2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
1. Breaking News Reporting
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Staff Staff Staff Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm The News-Press/Naples Daily News Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma
Second Place Second Place Second Place Scott Maxwell, Beth Kassab, Ryan Andrew Pantazi, Dan Scanlan, Eileen Staff Gillespie, Michael Williams, David Kelley The Gainesville Sun Harris, Crystal Hayes The Florida Times-Union Hate Comes to Town Orlando Sentinel Kamiyah Mobley Fiamma Mass Shooting Third Place Third Place Staff Ocala Star-Banner Third Place Jeff Gallop Irma Hits Marion County Staff Florida Today The Palm Beach Post Teens Mock Drowning Man Hurricane Irma
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
2. Features & Enterprise Writing
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Leonora LaPeter Anton Seth Robbins Joseph Cranney Tampa Bay Times Daytona Beach News-Journal Naples Daily News A Portfolio by Leonora LaPeter Anton Seth Robbins Collection Anthony Park - Joseph Cranney
Second Place Second Place Second Place Lane DeGregory Jon Santucci, Jeremiah Wilson Melanie Payne, Frank Gluck Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm The News-Press A Portfolio by Lane DeGregory Jajuan Cherry Finds Family Through Taking Too Long to Die Faith and Football Third Place Third Place Christopher Spata Third Place Kaitlin Klann, Greg Stanley Tampa Bay Times Christina LaFortune Naples Daily News A Portfolio by Christopher Spata FLORIDA TODAY Florida Trail Lifecasting Your Head
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
3. Investigative Reporting
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Emily Michot, Audra D.S. Burch, Carol Suzanne Hirt Maria Perez Marbin Miller Daytona Beach News-Journal Naples Daily News Miami Herald Childhood Betrayed Disposable Workers Fight Club: Dark Secrets of Florida Juvenile Justice Second Place Second Place Topher Sanders, Ben Conarck Jeffrey Schweers, Jeff Burlew Second Place The Florida Times-Union, ProPublica Tallahassee Democrat Mike Clary, Carl Prine, Lisa Arthur, John Walking While Black Tallahassee's FBI Investigation Maines, Brittany Wallman, Debbie Ramirez, Sally Kestin, Paula McMahon, Linda Trischitta, Susannah Bryan, David Third Place Third Place Hyde, Stephen Hobbs, David Fleshler, Michael Braga, Dak Le, Josh Salman Emma Kennedy Megan O'Matz Sarasota Herald-Tribune Pensacola News Journal Sun Sentinel One War. Two Races. IP Explosion Investigation From Calm to Chaos: The Deadliest
Airport Shooting in the U.S.
Third Place Justin Price, Alexandra Seltzer, Lulu Ramadan, Lawrence Mower The Palm Beach Post Candidates Help Voters Fill Out Ballots
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
4. Community Leadership
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Staff Topher Sanders, Ben Conarck Janine Zeitlin, Patricia Borns Tampa Bay Times The Florida Times-Union, ProPublica The News-Press Why Cops Shoot Walking While Black Toxic Sludge and Dirty Water
Second Place Second Place Second Place Staff Katherine Brown, Amy J. Correnti, Hali Tauxe, Joe Rondone, Jennifer Miami Herald Erin Williams, Leah Schwarting Portman, Yoonserk Pyun, Nada Death in a Sweltering Nursing Home The Villages Daily Sun Hassanein, Jeff Burlew Brother's Keepers Tallahassee Democrat Third Place American Strangers Stephanie Allen, Beth Kassab Third Place Orlando Sentinel Eileen Zaffiro-Kean Third Place I-4 Deaths: Family Left to Raise 3 Boys Daytona Beach News-Journal Lisa Nellessen Savage, Kevin Robinson Tarnished Jewel Pensacola News Journal CivicCon
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
5. Beat Reporting
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Howard Altman Ben Conarck Cindy Swirko Tampa Bay Times The Florida Times-Union The Gainesville Sun Howard Altman on Veterans Affairs Crime and Courts Cindy Swirko Covering UF
