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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Eight newspapers captured “Grand Slam” honors in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors’ writing and sections contest that ended Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star, New York Times and Washington Post, competing in the over-175,000 circulation division, earned top 10 recognition for their daily, Sunday and special sections to augment a top 10 website award previously announced in Class A website division (over 2 million monthly unique visitors).

The Buffalo News and Omaha (Neb.) World Herald won top-10 section awards in the 75,001-175,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class B website division (500,000 to 1.9 million monthly unique visitors).

The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World and Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News won top-10 section awards in the under 30,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class C website division (under 500,000 monthly unique visitors).

The Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News won top-10 section awards in the under 15,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class C website division.

The APSE awards, voted on by sports editors from across the nation during four days of judging, honor work published in 2012.

Eleven newspapers won Triple Crowns, signifying top 10 honors in three of the four section/website categories. Those include:

Class A (over 175,000 circulation): The Boston Globe; Dallas Morning News; and Star Tribune of Minneapolis.

Class B (75,001-175,000): The Indianapolis Star; The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; and the Tulsa (Okla.) World.

Class C (30,000-75,000): The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.; The State in Columbia, S.C.; The National of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Class D (under 30,000): The Wyoming Eagle in Cheyenne.

Class E: (under 15,000): Columbia Missourian.

The New York Times led all news organizations with nine writing awards. The Knoxville News Sentinel won seven.

Dan DeLuca, of The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press, led the individual writing awards, capturing five honors including beat writing, breaking news, projects and two in multimedia in the 30,000-75,000 circulation category.

Jason Wolf won four writing awards — two in the 75,000-175,000 category for The News Journal of Wilmington, Del. (projects and explanatory) and two for his former paper, the Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record, in features and explanatory.

Ryan Wood won four awards in the 30,000-and-under category, including three for the Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News and one for his former paper, the DeKalb (Ill.) Daily Chronicle. He won features writing twice, explanatory and beat writing.

The top five finalists in the writing categories will be announced in April. Winners will receive their awards in June at the APSE summer convention in Chicago.

Results announced Friday:

DAILY SECTIONS

DAILY SECTIONS Over 175,000

Top 10
Boston Globe
The Dallas Morning News
Detroit Free Press
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle
USA TODAY
The Washington Post

Honorable mention
Arizona Republic
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
Denver Post
Houston Chronicle
New York Daily News
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Seattle Times
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)


DAILY SECTIONS 75,000-175,000

Top 10
The Buffalo News
Detroit News
Indianapolis Star
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
The Patriot-News (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
Tulsa (Okla.) World
Washington Times

Honorable mention
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
The Tennessean (Nashville)
The Salt Lake Tribune
Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)


DAILY SECTIONS 30,000-75,000

Top 10
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
The National (Abu Dahbi, United Arab Emirates)
North County Times, (Escondido, Calif.)
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal

Honorable mention
Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

DAILY SECTIONS Under 30,000

Top 10
Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
Columbia Missourian
Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Wash.)
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World
Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel
Sauk Valley (Ill.) Media
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Honorable mention
Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise
Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Post-Star, Glens Falls NY
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic
York (Pa.) Dispatch

DAILY SECTIONS UNDER 15,000

Top 5
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
Winona (Minn.) Daily News

Honorable mention
Daily American Republic (Poplar Bluff, Mo.)
Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Laramie (Wy.) Boomerang
The Medina County (Ohio) Gazette


SUNDAY SECTIONS

SUNDAY SECTIONS over 175,000

Top 10
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
The Dallas Morning News
Kansas City Star
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
New York Daily News
The New York Times
The Seattle Times
Washington Post

Honorable Mention
Baltimore Sun
Chicago Sun-Times
Detroit Free Press
Los Angeles Times
Miami Herald
Newsday
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
San Francisco Chronicle
UT San Diego


SUNDAY 75,000-175,000

Top 10
The Buffalo News
The Charlotte (N.C). Observer
Indianapolis Star
Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
The Patriot-News (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
The Salt Lake Tribune
Tulsa (Okla.) World

