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NEWSWRITING COMPETITION

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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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