Second Place Second Place Second Place Bianca Padró Ocasio Eileen Zaffiro-Kean Eric Staats Orlando Sentinel Daytona Beach News-Journal Naples Daily News Bianca Padro Ocasio - Puerto Rico Tarnished Jewel Eric Staats - Beat Reporting Hurricane Coverage Third Place Third Place Third Place Lucas Daprile Patricia Borns Dan Sullivan Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm The News-Press Tampa Bay Times Environment Housing and Real Estate A Collection by Dan Sullivan
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
6. Sports
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Marc Topkin Jon Santucci, Jeremiah Wilson Brian Miller Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspapers Tallahassee Democrat Marc Topkin on The Tampa Bay Rays Jajuan Cherry Finds Family Through Beyond the Gamer: Preps Coverage Faith and Football Second Place Second Place Bob Putnam Second Place Josh Hyber Tampa Bay Times Cody Hills Northwest Florida Daily News Bob Putnam on Sports The Villages Daily Sun Josh Hyber Florida: Bowl Game Heaven / Popular
Prospect / Years in the Making Third Place Kevin Brockway Third Place The Gainesville Sun Phillip Heilman Kevin Brockway on Sports The Florida Times-Union Stories of Jacksonville Athletes
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
7. Business
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Susan Taylor Martin Maggie Menderski Jeffrey Schweers Tampa Bay Times Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tallahassee Democrat Susan Taylor Martin on Real Estate Maggie Menderski Medical Marijuana Special Report: The Cost of Cannabis Second Place Second Place Jeff Ostrowski Emre Kelly Second Place The Palm Beach Post FLORIDA TODAY Casey Logan Jeff Ostrowski SpaceX The News-Press Irma Aftermath Third Place Charles Elmore Third Place The Palm Beach Post Andy Marlette, Joe Baucum Charles Elmore Pensacola News Journal Power Trip
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
8. Columns
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place John Romano Gil Smart Andy Marlette Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm Pensacola News Journal Columns by John Romano Gil Smart (Sample) Andy Marlette Collection
Second Place Second Place Second Place Sue Carlton Eve Samples Bill Vilona Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspaper/TCPalm Pensacola News Journal Sue Carlton on Tampa Bay Eve Samples (Sample) Bill Vilona Collection
Third Place Third Place Third Place Frank Cerabino Scott Kent Jim Ross The Palm Beach Post Daytona Beach News-Journal Ocala Star-Banner Frank Cerabino Scott Kent Collection Jim Ross Collection
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
9. Editorials
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Tim Nickens Paula Horvath Skip Foster Tampa Bay Times The Florida Times-Union Tallahassee Democrat Editorials by Tim Nickens Wasted Lives, Wasted Money in A Collection of Editorials Florida’s Prison System Second Place Second Place Staff Second Place Staff South Florida Sun Sentinel Mike Clark Pensacola News Journal Hurricane Irma Editorial Package The Florida Times-Union PNJ Editorials Opioids: An Epidemic Worse Than Third Place Murder and Suicide Combined Third Place Paul Owens Steve Baumann Orlando Sentinel Communications Third Place The Charlotte Sun Selected Editorials Gil Smart, Rich Campbell Steve Baumann- General Editorials Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm Editorials (Sample)
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
10. Page One Design
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Staff Colin Smith, Adam Rogers Staff Tampa Bay Times The Villages Daily Sun Pensacola News Journal Tampa Bay Times Page One Design 1st in Growth - Again! / What a Year! / Pensacola News Journal Front Page Operation Holiday Magic / Brothers' Second Place Keepers Second Place Todd Stewart, Pam Dowd, Cassie Staff Armstrong Second Place Tallahassee Democrat Orlando Sentinel Staff Tallahassee Democrat Front Pages Orlando Sentinel FLORIDA TODAY Selection of Work Third Place Staff The News-Press 1A Design
