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Better Newspaper Contest - 2002 Editorial Results for Dailies
1. First place editorial, advertising, circulation and photography winners, please send head shot (or group) shot to: Loren Fisher, Elf Multimedia 45 N. Gaston Ave., Suite 3B, Somerville, NJ 08876, lfisher@elfmultimedia.com for use during the video presentation at the editorial, photography & advertising banquets. Photos must be received at Elf Multimedia no later than March 7. Prints, slides or digital images are acceptable. Be sure to identify yourself, your newspapers and the category in which you won (i.e., editorial contest: first place, critical writing, weekly over 4,500; classified contest, first place, daily C-2, etc.) 2. Photography winners: Winning 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention Digital images, including the photographer's portrait, must be sent by e-mail no later than March 7 to photo@NJTimes.com for inclusion in the awards video. All first place winners must submit mounted prints (no larger than 11" x 14" overall) of their entered photos to NJPA by Friday April 4, 2003. Photo series can be mounted on no more than three 11"x14" boards and hinged with tape. Prints must be made from digital images or negatives; no photos of tear sheets.To make corrections, contact NJPA Member Services Manager Peg Stephan at 609-406-0600, ext. 14, or send her an email. To request a duplicate award plaque or certificate, click here to download a request form. DAILY EDITORIAL RESULTSOverall AwardsJournalist of the YearDailyAndrew Glazer Herald News, West Paterson General ExcellenceDaily, under 60,000Herald News, West Paterson Daily, over 60,000 Asbury Park Press, Neptune D-01 Responsible Journalism, Public Service, Lloyd P. Burns Memorial AwardDaily, under 60,000First Place"Marcal Posing Health Hazard?" Giada Cardoletti, Author Herald News, West Paterson
Second Place"Government Records Easier to Obtain"Staff, Authors Courier News, Bridgewater Third Place"How Safe Are We"Denise Jewell, Author Gloucester County Times, Woodbury Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Driving by Deception",Jean Rimbach, Monsy Alvarado, Clint Riley, Benjamin Lesser, Authors The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack Second Place"Corruption in Monmouth County"Staff, Authors Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"Battle for Seneca Land"Richard Pearsall, Frank Kummer, Mike Daniels , Authors Courier-Post, Cherry Hill D-02 Responsible Journalism, Editorial CommentDaily, under 60,000First Place"Barnes: Guilty at Last and All Along" "Time to Light a Fire Under Paterson's Bigots"; "Politicians Go Over the Falls in a Trolley"Alfred Doblin, Author Herald News, West Paterson Second Place"Junkie Needle Handouts"Dave Neese, Author The Trentonian, Trenton Third Place"McGreevey Needlessly Cut Short Effort at Public Records" "Open and Shut on Official's Tax Delinquency? Don't Think So"; "Santiago too Controversial to Function as State's Top Cop"Keith Ryzewicz, Author Courier News, Bridgewater Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Teachers: Show Some Respect" "End Gouging at Arts Center"; "Change Tune at Arts Center"; "Stop Fishing for Dollars"Randy Bergmann, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Second Place"GOP Drive on Drilling" "How Should the Garden State Grow"; "Delaware Bridge Bunglers"Paul Wyckoff, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Third Place"Rehab Program Needs Oversigth" "Politics Trumps DMV Security"; "Missing Children Get Scant Attention"Andrew Sharp, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune D-03 D-04 First Place"Where We Live: Housing in Morris County"Staff, Authors Daily Record, Parsippany Second Place"Teacher Series" Kathleen Carroll, AuthorHerald News, West Paterson Third Place"Sisters of Circumstances"Denise Jewell, Author Gloucester County Times, Woodbury Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Foreign