Honorable mention
Columbus Dispatch
Des Moines Register
Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Lexington Herald-Leader
Lincoln (Neb). Journal-News
Los Angeles Daily News
The Tennessean (Nashville)
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
Tampa Tribune


SUNDAY 30,000-75,000

Top 10
Beaver County (Pa.) Times
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal
Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Portland (Maine) Press Herald/Sunday Telegram
Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)

Honorable Mention
Albany (N.Y.) Times Union
The Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
The Daily Herald, (Everett, Wash.)
The Desert Sun (Palm Spring, Calif.)
The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.)
Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

SUNDAY Under 30,000

Top 10
Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise
Casper (Wy.) Star-Tribune
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Wash.)
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.)
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Honorable Mention

Carroll County (Md.) Times
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune
Medford (Ore.) Mail Tribune
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette
Yakima (Wash.) Herald Republic

SUNDAY Under 15,000

Top 5
Columbia Missourian
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Winona (Minn.) Daily News

SPECIAL SECTIONS

SPECIAL SECTIONS Over 175,000

Top 10
Boston Globe
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)
The Dallas Morning News
The Kansas City Star
Miami Herald
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
The New York Times
Orlando Sentinel
San Francisco Chronicle
The Washington Post

Honorable Mention
The Arizona Republic
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
New York Daily News
Newsday (Melville, N.Y.)
Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Seattle Times
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)

SPECIAL SECTIONS 75,001-175,000

Top 10
The Buffalo News
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indianapolis Star
Knoxville News Sentinel
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
The Tennessean (Nashville)
Tulsa (Okla.) World
The Washington Times

Honorable mention
The Birmingham News
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Des Moines Register
The Detroit News
Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
San Antonio Express-News

SPECIAL SECTIONS 30,000-75,000

Top 10
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Beaver County (Pa.) Times
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
The Post-Tribune (Merrillville, Ind.)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

Honorable mention
Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
The Desert Sun (Palm Spring, Calif.)
The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Idaho Statesman
Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Savannah (Ga.) Morning News
Spartanburg (S.C). Herald-Journal
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)

SPECIAL SECTIONS Under 30,000

Top 10
Bellingham (Wash.) Herald
Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Sauk Valley (Ill.) Media
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Honorable mention
Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.)
Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Columbia Missourian
Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
The Standard Times (New Bedford, Mass.)
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

SPECIAL SECTIONS Under 15,000

Top 5
Columbia Missourian
News & Messenger (Manasass, Va.)
Laramie (Wy.) Boomerang
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Yankton (S.D.) Press & Dakotan

WEBSITES

WEBSITE CONTEST: OVER 2 MILLION MONTHLY USERS

Top 10
Chicago Tribune
Denver Post
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
New York Daily News
New York Times
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
USA TODAY
The Washington Post

Honorable mention
Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
Chicago Sun-Times
The Dallas Morning News
Indianapolis Star
Houston Chronicle
Orlando Sentinel
Newsday
Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
Pittsburgh Tribune Review

WEB CONTEST 500,000-1.9 MILLION MONTHLY USERS

Top 10
The Buffalo News
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Des Moines (Iowa) Register
The Daily Herald (Arlington Hts, Ill.)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
(Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
Omaha (Neb.) World Herald
Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal
Wisconsin State Journal

Honorable mention
Columbus Dispatch
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Eugene (Ore.) Register Guard
Florida Times-Union
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
The Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune
Tennessean (Nashville)
Tulsa (Okla.) World

WEBSITE CONTEST: UNDER 500,000 MONTHLY USERS

Top 10
DeKalb Daily (Ill.) Chronicle
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post Star
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World
Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal
Medford (Ore.) Mail Tribune
Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

Honorable mention
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal
Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla.
The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Ill.
Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne, Wyo.



