SPJ— New Jersey Chapter
Journalism Awards for 1998

DAILY NEWSPAPERS

Deadline Reporting

1st Place

Newsroom Staff

Combing the Atlantic for Clues

The Record

2nd Place

Miri Ascarelli

Ronald Leir, Kirsten Danis, Sharon Otterman, John Petrick

Jersey Journal

3rd Place

Newsroom Staff

2 Killed in Small-Plane Crash

The Courier-News

Feature Writing

1st Place

Doug Most

Life after Lauren

The Record

2nd Place

Margaret Dudas

Cool Idea Provides Relief for Hot Summer in the City

Dorf Feature Service for The Star-Ledger

3rd Place

Ron Southwick

Half the Man He Used to Be

Trenton Times

Profile Writing

1st Place

Amy Westfeldt

Holocaust Memories

Associated Press

2nd Place

Angela Couloumbis

In Prison, She's Still "Prom Mom"

The The Philadelphia Inquirer

3rd Place

Thomas Peele

Mayor James Whelan

Atlantic City Press

Business Reporting

1st Place

John T. Ward, David Schwab, Mary Jo Patterson

How an Arranged Marriage in Health Care Hit the Skids

The Star-Ledger

2nd Place

Jacqueline Sergeant

Who's Taking Care of the Kids

Asbury Park Press

3rd Place

Tony Hagen

Blacks Seek Business Clout

Trenton Times

Sports Reporting

1st Place

Bill Handleman

All the Way Back

Asbury Park Press

2nd Place

Bill Handleman

Triumph of the Human Spirit

Asbury Park Press

3rd Place

Steve Politi, Brad Parks

A Lost Season

The Star-Ledger

 

 

 

 

Health, Science, Technology & Environment Reporting

1st Place

Anthony R. Wood

Nor' easter

The The Philadelphia Inquirer

2nd Place

Lindy Washburn

Coping with Managed Care

The Record

3rd Place

Joseph Dee

Getting It

Trenton Times

Series Writing & Reporting

1st Place

Christine Bahls, Maureen Graham, Rita Giordano

Young and Violent

The The Philadelphia Inquirer

2nd Place

Mike Kelly, Carmine Galasso

Northen Ireland Journal

The Record

3rd Place

Tracey L. Regan

Recycling in New Jersey

Trenton Times

Investigative Reporting

1st Place

Rick Linsk

Nurture or Neglect?

Asbury Park Press

2nd Place

Maureen Graham, Frederick Cusick, Candace Heckman

What's In Your Drinking Water?

The The Philadelphia Inquirer

3rd Place

Paul D'Ambrosio

Close Calls in the Sky

Asbury Park Press

Enterprise Reporting

1st Place

Joe Tyrrell, Bev McCarron, Mary Jo Patterson

Developers Profiting from Farm-Tax Law

The Star-Ledger

2nd Place

Dunstan McNichol

Disintegrating Schools Hold Kids Hostage

The Star-Ledger

3rd Place

Kathleen Hopkins

Flier's Remains May Return Home

Home News Tribune

Editorial Writing

1st Place

Phil Showell

Pkg of 3 editorials on open-space matters

The Courier-News

2nd Place

Henry Bryan

Deal Them Out

The The Philadelphia Inquirer

3rd Place

Barbara Frankel

Pkg of 11 editorials advocating needle exchanges as anti-AIDS measure

Home News Tribune

Column Writing

1st Place

Rose Simmons

Police Shooting of Black Youth Deserves Probe

Asbury Park Press

2nd Place

Kathleen O'Brien

Thanks, I Needed That

The Star-Ledger

3rd Place

Sally Deering

Express Yourself?

Jersey Journal

Review Writing

1st Place

Willa Conrad

A Concerted Effort to Re(Define) "Serious" Music

The Star-Ledger

2nd Place

Eleanor O'Sullivan

From Honor to Humanity

Asbury Park Press

Headline Writing

1st Place

Joel Pisetzner

All Dressed Up with No Place to Row

The Star-Ledger

2nd Place

Joel Pisetzner

Men Shop till They Drop - a Few Minutes Later

The Star-Ledger

3rd Place

Joel Pisetzner

Jersey's Great, Great Ants

The Star-Ledger

Editorial Cartooning

1st Place

Steve Breen

New Crayon Colors

Asbury Park Press

2nd Place

Jimmy Margulies

"Pull Over"

The Record

3rd Place

Drew Sheneman

New Jersey's Open Spaces

The Star-Ledger

Informational Graphic

1st Place

Matthew Ericson

Drive Time

The Philadelphia Inquirer

2nd Place

Jeff Cohen

Medical Miracle Baby

Jersey Journal

3rd Place

Jerry Luciani, Liz Roberts

Fire Services in North Jersey

The Record

Front Page Layout

1st Place

Robert Townsend

A Legend Back on Top of World

The Record

2nd Place

Newsroom Staff

Sept. 11, 1998 front page

The Philadelphia Inquirer

3rd Place

Robert Townsend

The Greatest

The Record

Feature Page Design

1st Place

Vivien Benvenuto

The Show about Nothing

The Record

2nd Place

Reiko Matsuo

Fall Avalanche

Jersey Journal

3rd Place

Robyn Trimboli

Stalking the Wild Asparagus

Home News Tribune


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