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AltWeekly Awards

2008 Feature Story Above 55,000

3rd Place: The Battle Over Heavy T by Joe Eaton , Washington City Paper

2008 Feature Story Below 55,000

1st Place: We Are Family: A Klan Child Fans a Different Flame by Donna Ladd , Jackson Free Press
2nd Place: Twice Burned by Dusty Rhodes , Illinois Times
3rd Place: Virtual Goods, Hard Cash by Ron Aiken , Columbia Free Times

2008 Investigative Reporting Above 55,000

1st Place: The Town the Law Forgot, Cuhady Reformers Lose, Mario Beltran's Wild Night, Politics Meet Street, The Trouble with Mario Beltran, Friends in Low Places, Did City Hall Fund a Gun-runner?, Taming the Wild 740 Club, Mario Beltran's Strange Bedfellows and Mario Beltran's Undertow by Jeffrey Anderson , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: The Corporation that Ate San Francisco, Dust Still Settling and Green City by Sarah Phelan , San Francisco Bay Guardian
3rd Place: Swept Under the Bridge and Sex Offenders Set Up Camp by Isaiah Thompson , Miami New Times
Honorable Mention: The Worst Internal Scandal in NSA History was Blamed on Cold War Defectors' Homosexuality by Rick Anderson , Seattle Weekly

2008 Investigative Reporting Below 55,000

1st Place: Hidden in Plain Sight (PDF) by Nate Blakeslee , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: The Loop, MLGW Networx: Keeping Us in the Dark?, Will the City Council Get the Real Story? Will Anyone?, Networx Down and Unplugged by Chris Davis , The Memphis Flyer
3rd Place: Hot and Soured, Official Reactions Mixed on Allegations of Minimum-wage, Building-Code Violations and State Cracks Down on Burlington-Area Chinese Restaurant Owners by Ken Picard , Seven Days
Honorable Mention: Sluggish Response to Suicide, Punish the Mentally Ill!, Prisoners as Commodities, Prisoner Gagged, Maine Prison Bosses Violate Court Orders, Press Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmate Gets Care Despite State's Objections, Stabbed in the Back, Dangerous Waits for Psychiatric Evaluations? and Exiled Maine Prisoners Report Abuse, Danger by Lance Tapley , Portland Phoenix

2008 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 55,000

1st Place: Goodbye Baquet, Hello O'Shea, Dangerous Liaisons and Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid by Nikki Finke , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: The Deluge by Doron Taussig , Philadelphia City Paper
3rd Place: Culture War, Silent Treatment and The Problem with Heroes by Adam Reilly , Boston Phoenix

2008 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 55,000

1st Place: All the News Not Fit to Print, That Dog's All Wet and The Canine Ultimatum by Nick Welsh , Santa Barbara Independent
2nd Place: Monetizing Content at The Commercial Appeal by John Branston , The Memphis Flyer
3rd Place: Identity Crisis, Who Really Gored Gore? and Afflict the Afflicted by Liz Garrigan , Nashville Scene

2008 News Story-Long Form Above 55,000

1st Place: The Punisher and A Thumb on the Scales by Alan Prendergast , Westword
2nd Place: Not Hiring by David Martin , The Pitch
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