WRITING DIVISIONS

INVESTIGATIVE, All Divisions UPDATE
Ronald J. Hansen, Anne Ryman, Paola Boivin, Arizona Republic
Jack Dolan, Ruben Vives and Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times
Dan Kane, Andrew Carter, J. Andrew Curliss, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Teri Thompson, Bill Madden, Michael O’Keeffe, Nathaniel Vinton and Christian Red, New York Daily News
Walt Bogdanich, Joe Drape, Dara L. Miles and Griffin Palmer, The New York Times
Jim Owczarski, OnMilwaukee.com
Keith Sharon and Frank Mickadeit, Orange County Register
Craig Wolff and Mike Vorkunov, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
Rachel George, USA TODAY
Adrian Wojnarowski, Rand Getlin, Yahoo! Sports

COLUMNS over 175,000
Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com
Scott Miller, CBSSports.com
Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
Jen Floyd Engel, FoxSports.com
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Harvey Araton, The New York Times
Marcia C. Smith, Orange County Register
Mark Whicker, Orange County Register
Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Gary Shelton, Tampa Bay Times

COLUMNS 75,001-175,000
Jon Solomon, The Birmingham News
Kevin Scarbinsky, The Birmingham News
Michael Arace, The Columbus Dispatch
Geoff Calkins, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
John Adams, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Tara Sullivan, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
David Climer, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Buck Harvey, San Antonio Express-News
Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News


COLUMNS, 30,000-75,000
Scott Michaux, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
David Teel, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Bret Strelow, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Stephen Schramm, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Brian Murphy, Idaho Statesman
Tom Musick, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Steve Solloway, Portland (Maine) Press Herald
George Schroeder, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
John Blanchette, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.)
Austin Meek, Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal

COLUMNS, Under 30,000
Bob Sutton, Burlington (N.C.) Times-News
Jonathan Bombulie, The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Andy Graham, The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Jeremy Prince The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Tom Keegan, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Kalle Oakes, Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Peter Jackel, Racine (Wis.) Journal Times
Ryan Howe, Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho)
Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Alex Riley, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

BREAKING NEWS, Over 175,000
Craig Harris, Arizona Republic
Mary Carmichael, Boston Globe
Baxter Holmes, Los Angeles Times
Michael O’Keeffe, New York Daily News
Jeff McLane, Philadelphia Inquirer
Mark Zeigler, UT San Diego
Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post
Mark Maske, Mike Jones, Mike Wise, Jason Reid, The Washington Post
Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports
Michael Silver, Yahoo! Sports

BREAKING NEWS, 75,001-175,000
Kyle Veazey, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Mark Emmert, Des Moines Register
Megan Boehnke, Matt Lakin, Knoxville News Sentinel
Evan Woodbery, Knoxville News Sentinel
Joe Giglio, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Laura Keeley, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News
Michael C. Lewis, The Salt Lake Tribune
Dan Nakaso and Ferd Lewis, The Star Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Bob Fortus, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

BREAKING NEWS 30,000-75,000
Brian Linder, Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal
Buddy Shacklette, Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal
John Turner, Huntsville (Ala.) Times
Paul Klee, The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Dan DeLuca, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Seth Emerson, The Telegraph (Macon, Ga.)
Adam Jude, George Schroeder, Andrew Grief and staff, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Chris Murray and Dan Hinxman, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
Todd Porter, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Kellis Robinett, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

BREAKING NEWS Under 30,000
Anna Grearson, The Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times Argus
Ben Frederickson, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
Brendan Meyer, Shaina Cavazos, Zach Murdock, MIke Vorel, Jacob Kim and Eric Short, Columbia Missourian
Steve Nitz, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Neil Warner, Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)
Kalle Oakes, Sun Journal Lewiston (Maine)
Tim Trower, Mail Tribune (Medford, Ore.)
Mike Szvetitz, Opelika-Auburn (Ala.)
Julie Jag, Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel
Andrew Carroll, Jason Morton, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News

BEAT WRITING, Over 175,000
Steve Hummer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Benjamin Hochman, Denver Post
Jesse Temple, FoxSports.com
Tania Ganguli, Houston Chronicle
Judy Battista, New York Times
Scott Reid, Orange County Register
Dan Wiederer, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Joey Knight, Tampa Bay Times
Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports
Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports

BEAT WRITING 75,000-175,000
David Briggs, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch
Justin Barney, Florida Times-Union
Don Coble, Florida Times-Union
Mike Chappell, Indianapolis Star
Brendan F. Quinn, Knoxville News Sentinel
Kyle Tucker, Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
Sam McKewon, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
Jim Wyatt, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Amanda Comak, The Washington Times

