Division Report 2008 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title Business Publications B-1 Breaking News First Stan Bullard Crain's Cleveland Business Sources: King Close to Duke Deal Second Adrian Burns Columbus Business First Mortgage Brokers Giving Up Licenses B-2 General News First Stan Bullard Crain's Cleveland Business Four Stories Related to the Subprime Lending Debacle Second Angela Palmer-Wackerly Columbus C.E.O. Magazine Razing Woodland Meadows Honorable Mention Dan Monk Cincinnati Business Courier Bill Yung Stories B-3A Personality Profile First Lucy May Business Courier Shoe's on the Other Foot Second Kristy J. O'Hara Smart Business Cleveland Cavalier Attitude B-3B General First Morgan Lewis Jr. Inside Business Wizards of Wal-Mart Second Laura Baverman Business Courier Creativity Aflame Honorable Mention Adrian Burns Columbus Business First Crafting a Pipeline to Heaven B-3C Package First Katie Maurer Dayton Business Journal Mortgage Meltdown Second Lisa Biank Fasig, Dan Monk & Steve Watkins Business Courier Raking It In B-3D Trends First Angela Palmer-Wackerly Columbus C.E.O. Magazine Growing Green Second Dan Eaton Columbus Business First Glass Ceiling Honorable Mention Adrian Burns Columbus Business First Age Limit Policies Becoming More Popular Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 1 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title B-4 Public Service/Investigative First Dan Monk & Tom Demeropolis Business Courier Dark Side of Progress Second Jay Miller Crain's Cleveland Business Disability Legal Dance Honorable Mention David Bennett Crain's Cleveland Business Crime Scene BGE Best Business Publication in Ohio First Staff Cincinnati Business Courier Second Staff Crain's Cleveland Business Honorable Mention Staff Inside Business Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 2 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title Daily Newspaper Photography DP-1 Spot News First Ken Love Akron Beacon Journal Fatal Fire Second Phil Masturzo Akron Beacon Journal Standoff Honorable Mention Roadell Hickman The Plain Dealer Awaiting Rescue DP-2 General News First Lisa DeJong The Plain Dealer A Mother's Grief Second Ken Love Akron Beacon Journal Coming Home Honorable Mention Duncan Scott The News-Herald Christmas Fire Embrace DP-3 Sports Action First Ed Suba Jr. Akron Beacon Journal Dive Second Jim Bobel The Morning Journal Flip DP-4 Sports Feature First Thomas Ondrey The Plain Dealer All Those for Glenville: Jump! Second Jeff Forman The News-Herald Playoff Loss DP-5 General Feature First Phil Masturzo Akron Beacon Journal Palm Sunday Second Jeff Forman The News-Herald Homecoming Honorable Mention Tracy Boulian The Plain Dealer Water Art DP-6 Studio Photography First Thomas Ondrey The Plain Dealer Fine Wine DP-7 Portrait/Personality Photography First Lisa DeJong The Plain Dealer Bantu DP-8 Photo Journalism First Gus Chan The Plain Dealer Johanna: Facing Forward Second Ken Love Akron Beacon Journal Coming Home Honorable Mention Phil Masturzo Akron Beacon Journal Standoff Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 3 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title DP-9 Pictorial First Ken Love Akron Beacon Journal Amish Sunrise Second Joshua Gunter The Plain Dealer Morning Troll Honorable Mention Paul Tople Akron Beacon Journal Out of the Mist Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 4 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title Daily Newspapers D-1A Breaking News-Single Story First Phil Trexler and Jim Mackinnon Akron Beacon Journal Goodyear is Staying; New HQ to be built Second Brad Dicken & Lisa Roberson The Chronicle-Telegram Ousted Exec Arrested After Standoff D-1B Breaking News-Consecutive Days First Phil Trexler Akron Beacon Journal Jessie Marie Davis Murder D-1C Breaking News-Ongoing Story First Robert L. Smith The Plain Dealer Immigration Sweeps of Latinos in Northeast Ohio Second Alan Imgram & Jennifer Bracken The Morning Journal Teacher layoffs D-1D Breaking News-Single-Day Package First Staff The Plain Dealer Shooting at Success Tech Academy Second Staff The Toledo Blade Bluffton Bus Crash Honorable Mention Staff The News-Herald Got Snow? D-2A General News-Single Story First Sharon Coolidge The Cincinnati Enquirer Unprotected Child, Tormented Death Second Rick Armon Akron Beacon Journal Yes, In Your Neighborhood Honorable Mention Jesse Tinsley The Plain Dealer He Carries His Life, His Hope in Bags D-2B General News-Multiple Stories First Staff The Plain Dealer Inequality of Life Second Eileen Kelley & Sheila McLaughlin The Cincinnati Enquirer Who Killed Marcus Fiesel? Honorable Mention John Futty The Columbus Dispatch Officer-Involved Shootings D-3A Features-Personality Profile First Michael Heaton The Plain Dealer The Next Iron Chef: Michael Symon Second Chuck Martin The Cincinnati Enquirer Love Song to a Teacher Honorable Mention David S. Glasier The News-Herald Andi's Journey Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 5 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title D-3B Features-General First Andrea Simakis The Plain Dealer Rosie Takes a Swim Second Todd Jones The Columbus Dispatch Scoring Machine Honorable Mention Jim Carney Akron Beacon Journal