2016 SPJ Detroit Award Winners

8/18/2019 2016 SPJ Detroit Award Winners

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Welcome to the

SPJ Detroit 2016Excellence in Journalism

Awards Banquet


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Your MCs:

Jerome VaughnW. Kim Heron


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SPJ Detroit Chairman

Walter Middlebrook


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Lawrence A. Laurain Scholarships

Brian Freiberger, Olivet CollegeCurrently a staff writer for Olivet’s newspaper, The Echo, Brian

has also worked for the student-run radio station, WOCR, and

plays football for the Olivet Comets.

Katelyn Winkler, Michigan StateCurrently design editor at The State News, Katie was a breakingnews and sports reporter last year. Last summer she interned at her

hometown paper. This summer she will work in public relations.


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Lawrence A. Laurain ScholarshipsAmber Ainsworth

University of MichiganWith a niche in entertainment writing and photography,Amber has developed a strong portfolio of news

photographs and an instinct for visually telling a story

with pictures. Her work in sports photography is especially

notable, taking photos of University of Michigan

football games and UM-Dearborn sports for the UM-Dpaper.

As Arts and Entertainment editor of the UM-D paper,

she has been taking photos of concerts and interviewing

musicians for the paper and a music magazine,

communicating with publicists, conducting interviews

and writing about entertainment.


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Lifetime

Achievement

Awards


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Lifetime Achievement AwardsLaura Berman

The Detroit NewsBerman retired as metro columnist at The DetroitNews after nearly 40 years in journalism.

She worked as a feature writer at the Free Press for

about 10 years after leaving school, then moved to the

News in the mid-80s, writing columns since, except fora brief time freelancing for magazines.

She has covered Princess Diana’s funeral in London,

interviewed massacre refugees in Bosnia, and the

whistleblower who helped convict a cancer doctor who

profited from false diagnoses and treatments.


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Lifetime Achievement AwardsTom Walsh

Detroit Free PressWalsh joined the Detroit Free Press in 1982 and

retired last year as business columnist, after a variety

of positions including business editor, bureau chief,

and city desk reporter.

In his career he covered the highs and lows of Detroit

business, politics, and civic affairs. His innumerable

sources and friends included Metro Detroit’s and

Michigan’s business leaders, auto executives, and

politicians.


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Excellence in

Journalism

Awards 2016


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Radio- Feature StoryHonorable mentions

- Laura Weber-Davis, WDET-FM: CuriousiD: Black Bottom

- Michigan State University's School of Journalism Students, WKAR Radio,April Van Buren, Geri Alumit Zeldes: Living History

Third place

- Lester Graham, Michigan Radio:One Detroit Mom's Journey from Welfare to the Workforce

Second place- Laura Herberg, WDET-FM: CuriousiD Lahser

First place

- Laura Herberg, WDET-FM: John's Carpet House


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Radio- General NewsThird place

- WDET News, WDET-FM: WDET Parks

Second place

- Pat Batcheller, Quinn Klinefelter, Jerome Vaughn,

WDET-FM: Palm Sunday Tornados

First place

- WDET News, WDET-FM:

Detroit Bankruptcy One Year Later


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Radio- News Special/Documentary

First place- Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio:

Not Safe to Drink


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Radio- Newscast

Second place

- Jerome Vaughn, WDET-FM:5:44 p.m. newscast 9-23-15

First place

- Jerome Vaughn, WDET-FM:

5:44 p.m. newscast 10-20-15


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Radio- Spot or Breaking News

First place- Pat Batcheller, Jerome Vaughn,

WDET-FM:

SE Michigan Tornadoes


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Online- Best Localization of aNational Story

First place

- Charles Crumm, The Oakland Press:

More seek Concealed Pistol Licenses as

Process Changes and Nationwide ViolenceContinues Rising Water Costs Linked to

Aging Infrastructure Needs


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Online- BloggingHonorable mention

- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press

Third place

- Anna Clark, Freelancer: The Evolution of Michigan

Second place

- Kirk Pinho, Crain’s Detroit Business: Kirk Pinho Blog


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Online- BloggingFirst place

- Bill Shea, Crain’s Detroit Business: Bill Shea Blog


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Online- Digital Media PresentationHonorable mentions

- J.Carlisle Larsen, Melissa Mason, Jessica McInchak, WDET-FM: Purchasing

Detroit’s Vacant Land: Stories from the Side Lots

- Sandra Svoboda, Michael Ference, WDET-FM: Belle Isle Nature Restoration: ATour of the Park's East End