Objects"Robert Cohen, J. Scott Orr,Authors The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"The Seekers"Amy Ellis Nutt, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Third Place"Journey Through Shadow"Mike Kelly, Carmine Galasso,Authors The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack D-04 Responsible Journalism, First Amendment (The Art Weissman Memorial Award)Daily, under 60,000First Place"Charity For Blind Helps Few"Bryan Dunleavy, Author Daily Record, Parsippany Second Place"Severing the Link - The Pay for Play Scandal"John Reitmeyer, Fredda Sacharow,Authors Burlington County Times, Willingboro Third Place"Mysterious Ooze in South Plainfield Park"Staff, Authors Courier News, Bridgewater Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Padding the Payout"Dunstan McNichol, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"Law Opens Public Records"Paul D'Ambrosio, Samuel Nitze, James Quirk, James W. Prado Roberts, Authors Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"Local School Boards Rack Up Travel Expenses"Michael Diamond, John Froonjian, Mark Tyler, Peter McAleer, Authors The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville D-05 Reporting and Writing, Breaking NewsDaily, under 60,000First Place"2 workers found slain in Roxbury Mall store"Matt Manochio, Rob Jennings, Authors Daily Record, Parsippany Second Place"Judge: English Only, Please"Janon Fisher, Author Herald News, West Paterson Third Place"5 Charged in Sex Assault of Fanwood Girl"Tony Sclafani, Author Courier News, Bridgewater
First Place"Neulander Trial"Mike Daniels, Michael T. Burkhart, Jim Walsh, Kevin Riordan, Renee Winkler, Alan Guenther, Barbara Rothschild, Jason Laughlin, Bill Duhart, Authors Courier-Post, Cherry Hill Second Place"Torricelli's Fall and Lautenberg's RiseJohn P. McAlpin, Kathey Hennessy, Laurence Arnold , Authors The Associated Press, Third Place"Trantino Freed" "Where Police Died, Anger Lives"Randy Diamond, Wendy Ruderman, Adam Lisberg , Authors The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack D-06 Reporting and Writing, News Writing Portfolio Daily, under 60,000First Place"Strike Up" "Suicide Myth"; "Growth"Jason Bodnar, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Second Place"9/11 Birds" "From County Exec."; "Fading Dreams"Jason Fink, Author The Jersey Journal, Jersey City Third Place"No Words," "Unrelated Tragedies," "Denville Family"Matthew Katz, Author Daily Record, Parsippany Daily, over 60,000 First Place"The cost of Getting Public Documents" "Tainted Soil Gets Rocky Reception", "Zisa's Firm's Lease With County School is Criticized"Tom Davis, Author The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack Second Place"One Doctor's Return to Grace" "Cop Killer"; "The Promised Land" James W. Prado Roberts, AuthorAsbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"A Grain of Hope for the Starving" "Getting Out of the Lab and into the World"; "A Pitched Battle in the Revolution"Kitta MacPherson, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark D-07 Reporting and Writing, Feature, Lifestyle and Entertainment Writing Portfolio Daily, under 60,000First Place"8 People, 1 Room, 4 Years"Lauren Janis, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Second Place"These Kids Are Misunderstood"Jeanette Tallant, Author Gloucester County Times, Woodbury Third Place"Here's Johnny, Oliver Twist & Al Capone"Todd Norden, Author The Daily Journal, Vineland Daily, over 60,000 First Place"A Day at the Beach in Asbury Park" "In the Winner's Circle"; "A Perfect Normal Day"Tom Feeney, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"Final Crossing" "More or Less"; "The Latin American Dream"Shannon Mullen, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"A Final Farewell" "And We'll Never Be The Same"; "A Life Carries On..."Mary Jo Patterson, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark D-08 Reporting and Writing, Sports Writing Portfolio Daily, under 60,000First