FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

 

2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007| 2009

2011

Wire Service

Beat Reporting - Beth Fouhy, The Associated Press

Spot News - Katherine Burton, Bloomberg

Feature - Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press

In-Depth Reporting - Kristina Cooke and Emily Flitter, Reuters

Online

In-Depth Reporting - Amy Fine Collins, Vanity Fair

Digital Video - Alejandra Villa, Newsday

Multimedia News Package - Jane Spencer, Kathy Jones, Jesse Ellison, Jessica Bennett, Danielle Friedman, Tina Brown, The Daily Beast

Blogs - Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times

Magazines

Features - Nancy Jo Sales, Vanity Fair

In-Depth Reporting - Jennifer Gonnerman, New York Magazine

Essay - Erin Zammett Ruddy, Marie Claire

Newspapers

In-Depth Reporting - Sandra Peddie, Newsday

Beat Reporting - Susan Pulliam, The Wall Street Journal

Features - Margalit Fox, The New York Times

Television

Special Reporting - Elizabeth Vargas, Gail Deutsch, Terri Lichstein, ABC News "20/20"

Series - Barbara Nevins Taylor, WNYW-Fox 5

Special Programming - Soledad O'Brien, Geraldine Moriba, Michelle Rozsa, Nelli Black, Alyse Shorland, CNN

Interview - Diane Sawyer, ABC News

Feature - Elizabeth Vargas, Terri Lichstein, Sarah Lang, Shana Druckerman, ABC News

Photography

Feature - Mary Altaffer, The Associated Press

Breaking news - Debbie Egan-Chin, The New York Daily News

Photo Essay - Alejandra Villa, Newsday

Specialized Writing

Business - Chrystia Freeland, Reuters

Opinion/Criticism/Analysis - Dionne Searcey, The Wall Street Journal

Sports - Hannah Karp, The Wall Street Journal

Fashion - Maureen Orth, Vanity Fair

Medicine/health/Fitness - Hallie Levine Sklar, Health Magazine

Science - Gina Kolata, The New York Times

Radio

Prepared Report - Sally Herships, NPR

Feature - Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg

The Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist

Mirela Iverac, WNYC

Best Bylined Front Page Story

Jessica Silver-Greenberg, The Wall Street Journal

 

 

2010

Reporter of the Year: Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times
Lifetime Achievement Award:  Edith Lederer, Associated Press
Newspapers-In-Depth Reporting: Betsy Pisik, (published in) Washington Times, "Lost Story of the Lost Continent: How Rape Is Used as a Tool of War in Congo"
Newspapers-Beat Reporting: Amy Chozick, Wall Street Journal, Reporting on Television
Newspapers-Features: Denise Bonilla, Newsday, “Alzheimer’s: The Love and the Heartbreak”
Online In-Depth: Barbara Mantel, CQ Global Researcher, “Terrorism and the Internet”
Online-Multimedia: Jessica Bennett, Monica Parra, Cara Phillips, Susanna Schrobsdorff, Raina Kelley, Newsweek, “The Beauty Advantage”
Radio-In-Depth: Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg News, “Shut Out: Jobs on Lockdown”
Wires-Spot News: Michelle Nichols, Reuters, G20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh
Wires-In-Depth Reporting: Manuela Badawy, Reuters, “Special Report: Planes, Trains, and Fro­ntier Markets”
Wires-Feature: Christine Kearney, Reuters, “Burmese Monks Who Fled to U.S. a Vanishing Breed”
Wires Beat Reporting: Oshrat Carmiel and Sharon Lynch, Bloomberg News, Coverage of New York City’s Stuyvesant Town  
Television-In-Depth Reporting: Kim Balin, Sianne Garlick, Laura Minnear, Dan Rather Reports, HDNet, “Pornland, Oregon”
Television-Feature: Jenny Nordberg, Laura Minnear, Dan Rather Reports, HDNet, “Price of an Afghan Bride” 
Television-Documentary: Kyoko Gasha, Reuters, “Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice”
Magazine-News: Meryl Gordon, Vanity Fair, Coverage of the Astor Verdict
Magazine-In-Depth: Nina Munk, Vanity Fair, “Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard”
Magazine-Features: Abigail Pesta, Marie Claire, “An American Tragedy” 
Magazine-Essay: Amanda Bennett, Bloomberg Businessweek, “The End of Life: Lessons from a $618,616 Death”
Photo-Spot News: Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News, “She Was My Heart” 
Photo-Essay: Julia Xanthos, New York Daily News, “Nisa’s Golden Gloves” 
Opinion-Cultural Criticism: Amy Fine Collins, Vanity Fair, “Toujours Couture” 
Opinion-Political Commentary: Merle Hoffman, On The Issues, “Selecting the Same Sex” 
Opinion-Business/Financial Commentary: Lisa Anderson, Columbia Journalism Review, “Can Local Television Afford Investigations” 
New Reporter: Alexis Leondis, Bloomberg News

2009 WINNERS

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Lifetime Achievement:
Helen Thomas,
White House correspondent and columnist, Hearst

Newspapers:

Beat Reporting
Kathy Chu, USA TODAY
"The Credit Trap."