Veteran Remembers Fallen Savior D-4 Public Service First Gregory Kote & Alexander Coolidge The Cincinnati Enquirer Foreclosure's Fallout Second Rachel Dissell The Plain Dealer Johanna: Facing Forward Honorable Mention Staff The Plan Dealer Can We Save Our Neighborhoods? D-5 Investigative First Joel Rutchick & Brie Zeltner The Plain Dealer Fast Track Designation Means Stock Price Boost Second Dan Horn & Jim Hannah The Cincinnati Enquirer Prescription for Scandal D-6 Business First Teresa Dixon Murray The Plain Dealer Geico Takes a Bite out of Progressive Second James McNair The Cincinnati Enquirer A Fatal Flavor? Honorable Mention Jim Mackinnon Akron Beacon Journal Joe's Tire D-7 Sports First Tom Archdeacon Dayton Daily News Title Game Inspires Triumph Beyond Football Second Mark Curnutte The Cincinnati Enquirer A World Apart Honorable Mention Mary Schmitt Boyer The Plain Dealer Does Everybody Cheat? D-8 Arts and Entertainment First Mark Dawidziak The Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak Body of Work Second Elaine Guregian Akron Beacon Journal Music Without Borders D-9 Best Section First Sports Staff The Plain Dealer Sports Second Travel Staff The Plain Dealer Travel Honorable Mention Arts Staff The Plain Dealer Sunday Arts Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 6 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title DGE-1 Best Daily Newspaper in Ohio More Than 100,000 Circulation First Staff The Plain Dealer Second Staff The Toledo Blade Honorable Mention Staff The Cincinnati Enquirer DGE-2 Best Daily Newspaper in Ohio: 100,000 or Less Circulation First Staff The Morning Journal Second Staff The Chronicle-Telegram Honorable Mention Staff The News-Herald Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 7 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title Magazines M-1 News First John Hyduk Cleveland Magazine The Long Goodbye Second Andy Netzel Cleveland Magazine Can Anyone Save Slavic Village Honorable Mention Eric Lyttle with Ray Paprocki Columbus Monthly The Stealing of a President M-2A Features-Personality Profile First Dave "Coondog" O'Karma Cleveland Magazine Wrestle Maniac Second Jennifer Haliburton Ohio Magazine Writing Her Roots Honorable Mention Peter Jedick Cleveland Magazine Smoky the Wonderdog M-2B Features-General First Linda Vaccariello Cleveland Magazine The Story of Os Second Erick Trickey Cleveland Magazine The Epic of d.a. levy Honorable Mention Andy Netzel Cleveland Magazine Crash Course M-2C Features-Consumer First Staff Cincinnati Magazine Best of the City Second Staff Cleveland Magazine Comfort Food Honorable Mention Staff Cleveland Magazine Suburbs M-2D Features-Arts First Elizabeth Weinstein Ohio Magazine Connected to the River Second Linda Feagler Ohio Magazine Mixing It Up M-3 Public Service/Investigative First Julie Irwin Zimmerman Cincinnati Magazine What Child Is This? Second Angela Palmer-Wackerly Columbus C.E.O. Magazine The Senior Scam Honorable Mention Erick Trickey Cleveland Magazine Welcome to Foreclosure Central Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 8 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title M-4 Departments or Columns First Jack Heffron Cincinnati Magazine West Side Story Second Staff Cleveland Magazine The Experience Honorable Mention Steve Kissing Cincinnati Magazine Odd Man Out MGE Best Magazine in Ohio First Staff Cincinnati Magazine Second Staff Cleveland Magazine Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 9 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title New Media NM-1 Newspaper-Web Site Design First Staff CrainsCleveland.com Second Staff ThisWeekNews.com NM-2 Magazine-Web Site Design First Lisa Hockensmith Rubber & Plastics_News RubberNews.com NM-4 Radio-Web Site Design First M.L. Schultze & Chuck Poulton WKSU WKSU.org/news Second Joseph Sheppa 90.3 WCPN ideastream ideastream.org NM-5 Online General News First John Booth CrainsCleveland.com Chrissie's New Gig Second Heather Wood Golf Course Industry Out of the Ashes Honorable Mention Sport's Photo & Web Staff ThisWeekNews.com Friday Night Live NM-6 Online Features First Tara Stubbs-Figurski ThisWeekNews.com Dancing with the Stars Can Cause Nervous Jitters Second Jeff Stacklin CrainsCleveland.com The Story Behind Baseball's Stories Honorable Mention Bonnie Butcher ThisWeekNews.com The Pain of Loss NM-7 Blogs First John Booth CrainsCleveland.com Marketing Mix Second Ian Mara ThisWeekNews.com The 1812 Nut Blog Honorable Mention Roberta de Boer The Toledo Blade Toledoblade.com/robertablog NM-8 Imaging First Jim Votava, Kyle Lanzer and Pat Salemi Bedford Sun Banner Praise the Lord and Pass the Biscuits! Second Tim Norman ThisWeekNews.com Big Walnet 17, Licking Valley 10 in State Title Battle Honorable Mention Adam Cairns ThisWeekNews.com New Dublin Hospital Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 10 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title NMGE Best Web Site In Ohio First Staff The Columbus Dispatch Dispatch.com Second Staff ThisWeek News ThisWeekNews.com Honorable Mention Staff Akron Beacon Journal Ohio.com Friday, May 16, 2008 Page 11 of 29 Division Category Award Name Publication or Station Title Non-Daily Newspaper Photography NDP-1 Spot News First Robert J.