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NEWSWRITING COMPETITION
ALL DIVISIONS
Mark Twain Sweepstakes Award for Newswriting
1. Alexandra Berzon and Staff / Las Vegas Sun / Construction Deaths.
Sunlight Freedom of Information Award
1. Alexandra Berzon and Staff / Las Vegas Sun / Construction Deaths.
2. Staff / The Sacramento Bee / Child Protective Services.
DIVISION I (circulation 200,000 or greater)
Spot News Coverage
1. Staff / San Jose Mercury News / What's Next?
2. Staff / San Jose Mercury News / The Summit Wildfire: So Early For This.
Sports Writing
1. Mark Zeigler / The San Diego Union-Tribune / First Comes the Needle, Then Comes the Pain.
2. Brent Schrotenboer / The San Diego Union-Tribune / Players of Substance.
Feature Writing
1. Meredith May / San Francisco Chronicle / Healing Tanzania.
2. Julia Prodis Sulek / San Jose Mercury News / What Would You Take?
Fairbanks Public Service
1. Karen De Sa / San Jose Mercury News / Broken Families, Broken Courts.
2. Jaxon Van Derbeken / San Francisco Chronicle / City's Shield of Migrants Probed.
Local Column
1. Scott Herhold / San Jose Mercury News / A Nice Guy, But He Shouldn't Be Elected.
2. Chip Johnson / San Francisco Chronicle / Voters May Need to Fire Dellums.
Business Writing
1. Eleanor Yang Su and Agustin Armendariz / The San Diego Union-Tribune / Street of Risk and Loss.
2. Staff / San Jose Mercury News / Will It Work?
Investigative Reporting
1. Susan Sward / San Francisco Chronicle / Toxic Showdown.
2. Jim Doyle / San Francisco Chronicle / Code Three.
DIVISION II (circulation 75,000 to 199,999)
Spot News Coverage
1. Marshall Allen and David McGrath Schwartz / Las Vegas Sun / Clinic Procedures Put Thousands at Risk.
2. Staff / The Fresno Bee / Roosevelt High Shooting.
Sports Writing
1. Ron Kantowski / Las Vegas Sun / Old Ball Pro's Story Ends Humbly.
2. Marek Warszawski / The Fresno Bee / Tragedy in the Backcountry.
Feature Writing
1. Emily Green / Las Vegas Sun / Quenching Las Vegas Thirst.
2. Greg Mellen / Press-Telegram of Long Beach / Davik's Heart.
Fairbanks Public Service
1. Alexandra Berzon and Staff / Las Vegas Sun / Construction Deaths.
2. Staff / The Press-Enterprise of Riverside / Ongoing Beef Recall Coverage.
Local Column
1. Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun / How Palin's Speech Divides America.
2. Jeff Jardine / The Modesto Bee / Faded Away.
Business Writing
1. Karen Robes Meeks / Press-Telegram of Long Beach / Pain on Pine.
2. Leslie Berkman / The Press-Enterprise of Riverside / Would-Be Homebuyers Find Residences Occupied.
Investigative Reporting
1. Alexandra Berzon / Las Vegas Sun / Construction Deaths.
2. Marshall Allen and Alex Richards / Las Vegas Sun / The New Addiction.
DIVISION III (circulation 25,000 to 74,999)
Spot News Coverage
1. Anjeanette Damon, Guy Clifton and Staff / Reno Gazette-Journal / Caucus.
2. Staff / The Record of Stockton / Devastation.
Sports Writing
1. Eric Branch / The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa / Driven to Win.
2. Dan Hinxman / Reno Gazette-Journal / Electric Man.
Feature Writing
1. Nathan Halverson / The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa / How Tim O'Reilly Factors In.
2. Paul Liberatore / Marin Independent Journal / Free From a Madman.
Fairbanks Public Service
1. Frank X. Mullen Jr., Mark Robison and Kelly Ann Scott / Reno Gazette-Journal / The System is Broken.
2. Bob Cuddy, Nick Wilson and David Sneed / The Tribune of San Luis Obispo / Dunes: Playground or Deathtrap?
Local Column
1. Siobhan McAndrew / Reno Gazette-Journal / No Ribbons in Reno for Krystal Green.
2. Julie Lynem / The Tribune of San Luis Obispo / Patriots Love Their Country in Spite of Flaws.
Business Writing
1. David Sneed and Sona Patel / The Tribune of San Luis Obispo / Fishing Industry's Collapse Alters Morro Bay.
2. Kevin McCallum / The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa / Wrong Time, Wrong Place.
Investigative Reporting
1. Leslie Parrilla / The Tribune of San Luis Obispo / In the Care of a Criminal.
2. Kevin McCallum / The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa / Gary Armitage: The Money Trail.
DIVISION IV (circulation below 25,000)
Spot News Coverage
1. Brian Charles and Tammy Marashlian / The Signal of Santa Clarita / Death Probe at Acton School.
2. F.T. Norton / Nevada Appeal of Carson City / Man Fires Shots to Get Attention, Hits Neighbor.
Sports Writing
1. Julie Jag / Santa Cruz Sentinel / Going The Distance for a Cure.
2. Jim Seimas / Santa Cruz Sentinel / Super Safety.
Feature Writing
1. Neil Gonzales / San Mateo County Times / Education for All.
2. Cecil Conley / Daily Republic of Fairfield / A Lasting Lesson.
Fairbanks Public Service
1. Michael Manekin / San Mateo County Times / What Happened in Vegas.
2. Jondi Gumz / Santa Cruz Sentinel / Glitch Puts Doctor Payments on Hold.
Local Column
1. Leo Maxam / Santa Cruz Sentinel / Death of a Surf Pad.
2. Richard Bammer / The Reporter of Vacaville / Tale of Cultural Heroism.
Business Writing
1. Richard Bammer / The Reporter of Vacaville / Vinyl Returns.
2. Rebecca Go / The Daily Transcript of San Diego / Bankers Applaud Bailout Plan.
Investigative Reporting
1. Jim Holt / The Signal of Santa Clarita / Building on Lies?
2. Michael Manekin / San Mateo County Times / What Happened in Vegas.
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