Place"Taking One For The Team" "Nets Use 20-1 Run in Fourth To Go Up 3-2"; "Williams Holds Camp Despite Legal Trouble"Bob Considine, Author Courier News, Bridgewater Second Place"The Future of Vineland and Millville Football" "Different Field, Similar Stories"; "South Vineland Back in World Series Mix"Geoff Dodd, Author The Daily Journal, Vineland Third Place"McNabb"; "Douglas" "Where it Started"Reuben Frank, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Illness and Anguish" "Jersey Medal"; "The Schemer Who Saved the Yankees"Brad Parks, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"9/11 Victims Remembers" "Mad Man and the Monster"; "Taking the Fast Lane"Chris Baldwin, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"Brown Can Disprove Myth About Camden" "Schalick Girls Run to Help the Needy"; "Covington's Life Recalled"Kevin Callahan, Author Courier-Post, Cherry Hill D-09 Reporting and Writing, Scholastic Sports Portfolio Daily, under 60,000First Place"Passaic" "Weighty Matters"; "King of the Hills"Art Stapleton, Author Herald News, West Paterson Second Place"Honoring Coach" "Disappointing"; "St. Augustine"Geoff Dodd, Author The Daily Journal, Vineland Third Place"Muslim Student" "Nesmith"; "Westfield"Jerry Carino, Author Courier News, Bridgewater Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Boys to Men"Mike Kerwick, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Second Place"Same Mann"John Aiello, Author Home News Tribune, East Brunswick Third Place"Only One Acceptable Result"Michael Radano, Author Courier-Post, Cherry Hill D-10 Reporting and Writing, Business and Financial Writing Portfolio Daily, under 60,000First Place"Na Zdrowie!" "Where in the World"; "Stumbling Through Deregulation"Andrew Glazer, Author Herald News, West Paterson Second Place"The Bead Man" "A Shore Thing"; "Employers Pass Along..."Giada Cardoletti, Author Herald News, West Paterson Third Place"Paying for College"Warren Boroson, Author Daily Record, Parsippany Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Hospitals' Drug Shortages Prompt Fears for Patients" "Need for Care Speaks Volumes"; "Cost-cutting Technology Hits the Corner Bar"Andrew D. Smith, Author The Times, Trenton Second Place5 Unemployed People Find Full-time Stress in Job Search" "Bond Firm's Survival Tale of American Spirit"; "Flight 93 Stress Persists"Michael L. Diamond, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"Virus vs. Virus" "Pitching a Pill"; "Ask Your Doctor"Lewis Krauskopf, Author The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack D-11 Reporting and Writing, Columns Daily, under 60,000First Place"Yes Mom, I Really Do Love Sweet 17"Jonathan Maslow, Author Herald News, West Paterson Second Place"Che-ching, Che-ching, Che-ching"Alfred Doblin, Author Herald News, West Paterson Third Place"Woman Still Chasing Diamond Dreams"Geoff Mosher, Author Courier News, Bridgewater Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Headphones Go On, Lights Dim, and Flight 93 Lives Again in Sound" "School Trip a Lesson in Courage"; "Don't Cry For Me, Says Bystander Torricelli" Bob Braun, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"Like a Family", "Close-knit Community Gathers to Grieve"; "Parents Won't Be Quiet Until Someone in Trenton Listens"; "On A Level Playing Field, Men Teach Youngsters To Play Ball"Christina Mitchell, Author Courier-Post, Cherry Hill Third Place"One Nation Under Cell-phone Towers" "The World Knows..."; "Poets, By Nature, Are Here to Give the Snow Globe a Really Good Shake"Tammy Paolino, Author Home News Tribune, East Brunswick D-12 Reporting and Writing, Critical Writing Daily, under 60,000First Place"Robert Randolph's Sacred Steel" "Railroad earth Rolls out Debut for Sugar Hill Records"; Monkeyworks Makes Rare Appearance at Hamilton St"Bob Makin, Author Courier News, Bridgewater Second Place"Hanks, Newman Hit 'Road to Perdition'" "Superstar Ford Takes Command of K-19 in Cold War Thriller"; "Gibson Stays on Course