Third place

- Nancy Hanus, Norman Witte, Crain's Detroit Business: Most Connected

Second place

- Robert Snell, The Detroit News: The phantom and the fugitive


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Online- Digital Media Presentation

First place

- Staff, The Detroit News:

Foreclosures Fuel Detroit Blight, Cost City $500 Million


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Online- Feature StoryHonorable mention

- Sam Schlenner, Brian Hlavaty, OU News Bureau / Oakland

University: The Curious Work Ethic of a Ferndale Rock ‘n’ Writer

Third place

- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press: Detroit Lions at Silverdome: The Glory Days,

Lions at the Silverdome: Players loved the home-field advantage, Lions at the

Silverdome: Four biggest games

Second place

- Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press: Detroit Street Art: 35 Must-See

Pieces


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Online- Feature Story

First place

- Charlotte Massey, The Detroit News: A Dangerous, Desperate

Journey


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Online- General News

Honorable mention

- Amber Harvey, WDET-FM: Riverside Park Unauthorized Work

Third place

- Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business: Henry For d-Kaiser Permanente

Second place

- WDET Staff, WDET-FM: Detroit Bankruptcy One Year Later


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Online- General News

First place- Staff,

Detroit Free Press:

50 Detroiters: Voices from our City


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Online- Investigative ReportingSecond place:

- Crystal A. Proxmire, The

Oakland County: 115 News AYear's Worth of Change in

Ferndale Housing Commission

First place:

- Anna Clark, Freelance:The Threat to Detroit’s Rebound

Isn’t Crime or the Economy, It’s

the Mortgage Industry


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Online - Spot or Breaking News

Second place:

- Kirk Pinho and Dustin Walsh,Crain's Detroit Business:

Olga's Bankr uptcy

First place:- Tom Henderson, Kirk

Pinho and Jennette Smith,

Crain's Detroit Business:

Rocket Fiber


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Print –

Automotive Reporting

Third place:

- Keith Naughton, Bloomberg News, Driverless Cars

Second place:

- Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press: Auto reporting


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Print –

Automotive ReportingFirst place:

- Alisa Priddle,

Brent Snavely,

Greg Gardner,

Detroit Free

Press: UAWcontract talks

coverage


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Print- Car ReviewSecond place

- Mark Phelan,Detroit Free Press

First place- Henry Payne, The

Detroit News


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Print- Criticism

Second place

- Mark Stryker, DetroitFree Press

First place

- Adam Graham, The

Detroit News


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Print –

Editorial Cartoon

First place- Daniel Saad,

Crain’s Detroit

Business


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Print- Informational GraphicsHonorable mentions

- Eric Millikin, Detroit Free Press: Spartacular

- Martha Thierry, Detroit Free Press: The Delicate Balance of IsleRoyale

Third place

- Martha Thierry, Detroit Free Press: How the locks keep Great Lakes

shipping moving

Second place

- Tim Summers, The Detroit News: The Decimation of One City Block


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Print- Informational Graphics

First place- Tim Summers,

The Detroit News:

Raid: WhatInvestigation Showed


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Print Class A –

Consumer/Watchdog

Second place:

- David Jesse, Detroit Free Press:

Inconsistent justice for college sex

assault survivors

First place:

- Staff, Detroit Free Press:

Detroit Rising


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Print Class A –

Cover Design

First place

- Lauren Jeziorski, Kelly

Buren and Jose Zamudio,

Metro Parent/BLAC

Detroit: December MetroParent


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Print Class A –

Editorial WritingSecond place

- Detroit News Editorial Board,

The Detroit News:Michigan Road Repairs

First place

- Free Press Editorial Board,Detroit Free Press:

We Stand Together


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Print Class A –

Explanatory StoryThird place

- Chad Livengood, The Detroit News: Big

Three Tax Credits

Second place

- L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press:

Justifiable seizures? Or legal

shakedowns by police?

First place

- Laura Berman, The Detroit News:

The Downfall of Dr. Farid Fata


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Print Class A –

Feature Page Design

First place

Diana Thomas McNary,

The Detroit News


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Print Class A –

Feature PhotographyThird place

- Dale G. Young, The Detroit News: Wonder What’s for Lunch?


