AltWeekly Awards

1998 Column Above 54,000

Honorable Mention: by Judith Larsen , Washington City Paper
Honorable Mention: by Guy Trebay , The Village Voice

1998 Column Below 54,000

1st Place: by Lucius Lomax , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: by Liz Langley , Orlando Weekly

1998 Environmental Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: Dark Days on Black Mesa by John Dougherty , Phoenix New Times
2nd Place: How Green is too Green? by Kirk Semple , Miami New Times
3rd Place: Hate Canal , Washington City Paper

1998 Environmental Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: Burning Rubber by Malcolm Howard , Colorado Springs Independent

1998 Feature Story Above 54,000

1st Place: My Father, the Writer by Michael Fessier Jr. , L.A. Weekly
Honorable Mention: No Justice, No Peace by Dara Moskowitz , City Pages (Twin Cities)

1998 Feature Story Below 54,000

1st Place: A Good Thing Gone Bad by Willy Stern , Nashville Scene

1998 Investigative Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: Easy Street by Bob Burtman , Houston Press

1998 Investigative Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: Cops for Sale by Willy Stern , Nashville Scene
Honorable Mention: A Force to be Reckoned with by Tom Vannah , Springfield Advocate

1998 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 54,000

1st Place: To Lie For by David Smilgelski , Willamette Week
2nd Place (tie): And Now a Word from Our Sponsor by Eileen Murphy , Baltimore City Paper
2nd Place (tie): Money Talks by Dave Wielenga , New Times Los Angeles

1998 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 54,000

1st Place (tie): Can the New York Times Trust This Guy? by Willy Stern , Nashville Scene
1st Place (tie): News You Can Use? by Jesse Mayshark , Metro Pulse

1998 Political Column Above 54,000

1st Place: by Nat Hentoff , The Village Voice