BEAT WRITING 30,000-75,000
Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun (Palm Spring, Calif.)
Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman (Boise)
Norm Wood, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Gary Meenaghan, The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Dan DeLuca, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Scott Bair, North County (Calif.) Times
Tom Musick, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Chris Murray, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
Seth Emerson, The Telegraph (Macon, Ga.)
Kellis Robinette, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle


BEAT WRITING Under 30,000
Marc Weiszer, Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Ben Frederickson, Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune
Dustin Dopirak, The Herald-Times (Indiana)
Kenny Ryan, Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times
Alex Byington, Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
Kevin Posival, Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
John Bednarowski, Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Ryan Wood, Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune Eagle

FEATURES, Over 175,000
Jared S. Hopkins, Chicago Tribune
Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
Christian Red, New York Daily News
Barry Bearak, New York Times
Joe Posnanski, Sports on Earth
Matthew Stanmyre, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
John C. Cotey, Tampa Bay Times
Eric Prisbell, USA TODAY
Barry Svrluga, Washington Post
Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports

FEATURES 75,001-175,000
Scott Fowler, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Phil Richards, Indianapolis Star
Brian Heyman, The Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)
Kevin Tresolini, The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
Luke DeCock, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jason Kersey, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Dirk Chatelain, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
Darryl Slater, The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
Andy Bitter, Roanoke (Va.) Times
Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean

FEATURES 30,000-75,000
Pete Iorizzo, Albany (N.Y.) Times Union
David Briggs, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune
Matt Calkins, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)
Bret Strelow, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Stephen Schramm, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Jason Wolf, Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record
Tom Hanson, Naples (Fla.) Daily News
David Teel, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Paul Klee, The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Bob Heist, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal

FEATURES Under 30,000
Jason Gonzalez, Antelope Valley (Calif.) Press
Ben Frederickson, Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune
Ryan Wood, DeKalb (Ill.) Daily Chronicle
Ben Baby, Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Mike Miller, The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Sarah Bricker, Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Brendan Meyer, Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Ryan Wood, Opelika-Auburn News
Tommy Deas, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News

PROJECTS over 175,000
Shalise Manza Young, Greg A. Bedard, Christopher L. Gasper, Sean Smith and Luke Knox, Boston Globe
Mick McCabe, Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
Kent Babb, Rustin Dodd, Blair Kerkhoff, Sam Mellinger and Terez A. Paylor, Kansas City Star
John Branch, The New York Times
J. Brady McCollough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dave Orrick, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press
Jackie Friedman, Nyier Abdou, Saed Hindash, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
Dan Wiederer, Chip Scoggins, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY
Amy Shipley, The Washington Post

PROJECTS 75,000 to 175,000 UPDATE
Rick Bonnell, Gavin Off, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Paul Woody, Mike Barber, Tammie Smith, Jim Nolan, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
Lori Riley, Mike Anthony, Paul Doyle, Jeff Otterbein, John Altavilla, Jeff Jacobs, Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Jason Wolf, The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Dan McCarney, Doug Pils, Terrence Thomas, John Whisler, Jerry Briggs, San Antonio News-Express
Nate Rau, The Tennessean (Nashville)
Nathan Fenno, Washington Times
David Biggy, Asbury Park (N.J.) Press
Jeff Elliott, Florida Times-Union

PROJECTS over 30,000-75,000
Josh Weir, Canton (Ohio) Repository
Staff, Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record
Jim Rossow, The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Dan DeLuca, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Brian Hiro, North County (Calif.) Times
Mike Lowe, Glenn Jordan, Steve Solloway, Portland (Maine) Press Herald
Mark Lazerus, The Post-Tribune (Merrillville, Ind.)
Ira Schoeffel, Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat
Jonathan Heeter, The Telegraph (Macon, Ga.)
Powell Latimer, Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews

