie Strasburg
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
PIttsburgh Pennsylvania.
Second Place
"San Bernardino Terrorist Attack"
David Bauman
The Press-Enterprise,
Riverside, California.
Third Place
"Standoff in Ferguson"
Rick T. Wilking
Reuters News Service
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Newspapers feature photography
First Place
"Kite Wash"
Doug Strickland
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Second Place
"Under the Sea"
Thomas A. Ferrara
Newsday, Melville, New York.
Third Place
"Dog Day Afternoon"
Ken Steinhardt
Orange County Register, Santa Ana California.
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Newspapers sports photography
First Place
"Sleeping Sumo"
Wally Skalij
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California.
Second Place
"American Pharoah wins the Triple Crown"
Michael Clevenger
Louisville Courier-Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky.
Third Place
"Underwater Hockey"
Mark J. Terrill
Associated Press, New York, New York.
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Magazines, news services or syndicates spot news photography
First place
"Panic in Paris"
Peter Dejong
Associated Press, New York, New York.
Second Place
"Death and Compassion"
Tumay Berkin
ZUMA Press, San Clemente, California.
Third Place
"Oh Donald!"
Gary A. Cameron
Reuters News Pictures, Washington, D.C.
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Magazines, news services or syndicates feature or sports photography
First Place
"Volanic Lightning"
Alvaro Vidal
ZUMA Press, San Clemente, California.
Second Place
"El Campeon del Mariachi"
Art Streiber
ESPN the Magazine, Bristol, Connecticut.
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Photography portfolio
First Place
Nick Laham
ESPN the Magazine, Bristol, Connecticut.
Photo essay/story
First Place
"Coming Ashore"
Santi Palacios
Associated Press, New York, New York.
Second Place
"Desert Swarm"
Benedict Evans
ESPN the Magazine, Bristol, Connecticut.
Third Place
"Broken City"
Francine Orr
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California.
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Portrait
First Place
"The Caregiver"
Laura Skelding
Austin American-Statesman,
Austin, Texas
Second Place
"Competitor"
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Associated Press, New York, New York.
Third Place
"Joaquin Phoenix"
Genaro Molina
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California.
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Newspapers/magazines illustration or informational graphics by an individual or
team
First Place
Ted Crow
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
Second Place
Cameron Cottrill
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third Place
Andrea Levy
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
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RADIO STATIONS
Radio stations newscast, all markets
First place
"State of Emergency in Baltimore"
WBAL Newsradio 1090 staff
WBAL Newsradio 1090, Baltimore, Maryland.
Second place
"September 23, 2015, 4 p.m."
WTOP staff
WTOP radio, Washington, D.C.
Third place
"Disaster on Metro North"
WCBS Newsteam
WCBS, New York, New York.
Radio stations breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event
First place
"Freddie Gray"
WBAL Newsradio 1090 staff
WBAL Newsradio, Baltimore, Maryland.
Second place
"City fires investigator who found cops at fault in shootings"
Chip Mitchell and Derek John
WBEZ, Chicago, Illinois.
Third place
"Freddie Gray Riots"
WTOP Staff
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
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Radio stations feature and human interest story, all markets
First place
"Living While Dying"
Cathy Wurzer and Jim Bickal
Minnesota Public Radio News, St. Paul, Minnesota..
Second place
"Canine Rehab"
Nick Iannelli
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
Third place
"Talk Show Man"
Scott Wykoff and WBAL Newsradio 1090 staff
WBAL Newsradio 1090, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Radio stations documentary or public affairs
First place
"Birthstory"
Molly Webster, in collaboration with Israel Story
WNYC's Radiolab, New York, New York.
WNYC's Radiolab, New York, New York.
Second place
"The Cost of Our Water"
Matthew Schuerman, Wayne Shulmister and Jarrett Murphy
WNYC Radio, New York, New York.
Third place
"More Bridges to Cross"
Pat Duggins, Stan Ingold and Sarah Sherill
Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Radio stations news series
First place
"Heroin Epidemic"
Jamie Forzato
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
Second place
"Quiet Killer"
J.J. Green
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
Third place
"Namaste: A Past in Bhutan, a Future in Akron"
M.L. Schultze and Amanda Rabinowitz
WKSU, Kent, Ohio
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Broadcast radio networks and syndicators newscast
First place
"CBS World News Roundup: Charleston"
Scott Pelley, Steve Kathan and Paul Farry
CBS Radio News, New York, New York.
