2004 Awards of Excellence
Newspaper Winners
Under 100,000 Circulation
(1 =
General Reporting-Single Story
1. Michael Barber,
2. Lisa Marie Lentz,
General
Reporting-Series
1.
2. Janine Sikes,
General
Reporting-Hurricane Coverage
1. Brian Haas,
General
Reporting-Non-Daily
1. Francis X. Gilpin and
Sean Roth,
2. Margie Manning,
3. Janet Leiser and Scott
Ferguson,
General
Reporting-Non-Daily-Series
1. Jane Meinhardt,
Spot News
1. Brian Haas,
Spot
News-Hurricane Coverage
1. Brian Haas,
2. Tim McCann, Lisa Marie Lentz,
Feature
Reporting-Serious
1. Bill Dean,
2. Emery Skolfield,
3. Ray Reyes, Michael D.
Bates, Fred Hiers, Hernando Today, Grave Matters
Feature
Reporting-Light
1. Herald Sports Staff,
Feature Reporting-Hurricane
Coverage
1. Lisa Marie Lentz,
Investigative
Reporting
1. Herald Staff,
2. Brian Haas,
3. Fred Hiers, Hernando
Today, City Using Cemetery as Dumpsite
Business
Reporting
1. Duane Marsteller,
2. Duane Marsteller,
Consumer
Reporting
1. Francis X. Gilpin, Guardian
Angles,
Columns
1. Bill Bair,
Criticism
1. Donna Hartman,
Sports
Reporting
1. Pat Dooley, Scoring
Urban,
Photography-Deadline
General
1. Tiffany Tompkins-Condie,
2. Tiffany Tompkins-Condie,
Photography-Deadline-Hurricane
1. Ernst Peters,
2. Brian Blanco,
Photography
Feature
1. Scott Wheeler,
Photography-Feature-Hurricane
1. Tiffany Tompkins-Condie,
Photography-Sports
1. Dave Casey, Hernando
Today, Football Flying
2. Joe Dicristofalo, Hernando Today, Leap of Faith
News
Graphics-General
1. Mike Wright, The Villages Daily Sun, The Preakness Stakes
2. Abdiel Rios,
Page
Design-News
1. Jamie Hall,
2. Burke Noel, Matt Fry,
Heather Weinsheimer, The Villages Daily Sun
Page
Design-Features
1..Jean Fleetwood,
2. Jennifer D. Cason, Hernando
Today
Page
Design-Sports
1. Burke Noel, Heather
Weinsheimer, Don Hunsberger, The Villages Daily Sun
2. Ron Borreson,
Page
Design-Business
1. Martha Harmon,
2. Steve Antley and Kalpana
Ramgopal,
Page Design-
Special Section
1. Herald Staff,
Page
Design-Hurricane Coverage
1. Staff ,
2. Rob Mack, Kalia Robinson,
Keri Petersen,
Team Effort
1. Staff,
2. Staff, The Villages Daily Sun,
Television
Finalists
(1 =
General
Reporting
1 Laura
McElroy, Frank Barerra,
ABC Action News, DUI Families Seek Justice
2 Scott Thuman, Dean
Williams, WFTV-9 9/11 Fund
3
General
Reporting-Series
1 Mike Mason, Aaron Wische,
Matt McGlashen, ABC Action News, Alarming Failure
2 Dave Bohman, Tim Kania,
WTSP-10, Tracking Sex Offenders
3 Stacie Schaible, Jim Webb,
WFLA-8, Tommy's Story
General
Reporting-Hurricane Coverage
1 Murv
2 Sarina Fazan, Scott Garms,
ABC Action News, Rebuilding Lives
3 Mark
Spot News
1 Mark Wilson, Mars
2 Jackie Barron, WFLA-8, Carlie
Brucia's Kidnapping
3 Ned Roberts, Mitchel Wallace, Alex Atwell, WTSP-10, Missing Boy Found
Spot News -
Team
1 News Staff
, WFTV-9, Deputies Shooting
2 News Staff, ABC Action News, Radio
Shack Shooting
3 News Staff
, WFLA-8, Carlie Brucia's Kidnapping
Spot News –
Hurricane Coverage
1 News Staff, WFTV-9, Hurricane
Charley
2 Erik Von Anken, David
Pavlik, WKMG-6, Special Needs Shelter Evacuation
3 Tony Pipitone, Darran
Caudle, WKMG-6, Looter Arrested
Feature
Reporting-Serious
1 Lloyd Sowers, Larry Towe,
Stephanie Ottjepka, WTVT-13, Robot Rescue
2 Jackie Barron, Jim
