AltWeekly Awards
2009 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 50,000
Honorable Mention: "Media Watch" by John Schuster and Tim Vanderpool , Tucson Weekly2009 Music Criticism Above 50,000
1st Place: "Down in Front" by Rob Harvilla , The Village Voice
2nd Place: Newport, Nights Out and Fourth Quarter CDs
by Jon Garelick
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Boston Phoenix
3rd Place: Swagger Like Us
by Pete Freedman
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Dallas Observer
2009 Music Criticism Below 50,000
1st Place: Abe Kenney, Noise and Pap by Luke Baumgarten , The Inlander
2nd Place: Pity for Black Kids, Lil Wayne and Billy Corgan's Bombast
by Robbie Mackey
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INDY Week
3rd Place: Euro With a Thousand Faces, Wither Without You and Beach Blanket Brilliance
by Justin Strout
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Orlando Weekly
2009 News Story-Long Form Above 50,000
1st Place: Snitch by Ashley Harrell , SF Weekly
2nd Place: Missing In Action
by Sean Gardiner
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The Village Voice
3rd Place: Señor Smith, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
by Beth Slovic
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Willamette Week
2009 News Story-Long Form Below 50,000
1st Place: Trial & Error (PDF) by Gwynedd Stuart , Folio Weekly
2nd Place: Busted
by Nicholas Deshais
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The Inlander
3rd Place: Systemic Neglect
by Dave Mann
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The Texas Observer
2009 News Story-Short Form Above 50,000
1st Place: Midwest Oil Mining a Crude Idea, Local Couples Fight for Gay Rights and Holly Collins Returns by Beth Walton , City Pages (Twin Cities)
2nd Place: Killers in the Can, Burn Baby Burn, and Voter Fraud Ahead
by Francisco Alvarado
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Miami New Times
3rd Place (tie): Secret Police, Crime and Prejudice and Graybar Hotel
by Ted McDonough
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Salt Lake City Weekly
3rd Place (tie): Godzilla Versus Mothra, Nuclear Fallout, and Vicious Circle
by Sarah Phelan
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
2009 News Story-Short Form Below 50,000
1st Place: Taming the Wild West, Turn off the Radio and Double Whammy by Phillip Bailey , LEO Weekly
2nd Place: Blog This, Taser Eraser and Leonard's Secret List
by Matt Davis
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The Portland Mercury
3rd Place: The Weekly is No Tom Tombrello, The Great Pasadena Bond Caper and Hater Nation
by Joe Piasecki
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Pasadena Weekly
