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AltWeekly Awards

2009 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 50,000

1st Place: Fear Factor by David Koon and Gerard Matthews , Arkansas Times
2nd Place: Cuts to Run Deep at N&O, The Herald-Sun's nosedive and What's Up? More bad news at The N&O by Fiona Morgan , INDY Week
3rd Place: The Incredible Shrinking Sentinel by Billy Manes, Bob Whitby and Deanna Sheffield , Orlando Weekly
Honorable Mention: "Media Watch" by John Schuster and Tim Vanderpool , Tucson Weekly

2009 News Story-Long Form Above 50,000

1st Place: Snitch by Ashley Harrell , SF Weekly
2nd Place: Missing In Action by Sean Gardiner , The Village Voice
3rd Place: Señor Smith, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 by Beth Slovic , Willamette Week

2009 News Story-Long Form Below 50,000

1st Place: Trial & Error (PDF) by Gwynedd Stuart , Folio Weekly
2nd Place: Busted by Nicholas Deshais , The Inlander
3rd Place: Systemic Neglect by Dave Mann , The Texas Observer

2009 News Story-Short Form Above 50,000

1st Place: Midwest Oil Mining a Crude Idea, Local Couples Fight for Gay Rights and Holly Collins Returns by Beth Walton , City Pages (Twin Cities)
2nd Place: Killers in the Can, Burn Baby Burn, and Voter Fraud Ahead by Francisco Alvarado , Miami New Times
3rd Place (tie): Secret Police, Crime and Prejudice and Graybar Hotel by Ted McDonough , Salt Lake City Weekly
3rd Place (tie): Godzilla Versus Mothra, Nuclear Fallout, and Vicious Circle by Sarah Phelan , San Francisco Bay Guardian

2009 News Story-Short Form Below 50,000

1st Place: Taming the Wild West, Turn off the Radio and Double Whammy by Phillip Bailey , LEO Weekly
2nd Place: Blog This, Taser Eraser and Leonard's Secret List by Matt Davis , The Portland Mercury
3rd Place: The Weekly is No Tom Tombrello, The Great Pasadena Bond Caper and Hater Nation by Joe Piasecki , Pasadena Weekly

2009 Public Service Above 50,000

1st Place: Heroin by Robbie Woliver, Tim Bolger and Michael Martino , Long Island Press
2nd Place: Selling You by Craig Malisow , Houston Press
3rd Place: Detroit's Big Burn by Curt Guyette , Metro Times
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