Hockett, WFLA-8, Kids Video of Public Housing
3 Nancy Johnson, Gene Yagle,
WTSP-10, In Their Own Words
Feature
Reporting-Light
1 Jennifer Leigh, Michael
Egger, WFLA-8, Food Fight
2 Linda Hurtado, Drew
Duncan, Aaron Wische, ABC Action News, Party of Five
3 Scott Andrew Fais,
Feature
Reporting – Hurricane Coverage
1 Lance Williams, Kate
Caldwell, WFLA-8, The Love Story of Frances, Charley
and Ivan
2 Scott Andrew Fais,
Sports
Reporting
1 JP Peterson, Bob Hansen,
WFLA-8, Dream Come True
2 Kathryn Bursch, Matt
Hammond, WTSP-10, Rider With Focus
3 Zach Klein, Shane
Whitehead, WFTV-8, Jamaican Jumper
Sports
Special
1 Al Keck, Tom Korun, Oscar
Angulo, Dan Moriarty, ABC Action News, Chasing The Cup
2 Dan Hellie, Zach Klein,
Justin Whitman, Shane Whitehead, Sid Champagne,
WFTV, Sugar Bowl Special
3 Paul Gorley and Staff,
WFLA-8, Quest for The Cup
Investigative
Reporting
1 Mike Mason, Aaron Wische,
Matt McGlashen, ABC Action News, Expressway Investigation
2 Mark Douglas, Eric
Hulsizer, WFLA-8, Prison Abuse
3 Travis Sherwin, Stephen
Stock, Marc Rice, Jason Morrow, WESH-TV, Doing Time Stealing Money
Business
Reporting
1 Wendy Saltzman, WKMG-6, Inmate
Medical Transcriptions
2 Dave Bohman, Joe Bamford,
WTSP-10, Disappearing Beach Hotels
3
Consumer
Reporting
1 Robin Guess, John Fulton,
Aaron Wische, ABC Action News, Dangerous Microwaves
2 Todd Ulrich, Gerry Mendiburt,
WFTV-9, Charity Cars
3 Dave Bohman, Angela
Clooney. WTSP-10, Blind Spot
Newscast
1 News Staff, ABC Action News, ABC Action News At 6
2 Leslie C. Walden and News Staff, WESH-TV, News Channel 2 at 6
3 News Staff, WKMG-6,
Special/Documentary
1 Matt Parcell, Bruce Wiley, Margaret Norman, WFTV-9, Off Limits Online
2 Kate Fox, Tammy
Robiconti, Mike Hardin, CJ Johnson, Bay News 9, Health
Team 9 Investigates: Breast Cancer
3 Dick Fletcher, Matt King,
Alex Atwell, WTSP-10, Eye On The Storm
Team Effort
1 News Staff, ABC Action
News, Stormchasers 2004
2 News Staff, Bay News 9, Hurricane
Jeanne
3 News Staff, Bay News 9, The Carlie Brucia
Case
Photography-General
News - Hurricane
1 Paul
Lamison, WFLA-8, In the Eye of Hurricane Charley
Photography –
Spot News – Hurricane Coverage
1 Dave Kraut, WFLA-8, Hurricane
Looters
Photography –
General News- Single Story
1 Keith Cate, Michael Egger,
WFLA-8, Identity Theft
2 Michael Egger, Keith Cate, WFLA-8, Ignoring
IDs
3 Octavio Torres, WFTV-8, Brush
Hour
Photography –
Serious Feature
1 Oscar Carrillo, WFTV-8, Female Deputies
3 Samara Sodos, Michael
Egger, Tony Marra, WFLA-8, Seniors and STDs
Photography –
Light Feature
1 Adam Vance, WTSP-10, Say
Cheese….EERR
Photography –
Hurricane Feature
3 Jeff Patterson, Michael Egger, WFLA-8, Love Before
Hurricane Charley
Photography-
Sports
1 Bob Hansen, WFLA-8, Dream Come True
General
Editing
1 Venesa Balis, Tom Schaad,
WESH-TV, Start The Presses
2 Keith Cate, Michael Egger,
WFLA-8, Ignoring IDs
Newspaper Finalists
Over 100,000 Circulation
(1 =
GENERAL
REPORTING - SINGLE STORY
1 Colleen Jenkins,
2 Chris Davis, Matthew Doig,
3 Chris Davis, Matthew
Doig, Robert Eckhart,
GENERAL
REPORTING –SERIES
1 Sherri Ackerman,
2 Chris Davis, Matthew
Doig, Robert Eckhart,
3 Dale White, Chip
Litherland,
GENERAL
REPORTING – HURRICANE
1 Kim Hackett,
2 Michael Pollick,
3 Jamie Manfuso,