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
11. Feature Page Design
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Cameron Cottrill, Brittany Volk Grace Stamper, Chelsea Manzo Staff Tampa Bay Times The Villages Daily Sun Pensacola News Journal Lincoln in the Bardo Do You Know Your Chinese Zodiac Pensacola News Journal Feature Pages Sign? / Love Your Furry, Feathered Pets / An Eye on the Prize / You Can Second Place Learn How to Handletter Second Place Chris Whetzel, Brittany Volk Staff Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee Democrat Chance Second Place TLH Page Design Staff FLORIDA TODAY Third Place Selection of Work Third Place Todd Stewart, Cassie Armstrong, Red Marie Merchant Huber The Charlotte Sun Orlando Sentinel Feeling Fit (Weekly Health Section) We Remember
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
12. Sports Page Design
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Loren Elliott, Ron Borresen Adam Rogers Staff Tampa Bay Times The Villages Daily Sun Tallahassee Democrat Show of Hands Champs and the Chief / Salute From Tallahassee Democrat Sports Pages the Sky / What Did They Say? Second Place Second Place Becca Guajardo Second Place Staff Tampa Bay Times Ryan Gregg Pensacola News Journal Losing It The Villages Daily Sun Sports Page A Study in Contrasts / Champs / Hoops Third Place Wrecking Crew Third Place Loren Elliott, Sean Kristoff-Jones Staff Tampa Bay Times The News-Press Numbers Game Sports Design
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
13. Spot News Photography
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place David Santiago David Tucker Andrew West Miami Herald Daytona Beach News-Journal The News-Press Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting David Tucker Collection Andrew West
Second Place Second Place Second Place Susan Stocker Jim Tiller Brad McClenny South Florida Sun Sentinel Daytona Beach News-Journal The Gainesville Sun Crocodile on Hollywood Beach Jim Tiller Collection Hurricane Irma Aftermath
Third Place Third Place Third Place Thomas Cordy Nigel Cook Doug Engle The Palm Beach Post Daytona Beach News-Journal Ocala Star-Banner Thomas Cordy - Eclipse Nigel Cook Collection Irma Shelter
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
14. Feature Photography
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Eve Edelheit Bob Self Gregg Pachkowski Tampa Bay Times The Florida Times-Union Pensacola News Journal Worse Than the Pain, the Shame Bob Self's Feature Photos Surprise Homecoming
Second Place Second Place Second Place Greg Lovett Leah Voss Alan Youngblood The Palm Beach Post Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm Ocala Star-Banner Greg Lovett Ash Wednesday Stare Down
Third Place Third Place Third Place Lannis Waters Amy J. Correnti Patti Blake The Palm Beach Post The Villages Daily Sun Panama City News Herald Lannis Waters - Sunrises Clayton Funeral / Lewis Funeral / Patti Blake Features Howard Funeral
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
15. Sports Photography
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Allen Eyestone Bill Mitchell Andrew West The Palm Beach Post The Villages Daily Sun The News-Press Allen Eyestone WMHS Class 1A Championship Game / Andrew West Coke Zero 400 / Daytona 500 Second Place Second Place Jacob Langston Second Place Joe Rondone Orlando Sentinel Michael Johnson Tallahassee Democrat UCF Celebration The Villages Daily Sun Beyond The Action VHS-WMHs Football / PGA Junior League / WMHS Class 1A Region 4 Third Place Finals Third Place Loren Elliott Brad McClenny Tampa Bay Times The Gainesville Sun Claw Back Third Place Brad Mcclenny Photographs Craig Bailey Florida Today Collection of Live Action Sports Photos
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
16. Photo Story
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Loren Elliott Amy J. Correnti, Erin Williams John Blackie Tampa Bay Times The Villages Daily Sun Pensacola News Journal In Search of Home Brothers' Keepers Lee Square Protest