Commentary

Irene Virag, Newsday,
"Her Touch is Alive in Brooklyn;" A Window Seat for Slimes of Passion;" and "Studiously Painted with Plants."

Culture
Kelly Crow, The Wall Street Journal
"From the Art World to the Underworld."

Features
Amy Ellis Nutt, The Star-Ledger
"The Accidental Artist."

In-Depth
Kate Kelly, The Wall Street Journal
"The Fall of Bear Stearns," a 3-part series.

Magazines:

Arts/Culture/Lifestyle
Tula Karras, Self Magazine
"The Disorder Next Door."

Business
Anne Kadet, Smart Money Magazine
"Price Profiling."

Features
Jennifer Gonnerman, New York Magazine
"Blood on the Tracks."

Health
Mary Carmichael, Newsweek
"Growing Up Bipolar—Welcome to Max’s World."

News
Melinda Liu, Newsweek
"The Next Saffron Revolution."

Profiles
Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker
"Chef on the Edge."

Science/Environment
Mara Der Hovanesian, BusinessWeek
"I Have One Word for You: Bioplastics."

Specialized Reporting
Barbara Mantel, CQ Press
(a division of Sage Publishing)

"Public Defenders: Do Indigent Defendants Get Adequate Legal Representation?"
  Reporter of the Year:
Christiane Amanpour,
Chief international correspondent, CNN



Wires:

Business
Carol S. Remond, Dow Jones News Service
"When the SEC Follows Your Leads."

Features
Sinead Carew, Reuters
"Mobile Phone Inventor Dreams of Human Embeds."

In-Depth
Claudia Parsons, Reuters
"Mental Health in the Military," a 3-part series.

Lifestyles
Janet Frankston Lorin, Bloomberg News
"Rejected Wall Street Kids Enrich City Public Schools."


Internet:

Best Blog
Lee Rosenbaum, CultureGrrl,
"Stealth Deaccessions by the National Academy."


Best Multimedia News Package
Jessica Bennett and Jennifer Molina, Newsweek.com,
"Invisible and Overlooked."


Best News/Commentary
Rebecca Traister, Salon,
"McCain Gets Mean.."



Photos

News
Susan Watts, New York Daily News
"Sea of Sorrow."

Photo Essay
Ariana Cubillos, Associated Press
"Mud Cookies."


Television:

Features
Mona Iskander and Brenda Breslauer, NOW on PBS,
"Education City."

News
Barbara Nevins Taylor, My9News –– WWOR TV,
"Subway Fall."

Radio:

Best Radio Entry
Petra Bartosiewicz and Sarah Koenig, This American Life, WBEZ Chicago
"The Prosecutor."

2007 WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat
Sarah Ellison, The Wall Street Journal
"Bulldog Edition: Clash of Cultures Exacerbates Woes for Tribune Co. - L.A. and Chicago Newspapers Are Driven by a Big Debate Over Process and Purpose."

Business

Carol Hymowitz, The Wall Street Journal
"'Any College Will Do'--Nation's Top Chief Executives Find Path to the Corner Office Usually Starts at State University."

Commentary
Lauren Terrazzano, Newsday
"'Bald Chicks Rule' and the Other Laughs."

Feature
Andrea Gurwitt, Herald News
"Walking Wounded--Part One: Casualties of War - Iraq Veteran Fought with His Heart; Now the Battle is for His Mind."

In-Depth
Andrea Elliot, The New York Times
"More Muslims Are Coming to U.S. After a Decline in Wake of 9/11."

Lifestyles
Denise Flaim, Newsday
"Lost & Found and Lost Again."

New Reporter
Alexandra Fenwick, The Advocate
"El Barrio, The Neighborhood: A Tale of Sister Cities."

Science
Amy Harmon, The New York Times
"Facing Life With a Lethal Gene."

Sports
Selena Roberts, The New York Times
"Big Time College Sports May Be Due For an Audit."


Magazines

Business
Nina Munk, Vanity Fair
"Jeffrey Sachs's $200 Billion Dream."

Criticism/Commentary
Francine Prose,Ann Crittenden, Rebecca Traister, Dani Shapiro, Gloria Feldt, Leslie Bennetts Elle
"The Incredible Shrinking Woman."

Culture/Arts
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker
"Banksy Was Here."

Exercise/Diet
Pallavi Gogoi, Business Week
"Cloned Beef Burgers: 'Delicious.'"

Leslie Laurence, Ladies' Home Journal
"Fight Fat Over 40 "

Features
Sheridan Prasso, Fortune
"Made in Vietnam."