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Print Class A –

Feature PhotographySecond place: Brandy Baker, The Detroit News, Snoozing Cheerleaders


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Print Class A –

Feature Photography

First place

- Dale G. Young, The Detroit

News: Steer Wrestler


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Print Class A –

Feature StoryHonorable mention

- Bill McGraw, Bridge Magazine:

Meet a Detroit neighborhood that’s not waiting for city help- Amy Kuras, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit: Raising Kids in Detroit

Third place

- Gregg Krupa, The Detroit News: Hockey Features

Second place

- John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press:

Couple turns dreams into reality in U.P. wild


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Print Class A –

Feature Story

First place

- John Carlisle,

Detroit Free Press:

What about Uncle

Oscar? Family's

GoFundMe PleaGoes Awry


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Print Class A –

General ColumnThird place:

- Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free

Press

Second place:

- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free

Press

First place:

- Nancy Kaffer, Detroit

Free Press


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Print Class A –

General NewsThird place:

- David Welch, Bloomberg News:

UAW Trades Jobs for Historic Pay Gains

Second place:

- Joel Kurth, Christine MacDonald, Louis

Aguilar, The Detroit News: Arson in Detroit

First place:

- Chad Livengood, Shawn D. Lewis,

Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News:

Detroit Public School District Woes


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Print Class A –

Headline WritingThird place

- Andreas Supanich,

The Detroit News

Second place

- Keith Roberts,

The Detroit News

First place

- Daren Tomhave,

The Detroit News


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Print Class A –

Investigative ReportingHonorable Mentions

- Ron French, Ted Roelofs, Bridge Magazine: Sex assaults of Michigan's

juvenile offenders

- Lee DeVito, Detroit Metro Times: Dire Straits

Third place

- L.L. Braiser, Detroit Free Press: Muslim-Americans in Metro Detroit

Second place

- Chad Livengood, The Detroit News:

Courser-Gamrat Scandal in the Michigan Legislature


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Print Class A –

Investigative Reporting

First place

Joel Kurth,Christine

MacDonald,

The Detroit

News: Detroit’sForeclosure

Meltdown


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Print Class A –

Localization of National StoryHonorable Mentions

- Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press: Conflicted Catholics

- Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press: Two Detroit Women Accuse Bill Cosby

Third place

- Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press:

Muslim-Americans in metro Detroit

Second place

- Jacquie Goetz Bluethmann, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:

The State of Child Care


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Print Class A –

Localization of National Story

First place

- Nancy Derringer, Ron French,Mike Wilkinson, Scott Sendra,

Bridge Magazine: “Game

Day" -- College drinking

culture and what's working to

keep students safe


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Print Class A –

Magazine Spread DesigThird place

Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Jose Zamudio,

Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:

Warming Them Up

Second place

Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina

Csomor, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC

Detroit, Choosing Child Care

First placeKelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina

Csomor, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC

Detroit: Vaccine Facts Vs. Fiction


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Print Class A –

News PhotographyThird place

- Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News: Courtroom Vitriol


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Print Class A –

News PhotographySecond place: Daniel Mears, The Detroit News: I-94 Fireball


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Print Class A –

News PhotographyFirst place: Stephen Perez, The Detroit News: Inconsolable Mother


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Print Class A –

Page One DesignThird place

- Richard Epps, The Detroit News:

Star WarsSecond place

- Jean Johnson, The Detroit News:

Art of Resilence

First place

- Alicia Secord,

Detroit Free Press:

Jimmy Hoffa page


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Print Class A –

Personality Profile

Honorable mention

- Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press: Kid Rock before the fame

Third place

- John Niyo, The Detroit News: Still Growing Strong: Ted Lindsay

Second place- Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press: Marcus Belgrave obituary


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Print Class A –

Personality Profile

First place- Lee DeVito,

Detroit Metro

Times:American Idiot


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Print Class A –

Sports Page DesignThird place

- Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press:

400!

