APSE Awards

I don't drink...

 

Projects, 30,000-75,000

Top 10:
Terry Vandorvec, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Scott Michaux, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Jon Solomon and Doug Segrest, The Birmingham (Ala.) News
Scott Johnson, The Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Frank Schwab, David Ramsey, Brian Gomez, Brent Briggeman, Joe Paisley The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Brian Murphy and Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho)
Chuck Culpepper, The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Andrew Petersen and Aaron Brenner, Quad City Times (Davenport, Iowa)
Chris Murray, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
Alison Boggs, Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review

Features, Over 175,000

Top 10:
Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune
Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News
Bill Pennington, New York Times
Dave Sheinin, Washington Post
Rick Maese, Washington Post
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports

 

Here I am scolding Mr. Mizzou again ... all I did was make a factual statement that there were more special section entries in the Under 15,000 category than the 175,000. Many of the larger papers are slowly moving away from these special sections. Not the case for the smaller shops.
But you do make a good point on why just eight winners. I don't know the answer. Remember, I'm just a newbie

 

Investigative, all divisions

Top 10:
Craig Harris, Arizona Republic
Bob Hohler, Boston Globe
Benjamin Hochman, Ryan Casey and Electa Draper, Denver Post
Gerald Witt, Greensboro News & Record
Justin Rodriguez and Kevin Gleason, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
Justin Moon, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Michael O’Keefe, Christian Red, Terri Thompson and Nathaniel Vinton, New York Daily News
Alison Leigh Cowan, Serge F. Kovaleski, Peter Lattman, Richard Sandomir, Michael S. Schmidt, Ken Belson and David Waldstein New York Times
Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Charles Robinson, Dan Wetzel and Rand Getlin, Yahoo! Sports

Columns, 30,000-75,000

Top 10:
Glenn Guilbeau, The Advertiser (Lafayette, La.)
Scott Michaux, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Patrick Obley, Charlotte Sun (Charlotte Harbor, Fla.)
Matt Calkins, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)
Kirk Wessler, Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
George Schroder, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Donnie Collins, Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune
Al Lesar, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
John Blanchette, Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review
Austin Meek, Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal

 

Breaking news, 75,000-175,000

Top 10:
Kirk Bohls and Alan Trubow, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
Bill Koch, Shannon Russell and Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer
Tim May, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Mike Wagner, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Mike Wagner, Ken Gordon, Tim May and Jill Riepenhoff, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Tom Witosky and Bryce Miller, Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Brian T. Smith, Steve Luhm and Tony Jones, Salt Lake Tribune
Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News
Dusty Long, Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)

 

I like cut of this kid's jib. Bravo!!!

 

And yet he's still a better sports feature writer than Wise. I don't discount his previous work in sports just because he doesn't write sports every day.

Either way, they're both very talented, obviously. I like Wise's features way more than his columns.

 

Wise wrote one of my favorite newspaper features ever a few years ago, on Gilbert Arenas. It doesn't hold up great now because the subject turned out to be a moron, but at the time I found it both well-written and insightful on a figure who had become a caricature. On the other hand, I'm thinking of Saslow's piece a few years back in the Sunday magazine about the recovery of a prep football player who suffered brain damage in a game.

Damn, can't go wrong with either of those guys, can you?

 

No worries man...

 

BEAT WRITING, OVER 175,000

Top 10:
Greg Bedard, Boston Globe
Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Evan Grant, The Dallas Morning News
Troy E. Renck, The Denver Post
Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times
Phil Miller, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Joe Drape, The New York Times
Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adam Kilgore, Washington Post
Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports

 

I'm pretty sure this got skipped in this thread:

DAILY SECTION, OVER 175,000

Top 10:
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
The Dallas Morning News
The Denver Post
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
Newark Star-Ledger
The New York Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
USA Today

Honorable mention:
Arizona Republic
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit Free Press
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Petersburg Times
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Washington Post

 

COLUMNS, OVER 175,000
Top 10
Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com
Michael Rosenberg, Detroit Free Press
Ian O’Connor, ESPNNewYork.com
Steve Politi Newark Star-Ledger
William C. Rhoden, The New York Times
Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Bernie Miklasz, St, Louis Post-Dispatch
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
Mike Wise, Washington Post