GENERAL
REPORTING - NON-DAILY -SINGLE STORY
1 Bob Mervine,
SPOT NEWS – GENERAL
1 Justin George
,
2 News Staff, Crosstown Collapse,
3 Kristen Moczynski, Lyda
Longa,
SPOT NEWS – HURRICANE
1 News Staff,
2 Chris Davis, Lauren Mayk,
Patrick Whittle, Mark Chapman, David Hackett, Jeremy Wallace,
FEATURE
REPORTING – SERIOUS
1 Andrew Lyons,
2 Susan Johnson,
3 Christine Selvaggi
Baumann,
FEATURE
REPORTING – LIGHT
1 Amy Wimmer Schwarb,
2 Thomas Becnel,
3 Jay Handelman,
FEATURE
REPORTING – HURRICANE
1 Bill Hutchinson,
2 John Allman and Lindsay
Peterson,
3 Jim Tunstall,
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING
1 Chris Davis, Matthew Doig,
2 Ron Hurtibise,
3 Jill Greenwood,
BUSINESS
REPORTING
1 Jennifer
Liberto, St. Petersburg Times, Wal-Mart and Hernando County
2 David Hackett and Jamie Manfuso, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Profiteer's
Paradise?
3 Bob Mervine,
CONSUMER
REPORTING
1
2 Jennifer Liberto,
3 Jim Haug,
COLUMNS
1 Martin Fennelly,
2 Ronald Williamson,
CRITICISM
1 Laura
Stewart,
2 Jay Handelman, Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, Theater Reviews
3 Rick de Yampert, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Concert Reviews
SPORTS
REPORTING
1 Justin
George,
2 Joey Johnston,
3 Chris Anderson,
PHOTOGRAPHY-
DEADLINE
1 Jim Tiller,
2 Chip Litherland,
PHOTOGRAPHY –
HURRICANE
1 Michael Spooneybarger,
2 Chip Litherland,
3 Craig Litten,
PHOTGRAPHY-FEATURE
1 Jason Behnken,
2 Jim Tiller,
PHOTOGRAPHY-SPORTS
1 Joseph Brown III,
2 Roger Simms,
3 David Tucker,
NEWS
GRAPHICS-GENERAL
1 Marianne
Koch,
2 David O'Keefe, Tampa
Tribune, A Daunting Climb
3 Connie Hester-Moore, Daytona Beach News-Journal, The Business Start Up Game
NEWS GRAPHICS-HURRICANE
1 Jennifer Borresen, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Battered And Bruised
2 Jennifer Borrenson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Strengthening Your House
PAGE DESIGN-NEWS
1 Amanda Cortright,
2 Kelly Ann Markowitz,
3 Kent Davidson,
PAGE
DESIGN-FEATURES
1 Kelly Ann Markowitz,
Amanda Cortright, Gerri Bauer, Scott Hiestand,
2 Nicole Sneed,
3 Lisa McQuaid,
PAGE
DESIGN-SPORTS
1 George
Hanns, Jeff Wilen, Mike Washuta, Connie Hester-Moore, Daytona Beach
News-Journal
2 Jim Holliman, Tampa Tribune
3 James Machan, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
PAGE
DESIGN-BUSINESS
1 Shane
Blatt, Robert Coon, Tampa Tribune
2 Amanda Cortright, Connie Hester-Moore, Scott Hiestand, Daytona Beach
News-Journal
3 Michelle Greene, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
PAGE
DESIGN-SPECIAL SECTIONS
1 Sports
Staff,
PAGE
DESIGN-HURRICANE
1 Amanda
Cortright,
2 Gloria George, Leigh Caldwell,
3 Shane Blatt,
TEAM EFFORT
1 News Staff, Sarasota Herald-Tribune,
Hurricane Coverage
2 News Staff, Daytona Beach News-Journal, At the Corner of Yesterday and
Tomorrow
3 News Staff, A Fateful Turn, Tampa Tribune
RADIO
FINALISTS
(1 =
GENERAL REPORTING-Under
60 Sec. SINGLE STORY
1 Ben Baird, WRUF-AM, Edwards
Campaign Rally
GENERAL
REPORTING-OVER 60 SEC. STORY
1 Colleen Chen, WUFT-FM, Bush In The Villages
2 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Green Building
3 Andrew Stelzer, WMNF-FM, Racial
Tension High In St. Petersburg
GENERAL
REPORTING-HURRICANE under 60 sec.
