AltWeekly Awards

2003 International Reporting Above 50,000

1st Place: The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee by Tom Robbins , The Village Voice

2003 Investigative Reporting Above 50,000

2nd Place: Mouth Wide Shut by Ron Russell , New Times Los Angeles
3rd Place: The Sinister Side of Yusuf Bey's Empire by Chris Thompson , East Bay Express

2003 Investigative Reporting Below 50,000

1st Place: Piling On by Leslie Blade , Cincinnati CityBeat

2003 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 50,000

1st Place: Reality TV Bites by Jennifer Mathieu , Houston Press
2nd Place: Professor Soundbite by Amy Roe , Willamette Week
Honorable Mention: Hip-Hopcrisy by Thomas Francis , Cleveland Scene
Honorable Mention: Incessant Static by Kathy Glasgow , Miami New Times

2003 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 50,000

1st Place: Copping Out by Maria Luisa Tucker , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: The State of Radio by Jeremy Hadley, Tom Grant and Rob Wilkinson , The Local Planet Weekly

2003 News Feature Above 50,000

1st Place: Killer on the Loose by Mike Sula , Chicago Reader
2nd Place: A Trial in Tulia by Liliana Ibara , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: Dirty or Duped by Mark Donald , Dallas Observer
3rd Place: Drugstore Cowboys by Justin Berton , East Bay Express
Honorable Mention: The Bishops Set Me Up! by Jason Cherkis, Joe Dempsey, Sarah Godfrey, David Morton, Annys Shin, Chris Short, Elissa Silverman and Erik Wemple , Washington City Paper

2003 News Feature Below 50,000

1st Place: Schenectady Calling by Nancy Guerin , Metroland

2003 News Story-Short Form Above 50,000

1st Place: by Thomas Francis , Cleveland Scene
2nd Place: by Joe Miller , The Pitch

2003 News Story-Short Form Below 50,000

1st Place: by Tim McGivern , Weekly Alibi