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2007 TAPME WINNERS
DIVISION  I
WRITING
CATEGORY PLACE NAME NEWSPAPER TITLE
Daily Deadline Reporting  1st Staff The Tennessean Deadly Winds
2nd Mike O'Neal and Lauren Gregory Chattanooga Times Free Press School Bus Crash Kills 3
3rd Halimah Abdullha and Richard Locker The Commercial Appeal Corker Conquers
HM Lola Alapo, Don Jacobs and Jamie
Satterfield
The Knoxville News Sentinel Roane Deputy, Friend Killed in Shooting
Features Reporting 1st Cindy Wolff The Commercial Appeal Tragedy In A Small Town
2nd Leon Alligood The Tennessean Messages From Heaven
3rd Ashely Rowland Chattanooga Times Free Press New Hope For Hajer
Sports-Outdoors Reporting 1st Marlon W. Morgan The Commercial Appeal Back To Bruceton
2nd Gary Parrish The Commercial Appeal T-Head Tells All
3rd Bryan Mullen The Tennessean Coach, Players See Eye-to-Eye
Business News 1st Sheila Wissner and Janell Ross The Tennessean 1 Point
2nd Tom Charlier The Commercial Appeal Mystery Mississippi
3rd Dave Flessner Chattanooga Times Free Press TVA In Transition
Malcolm Law Investigative
Reporting
Winner Brad Schrade The Tennessean Tennessee Highway Patrol
         
PHOTOGRAPHY
CATEGORY   NAME NEWSPAPER TITLE
Spot News Photography 1st John Partipilo The Tennessean Saving A Life
2nd Jae S. Lee The Tennessean Tornado Hug
3rd Lance Murphey The Commercial Appeal Fire
Feature Photography 1st Cathy Clarke The Knoxville News Sentinel Mad Cat
2nd Mike Brown The Commercial Appeal 1st Day Of School
3rd Dipti Vaidya The Tennessean Mule Man
Sports Photography 1st Mark Weber The Commercial Appeal Hiked Up & Honked Off
2nd Dan Henry Chattanooga Times Free Press Soccer Win & Loss
3rd Earl Neikirk Bristol Herald Courier Don't Forget To Brush
Photo Journalism 1st Alan Spearman The Commercial Appeal Mystery Mississippi
2nd Lance Murphey The Commercial Appeal 9/11 Five Years Later
3rd Alan Spearman The Commercial Appeal Living Visions
Individual Achievement/
Body of Work in Photography
1st John Partipilo The Tennessean  
2nd Dan Henry Chattanooga Times Free Press  
3rd Lance Murphey The Commercial Appeal  
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DIVISION  II
WRITING
CATEGORY   NAME NEWSPAPER TITLE
Daily Deadline Reporting  1st Staff The Jackson Sun Cruel Day
2nd Staff The Jackson Sun Hit and Run
3rd Andrew Tran and Wendy Isom The Jackson Sun Slain Minister's Wife Is Suspect
Features Reporting 1st Pete Wickham The Jackson Sun Blue Suede Birthday
2nd Skyler Swisher, William Bowers and Thomas Munro The Daily Herald The Lost Night
3rd Tyrone Tony Reed, Jr. The Jackson Sun Prayer Is The Key
Sports-Outdoors Reporting 1st David Brandt The Jackson Sun Growing Pains
2nd John Brice The Daily Times Learning To Crawl
3rd Lindsay McDonald The Jackson Sun Gunpowder and Mascara
Business News 1st Ned B. Hunter The Jackson Sun Diamond Jaxx
2nd Ned B. Hunter The Jackson Sun Kirklands Remodels Its Frame of Mind
3rd Greg Menza The Daily Herald UGGLA Is Big Business
Malcolm Law Investigative
Reporting
Winner Dan Morris The Jackson Sun Jackson's Legal Fees
         
PHOTOGRAPHY
CATEGORY   NAME NEWSPAPER TITLE
Spot News Photography 1st Wes Hope The Daily Times Bear'ly Escaped
2nd John A. Gillis The Daily News Journal Remembering A Hero
3rd Daryl Sullivan The Daily Times Explosive Fire
Feature Photography 1st Aaron Thompson The Daily News Journal Life Tastes Good
2nd Wes Hope The Daily Times Pretty In Pink
3rd Joy Kimbrough The Daily Times Princess For A Day
Sports Photography 1st Daryl Sullivan The Daily Times Season Ended
2nd Aaron Thompson The Daily News Journal Joy And Pain
3rd Andrew McMurrie The Jackson Sun Patrick Willis
Photo Journalism 1st Lindsay McDonald The Jackson Sun Gunpowder and Mascara
2nd Karen Kraft The Daily News Journal Gone Up In Smoke
3rd Aaron Thompson The Daily News Journal Lady Raider Champs
Individual Achievement/
Body of Work in Photography
1st Wes Hope The Daily Times  
2nd Andrew McMurrie The Jackson Sun  
3rd Daryl Sullivan The Daily Times