Second place

- Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press:

SACK INK

First place

James Hollar, The Detroit News


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Print Class A –

Sports PhotographyHonorable mention

- Daniel Mears, The Detroit News:

Anti-Gravity Chamber


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Print Class A –

Sports PhotographyThird place – Daniel Mears, The Detroit News: Suspended in Air


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Print Class A –

Sports Photography

Second place

- Daniel Mears, The Detroit News:Megatron vs. Superman


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Print Class A –

Sports PhotographyFirst place

- Dale G. Young, The Detroit News: On to the Final Four


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Print Class A –

Sports ReportingThird place

- Jeff Seidel, Mick McCabe, Detroit Free

Press: Harbaugh's wonder years

Second place

- Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press: Tim

Shaw & ALS

First place

- Tony Paul, Matt Charboneau, The

Detroit News: Police, MSU

investigate softball coaches


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Print Class A –

Spot or Breaking NewsFirst place

- Detroit News Staff,

The Detroit News

"Equal Dignity":

Supreme CourtLegalizes Same-Sex

Marriage


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Print Class B –

Consumer / Watchdog

First place

- Paul Kampe,The Oakland Press:

Rochester’s $12 million

parking structures will

lack surveillance

cameras


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Print Class B –

Explanatory StorySecond place

- Monica Drake, Pat Caputo, The Oakland

Press: 3-part series: Suicide - the epidemic

nobody wants to talk about

First place

- Dustin Walsh, Pierrette Templeton,Lisa Sawyer, Cindy Goodaker,

Crain's Detroit Business:

Millennials in the Workplace


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Print Class B –

Feature Page Design

First placePierrette Templeton,

Crain's Detroit

Business:Detroit 2.0


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Print Class B –

Feature PhotographyFirst place

- Tim Thompson, TheOakland Press:

Hellzapoppin circus

sideshow in Pontiac for two October

weekends


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Print Class B –

Feature StoryHonorable mention

Gary Graff, TheOakland Press: Ann Arbor’s Ark celebrates 50 years of folkin’

around

Third place

- Nicole Hayden, The Times Herald: Foster care series

Second place

- Gina Joseph, Macomb Daily: Operation Babylift adoptee 40 years

later


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Print Class B –

Feature Story

First place

- Gary Anglebrandt,

Crain's Detroit

Business:

Second Stage


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Print Class B –

General ColumnSecond place

- Kenneth Kish, Macomb Daily:

Local Columns - Macomb

County

First place

- Jeff Payne, Macomb DailyColumns


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Print Class B –

General NewsThird place

- Dustin Walsh, Crain's Detroit

Business: MEGA mess

Second place

- Jameson Cook, Macomb Daily:

Unjust verdict?

First place

- Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit

Business: Blue Cross


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Print Class B –

Headline WritingSecond place

- Gary Piatek, Crain'sDetroit Business

First place- Beth Jachman, Crain's

Detroit Business


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Print Class B –

Localization of a National StoryThird place

- Monica Drake, The Oakland Press: Caitlyn

Jenner honors West Bloomfield transgender boy

during her ESPYs speech

Second place

- Nicole Hayden, The Times Herald:

Homeless need more than homes

First place

- Chad Halcom, Crain's Detroit Business:

Disability: Rolls rise, funding dries


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Print Class B –

News PhotographyThird place

- Paul Kampe, The Oakland Press: Hazel Park

couple planning a wedding; children were key

to fight


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Print Class B –

News Photography

Second place

- Tim Thompson, The Oakland Press: First

couple to marry at Oakland County courthouse:

‘We’re going to tell everybody for years’


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Print Class B –

News Photography

First place

- Ray Skowronek, Macomb Daily:

Lenox Township man charged with

animal cruelty


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Print Class B –

Personality ProfileThird place

- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press: Detroit Lions: It’s not been easy

route to NFL for Laken Tomlinson

Second place

- Pat Caputo, The Oakland Press: Straight Outta Brother Rice, ex-

football star Greg Collins living Hollywood dream

First place

- Gina Joseph, Macomb Daily

Paralyzed chef turns tragedy into triumph


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Print Class B –

Sports ColumnThird place

- Paula Pasche, The Oakland Press

Second place

- George Pohly, Macomb Daily

First place- Matthew Mowery, The

Oakland Press


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Print Class B –

Sports ReportingThird place

- George Pohly, Macomb Daily:

George Steele was 'mentor and father'

Second place

- Bill Shea, Crain's Detroit Business:

Sport order cooks

First place

- George Pohly, Macomb Daily:

Team rallies around each other

after teammate's death


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Print Class B –

Spot or Breaking News

Honorable mention

-Tom Henderson, Kirk Pinho, Sherri Welch, Crain's Detroit Business: Shinola

Third place

- Mitch Hotts, Macomb Daily: Macomb County treasurer dies

Second place- Kirk Pinho, Crain's Detroit Business: Mexican mogul


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Print Class B –

Spot or Breaking News

First place- Sherri Welch,

Crain's Detroit

Business:

Focus: Hope


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Print Class C –

Consumer/WatchdogHonorable mention

- Joshua Gordon, C&G Newspapers: Wading through uncertainty

Third place

- Sarah Wojcik, C&G Newspapers: Protests spur change at animal shelter

Second place

- Terry Oparka, C & G Newspapers: Clear cutting of trees by developers

prompts woodland ordinance


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Print Class C –

Consumer/Watchdog

First place- Katelyn Larese, The Voice

Newspapers:Uniting

against Crime


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Print Class C –

Cover DesignHonorable mentions

Lauren Jeziorski, Kelly Buren, Jose Zamudio, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:BLAC

November Cover

Deborah Schultz,Neighborhood SEEN:Schultz, Cover Design, 'For Love of Wine‘

Third place

Valerie Morgan, CybelleCodish,Hour Detroit:August 2015 Hour Detroit, The Food Issue

Second place

- Valerie Morgan, Roy Ritchie, Veronica Soderlund,Hour Detroit

June 2015 Hour Detroit, "Best of Detroit"


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Print Class C –

Cover Design

First place- Valerie Morgan, Joe

Vaughn, Kosta

Finnllow, Hour Detroit

March 2015 Hour

Detroit


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Print Class C –

Editorial WritingHonorable mention

- Robert Sklar, Detroit Jewish

News: Sklar, 'Repurposed JPMShows Value In Working

Together'

First place

- C.J. Carnacchio, The Oxford

Leader: Vote your conscience on

NOTA


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Print Class C –

Explanatory StoryThird place

- Aaron Foley, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:

Detroit, Come In! We're (Now) Open

Second place

- Monica Mercer, Hour Detroit/Health

Guide: City of Vision, Health Guide,

Spring issue

First place

- Kurt Kuban, Hour Detroit:

Reclaiming the Rouge


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Print Class C –

Feature Page DesignThird place

- Jason Clancy, Brian Louwers,

C & G Newspapers West Bloomfield

Beacon: V-E Day

Second placeJessica Jordan,Plastics News:Ebola photo story

First place

- Michelle Sheridan, Detroit Jewish

News: Sheridan, Feature Page

Design, 'Hail to the Victor'


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Print Class C –

Feature Photography

Honorable mention

- Deborah Boeger-Jacques,C & G Newspapers:

So Close


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Print Class C –

Feature Photography

Honorable mention

- CybelleCodish,Hour Detroit:

Authentic Artistry


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Print Class C –

Feature Photography

Third place

- Roy Ritchie, Hour Detroit:

Legendary Favorites (Best of Detroit)

June


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Print Class C –

Feature Photography

Second place

- Josh Scott, Hour Detroit:

The House of Truth


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Print Class C –

Feature Photography

First place- Deb Jacques, C & G

Newspapers:

National Day of

Prayer/Warren, Michigan


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Print Class C –

Feature StoryHonorable mentions

- Jeff Waraniak, Hour Detroit: Life in the Cadaver Lab

- Scott Atkinson, Hour Detroit: Inside the House of Truth

Third place

- Emell Derra Adolphus, Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit:

The Fight for Equality

Second place

- Steve Wilke, Dorothy L. Hernandez, Jeff Waraniak,

Casey Nesterowich, Hour Detroit: A Long Day's Coney Into Night


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Print Class C –

Feature Story

First place

- Jeff Waraniak,Hour Detroit:

Oneita the

Magnificant


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Print Class C –

General ColumnHonorable mention

- Don Loepp, Plastics News: Plastics News viewpoint columns

Third place

- Harry Kirsbaum, Detroit Jewish News: Kirsbaum, 3 examples of Column Writing

Second place- Ben Falik, Detroit Jewish News: Falik, Three examples of Column Writing


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Print Class C –

General Column

First place

- Desiree Cooper,

Metro Parent/BLAC

Detroit: DetroitProper


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Print Class C –

General NewsThird place

- Tiffany Esshaki, C&G Newspapers: ACLU

responds to ‘no minors alone’ policy

Second place

- Ashley Sword, The News-Herald:

Downriver residents speak out about rising

drug abuse, hopes of ending stigma

First place

- Jessica Strachan, The News-Herald:

Michigan's foster kids - who they are and

what they need


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Print Class C –

Headline WritingThird place

K. Michelle Moran,

C&G Newspapers

Second place

David Sachs,

Detroit Jewish News

First place

Dorothy L.