PROJECTS Under 30,000
Christopher Dabe, David Henry, Jon Styf, Heather Nolan, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise
Aaron Dorksen, Andrew Vogel, The Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio)
Gregg Dewalt, Florence (Ala.) Times Daily
Harry Plumer, Ben Frederickson, Andrew Wagaman, Katy Bergen, Emily Becker, Anthony Schick, Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Greg Brownell, Pete Tobey, Will Springstead, Mary Albl, Michael Bonner, Tim McManus, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y)
Christopher Heimerman, Sauk Valley Media (Ill.)
Tommy Deas, Chase Goodbread, Aaron Suttles, Cecil Hurt, Andrew Carroll, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Andrew Matheson, Julie Jag, Jacob May, Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel
Nicholas Dettman, West Bend (Wis.) Daily News
Jeremiah Johnke, Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)

EXPLANATORY, Over 175,000
Greg A. Bedard, Boston Globe
Jodie Valade, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Patrick Saunders, Troy E. Renck, Irv Moss, Jeff Legwold, Tom Kensler, Benjamin Hochman and Mike Chambers, Denver Post
Kent Babb, Kansas City Star
John Branch, The New York Times
David Waldstein, The New York Times
Mike Jensen, Philadelphia Inquirer
Jerry Zgoda and Dennis Brackin, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Jill Lieber Steeg, U-T San Diego
Barry Svrluga, Jenna Johnson, Alex Prewit, Washington Post

EXPLANATORY 75,001-175,000
Kevin Scarbinsky, The Birmingham (Ala.) News
Kyle Veazey, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Jennie Rees, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
Randy Peterson, Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Gregg Krupa, Detroit News
Brendan F. Quinn, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
Jason Wolf, The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
Hal Habib, Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune
Richard Oliver, San Antonio Express-News

EXPLANATORY 30,000-75,000
James Allen, Albany (N.Y.) Times Union
Brian Linder, Buddy Shacklette, Sean Kernan, Brent Woronoff, Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal
Stephen Schramm, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Kevin Brockway, Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Jason Wolf, Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record
Jeff Sanders, North County (Calif.) Times
Bob Asmussen, The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Seth Soffian, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Steve T. Gorches, The Post-Tribune (Merrillville, Ind.)
Kellis Robinette, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

EXPLANATORY Under 30,000
David Henry, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise
Christopher Dabe, David Henry, Jared Ainsworth, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise
Christopher James, Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.)
Anthony Zilis, DeKalb (Ill.) Daily Chronicle
Kalle Oakes, Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Andrew Wagaman, Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Ryan Wood, Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Michael Bonner, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
Julie Jag, Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel
Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel

MULTIMEDIA Over 2 million unique visitors
Alvin Chang, Matt Pepin, Mike Giesta, Boston Globe
Mahala Gaylor, Denver Post
Eric Seals and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press
Robert Cassidy and 8 others, Newsday
Hannah Fairfield and 12 others, The New York Times
Xaquin G.V. and 9 others, The New York Times
Patrick White, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Nyier Abdou, Jackie Friedman and Saed Hinash, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
McKenna Ewen and 7 others, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Craig Davis, Jon Burstein, Mike Stocker, Dana Williams, Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

MULTIMEDIA 500,000 to 2 million unique visitors
Chris White, Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Lauren Mariacher, Keith McShea, The Buffalo News
Katie Kunert, Mark Marturello, Randy Peterson and Todd Williams, Des Moines Register
Chris Pietsch, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Dan DeLuca, Kinfay Moroti, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Dan DeLuca, Kinfay Moroti, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Erin Chapin, Knoxville News Sentinel
Erin Chapin, Lauren Spuhler and Rachel Wise, Knoxville News Sentinel
C.L. Brown, Michael Clevenger, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
John Clanton, Tulsa (Okla.) World

MULTIMEDIA Under 500,000 unique visitors*
Stuart Palley, Emily Kaiser, (Columbia) Missourian
Stuart Palley, Parker Miles Blohm, (Columbia) Missourian
Dan Mott, Erick Ward, Les Johnson, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Dan Mott, Christine Nikolich, Morgan Ellingson, Jason Pfrommer, Erick Ward and Les Johnson, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Erick Ward, Les Johnson, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Anthony Bratina, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
John Sahly, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Ed Killer, Scripps Treasure Coast (Fla.) Newspapers
Chris Imperiale, Marty Myers, Ted Baird, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)
Greg Brownell and staff, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)