AltWeekly Awards

1998 Political Column Below 54,000

1st Place: by Hal Crowther , INDY Week
2nd Place: by Steve Glorioso , Kansas City New Times
3rd Place: , Gambit

1998 Political Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: The Godfather of South Central by Marc Cooper , New Times Los Angeles

1998 Political Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: The Chair and the Bench by Jesse Mayshark , Metro Pulse
Honorable Mention: Money Talking by Edward Ericson, Jr. , Orlando Weekly

1998 Social Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: Criminal Justice by Steve Bogira , Chicago Reader
2nd Place: Collateral Damage by Chris Thompson , East Bay Express

1998 Social Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: Double Standard by Debbie Nathan , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: Friendly Fire by Chris Thompson , East Bay Express

1997 Column Above 54,000

1st Place: by Tom Frank , Chicago Reader
2nd Place: by Judith Larsen , Washington City Paper

1997 Column Below 54,000

1st Place: by Liz Langley , Orlando Weekly
2nd Place: by John Bridges , Nashville Scene

1997 Feature Story Above 54,000

1st Place: Battered Neighborhood Syndrome by Paul Ruffins , Washington City Paper
Honorable Mention: Town Without Pity by John Conroy , Chicago Reader
Honorable Mention: Hollywood High Confidential by Sarah Luck Pearson , L.A. Weekly

1997 Feature Story Below 54,000

1st Place: Ultimate Penalty by Richard Urban , Nashville Scene
2nd Place: War Without End by Anne Schindler , Folio Weekly

1997 Investigative Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: Firestorm by Terrie Snyder , Baltimore City Paper