Lifestyles
Sara Corbett, Elle
"The Kids Are Not All Right."

Medicine/Health
Jennifer Wolff, Self
"A Deadly Twist."

News
Mimi Swartz, Texas Monthly Magazine
"Eva vs. Goliath."

Profiles
Jennifer Gonnerman, New York Magazine
"The Panhandler's Payday."

Service
Liz Welch, Glamour
"What No One Ever Tells You About Breast Implants."

Environment
Karen Breslau, Newsweek
"The Green Giant."

Radio

Feature
Julianne Welby, WFUV-FM
"Lower Manhattan Diaries."

News
Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg News
"Venture Capitalists Go Green."
  Wires

Beat
Emily Chasan, Reuters,
"SEC Warns Auditors Firms May Manipulate New Rule,"  "Lifting the Lid: Unusual IPO Tax Structure May Plague Blackstone,"  "Lifting the Lid: Auditor's Subprime Exits Show Risks."

Business
Christine Richard, Bloomberg News
"MBIA Debt Backed by Crack Houses Perpetuates Blight."

Culture
Tara Burghart, Associated Press
"Museums Wrestle With Antiquities Ownership," "Internet Helps Link Art with Owners."

Deadline
Sharon L. Crenson, Bloomberg News
"Tishman, BlackRock to Pay $5.4 Billion for Stuyvesant."

Features
Martha Irvine, Associated Press
"Mom's Long Goodbye."

In-Depth
Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters
"New Orleans Weighs Fate of Historic Public Housing,"  "Ending Buses to Stymie Regrowth of New Orleans,"  "Gardeners Cultivate Hope in Battered New Orleans."

Lifestyles
Claudia Parsons, Reuters
"Camp Aims to Free Closet Rock Stars From Suits."

Specialized Writing
Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg News
""This Nobel Prize Sends a Stark Signal to Columbia,"  "Gas Tax Fans Invoke a Telling Name for Road Hogs,"  "Girlfriend Salaries for Everyone at World Bank."


Internet

Business
Angela Moore, Marketwatch.com
"Do You Have That in Green? Even Big-Box Wal-Mart and Home Depot Are Embracing Ecology."

Commentary
Roberta Brandes Gratz, City Limits Weekly (Citylimits.org)
"Robert Moses Reconsidered."

Feature
Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Salon.com
"Deadly Prose: How should creative writing teachers handle students who turn in gruesome stories?."

In-Depth
Jennifer Barrett, Jessica Bennett, Kathy Jones and Karen Springen, Newsweek.com
"United We Owe."

Multimedia
Lauren Johnston & Linda Perney, AM New York (amNY.com)
"The Debt Generation."

Service
Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com
"What Bush's Health Plan Means to You."



Photos and Visual Arts

Feature
Ann Heisenfelt, Associated Press
"That's My Dad!"

Human Interest
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Tears for 9/11 Hero."

News
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Agony, Tears for Finest."

Photo Essay
Maya Alleruzzo, Associated Press
"Iraq."

Sports
Amy Sancetta, Associated Press
"Dejection."


Visual Art Design/Special Issue
Annie Leibovitz, Vanity Fair
"Vanity Fair Africa Issue Covers."

Visual Art Design/Feature
Carla Frank, O, The Oprah Magazine
"O's Worst-Case-Scenario Handbook"/"Close Calls!"

Television:

Business
Susie Gharib, anchor, Nightly Business Report, (PBS)
"Woodstock for Capitalists: The 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting."

Documentary
Elizabeth Hashagen, reporter, writer, producer, News 12 Long Island
"Decade of Determination."

Feature
Kathleen Johnston, senior investigative producer, and Kira Kay, producer, CNN
"Is There a Better Way to Govern?"

News
Mary Garofalo, reporter, Lori Bullerdick, camera, Christal Roberts, video editor, Fox 5 News WNYW
"Saving Brandon."

Health
Elizabeth Cohen, correspondent, Jennifer Pifer, producer, CNN
"Paula Zahn Now: Race-Bone Marrow Transplant."

Investigative
Barbara Nevins Taylor, investigative reporter, My 9 News WWOR-TV
"No Way to Live."

Public Service
Rosanna Scotto, reporter, Erica Posse, producer and Christal Roberts, editor, Fox 5 WNYW
"Heart Gallery."

 

2006 FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat Reporting
Melanie Lefkowitz, Newsday
"The Housing Squeeze."

Business Reporting

Julie Moran Alterio, The Journal News
"Protecting Kids from Online Porn."

Columns
Amy Ellis Nutt, The Star Ledger
"After Breast Cancer, Awash with Life."

Deadline Reporting
Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times
"Rebuilding New Orleans."