Second Place Second Place Second Place Staff Lola Gomez Kinfay Moroti Tampa Bay Times Daytona Beach News-Journal The News-Press Seminole Heights Serial Murders Stuck in Time Lehigh Fires
Third Place Third Place Third Place Jim Rassol, Taimy Alvarez, Mike Amy J. Correnti Joe Rondone Stocker, Carline Jean, Amy Beth The Villages Daily Sun Tallahassee Democrat Bennett Tragedy to Triumph: Avis Vaught Ice Crackdown Ensnares Blanco Family South Florida Sun Sentinel Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
17. Breaking News Video
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Matias Ocner, Pedro Portal Xavier Mascarenas Doug Engle Miami Herald Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm Ocala Star-Banner Big Pine Key Rebuilds Law Enforcement & Gifford Hurricane Irma Hits Community Honor Dep. Garry Second Place Chambliss Second Place Al Diaz Brad McClenny Miami Herald Second Place The Gainesville Sun In Puerto Rico, Which Has a Long- Tyler Vazquez Inside the Richard Spencer Event Running Addiction Crisis, the Few Florida Today Programs That Help Addicts Are Bay Tower Residents Displaced After Struggling to Provide Services Irma Third Place Doug Engle Ocala Star-Banner Third Place Punching Nazis Justin Azpiazu Miami Herald Man Recounts Being Washed Onto Miami Home During Hurricane Irma
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
18. Live Video
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Thomas Cordy, Joe Forzano Jim Tiller Kinfay Moroti The Palm Beach Post Daytona Beach News-Journal The News-Press Palm Beach Post - FB Live Concert 20-Year Sentence Lehigh Fires Series Second Place Second Place Second Place Isadora Rangel Andrea Cornejo Todd Stewart, Sean Pitts, George FLORIDA TODAY The Gainesville Sun Diaz, Mike Bianchi, Matt Murschel, Live from National Hurricane Center Hurricane Irma Flooding Shannon Green, Rich Pope, Wesley Alden Orlando Sentinel Third Place The War on I-4: UCF Vs. USF Kinfay Moroti The News-Press Richard Spencer Third Place Todd Stewart, Bianca Padro Ocasio, Ryan Gillespie, Kayla O'Brien, Gal Tziperman Lotan, Rich Pope, Wesley Alden Orlando Sentinel Live Hurricane Irma Update: 2 P.M., Sunday, Sept. 10
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
19. Features Video
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place José Iglesias Lola Gomez Andrea Cornejo Miami Herald Daytona Beach News-Journal The Gainesville Sun A Father Still Grieves One Year After Uncovered Poverty In the Path of the Pipeline Losing His Son to Gun Violence Second Place Second Place Second Place Jeff Davis Kaitlin Klann Eve Edelheit The Florida Times-Union Naples Daily News Tampa Bay Times Spoken Word Poetry Florida Trail Worse Than the Pain, the Shame Third Place Third Place Third Place Staff Joshua Boucher Beth Kassab, Leslie Postal, Annie The Villages Daily Sun Panama City News Herald Martin, Kayla O'Brien Redefining Justice / We Remember Joshua Boucher Video Orlando Sentinel Pulse / A Little Lesson on Love Schools Without Rules
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
20. Multimedia
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Staff Michael Braga, Dak Le, Josh Salman Hali Tauxe, Joe Rondone, Yoonserk Tampa Bay Times Sarasota Herald-Tribune Pyun, Ashley White Why Cops Shoot One War. Two Races. Tallahassee Democrat American Strangers Second Place Second Place Staff Carrie Seidman Second Place Tampa Bay Times Sarasota Herald-Tribune Andrea Cornejo, Andrew Caplan Hot Wheels Faceing Mental Illness The Gainesville Sun In the Path of the Pipeline Third Place Third Place Leslie Postal, Annie Martin, Beth Jennifer Borresen, Barbara Peters Smith Third Place Kassab, Adelaide Chen, Kayla O'Brien Sarasota Herald-Tribune Cory O'Donnell, Mark Bickel Orlando Sentinel Sarasota Drift The News-Press Schools Without Rules Storytellers
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
21. News Interactive