Hernandez,

Hour Detroit


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Print Class C –

Inside News Page Design

First place

- Michelle Sheridan,

Detroit Jewish

News:'The Sick Man'


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Print Class C –

Investigative ReportingSecond place

Jackie Harrison-Martin,

The News-Herald:John Guthrie series

First place

Emell Derra

Adolphus, Metro

Parent/BLAC

Detroit:

The Invisible Girls


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Print Class C –

Localization of a National StoryThird place

- C.J. Carnacchio, The Oxford Leader: Oxford

shows its solidarity with Paris following attacks

Second place

- Jessica Strachan, The News-Herald: Same-sex

marriage ruling 'couldn't come at a better time'

for Allen Park couple

First place- Steve Wilke, Dorothy L. Hernandez,

Casey Nesterowich, Hour Detroit:

Farm to Table: Delivering the Goods


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Print Class C –

Magazine Spread DesignHonorable mentions

- Kelly Buren, Lauren Jeziorski, Marina Csomor, Jose Zamudio,

Metro Parent/BLAC Detroit: The Invisible Girls

- Veronica Soderlund, Hour Detroit: Reclaiming the Rouge

Third place

- Valerie Morgan, Marvin Shaouni, Hour Detroit

A Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen, March 2015 Hour

Second place

- Veronica Soderlund, Josh Scott, Hour Detroit:

Inside the House of Truth, November 2015 Hour


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Print Class C –

Magazine Spread Design

First place

- Valerie Morgan, Joe

Vaughn, KostaFinnllow,

Hour Detroit:

Elements of Surprise,

March 2015 Restaurant ofthe Year


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Print Class C –

News Photography

First place

- Jessica Strachan

The News-Herald:

Honoring Emma


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Print Class C –

Page One Design

First place- Michelle Sheridan

Detroit Jewish

News: 'Wow!'


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Print Class C –

Personality ProfileHonorable mention

- Ronelle Grier, Detroit Jewish News: Mogul and Mensch

Third place- K. Michelle Moran,C&G Newspapers: Longtime mayor drove improvements in Park

Second place

- Dave Herndon, The News-Herald:

Rhino celebrates 20th ‘ wrestleversary ’ with VFW fundraiser


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Print Class C –

Personality Profile

First place

- Ronelle Grier,Detroit Jewish News:

Rachel Jacobs

Obituary


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Print Class C –

Sports Photography

First place- Amber Ainsworth

University of

Michigan-Dearborn

De'veon's Drive


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Print Class C –

Sports Reporting

First place- Jeff Waraniak, Hour

Detroit: It Was a Very

Good Year, Hour

Detroit, April


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Print Class C –

Spot or Breaking NewsThird place

Frank Esposito, Don Loepp, Plastics News:

Dow, DuPont strike 'merger of equals'

Second place

Nick Mordowanec, C&G Newspapers:

Clinton Township man receives probation in

manslaughter case

First placeK. Michelle Moran, C&G

Newspapers: Fire destroys two

popular Grosse Pointe Park businesses


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Print Class D –

Cover DesignThird place

- Michelle FranzenMartin, Lee Ann

Gusmano, Bill Costello, Rebecca Wall,

University Liggett School:Perspective

Second place

- Michelle FranzenMartin, Lee Ann

Gusmano, Bill Costello, Rebecca Wall,

University Liggett School:Perspective

First place

- Margaret Geralyn Kelly, City

of Ann Arbor: Wastewatcher


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Print Class D –

Feature DesignSecond place

- Julie Pincus, Kresge

Foundation:

Inspiration: Modernism

First place

Michelle Franzen Martin, Bill

Costello, Lee Ann Gusmano,Rebecca Wall: University

Liggett School: Discovering

Their Passions


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Print Class D –

Feature StoryThird place

- Michelle Franzen Martin,University

Liggett School

Discovering Their Passions

Second place

- Sue Levytsky, Kresge Foundation

Transcendent Vision

First place

- Julie Halpert, Michigan Today:

Getting Schooled


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Print Class D –

Use of Photos, GraphicsSecond place

- Julie Pincus, Kresge

Foundation: The Fabric of Her

Life: A Timeline

First place

- Michelle FranzenMartin,

David Dalton, Lee AnnGusmano, Rebecca Wall,

University Liggett School:

Perspective Photography


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Congratulations!