Feature Writing
Tricia Romano, Village Voice
"The Sober Bunch. Life’s a Party for New York Nightlife’s Sober Hipsters."

In-Depth Reporting
Tina Susman, Newsday
"Darfur—Inside the Crisis."

New Reporter
Jennifer Medina, The New York Times
"Storm and Crisis."

Specialized Writing
Ridgely Ochs, Newsday
"One 9/11 Hero’s Tale of Tragedy."

Sports
Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal
"A Hobbled Star Battles the NFL."


Magazines

Business
Jennifer Reingold, Fast Company
"The Fall and Rise of David Pottruck."

Criticism/Commentary
Erin Zammett Ruddy, Glamour
"Life with Cancer."

Entertainment
Amy Larocca, New York Magazine
"Lost and Found."

Lifestyles
Laurie Abraham, Elle
"Who’s the Fairest Wife of All?"

News 
Susan Dominus, Glamour
"The War’s Deadliest Day for U.S. Women."

Science, Medicine, Health 
Sara Lyle, Jane
"I Hate Tumors."

Arts and Architecture
Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker
"Not Nice."


Radio

Feature
Claudia Marshall, WFUV
"Words That Make Us Squirm."

  Wire Services

Beat Reporting
Riva Richmond, Dow Jones,
"Internet Company Series."


Business Reporting

Lisa Kassenaar, Bloomberg News
"House of Morgan Becomes a Home as Families Move to Wall Street."

Columns
Caroline A. Baum, Bloomberg News
"Senate Stages Show Trial for Big Oil Executives."

Deadline
Joan Gralla, Reuters
"UPDATE 7: NY Building Collapses After Apparent Suicide Bid."

Features
Deepti Hajela, Associated Press
"Technology, Global Economy Alter the Reality of Migration, National Identity."

Specialized Writing
Victoria Knight, Dow Jones
"Financial Advisers Face Testing Times."

New Reporter
Emily Chasan, Reuters

Internet

Blog
Denise Flaim, newsday.com
"Animal House."


News
Parija Bhatnagar, http://cnnmoney.com
"The Race for Holiday Bargains Is On."

Commentary
Susanna Schrobsdorff, www.newsweek.com
"Summer of Dove."

In Depth
Sarah Elizabeth Richards, www.salon.com
"Singles Going Steady."

Interactive
Lauren Johnston, www.amny.com
"New York City Water Tunnel No. 3."


Photos

Essay
Angela Gaul, The Journal News
"West Point Graduation."

Sports
Julie Jacobson, Associated Press
"Air Ball."

Features
Maxine Hicks, The New York Times
"American Idol’s Homecoming."

Human Interest
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Remember Leader."

News
Ruby Washington, The New York Times
"Tears for Nixmary Brown."

Television:

News
Elise Warner, MSNBC
"Wasteland: The Innocent Victims of Meth."

Business
Karin Annus, Ramona Duoba, Carol Massar, Bloomberg News
"The Ethanol Fix: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil."

Investigative
Barbara Nevins Taylor, Noreen Coles, Elaine Higgins, Kathleen Coles, WWORTV-My Nine News
"HUD House Flipping."

Features
Elizabeth Hashagen, News 12 Long Island
"Achieve the Impossible."

Magazines
Sara Lee Kessler, NJN Public Television
"Lead Alert: Playing with Poison."

 

2005 FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat Reporting
Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal
"Benefits Limbo: When Pensions Change Hands, Retirees Can Be Lost in Shuffle"

Business Reporting

Diana B. Henriques, The New York Times
"Captive Clientele: Basic Training Doesn't Guard Against Insurance Pitched to G.I.'s"

Columns
Linda Stasi, The New York Post
"Royal Pain -- Star's Never-Ending Wedding"

Deadline Reporting
Tina Susman, Newsday
"Report From Sri Lanka"

Feature Writing
Andrea Elliott, The New York Times
"Legacy of Loss: The Children of September 11; Growing Up Grieving with Constant Reminders of 9/11"

In-Depth Reporting
Juliet Macur, The New York Times
"In Two Arenas: Athletes and Warriors; Two Women Bound by Sports, War, and Injuries"

Lifestyle Reporting
Irene Virag, Newsday
"The Vacuum Swept Me Off My Feet"

Specialized Writing
Janny Scott, The New York Times
"Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer"

New Reporter
Meghan Clyne, The New York Sun
"New U.N. Tower Could Sit Atop Another Target"


Magazines

Business
Suzanna Andrews, Vanity Fair
"Hostage to Fortune"

Medicine/Science/Health & Fitness
Lynn Harris, Glamour
"Could You Get Hooked on These Pills?"

News
Sharon Lerner, The Nation
"Post-Roe Postcard: Is Ole Miss Our Future?"

