SPJ—
New Jersey Chapter |
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| WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS |
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| Deadline Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Eric Englund, Storm Checks In, F2 Tornado Touches Down, sidebars, The Sandpaper, Surf City |
| 2nd Place | Jennifer Potash, Woman Shot by Husband at Merwick, Princeton Packet |
| 3rd Place | Tim O’Brien, Hannoch Weisman, Once State’s No. 2 Firm, Swallows Poison Pill, New Jersey Law Journal |
| Feature Writing | |
| 1st Place | Anne Weisgerber, The Truth Is Out There!, Recorder newspapers, Stirling |
| 2nd Place | Maria Scandale, Planting Peace, The Sandpaper, Surf City |
| 3rd Place | Nancy M. Ritter, At 41, Tried as Juvenile, New Jersey Lawyer |
| Profile Writing | |
| 1st Place | Maura Rossi, Choosing Life, Not Death by Execution, The Beacon, Clifton |
| 2nd Place | Nancy M. Ritter, New Prison Czar Shows Iron Hand, New Jersey Lawyer |
| 3rd Place | Al Sullivan, A Walk through Hell, Secaucus Reporter |
| Business Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Evelyn F. Apgar, Dressing Down Is Taking Off, New Jersey Lawyer |
| 2nd Place | Nancy Ritter, Multi-State Firms Unleash Tsunami, New Jersey Lawyer |
| Sports Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Rick Mellerup, Chasin a Career as a "Clubbie, The Sandpaper, Surf City |
| 2nd Place | Darren Cooper, Not Quite Ready for Primetime Players, Montclair Times |
| 3rd Place | Lowell
M. Snare, Red Devil Softball Team Wins 1st State Title, Hunterdon Review, Clinton |
| Health, Science, Technology, and Environmental Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Joanne McFadden, Pat Anderson, Don’t Get Bit by Lyme-Infected Tick, Weekender, Recorder newspapers, Stirling |
| 2nd Place | Robert Hennelly, Liz Parker, Space Race, Recorder newspapers, Stirling |
| 3rd Place | Chris Antar, Welcome to the Hot Zone, Princeton Packet |
| Series Writing & Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Sandy Stuart, W. Jacob Perry, David Polakiewicz, Charles Zavalick, Reflections: 1900 – 2000, Bernardsville News |
| 2nd Place | Minx McCloud, Manville Re-Builds, Manville News |
| 3rd Place | Alexandra J. Wall, Mission to Macedonia, Jewish Standard, Teaneck |
| Investigative Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Tim O’Brien, Why the State Paid Gail Francis, New Jersey Law Journal |
| 2nd Place | Eric Obernauer, River Vale Administrator’s Buyout Revealed, and others, Community Life, Westwood |
| 3rd Place | Al Sullivan, In the Shadow of Fear, Secaucus Reporter |
| Enterprise Reporting | |
| 1st Place | Cort
Parker Jr., State Blueprint Reveals Big Plans for Airport, Hunterdon Review |
| 2nd Place | Jim DeFrancesco, Leaders of the Pack, The Sandpaper, Surf City |
| 3rd Place | George
Danco, Antique House Owner to Rebuild It in Indiana, Florham Park Eagle |
| Editorial Writing | |
| 1st Place | Mark S. Porter, Openness Is Essential, Montclair Times |
| 2nd Place | Rick Sinding, Officials Fear Little LULU on Quarry Street, Princeton Packet |
| 3rd Place | Rita Annan-Brady, Give Kids a Chance, The Progress, Caldwell |
| Column Writing | |
| 1st Place | Dave Lozo, The Price of Looking Good, The Observer, Kearny |
| 2nd Place | Garry Herzog, Where’s the Leadership on Boy Scouts Bias Issue?, Madison Eagle |
| 3rd Place | L.A. Chimenti, 30 Minutes of Freedom, Journal of Camden County, Berlin |
| Review Writing | |
| 1st Place | Jon Shure, Detached Days Depart, New Jersey Lawyer |
| 2nd Place | Stephanie Blanchard, If You Would Like to Murder "Mr. Withers" … Please dial M, Recorder Newspapers, Stirling |
| 3rd Place | Naomi Siegel, "Kiss the Bride" – Needs to Take a Lesson from the Brits, Montclair Times |
| Headline Writing | |
| 1st Place | Vincent Paterno, 07069 on 7/1/2000: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Echoes-Sentinel, Stirling |
| 2nd Place | Mark S. Porter, Land, Sea and Heir, Montclair Times |
| 3rd Place | Joseph C. Tintle, Bar Nun, The Beacon, Clifton |
| Editorial Cartooning | |
| 1st Place | William J. Valladares, The Ticket Zone, Montclair Times |
| 2nd Place | George Koukos, Globe Publishers, New Jersey Lawyer |
| 3rd Place | William J. Valladares, Paws (Pause), Montclair Times |
| Informational Graphic | |
| 1st Place | Darren Cooper, Gregory Kaffka, Yogi Berra Museum , Montclair Times |
| 2nd Place | George Koukos, Dressing Down Is Taking Off, New Jersey Lawyer |
| Front Page Layout | |
| 1st Place | Douglas Jones, 6-28-99 front page, New Jersey Law Journal |
| 2nd Place | Harvey C. Fisher, 7-5-99 front page, New Jersey Lawyer |
| 3rd Place | Louis A. Chimenti, Independents Sweep Berlin, Journal of Camden County, Berlin |
| Feature Page Design | |
| 1st Place | Darren Cooper, Who Wants to be a Champion?, Montclair Times Darren Cooper, Hitting a High Note, Montclair Times Darren Cooper, The Big Game, Montclair Times Darren Cooper, A Civil War, Montclair Times |
| 2nd Place | Louis A. Chimenti, Eight Seconds of Misery, Journal of Camden County, Berlin Louis A. Chimenti, Eastern Falls Short , Journal of Camden County, Berlin |
| 3rd Place | Sandy Mailman, Rosemary Lata, Association of Trial Lawyers of America – N.J., New Jersey Lawyer Sandy Mailman, Rosemary Lata, On to the Next 100 Years, New Jersey Lawyer |
