AltWeekly Awards

1999 Feature Story Below 54,000

3rd Place: Victim Soul by Doug Hanchett , Worcester Magazine
Honorable Mention: Broken Homes by Tricia Booker , Folio Weekly

1999 Investigative Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: Toxic Justice by Christine Biederman , Dallas Observer
2nd Place: The Money Changers by Terry Greene Sterling , Phoenix New Times

1999 Investigative Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: On The Line at IBP by Karen Olsson , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: The Governor's Piggy Bank by Leslie Newell Peacock , Arkansas Times
3rd Place: Sweet Deals Gone Sour by Willy Stern , Nashville Scene

1999 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 54,000

1st Place: Barnicle's Game by Dan Kennedy , Boston Phoenix

1999 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 54,000

1st Place: Stop the Presses! by Thomas Spencer , Birmingham Weekly

1999 News Feature Above 54,000

1st Place: Two Dead in Ohio by Paula Park , Washington City Paper
Honorable Mention: Wired by Marc Cooper , New Times Los Angeles
Honorable Mention: Dream Team by Robert Andrew Powell , Miami New Times

1999 News Feature Below 54,000

1st Place: Titanism Comes to Texas by Karen Olsson , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: Troubled Water by Anne Schindler , Folio Weekly
3rd Place: Tortured Chambers by Robert M. Rees , Honolulu Weekly
Honorable Mention: The Shapiro Murder File by Bob Fitrakis , Columbus Alive

1998 Business Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: The Great Bank Thievery by Peter Byrne , SF Weekly
2nd Place: Boxcar Willies by Anne Schindler , Folio Weekly

1998 Column Above 54,000

1st Place: by Eddie Little , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: by Dan Savage , The Stranger