Criticism/Commentary
Daphne Merkin, Elle
"He Said, She Said"

Lifestyle
Bliss Broyard, Elle
"How I Learned to Love My Mother"

Entertainment
Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker
"Passion Plays"

Sports
Ellen Labreque, Sports Illustrated for Kids
"Steroids Messed Up My Life"


Photojournalism

News
Angela Gaul, The Journal News
"Elmsford Soldier Buried at Arlington"

Features
Jan Somma-Hammel, Staten Island Advance
"Closing Salon"

Human Interest
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Crash Clash"
  Wire Services

Deadline Reporting
Agnes T. Crane, Dow Jones Newswires
"Global Yield: U.S. Rejoins Ranks of Longer-Rated Debt Fans"

Beat Reporting
Liz Willen, Bloomberg News
"Bush's No Child Left Behind Education Plan Gets Failing Grades," "Harvard Rhodes Scholar Factory Spurs Envy, Imitation," "Summer's Harvard Gaffes Obscure Bid to Recruit Poor Students"

Business Reporting

Ellen Simon, Associated Press
"Colgate Perks"

Feature Writing
Chelsea J. Carter, Associated Press
"Left At Sea"

Specialized Writing
Colleen DeBaise, Dow Jones Newswires
"Getting Personal: How to Build a Drinkable Portfolio"

Columns
Rachel Beck, Associated Press
"All Business: Some Irony in Pension Fund Investments," "All Business: Questions Loom Over Merck's Severance Plan," "All Business: Cablevision's Governance Under Scrutiny"


Internet

Deadline
Krysten Crawford, cnn/money.com
"Ebbers Gets 25 Years"

In-Depth
Harriet Ryan, courttv.com
"Murder in Room 103"

Commentary
Meghan O'Rourke, slate.msn.com
"Summer's School," "The Instruction Manual," "The Kite Runner"

Interactive
Vera Haller, Connie Mango, Barbara Teleha, nynewsday.com
"On the A Train"


The Peggy Awards for Broadcasting

Television, Documentary
Linda Schmidt and Deborah Fountain, WNYW-Fox 5 News
"Vaccines and Autism"

Television, Magazines
Brenda Breslauer and Michele Mitchell, PBS
"Reaching Out to Women"

Television, Business
Paula Zahn, Jane Caplan, Stephanie Siegel, Kari Pricher, Sophie Sohn, Emily Holland, and Laura Weinberg, CNN
"Stolen Identity"

Television, Features
Alex Quade and Paula Zahn, CNN
"Wounded Warriors"

Radio, News
Jen Guerra, WFUV
"Let's Get Digital"

Radio, Features
Claudia Marshall, WFUV
"A Woody Guthrie Hanukha"

 

2004 FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat Reporting
Vanessa O’Connell, Wall Street Journal
"
Bans on Smoking in Prison Shrink a Coveted Market”; “New Leaf: Why Philip Morris Decided to Make Friends With FDA”; “Burning Question: U.S. Suit Alleges Philip Morris Hid Cigarette Fire Risk"

Business Reporting

Catherine Curan and Ylonda Gault Caviness, Crain's New York Business
"Hip Hop Power Trio Drives New Beat for New York: From Bronx Turntables To Midtown Board Rooms"

Columns
Irene Virag, Newsday
“A Nature Journal”; “Great Adaptations -- Intriguing Carnivorous Plants and Colorful Orchids”; “Why They Interrupt Us”; “Stepmothers’ Day in Loving Bloom”

Deadline Reporting
Lydia Polgreen, New York Times
"Chaos Becomes A Way Of Life In A Rebel-Held Haitian City"

Feature Writing
Kathleen Carroll, Herald News
"After Years Mining Riches in Jersey, Many Realize They Are Southerners At Heart"

Humor Writing
Kathleen O'Brien, (Newark) Star Ledger
"Forget Viagra, Try Cleaning the Bathroom"

In-Depth Reporting
Amy Ellis Nutt, (Newark) Star-Ledger
“From Savior to Assassin: How Killer Germs Have Defeated Our Last Antibiotic”; “In Soil, Water, Food, Air”; “Germs That Fight Germs” (a three-part series)

Lifestyle Reporting
Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal
"How To Give Your Child A Longer Life: The Health Decisions Parents Make Now Could Determine Whether Their Kids Live to 50, 80, or Beyond"

Specialized Writing
Geeta Anand, Wall Street Journal
"Clinical Trials: For His Sick Kids, A Father Struggled to Develop A Cure For A Rare Genetic Disease"

New Reporter
Leila Abboud, Wall Street Journal
"Factory Shift: New Prescription for Drug Makers”; “Update the Plants -- After Years of Neglect, Industry Focuses on Manufacturing”; “Family Doctors: Should Family Doctors Treat Serious Mental Illness?"