in Uplifting Thriller"Lou Gaul, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Third Place"Oh, Mamma" "Take of Elderly Inmates"; Japan's Answer to Van Gogh"John Barna, Author Gloucester County Times, Woodbury Daily, over 60,000 First Place"The Shippng News" "Spiderman"; "Perdition"Joyce J. Persico, Author The Times, Trenton Second Place"Whoopi" "The Who"; "Rolling Stone"Chuck Darrow, Author Courier-Post, Cherry Hill Third Place"Ally" "Fastlane"; "Sopranos"Alan Sepinwall, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark D-13 Reporting and Writing, Robert P. Kelly Award Daily, under 60,000First Place"Memories of Drowned Boy" "Train Kills Phillipsburg Resident"; "Love = Baby?" Jenna Portnoy, Author The Express-Times, EastonSecond Place"Paterson Little Leaguers Take a Road Trip to a Different World" "Cops find Stolen Lawn Elves"; "Trailer Park Residents in Lodi"Nicola M. White, Author Herald News, West Paterson Third Place"Growth" "Strike Up the Band"; "Lights, Camera"Jason Bodnar, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Bad is Back" "Young Breastcancer Survivor Digs In"; "Please Pass the Stuffing and the Kimchi"Eunnie Park, Author The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack Second Place"Keansburg Police" "Union Beach Couple"; "Cops Nab"Gwenn Miller, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"College Football: Complicated Yet Simple" "Morrisville Gridders Start Over Again"; "Success on Another Court"David Piptone, Author The Times, Trenton D-14 Reporting and Writing, Best Headlines Daily, under 60,000First Place"Skin and Bare It" "Sweep Revenge"; "Beetle Mania"Ron Zeitlinger, Author Jersey Journal, Jersey City Second Place"Hot Dogs Grilled" "Hall For One"; "Chad Left Hanging"Brett Anderson, Author Herald News, West Paterson Third Place -Tie Third Place - Tie"Turning Poe's Work into Tell-Tale Art" "Red, White and Whew!"; "Baseball Opens up the Strike Zone"Pete Proko, Author Today's Sunbeam, Salem Daily, over 60,000 First Place"SEC Deadline Has Execs Swearing"Devin McLaughlin, Author The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville Second Place"February Goes Out Like a Bear"Joel Pisetzner, Author The Star-Ledger, Newark Third Place"Mess Transit"Ed Reiter, Author The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack D-15 Reporting and Writing, Freshest Treatment of a Tired Topic Daily, under 60,000First Place"Looking for Love"Jon Zlock, Author Daily Record, Parsippany Second Place"One-time Drug Use"John Brand, Author New Jersey Herald, Newton Third Placeno winner AuthorDaily, over 60,000 First Place"Two New Jerseys"John Curran, Author Associated Press Second Place"Alzheimer's: Stolen Lives"Michael Amsel, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"The Land That Time Zones Forgot"Bill Ervolino, Author The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack D-16 Reporting and Writing, Community Home Run Daily, under 60,000First Place"Morris Firefighters Signal for Help"James A. Duffy, Peggy Wright,Authors Daily Record, Parsippany Second Place"Happy Tails, Sad Tails"Lauren Janis, Ron Martin,Authors Burlington County Times, Willingboro Third Place"Access Denied"Katherine Blok, Peter Hall, Staff , Authors The Express-Times, Easton Daily, over 60,000 First Place"Gangs of New Jersey"Jonathan Schuppe, Mark Mueller,Authors The Star-Ledger, Newark Second Place"Keeping Roadsides Clean"Todd B. Bates, Author Asbury Park Press, Neptune Third Place"Her Kitchen: Long On Love Short On Funds"Mark Tyler, Author The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville D-17 Reporting and Writing, Special Issue Daily, under 60,000First Place"A Year After Sept. 11"Glenn Koppelman, Pete Proko, Jim Six, Eileen Holliday, Authors Gloucester County Times, Woodbury Second Place"All Area"Staff, Authors Daily Record, Parsippany Third Place"Teen Excellence"Martha Esposito, Author Burlington County Times, Willingboro Over 60,000
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