Second place
"CBS News Hourly Newscast: Paris Attacks"
Bill Whitney and Greg Armstrong
CBS Radio News, New York, New York.
Third place
"Texas Standard"
The Texas Standard team
Texas Standard, Austin, Texas
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Broadcast radio networks and syndicators breaking news or continuing coverage
First place
"Paris Attacks"
CBS Radio News staff
CBS Radio, New York, New York.
Second place
"San Bernardino"
CBS Radio News staff
CBS Radio, New York, New York.
Third place
"Same Sex Marriage in Texas"
Texas Standard staff
Texas Standard, Austin, Texas
___
Broadcast radio networks and syndicators feature and human interest story
First place
"Candyland: The Tomah VA"
Aaron Glantz
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California.
Second place
"The Peculiar Sadness of a Toothbrush"
Marlon Bishop, Alicia Fernandez and Martha Little
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen and Round Earth Media
Third place
"Subway Violinist"
Heather Bosch
CBS Radio News, New York, New York.
___
Broadcast radio networks and syndicators documentary or public affairs
First place
"Inside America's Coldest Cases"
G.W. Schulz, Michael Montgomery and Michael Corey
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California.
Second place
"Crushed: Teens and Dating Abuse"
Rookie Reporters, Destiny Mabry, Rainy and Beth
WNYC Radio, New York, New York.
Third place
"Culture of Secrecy Leaves Door Open for Sex Abuse"
Trey Bundy, Delaney Hall and and Adithya Sambamurthy
Reveal for The Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, California.
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Broadcast radio networks and syndicators news series
First place
"The 1965 Immigration Act & the Transformation of America"
Tom Gjelten and Vickie WaltonJames
NPR, Washington, D.C.
Second place
"Blackout: Reinventing the Grid"
Stephanie Joyce, Dan Boyce, Leigh Paterson, Jordan WirfsBrock
and Alisa Barba
Inside Energy, Denver, Colorado.
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TELEVISION
Broadcast or cable television stations newscast
First place
"11 News Tonight"
Jerome Chester, Gene Long and the WBALTV
11 News Team
WBALTV,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Second place
"The Brelo Verdict"
Bill Sheil, Jennifer Jordan and Monica Volante
WJWTV,
Cleveland, Ohio
Third place
"Monroeville Mall Shooting Aftermath"
Connie Stewart
WTAETV,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Broadcast or cable television stations coverage of a live breaking news event
First place
"Baltimore Riots: The First 24 Hours"
Tim Tunison and the WBALTV
11 News Team
WBALTV,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Second place
"An Unthinkable Crime"
Jacqueline Ingles, Ashley Glass and Matt McGlashen
WFTSTV,
Tampa, Florida.
Third place
"Marathon Bombing Verdict"
WCVB Staff
WCVBTV,
Needham, Massachusetts.
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Broadcast or cable television stations continuing coverage of a single news event
First place
"CHRONICLE: Burning Questions"
Paul Van Osdol, Sally Wiggin and Michael Lazorko
WTAETV,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Second place
"Marathon Bombing Trial"
WCVB Staff
WCVBTV,
Needham, Massachusetts.
Third place
"Historic Flood: Houston's Emergency Response"
Jace Larson and Aaron Wische
KPRCTV,
Houston, Texas
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Broadcast or cable television stations feature, sports or human interest story
First place
"Activist MovementA
Dance of Defiance"
John Bathke, Mark DiPietro and Adam Jenkins
News 12 New Jersey, Edison, New Jersey.
Second place (tie)
"Sing Me a Story"
Jason Lamb and Catherine Steward
WTVFTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Second place (tie)
"Only in Indiana"
Kevin Rader and Steve Rhodes
WTHRTV,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Third place
"Rebuilding Pittsburgh"
Wendy Bell and Brian Caldwell
WTAETV,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Broadcast or cable television stations public service
First place
"Unprepared"
Oregon Public Broadcasting Staff
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, Oregon.
Second place
"Making the Grade"
Phil Williams and Bryan Staples
WTVFTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Third place
"The Police and the Post"
Jennifer Kraus and Bryan Staples
WTVFTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
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Broadcast or cable television stations documentary or series of reports on the
same subject
First place
"Masking the Pain"
Chris Halsne, Isaias Medina and Chris Koeberl
KDVRTV,
Denver, Colorado.