Magazines

Business
Mari McQueen, Consumer Reports
"Stop Thieves From Stealing You"

Medicine/Science/Health & Fitness
Claudia Kalb, Newsweek
"Brave New Babies"

News
Sheila Weller, Glamour
"Two Women, Joined By Murder"

Criticism/Commentary
Anna Quindlen, Newsweek
“We Are Here for Andrea”; “Not A Womb in the House”; “Flown Away, Left Behind”

Lifestyle
Cathline Schine, The New Yorker
"Dog Trouble"

Entertainment
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker
"The Almost It Girl"

Sports
Kelli Anderson, Sports Illustrated
"The Kid Is All Right"
  Wire Services

Deadline Reporting
Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters America
"Blackout Rattles New Yorkers, But City Is Calm"

Beat Reporting
Lisa Singhania, Associated Press
“Critics Question Independence of Mutual Fund Boards”; “Pressure Increases on Independent Directors Amid Corporate Governance Scrutiny"; “Publicity Conscious Companies Seek to Resolve Shareholder Differences Before Annual Meetings”

Business Reporting

Kathy Chu, Dow Jones Newswires
"Employees Signing Away Right to Sue"

Feature Writing
Chelsea J. Carter, Associated Press
"The Final Week" (a three-part series)

Specialized Writing
Victoria Thieberger, Reuters America
"U.S. Jobless Rate Misses Hidden Unemployed"

New Reporter
Anupama Chandrasekaran, Reuters
“Resume Fraud Gets Slicker and Easier”; “China-Made Coffins Pose Threat to U.S. Casket Makers”; “U.S. Publishers Seek Scapegoats for Circulation Woes”


Internet

News
Jennifer Barrett, Newsweek.com
"All Eyes on Ohio"

Features
Marion Lignana Rosenberg, USItalia.info
"Revisioning Callas"


Photojournalism

News
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Sad Farewell"

Features
Nicole Bengiveno, New York Times
"Flower Flurry"

Human Interest
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
"Multi-Tusking"

Big Apple
Kathy Willens, Associated Press
"Second Anniversary"


The Peggy Awards for Broadcasting

Television, Documentary
Bonnie Strauss, MSNBC
"No Place Like Home"

Television, Features
Elizabeth Vargas, ABC
"Against the Odds"

Television, Magazines
Meredith Vieira, Jessica Stedman Guff and Sheila Sitomer, ABC News
"Fat Like Me: How to Win the Weight War"

Radio, News
Allison Keyes, National Public Radio
"African Burial Ground"

Radio, Features
Judith Kampfner, WNYC Radio
"Korean Sharing House"

 

2003 FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat Reporting
Karla Schuster, Newsday
"
Roosevelt Schools: Students, Preparing For Exams Just Part of Ordeal"

General Business

Susan Pulliam and Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal
"Uncooking The Books, Fraud at WorldCom"

Criticism
Ariella Budick, Newsday
"Leo the Lionized, Renaissance Man"

Column/Editorial
Irene Virag, Newsday
"Natural World: Hot, Smelly Skunk Cabbage Herald The New Season"

Deadline Reporting
Rita Ciolli, Newsday
"Sins Of The Fathers, Priest Scandal"

Feature Writing
Andrea Gurwitt, Herald News
"Caught In The Middle; Mother Makes Too Much For Assistance, But Not Enough To Live On"

Humor Writing
Kathleen O'Brien, The Star Ledger
"How To Let Go? The Truth Slowly Dawns"

In-Depth Reporting
Lucette Lagnado, Wall Street Journal
"America's Health Care System: A Young Woman, An Appendectomy, And A $19,000 Debt" (a three-part healthcare series)

Lifestyle Reporting
Erica Marcus, Newsday
"Food Without The Fuss: TV Dinners"

Specialized Writing
Amy Ellis Nutt, The Star Ledger
"The Seekers: Will the Universe Disappear?"

New Reporter
Franziska Castillo, The Journal News
"Deadly Fire Reveals Dangers On Nodine Hill"

Sports
Janet Paskin, The Journal News
"Teen Kicks Myth With Tae Kwon Do"


Photojournalism

News
Ruby Washington, New York Times
"Colin, You Made A Good Speech"

Sports
Kathy Kmonicek, Newsday
"
Cliff Floyd's Painful Day"

Feature
Suzanne Plunkett, Associated Press
"Parks 90th"

Human Interest
Mayita Mendez, Newsday
"Rose of Remembrance"

Photo Essay
Suzanne Plunkett, Associated Press
"
Afghanistan Women's Prison Tales"


Magazines

Business
Suzanna Andrews, Vanity Fair
"Shattered Dynasty: The Pritzker Family"

Science/Health/Medicine
Karen Houppert, Self
"Race and Breast Cancer: The Survival Gap"

News
Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair
"
France's Scarlet Letter"

Criticism
Joan Acocella, The New Yorker
"Mother's Helpers;" "On The Contrary;" "Food Processor:" Book Reviews

