AltWeekly Awards

1997 Investigative Reporting Above 54,000

Honorable Mention: Waterworld Under Fire by Curt Guyette , Metro Times
Honorable Mention: Unqualified Disaster by Scott Farmelant , Philadelphia City Paper

1997 Investigative Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: Dirty Money by Barry Yeoman , INDY Week
2nd Place: Formula For Greed by Michael Weber , Columbus Guardian
3rd Place: Snow Jobs by Beverly Gage , New Haven Advocate

1997 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 54,000

1st Place: Good News Traveling Too Fast by David Carr , Washington City Paper
2nd Place: by Chris Walters , Austin Chronicle
2nd Place: What's Down? by Kate Dobbs , INDY Week
3rd Place: You Hate This Man by Will Swaim , OC Weekly

1997 Political Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place: The Big Mac Attack by Curt Guyette , Metro Times
2nd Place: Kemp and the Fugitive by Matt Potter , San Diego Reader
Honorable Mention: Pat Buchanan's Traitors by Susan Faludi , L.A. Weekly
Honorable Mention: The Dirt on Mr. Clean by David Moberg , Chicago Reader

1997 Political Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: The Senator's Secret by Steve Schewel , INDY Week
2nd Place: The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan , OC Weekly

1997 Social Reporting Above 54,000

1st Place (tie): Sins of the Mother by Tori Marlan , Chicago Reader
1st Place (tie): Down Under by Melinda Roth , Riverfront Times

1997 Social Reporting Below 54,000

1st Place: Harvest of Rage by Joel Dyer , Boulder Weekly
2nd Place: The Suburbs Change Color by Carole Bass and Paul Bass , New Haven Advocate