Second place
"The Injustice System"
Craig Cheatham Jim Thomas and Ryan Bellamy
KMOVTV,
St. Louis, Missouri.
Third place
"Easy Money"
Lee Zurik, Jon Turnipseed and Tom Wright
WVUETV,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Broadcast or cable television stations investigative reporting
First place
"Building Boomtown"
Ben Hall, Kevin Wisniewski, Mike Rose and Terrence Boyce
WTVFTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Second place
"The DA's Deals"
Phil Williams and Bryan Staples
WTVFTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Third place
"School District Cover Up"
Wendy Halloran, Jeff Blackburn and Mark Phillips
KPNX 12 News, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Broadcast or cable television stations business and consumer reporting
First place
"You Picked the Wrong Guy"
Steve Noviello and Raul Cantu
KDFWTV,
Dallas, Texas
Second place
"A Sweet Tax Break on Suites"
Bill Sheil, Ali Ghanbari and Mary Stiene
WJWTV,
Cleveland, Ohio
Third place
"Running for a Cause"
A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert and Gary Knox
KARE11TV,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Broadcast or cable television stations health/science reporting
First place
"Steve Gleason: Life Beyond ALS"
Scott Walker and Megan Mackel
WDSUTV,
New Orleans, Louisiana..
Second place
"Be Well: Cancer in Northeast Ohio"
Kay Colby and Anne Glausser
WVIZ/PBS ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Third place
"A Mother's Anguish"
Brian Caldwell
WTAETV,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Broadcast or cable television stations environmental reporting
First place
"Be Well: Lead Poisioning"
Kay Colby, Anne Glausser and Sally Lewis
WVIZ/PBS ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Second place
"Pigs, Politics and Power"
Ben Hall and Mike Rose
WTFVTV,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Third place
"Cell Phone Towers at School"
Barry Simms, Chuck Cochran and 11 News ITeam
WBALTV,
Baltimore, Maryland.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators newscast
First place
"The Lead with Jake Tapper"
Jake Tapper, Federico Quadrani and the staff of The Lead
CNN, Atlanta, Georgia...
Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators coverage of a
major news event
First place
"The Lead with Jake Tapper: Paris Attacks"
Jake Tapper, Federico Quadrani and the staff of The Lead
CNN, Atlanta, Georgia....
Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators continuing
coverage of a major news event
First place
"No End in Sight: Fighting ISIS"
Marcia Biggs, Sebastian Meyer, Amina Megalli, Justin Kenny and Morgan Till
PBS NewsHour, New York, New York.
Second place
"Tragedy on the Tracks"
Kris Van Cleave, Steve Capus and Chris Licht
CBS News, New York, New York.
Third place
"Ferguson: Then and Now"
Sameen Amin, Lori Jane Gliha and Paddy Commins
Al Jazeera America, New York, New York.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators feature, sports or
human interest
First place
"E:60 Football Player"
Aaron Johnson, Lisa Salters and Matt McCormick
ESPN, Bristol, Connecticut.
Second place
"E:60 Silent Night Lights"
Martin Khodabakhshian, Michael Sciallis and Toby Hershkowitz
ESPN, Bristol, Connecticut.
Third place
"OTL: The Death of Lennon Lacy"
Shaun Assael and Andrew Lockett
ESPN the Magazine, Bristol, Connecticut.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators documentary or
series of reports on the same subject
First place
"E:60 reports: Sepp Blatter"
Beein Gim, Mike Johns and Jeremy Schaap
ESPN, Bristol, Connecticut.
Second place
"Targeting Terror: Inside the Intelligence War"
Jim Sciutto, Ken Shiffman, Jennifer Rizzo and Max Newfield
CNN, Atlanta, Georgia.
Third place
"Race to Rebuild"
CNBC Business News
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators investigative
report
First place
"Hope and Heartbreak"
Andrea Canning, Liz Brown and Elizabeth Cole
Dateline NBC, New York, New York.
Second place
"Unearthing the Tomb"
Mariana Atencio, Dax Tejera and Joanna Suarez
FUSION, Doral, Florida.
