SPOT NEWS

   Class 1 (more than 60,000 circulation)

   First: Tina A. Brown, The Hartford Courant

   Second: Alicia Guide and Chris Hamel, Union News/Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.

   Class 2 (30,000 to 60,000 circulation)

   First: Susan McMahon, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.

   Second: Sean Gonsalves, Karen Jeffrey, Paula Peters, Cape Cod Times

   Class 3 (less than 30,000 circulation)

   First: Dan Gearino and Robert Koch, The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel

   Second: Larry Grard, Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine.

   Third: Annmarie Timmins, Keith Meatto, Jennifer Dillon, Concord (N.H.) Monitor

  

   GENERAL NEWS

   Class 1

   First: Union-News/Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.; "Spotlight on School Safety."

   Second: The Providence Journal; "Cianci Indicted."

   Third: The Providence Journal; "Officer Slain."

   Class 2

   First: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; "Heroin: The Scourge of Vermont."

   Second: Standard Times, New Bedford, Mass.; "New Bedford High School Bombing Plot."

   Third: Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American: "Mayor Giordano."

   Class 3

   First: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Jim Graham

   Second: Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.; Jennifer L. Saunders

   Third: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Wendy M. Fontaine

  

   FEATURE STORY

   Class 1

   First: Deborah Petersen Swift, The Hartford Courant; "Ballouville: Poverty With a View."

   Second: Lane Lambert, Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; "Tick Tock Murders."

   Third: Misty Edgecomb, Bangor (Maine) Daily News; "A Ray of Light."

   Class 2

   First: Robin Lord, Cape Cod Times, "The Final Mission: I Just Want to Come Home."

   Second: Candace Page, The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, "The Lost Boys of Sudan."

   Third: Karen Florin, The Day, New London, Conn.; "Out On the Streets."

   Class 3

   First: Thomas Caywood, Milford (Mass.) Daily News, "Survivor's Tale."

   Second: Susan Smallheer, Rutland (Vt.) Herald, "Where next?"

   Third: Rebecca Denton, Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. "A Farmer's Life."

   Honorable Mentions: Annmarie Timmons, Concord (N.H.) Monitor, "A place to meet, greet and eat." Meg Heckman, Journal Tribune, Biddeford, Maine, "Carolyn Chute: Candidate."

  

   ENTERPRISE

   Class 1

   First: Joe McQuaid, The Union Leader/New Hampshire Sunday News, Manchester, N.H.; "Dead End."

   Second: Mary Jo Hill, Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; "From Russia With Love."

   Third: Mark Patinkin, The Providence Journal; "A Healing Spirit."

   Class 2

   First: Staff, Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass. "Building Bridges."

   Second: Stephen Kiernan, The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, "Code of Silence."

   Third: David Perry, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. "Angels of Life."

   Class 3

   First: Staff, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass. "The Faces of Farming.

   Second: Michael Howerton, The Advocate, Stamford, Conn. "The Forever War."

   Third: Jim Kenyon, Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. "Other Side of the Valley."

  

   INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

   Class 1

   First: Boston Herald, "Field of Schemes." Reporters: Jonathan Wells, Maggie Mulvihill, Jack Meyers, photographer.

   Second: Connecticut Post, coverage of corrupt local government in Bridgeport.

   Third: The Providence Journal, investigation of school suspensions in Rhode Island.

   Class 2

   First: Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin, Reporters: Megan Bard and Brian Scheid; report on corrupt developer.

   Second: Cape Cod Times, Meg Murphy, a report on a disreputable real estate broker.

   Third: Cape Cod Times, Jack Coleman, for a report on how houses intended for use by low-income families have been kept out of their price range.

   Class 3:

   First: Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn. Mark Peters, Dia Traore; cost of the Edison Middle School.

   Second: Foster's Sunday Citizen, Dover, N.H. Robert Cook, examined a much publicized drug bust, from a cost-benefit point of view.

   Third: Milford (Mass.) Daily News, Thomas Caywood, examined why the performance and morale of the local police department had declined.

  

   LOCAL COLUMN

   Class 1

   First: Susan Campbell, The Hartford Courant.

   Second: Bill Nemitz, Portland (Maine) Press Herald.

   Third: John Clayton, The Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.

   Class 2

   First: Alicia Blaisdell-Bannon, Cape Cod Times

   Second: Ken Johnson, Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass.

   Third: Anne Humphrey, The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.

   Class 3

   First: Jim Kenyon, Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.

   Second: Sarah Earle, Concord (N.H.) Monitor

   Third: Dan Mackie, Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.

  

   SPORTS STORIES

   Class 1

   First: Jim Fennell, The Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.

   Second: Paul Doyle, The Hartford Courant

   Third: Jim Fennell, New Hampshire Sunday News, Manchester, N.H.

   Class 2

   First: Jonathan Van Fleet and Gary Fitz, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.

   Kevin Mills, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine

   Jim Fenton, The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.

   Class 3

   First: Bryant Carpenter, (tie) Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.

   Ted Moynihan, Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.

   Third: Travis Lazarcyk, Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine.

  

   SPORTS COLUMN

   Class 1

   First: Garry Brown, Union-News/Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.

   Second: Bill Doyle, Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.

   Class 2

   First: Rob Duca, Cape Cod Times

   Second: Patrick Garrity, The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press

   Class 3

   First: David Pierce, Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.

   Second: Chad Finn, Concord (N.H.) Monitor

   Third: Bob Morrissette, Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.

  

   BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ISSUES COVERAGE

   Class 1

   First: Neil Downing, The Providence Journal

   Second: The staff writers of the Boston Herald

   Third: Andrea Stape, The Providence Journal

   Class 2

   First: Kathryn Skelton and Christopher Williams, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine

   Second: Paul Choiniere, The Day, New London, Conn.

   Third: Staff of Sunday Bulletin, Norwich, Conn.

   Class 3

   First: Janine L. Weisman, The Newport (R.I.) Daily News

   Second: Staff reporters at the Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.

   Third: Michelle Firmbach, Herald Sunday, Portsmouth, N.H.

  

   EDITORIALS

   Class 1

   First: Froma Harrop, The Providence Journal

   Second: Rachelle G. Cohen, Boston Herald

   Third: Daryl Perch, The Hartford Courant

   Class 2

   First: Williams Mills, Cape Cod Times

   Second: Tim DeMarce, Cape Cod Times

   Third: Steve Urbon, The Standard Times, New Bedford, Mass.

   Class 3

   First: Michael Sweeney, Greenwich (Conn.) Time

   Second: Guy MacMillin, The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel

   Third: Ari Richter, Concord (N.H.) Monitor

 

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