Excellence in Journalism

Award Winners


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Young Journalist of the Year Finalists

He has advanced from an intern for the Business section

to Ford Motor Co. beat reporter.

He was first to report that Ford was cutting a shift at the

Michigan Assembly Plant, and later broke the news that

Ford would bring the Ranger pickup to that same plant.

He excelled as part of the local White House press pool on

two different occasions since January 2015 when

President Obama visited Detroit.

Martinez founded, edits and co-hosts The News’ first-ever

automotive podcast, “Miked Up.”

Michael Martinez, The Detroit News


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Young Journalist of the Year Finalists

Strachan has excelled since arriving at

The News-Herald in 2014, and is the paper’s

highest page-view-generating reporter.

She is an award-winning, multimedia media who puts her

all into everything — from chasing a shooting suspect

and arriving to the scene before the police do, camping

out with homeless individuals to find out firsthand what

the plight of homelessness really is about.

Her editor says she is a smart digital reporter, a treasured

photographer, a passionate journalist and a true leader in

the newsroom.

Jessica Strachan,


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Young Journalist of the Year 2016

Past Honorees

2004Sheri Hall, The Detroit News2005 Andrea Nobile, The Macomb Daily

2006 Marisa Schultz, The Detroit News

2007 Keith Dunlap, The Oakland Press

2008 Jennifer Guerra, Michigan Radio

2009 Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press

2010 Tim Higgins, Detroit Free Press2011 Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press

2012 Ross Jones, WXYZ-TV

2013 Ross Jones, WXYZ-TV

2014 Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio

2015 Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press

Michael Martinez, The Detroit News


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Long before Flint’s water crisis became a national news

story, Fonger, a reporter for the newspaper since 1995, was

the first journalist to report the shocking discovery that a

cancer-causing agent was lurking in Flint’s drinking water.

The story snowballed despite some city officials’ best

attempts to marginalize the issue. His reports provoked

angry protests, truckloads of free bottled water, and, finally,a $2-million grant for Flint’s troubled system.

Other Michigan communities had similar water violations,

but none of them rose to the level of public out-rage seen in

Flint following the publishing of more than 200 of Fonger’s

articles during 2015.

Ron Fonger, The Flint Journal


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Nearly a year before Flint became a national story, Kaffer

was writing about the trouble with contaminants in its

water, and raising important questions about why Flint left

the Detroit water system.

Once it became clear that the water switch had tragically

exposed the city’s residents to unsafe levels of lead, she was

among the first to demand answers, and one of the mostrelentless detailing the trail of bad decision-making & errors.

She pursues the same dogged editorial prosecution when

writing about Michigan’s widespread application of an

emergency manager law that displaces local governance,

and its impact on poor and largely minority communities.

Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press


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In the fast-developing driverless-car story, Keith Naughton

kept Bloomberg ahead of the curve for dialogue and

coverage of this critical business, tech-nology and public

policy issue, revealing truths and raising troubling questions

about what our future would look like when cars drive

themselves.

Naughton’s coverage culminated in two pieces thatreverberated from Detroit to Silicon Valley and beyond:

A Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on how General

Motors is vying with Google, and a piece showing that robot

cars, intended to improve highway safety, were getting in

crashes at three times the rate of human-driven vehicles.

Keith Naughton, Bloomberg


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Smith led coverage of the Flint water crisis for the news

outlet, including an hour-long documentary telling the

contamination story that was picked up for national

distribution by the Center for Investigative Reporting.

She was far ahead of other news outlets with this in-depth

look at the issue. The documentary launched much of the

national news coverage that followed its airing.

This past year she covered stories from a school district that

found a way to make money by setting up a “virtual”

charter school, to what it’s like riding your bike to work in

winter, to a community so dangerous that other towns

refused to play high school football games there.

Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio


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Journalist of the Year 2016

Past honorees

2004 George Bullard, The Detroit News2005 David Zeman, Detroit Free Press

2006 Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press

2007 Ron French, The Detroit News

2008 Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press

2009 M. L. Elrick, Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press

2010 Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press2011 John Carlisle, Metro Times

2012 Christine MacDonald, The Detroit News

2013 Donna Terek, The Detroit News

2014 Robert Snell, The Detroit News

2015 Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press

Ron Fonger, The Flint Journal


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2016 SPJ Detroit Award Winners

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