Division A Division B Division C First Place First Place First Place Staff Lucas Daprile Yoonserk Pyun Tampa Bay Times Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm Tallahassee Democrat Why Cops Shoot Laying Waste The Florida Gridlock Guide
Second Place Second Place Mike Stucka, Andrew Marra, Mahima John Hielscher, Jennifer Borresen Singh Sarasota Herald-Tribune The Palm Beach Post What's Being Built in Sarasota District Debunked
Third Place Staff Tampa Bay Times Why Cops Shoot Database
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
22. Niche Site/App
Open Division First Place Lee Williams Sarasota Herald-Tribune The Gun Writer
Second Place Yoonserk Pyun Tallahassee Democrat Data.Tallahassee.Com
Third Place Kevin Brockway, Robbie Andreu, Pat Dooley, Joe Byrnes, Arnold Feliciano The Gainesville Sun Gatorsports.com
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
23. Editorial Cartoon
Open Division First Place Andy Marlette Pensacola News Journal Marlette National Collection
Second Place Andy Marlette Pensacola News Journal Andy Marlette Collection
Third Place Andy Marlette Pensacola News Journal Marlette Florida Cartoons
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-02. Features & Enterprise Writing (Student)
Student Division First Place Isabella Cueto The Miami Hurricane Features & Enterprise - Sugar Lifestyle
Second Place Jesse Scheckner South Florida News Service Traffic Issues in South Florida
Third Place Isabella Cueto, Amanda Herrera The Miami Hurricane Features: Hurricane Irma
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-04. Commentary (Student)
Student Division First Place Staff The Miami Hurricane Commentary: Staff Editorials 2017
Second Place Weston Clayton The Sandbox - St. Petersburg College Hip-Hop and Privilege
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-06. Multimedia (Student)
Student Division First Place Chaveli Guzman The Oracle USF Adjunct Professors March for Equal Treatment
Second Place Hunter Crenian, Nathaniel Derrenbacher, Isabella Cueto, Amanda Herrera, Tommy Fletcher, Annie Cappetta The Miami Hurricane Multimedia: Drake Visits Campus
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-07. News Photography (Student)
Student Division First Place Samuel Vallenilla South Florida News Service Trabajadores De Homestead
Second Place Chaveli Guzman The Oracle USF Campus Fills With Excitement While Viewing Solar Eclipse
Third Place Trinity Kerr The Sandbox - St. Petersburg College Volleyball Showdown – Titans V. Hawks
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-08. Sports Photography (Student)
Student Division First Place Josh White The Miami Hurricane Sports Photo, Josh White
Second Place Robert Gale The Sandbox - St. Petersburg College Getting Ready for a Home Run Season
Third Place Austin Campbell The Sandbox - St. Petersburg College Spc Titans Versus Red Devil Academy
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
C-09. Video Storytelling (Student)
Student Division First Place John Perez, Osman Lopez, Lazaro Gaston South Florida News Service Miami Millennials Renting Far Longer Than Their Parents
Second Place Alejandro Ospina, Veronica Bayona South Florida News Service Club Space Tries a New Set of Moves: Yoga
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
S-01. News Reporting (Spanish Language)
Spanish Language Division First Place Nora Gamez Torres El Nuevo Herald Reportajes Sobre Temas Cubanos
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
S-02. Sports (Spanish Language)
Spanish Language Division First Place Jennifer Marcial Ocasio El Sentinel Orlando Boricua Vive Su Sueño En Los Harlem Globetrotters Y Lamenta Situación En Puerto Rico
Second Place Juan Carlos Chávez CENTRO Tampa Promesa Del Tenis
2018 FSNE Journalism Contest List of Winners Updated: 06/06/2018
S-03. Features & Enterprise Writing (Spanish Language)
Spanish Language Division First Place Myriam Silva-Warren, Carolina Salazar CENTRO Tampa Recordando A Martín
Second Place Jennifer Marcial Ocasio El Sentinel Orlando Pareja Gay Celebra Un Año De Adopción
Third Place Brenda Medina El Nuevo Herald/elnuevoherald.com A Collection