1 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM,
Frances Evacuees
2 Donna Green-Townsend, WUFT-FM, Call For Nurses
GENERAL REPORTING-HURRICANE OVER 60 SEC.
1 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Gas Shortages
2 Colleen Chen, WUFT-FM, Jeanne's Wrath
3 Steve Newborn, WUSF-FM, Polk County and Hurricane Charley
GENERAL REPORTING-SERIES
Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Amendments 2 and 4
SPOT NEWS -UNDER 60 SECONDS
1 Sally Warrick, WUFT-FM, Choices Wins
2 Talia Pate, WUFT-FM, The 351st Returns
SPOT NEWS -OVER
60 SECONDS
1 Donna
Green-Townsend, Talia Pate, Chris Files, WUFT-FM, The 351st Returns
2 Talia Pate, WUFT-FM, Wildfire
SPOT NEWS -
HURRICANE -UNDER 60 SECONDS-
1 Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Charley's Dead
2 Bart O'Connell, WUFT-FM, Hernando Report
SPOT NEWS -
HURRICANE -OVER 60 SECONDS
1 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Hurricane Charley Hits Punta Gorda
2 Andrew Stelzer, WMNF-FM,
FEATURE -SERIOUS-OVER
60 SECONDS
1 Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Singing Fish
2 Andrew Stelzer, WMNF-FM, Felons Want Their Voting Rights Restored
3 Lauren Rodriguez, WUFT-FM, D-Day The 508th Remembers
FEATURE-LIGHT-OVER
60 SECONDS
1 Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, The Playmakers
2 Ryan Fenton, WRUF-AM, Banjo Umpire
3 Colleen Chen, WUFT-FM, A Day At The Skating Rink
FEATURE -HURRICANE-OVER 60 SECONDS
1 Lauren Rodriguez, WUFT-FM, Cleaning Up The Park
2 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Hurricane Blues
3 Steve Newborn, WUSF-FM, Christmas In Charleyville
SPORTS
REPORTING-OVER 60 SECONDS
1 Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Hockey Culture
2 Josh Rosenberg, WUFT-FM, Zook Fired
3 Scott Reynolds, WRUF-AM, University Athletes
SPORTS SPECIAL
2 Mike Murphy, WRUF-AM, Track And Field Meet
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
1 Bobbie O'Brien, WUSF-FM, No 12th Grade
BUSINESS
REPORTING
1 Bobbie O'Brien,
CONSUMER
REPORTING
1 Bobbie
O'Brien, WUSF-FM, Judging Judges
3 RoxanNa Haynes, WRUF-AM, Elderly Tai Chi
NEWSCAST
1 Staff,
WUSF-FM, News With
3 Staff, WUFT-FMAM ,
TEAM EFFORT
1 WUFT-FM
Staff, Hurricane Coverage
2 WUSF-FM Staff,
ONLINE
FINALISTS
Best Web Site
1 TBO.com,
2 heraldtribune.com, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
3 baynews9.com, Bay News 9
HURRICANE
COVERAGE
1 TBO.com
Staff,
2 heraldtribune.com, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
TEAM EFFORT
1 TBO.com,
Tampa Bay Online, Election 2004
2 heraldtribune.com, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Carlie Brucia