AltWeekly Awards
2008 Public Service Above 55,000
2nd Place: Blazing Saddles!, Angry Asian Rap Stalls Case, Kissing the Pinky Ring, Furious and Curiouser, They Got the Sheriff, Magnum Enforcer, She's the (Under) Sheriff, Draw Your Own Conclusions and Crossing the Thin Blue Line by R. Scott Moxley , OC Weekly
3rd Place: Off the Record, Judge Opens Secret Media Merger Files, Between the Sheets, Barons of Monopoly, Brown Must Fight the Media Monopoly, What We Know Now, Reilly's Right to Sue, Media Trial to Proceed --In Public, Barons Back Off Newspaper Trial and Beyond the Reilly Settlement
by G. W. Schulz and San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
Honorable Mention: I.G. Popped, Where Credit is Due, Not Up to Code, On the Block, HUD-aches, Defame Game, Open Perjury, Nightmare Neighbor, In Ruins and Watching the Inspectors
by Edward Ericson, Jr.
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Baltimore City Paper
2008 Public Service Below 55,000
1st Place: We're Sorry (PDF), In the Interest of Justice (PDF), Fighting Back in Klan Nation (PDF), The Klansman Bound (PDF), Seale the 'Last' Case? We Doubt It (PDF), Dredging Up the Past (PDF), The Truth Can Hurt (PDF), Profile of a Klansman (PDF), Strange Bedfellows (PDF) and Cold Cases Bill Must Pass (PDF) by Donna Ladd, Kate Medley and Matt Saldana , Jackson Free Press
2nd Place: Mineral-Rights Mania (PDF), Perilous Profits (PDF), Time is on Their Side (PDF), Fighting Back (PDF), Paper Promises (PDF), Digging Deeper (PDF) and Hot Water (PDF)
by Fort Worth Weekly Staff
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Fort Worth Weekly
3rd Place: Tripped for Sure, Stupid Political Tricks, Idea Man, Dean for Mayor, Inclement Bob, 40 Days and 40 Nights, True Crime, Yankee Doodle Dean, See Bob Run and Read Their Lips
by Jeff Woods and Liz Garrigan
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Nashville Scene
Honorable Mention: Tasteful Reads, Family Values, Unnatural Indecency, Pride Radio Streams to Albequerque - Without Local Content, Revolting Drag Queens, Grown Up Gay, Absolutely Fabulous, Four Corners' Clash, Culture Shock and Thin Line
by Weekly Alibi Staff
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Weekly Alibi
2008 Special Section Above 55,000
1st Place: The Green Issue by NOW Magazine Staff , NOW Magazine
2nd Place: LA People 2007
by L.A. Weekly Staff
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L.A. Weekly
3rd Place: Restaurant Guide 2007
by Byron Beck and Willamette Week Staff
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Willamette Week
2008 Special Section Below 55,000
1st Place: "Beloveds" Molly Ivins (1944-2007) by Texas Observer Staff , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: 50 Years After
by Arkansas Times Staff
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Arkansas Times
3rd Place: Arcadia
by North Bay Bohemian staff and Contributors
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North Bay Bohemian
2008 Web Site Above 55,000
1st Place: The Phoenix by Boston Phoenix Staff , Boston Phoenix
2nd Place: Austin Chronicle
by Austin Chronicle staff
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Austin Chronicle
3rd Place: L.A. Weekly
by L.A. Weekly Staff
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L.A. Weekly
2008 Web Site Below 55,000
1st Place: Arkansas Times by Arkansas Times Staff , Arkansas Times
2nd Place: Santa Barbara Independent
by Santa Barbara Independent Staff
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Santa Barbara Independent
3rd Place: Seven Days
by Donald Eggert, Bob Kilpatrick and Cathy Resmer
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Seven Days