AltWeekly Awards

2004 Column-Political Below 50,000

1st Place: by Bob Whitby , Orlando Weekly
2nd Place: by Jack Bradigan Spula , City Newspaper
3rd Place: by Kyle Whitmire , Birmingham Weekly

2004 Feature Story Above 50,000

1st Place: The Girl Who Played Dead by Julie Lyons , Dallas Observer
2nd Place: War of Words by Joe Miller , The Pitch
3rd Place: How Sweet It Was by Celeste Fraser Delgado , Miami New Times
Honorable Mention: Fishing the Mainstream by Tommy Craggs , SF Weekly
Honorable Mention: A Duty to Hack by Matt Palmquist , SF Weekly

2004 Feature Story Below 50,000

1st Place: Why Andy Won't Die by Dusty Rhodes , Illinois Times
Honorable Mention: An Unresolved Death by Mike Keefe-Feldman , Missoula Independent

2004 Investigative Reporting Above 50,000

1st Place (tie): Stolen Souls by Dan Malone , Fort Worth Weekly
1st Place (tie): Death, Maiming, Money, and Muni by Peter Byrne , SF Weekly
2nd Place: The War Within by Julie Jargon , Westword
Honorable Mention: Innocent! by A.C. Thompson , San Francisco Bay Guardian

2004 Investigative Reporting Below 50,000

1st Place: Deep Trouble by Jennifer Strom , INDY Week
2nd Place: The Orkin Scam , Orlando Weekly
3rd Place: Buncombe Justice on Trial by Cecil Bothwell , Mountain Xpress

2004 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 50,000

1st Place: Off Target by Erik Wemple and Josh Levin , Washington City Paper
2nd Place: All in the Family by Tali Woodward , San Francisco Bay Guardian
3rd Place: The Next Battle in the Newspaper Wars by David Schimke , City Pages (Twin Cities)