AltWeeklies Awards | News Writing

1st Place: Deadline Hollywood by Nikki Finke , L.A. Weekly

2nd Place: Press Clips by Sydney H. Schanberg , The Village Voice

3rd Place (tie): Knight Riddance by Bob Norman , New Times Broward-Palm Beach

3rd Place (tie): "Pulitzer's Pain" and "Pulitzer's Gain" by Chad Garrison and Malcolm Gay , Riverfront Times

Honorable Mention: We've Got Issues by Chris Potter , Pittsburgh City Paper

1st Place: "Dollars or Sense?" "What Next?" and "(Tele)Vision Quest" by Krestia DeGeorge , City Newspaper

2nd Place: "The 'Perception' of the Ledger," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Sensational Suburban Legends" by Todd Stauffer , Jackson Free Press

3rd Place: "Paxton May Have Overpaid," "Rock Talk Is History at WRDU," and "Big Cable" by Fiona Morgan , INDY Week

Honorable Mention: Feeding Frenzy by Leigh de Armas , Orlando Weekly

1st Place: Attack of the Killer Weed by Wyatt Olson , New Times Broward-Palm Beach

2nd Place: For Sale by Laura McPhee , NUVO

3rd Place: Cross to Bare by Robert Nelson , Phoenix New Times

Honorable Mention: Hijacking at the Hospital by Pablo Lastra , Fort Worth Weekly

1st Place: Torture in Maine's Prison by Lance Tapley , Portland Phoenix

2nd Place: St. Joseph's Night Gone Blue by Katy Reckdahl , Gambit

3rd Place: Guards Sound Alarm Over Security at Nuclear Plant by Sue Sturgis , INDY Week

Honorable Mention: Getting Plucked by Dave Mann , The Texas Observer

1st Place: "If the Shoe Fits," "Welcome to America," and "Duke of Oil" by Alan Prendergast , Westword

2nd Place: "The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit," "Current Event," and "Irons in the Fire" by Kristen Hinman , Riverfront Times

3rd Place: "The Mitt Romney Assisted Suicide Initiative," "Landsmark Revisited," and "Brian Lees" by Paul McMorrow , Dig Boston

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