Lifestyle
Jessica Seigel, Lifetime Magazine
"
Bent Out of Shape"

Entertainment
Laura Jacobs, Vanity Fair
"Taking It All Off: Gypsy Rose Lee" 

  Wire Services

Beat Reporting
Sandy McClure-Bensinger, Gannett
"
Were Rules Bent For Parolee"

Personal Finance

Martha Graybow, Reuters
"U.S. Soldiers Tackle Finances Before War Duty"

General Business

Helen Stock, Bloomberg News
"AIG, Victim's Attorneys Sift Through Nightclub Ashes"

Deadline Reporting
Caroline Humer, Reuters
"New York Dogs Try Yoga for Stress Relief"

Feature Writing
Helen O'Neill, Associated Press
"A Father's Farewell"

Column/Editorial
Gunna Dickson, Reuters
"Traveling With, Or Without, Your Best Friend"

Specialized Writing
Victoria Thieberger, Reuters
"Economists Walk on the Wild Side Of Human Behavior"

Science/Medicine
Johanna Bennett, Dow Jones
"Take 2 Aspirin and Email Me In The Morning"

New Reporter, Wire Services
Hollister Hovey, Dow Jones
"Scios Expected To Keep On Pumping: Cancer Drugs"


Internet

Feature
Leela Jacinto, ABCNews.com
"Taking on the Tradition: One Kenyan Girl Confronts A Cruel World About Her Circumcision"

Criticism
Jane Black, BusinessWeek.com
"The System That Doesn't Safeguard Travel: Airline Safety"

Business Feature
Jane Black, BusinessWeek.com
"Behind the High Speed Slowdown: Tech Or Content Problem"

News
Jennifer Barrett, Arlene Getz, Suzanne Smalley, Newsweek.com
"They Never Did Come Back"


The Peggy Awards for Broadcasting

Television General Business
Jan Hopkins, CNN
"Vanishing Retirement"

Television Commentary
Roma Torre, NY1 News
"Big River: Broadway Review"

Television Feature
Lisa Fenn, ESPN
"High School Basketball Star Chris Paul"

Television Magazine
Katie Couric and Sophia Faskianos, NBC News
"The Central Park Jogger"

Radio Commentary
Tara Anderson, WFUV
"Ballads of September 11"

Radio Features
Emily Botein, WNYC Radio
"If They Had A Pill, I'd Be There In A Second: Stuttering"

Radio General Business
Amy Eddings and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC Radio
"Handshake Hotels"

Radio News
Allison Keyes, National Public Radio
"No Knock Warrants"

 

2002 FRONT PAGE AWARDS WINNERS

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Newspapers

Beat Reporting
Carol Eisenberg, Newsday
"Defending the Faith, Long Island's New Bishop Known for Tough Stance"


General Business

Joann S. Lublin, The Wall Street Journal
"Uneasy Money, Deadbeat CEO's Plague Firms As Economy and Markets Roil"

Criticism
Linda Winer, Newsday
"Critical Mass: There Is Drama Enough:

Column/Editorial
Sharon Begley, The Wall Street Journal, Science Journal
"Even Thoughts Can Turn Genes 'On' and 'Off'"

Deadline Reporting
Beth Holland, Newsday
"The Crash of Flight 587, A Morning Explodes"

Feature Writing
Mary Voboril, Newsday
"Another Kind of Climb: Kathleen Twonsend, Who Climbed Mount Rainier for Her 50th Birthday, Wants to be Governor of Maryland"

Humor Writing
Lenore Skenazy, New York Daily News
"Gwyneth's Booby Prize Lifts Us All"

In-Depth Reporting
Elizabeth Amon, The National Law Journal
"The Snakehead Lawyers"

Lifestyle Reporting
Teri Agins, The Wall Street Journal
"Bare Ankles Signal New Trend is Afoot Inside Men's Shoes"

Specialized Writing
Carol Eisenberg, Newsday
"A Defiant Congregation"

New Reporter
Dina Montes, Staten Island Advance
"The Deadly Silence, Fear of Deportation and Language Barriers Prevent Many Undocumented Women from Reporting Domestic Abuse"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – Business/Finance
Lucette Lagnado, The Wall Street Journal
"Down Town: Around Ground Zero, An Effort to Rescue Mom and Pop Shops"

September 11th – News Deadline
Heidi Singer, Staten Island Advance
"New Brighton Family Trapped in Living Hell"

September 11th – Commentary
Wendy Bounds & Kathryn Kranhold, The Wall Street Journal
"Amid the Ashes, Baby Carriages, Shoes, Family Photos"

September 11th – In Depth
Amy Waldman, The New York Times
"A Nation Challenged: The Law, Taliban's Code, From A to Z"

