SPJ — New Jersey Chapter
Journalism Awards for 2002

DAILY

Wilson Barto Award for Outstanding Achievement by a First-Year Reporter

  1. Jerry Barca, The Star-Ledger
  2. Catherine Holahan, The Record
  3. Stephen Chiger, Courier News

Deadline Reporting

  1. Jean Mikle, Carol Gorga Williams, James W. Prado Roberts, Nina Rizzo, Chandra M. Hayslett, Gregory J. Volpe, Kristen Ostendorf, Joseph Sapia, Jason Method, Michael Amsel, A. Scott Ferguson, Erik Larsen, Karen Sudol, Naomi Mueller, Asbury Park Press, "5 Shot dead; cop suspected"
  2. Tom Hester, Jr., Joel Bewley, Michael Ratcliffe, Joseph Dee, Albert Raboteau, Kevin Shea, Maria Cramer., The Times of Trenton, "Tragedy before the bike race"
  3. Dwight Ott, Elisa Ung, Kaitlin Gurney, Kristen Graham, Sam Wood, Jake Wagman, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "July 4 Gloucester City fire"

Feature Writing

  1. Mike Kelly, The Record, "Journey Through Shadow"
  2. Ruth Padawer, The Record, "Stepping out, gingerly, in size 12-wide pumps"
  3. Jan Hefler, Philadelphia Inquirer, "A crime of passion, a young life in limbo"

Profile Writing

  1. William Gordon, The Star-Ledger, "Natural Wonder"
  2. Kristen Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer, "9/11 widow's plight stirs South Jersey aid"
  3. John Curran, The Associated Press, "Buffer Zone"

Business Reporting

  1. Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, "Police charities: Who benefits?"
  2. Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, "Merck sees promise in a novel approach - virus vs. virus"
  3. Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press, "Just add water: Campbell remakes its condensed soups"

Sports Reporting

  1. Mike Kerwick, Asbury Park Press, "One step at a time: Waiting for a liver transplant"
  2. Joe Hofmann, The Daily Record, "Mount Olive's Seaman beats the odds"
  3. Chris Baldwin, Asbury Park Press, "A slab of stone honors 2 hearts of gold"

Health, Science, Technology and Environmental Reporting

  1. Bill Pitcher, The Record, "Vision Quest"
  2. Carolyn Feibel, Herald News, "Bad Medicine"
  3. Carolyn Feibel, Herald News, "Alternatives to Amputation"

Series Writing and Reporting

  1. Staff, The Record, "September 11, 2002"
  2. John Froonjian, The Press of Atlantic City, "A home for Sidney: A story of choices"
  3. Kitta MacPherson, The Star-Ledger, "Seeds of discord: the battle over golden rice"

Investigative Reporting

  1. Paul D'Ambrosio, James Prado Roberts, Asbury Park Press, "First, tell no one"
  2. Karen Ayres, The Times of Trenton, "Bus driver approved despite criminal record"
  3. (tie) Mark Fazlollah, Jennifer Lin, Philadelphia Inquirer, "The secret sickness: Hepatitis C"
           Monsy Alvarado, Jean Rimbach, Benjamin Lesser, Clint Riley, The Record, "Driving by deception"

Enterprise Reporting

  1. (tie) Donovan Slack, The Times of Trenton, "Detox dreams haunt addicts"
            Elizabeth Llorente, The Record, "Journey of Hope Ends in Despair"
  2. Mike Diamond, "The Press of Atlantic City, "Flawed system of reporting school violence
  3. Carolyn Feibel, Herald News, "Mentally ill face fate worse than debt"

Editorial Writing

  1. Alfred Doblin, Herald News, "Barnes: Guilty at last and all along"
  2. Cynthia Henry, Philadelphia Inquirer, "Outside the box"
  3. (tie) Richard Benfield, The Record, Torricelli editorials
            George Amick, The Times of Trenton, "Lautenberg for Senate"

Column Writing

  1. John Kolesar, The Times of Trenton, "Replace candidates? Why not?"
  2. Mike Kelly, The Record, "Last Drives"
  3. Bill Handleman, Asbury Park Press, "NJSIAA way off base in Marc Taylor case"

Review Writing

  1. John Zeaman, The Record, "Urban grit in black and white"
  2. Mark Voger, Asbury Park Press, "Aerosmith, Run-D.M.C., take 'Walk' on wild side"
  3. Peter Genovese, The Star-Ledger, "Shaker Café"

Headline Writing

  1. Janice Ward, Philadelphia Inquirer, "Demon for a day"
  2. Brian Hershberg, Courier-Post, "No Jim at S.J. gym: Women only"
  3. Joel Pisetzner, The Star-Ledger, "February goes out like a bear"

Editorial Cartooning (Daily and Weekly)

  1. Jimmy Margulies, The Record, "Torricelli meets his opponent face to face"
  2. Jimmy Margulies, The Record, "Sprawl exacerbates the drought"
  3. Harry Trumbore, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, "The fall classic"

Informational Graphic

  1. Bob Rebach, The Record, "The danger beneath"
  2. Laurie Triefeldt, The Star-Ledger, "The human body"
  3. Laurie Triefeldt, The Star-Ledger, "Dynamic Earth"

Front Page Design

  1. Robert Townsend, The Record, "9/11/02"
  2. Scott Muller, Herald News, "Forever Changed: Sept. 11, 2002"

Feature Page Design

  1. Elaine Isaacson, The Record, "Get Set! 9/12/02"
  2. Nicola Corbin, Herald News, "Does hair still matter?"
  3. Lisa Monsolillio Dalie, The Record, "Go! 7/19/02"

Spot News Photography

  1. Daniel Hulshizer, The Associated Press, "Pointed Argument"
  2. Brian Branch-Price, The Associated Press, "Remembering 36"
  3. Kathy Johnson, Courier News, "Cops corner bear in Manville tree"

Feature Photography

  1. Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel, Philadelphia Inquirer, "War Memorial and Boy"
  2. Daniel Hulshizer, The Associated Press, "Touching Tragedy"
  3. Daniel Hulshizer, The Associated Press, "Further Frustration"
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