Third place
"The Wolf of Boca"
Lisa Guerrero, Larry Posner, Scott Phillips and Filip Kapsa
Inside Edition, New York, New York.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators news magazine
program
First place
"Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts"
ABC and Rock'n Robin Productions
Rock'n Robin Productions, New York, New York.
Second place
"The Cosby Accusers Speak"
Kate Snow, Sue Simpson and Liz Brown
Dateline NBC, New York, New York.
Third place
"Countdown to the Special Olympics World Games with Robin Roberts"
ESPN and Rock'n Robin Productions
Rock'n Robin Productions, New York, New York.
___
Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators business and
consumer reporting
First place
"Investigation finds University of Phoenix paid U.S. military for preferential access"
Aaron Glantz, Adithya Sambamurthy and Richard Coolidge
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting & PBS NewsHour, Emeryville, California.
Second place
"Runaway Trailers"
Lisa Guerrero, Joe Enoch, Laura Dimon and Filip Kapsa
Inside Edition, New York, New York.
Third place
"Why North Dakota's oil fields are so deadly for workers"
Jennifer Gollan, David Ritsher and Richard Coolidge
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting & PBS NewsHour, Emeryville, California.
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Broadcast television networks, cable networks and syndicators health/science
reporting
First place
"Flint's Water Crisis"
Sameen Amin, Lori Jane Gliha and Junghun Park
Al Jazeera America, New York, New York.
Second place
"What's in the Mud?"
Larry Posner, Laura Dimon, Alycia Powers, Filip Kapsa and Les Trent
Inside Edition, New York, New York.
ONLINE
Radio affiliated
website
First Place
WTOP.com
WTOP Staff, Washington, D.C.
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Broadcast television stations
website
First Place
WCVB.com
WCVB.com Digital Staff, Needham, Massachusetts.
Second Place
WTAE.com
WTAE Digital Staff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Broadcast television networks
website
First place
weather.com
The Weather Channel
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Newspaper affiliated
website
under 100,000
First place
ExpressNews.com
San Antonio ExpressNews,
San Antonio, Texas
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Newspaper affiliated
website
over 100,000
First place
"The Counted"
Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland and the Guardian US staff
Guardian US, New York, New York.
Second place
TampaBay.com
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third place
"Pumped Dry: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater"
Ian James, Steve Elfers, Steve Reilly and staff
The Desert Sun and USA Today
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Magazine affiliated
website
First place
Bloomberg Businessweek
Ellen Joan Pollock and Jared Sandberg
Second place
Fortune.com
Alan Murray
Fortune, New York, New York.
Third place
Cosmopolitan.com
Cosmopolitan.com staff, New York, New York.
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Online videography
First place
Teresa Mahoney
The Oregonian/OregonLive, Portland, Oregon.
Second Place
"Insane. Invisible. In danger."
John Pendygraft
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Third Place
"Without Nature? No Life"
Katie Falkenberg and Mary Cooney
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California.
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Online photo galleries
First place
Jay Janner
Austin AmericanStatesman,
Austin, Texas
Second place
"What They Couldn't Leave Behind"
Noah Berger
The Weather Channel, New York, New York.
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Onlineonly
writing for radio stations, networks or broadcast syndicates
First place
Noah Frank
WTOP.com, Washington, D.C.
Second place
Rachel Nania
WTOP.com, Washington, D.C.
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Onlineonly
writing for broadcast television stations, networks or syndicates
First place
"Gross Domestic Problem"
Steve Liesman, Elizabeth Schulze and Jeff Nash
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey...
Second place
Daniel Burke
CNN, Atlanta, Georgia.
Third place
Wayne Drash
CNN, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Onlineonly
writing for newspaper
websites
First place
Mohamad Bazzi
Reuters.com
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Onlineonly
writing for magazine
websites
First place
Cosmopolitan.com
Cosmopolitan.com staff, New York, New York.
Second place
Mohamad Bazzi
Politico.com
Third place
Olga Khazan
TheAtlantic.com
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Writing for
website
First place
"Evicted and Abandoned: The World Bank's Broken Promise to the Poor"
The Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,
The Huffington Post and Other Media Partners
Second place
"The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist"
Trevor Aaronson
The Investigative Fund and The Intercept, New York, New York.
Third place
"Exxon: The Road Not Taken"
InsideClimate News staff
InsideClimate News, Washington, D.C
The Associated Press
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