September 11th – News Feature
Stephanie McCrummen, Newsday
"I Doubt That You Know Me"

Photojournalism

News
Nancy Siesel, The New York Times
"Salute to a Fallen Firefighter"

Sports
Kathy Willens, Associated Press
"Broken Bat"


Feature
Ruth Fremson, The New York Times
"Refugee Mother and Child"

Human Interest
Susan Watts, The Daily News
"Mama's Girl"

Photo Essay
Susan Watts, The Daily News
"A Community Grieves"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – Single Photo
Suzanne Plunkett, Associated Press
"People Flee Tower Collapse"

September 11th – Photo Essay
Ruth Fremson, The New York Times
"Terrorist Attack"


Magazines

Business
Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair
"The Enron Wars"

Science/Health/Medicine
Sheila Weller, Self
"Did a Vaccine Make This Woman Sick?"

News
Sheila Weller, Self
"Where Have All The Nurses Gone?"


Specialized Writing
Laura Jacobs, Vanity Fair
"The Mark of Mainbocher"


Commentary
Anna Quindlen, Newsweek
"Armed With Only a Neutral Lipstick"; "Patent Leather, Impure Thoughts"; "Doing Nothing Is Something"


Personal Finance
Jane Bryant Quinn, writing for Newsweek


Feature
Sheila Weller for Glamour
"Will Violence Make Them Enemies?"


SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – News
Amanda Ripley, Time
"What's a Life Worth?"


September 11th – Features
Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair
"September Widows"

  Wire Services

Beat Reporting
Maite Junco, Bloomberg News
for a series of stories about New York's immigrant communities


Personal Finance

Kaja Whitehouse, Dow Jones News Service
"Getting Inside Dirt on Inside Trades"

General Business

Marjorie Olster, Reuters
"Young, Educated and Jobless After U.S. Tech Bust"

Deadline Reporting
Gunna Dickson, Reuters
"The Peep Show is Over On New York's 42nd Street"

Feature Writing
Denise Duclaux, Reuters
"Bagram Presses On with Dogged Demining Campaign"

Column/Editorial
Carol Remond, Dow Jones News Service
In The Money column

Specialized Writing
Caroline Humer, Reuters
"FBI Computer Upgrades Will Not Be An Easy Fix"

New Reporter, Wire Services
Nichola Groom, Reuters
"Solution Elusive for Retired US Steelworkers"; US Steelmakers Blame Imports to Mask Industry Woes"; "WorldCom Underwriters May be Liable for Fund Losses"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – News Deadline
Helen O'Neill, Associated Press
"New York Is Crying"

September 11th – News Feature
Helen O'Neill, Associated Press
"Survivors At A Midtown Firehouse Search Fro Something to be Thankful For"

September 11th – In Depth
Helen O'Neill, Associated Press
Series of storieson children and families of the WTC victims

September 11th – Business/Finance/Stock Exchanges
Siobhan Kennedy, Reuters
"Software Sales Teams Struggle in Wake of Attack"

Internet

General Feature
Leela Jacinto, ABCnews.com
"Human Cargo"

Criticism/Commentary/Editorial
Jane Black, Businessweek Online
"Don't Make Privacy The Next Victim of Terror"; "How Fair is FAIR ISAAC"; "Some TIPS For John Ashcroft"

Business Feature
Diane Brady, Businessweek Online
"Team Giuliani: Back in Business"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – News
Arlene Getz of Newsweek.com
"Swimming Through Black Smoke"

September 11th – Feature
Jane Black of Businessweek Online
"Fear – It's Your New Best Friend"

The Peggy Awards for Broadcasting

Television General Business
Susie Gharib, Nightly Business Report
"Can CEOs Restore Confidence"

Television Documentary
Stacey Reiss, Dateline NBC
"Vision Quest"

Television Spot News
Polly Kreisman & Christina Summers, WPIX-TV
"Man Bites Dog"

Television Magazine
Cynthia McFadden & Jude Dratt, PrimeTime Thursday
"Stacy's Story"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – Television Magazine
Alice S. Rhee, MSNBC
"Have You Seen Melissa"

September 11th – Television Feature
Susan Adams Brock and Edie Magnus, Dateline NBC
"Active Duty: Canine Cop"

September 11th – Television Breaking News
Barbara Nevins Taylor, UPN Channel 9
"September 11 Live and Live Aftermath"

September 11th – Television Documentary
Sharon Hoffman and Jane Pauley, Dateline NBC
"No Greater Love"

Radio Commentary
Sara Fishko, WNYC
"Cultural Glue"

Radio Regular Features
Sara Fishko, WNYC
"The House I Live In"

SEPTEMBER 11

September 11th – Radio Breaking News
Alison Keyes, WCBS Newsradio 88

September 11th – Radio Feature
Marianne McCune & Patricia Willens, WNYC, New York Public Radio
"Memories"