A complete list of winners in 76th annual National Headliner Awards

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Winners of 76th annual National Headliner Awards

Winners of the 76th annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., by category, followed by second- and third-place finishers:

PRINT DIVISION

Daily Newspapers

Writing and Reporting

Spot news, First Place and Grand Award winner-news division: New York Daily News, “Miracle on the Hudson”; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Stanton Heights Shooting”; Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, “The Fort Hood Shootings.”

News beat coverage or continuing coverage: The Miami Herald, Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Ronnie Greene, “Miami-Dade County Perks”; The Associated Press, Lynn Elber, Thomas Watkins and Justin Pritchard, “Michael Jackson investigation”; The Boston Globe, Maria Sacchetti, “Immigration reporting.”

News series, circulation up to 75,000: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, Roy Wenzl, “The Miracle of Father Kapaun”; Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer, “Trapped in Tamms”; Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune, Amie Thompson, “Lethal Legacy.”

News series, circulation over 75,000: Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, Neptune, N.J., “Fighting New Jersey’s Tax Crush”; The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal, Marc Perrusquia, Kristina Goetz and Zack McMillin; Stars and Stripes, Nancy Montgomery, “Coming Home: The Men of Triple Deuce.”

Local interest column on a variety of subjects: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jim Stingl; The Philadelphia Inquirer, Annette John-Hall; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Daniel Bice, “No Quarter.”

Special or feature column on one subject: The (Portland, Ore.) Oregonian, David Sarasohn, “In a Hungry Time”; The Dallas Morning News, Leslie Brenner, restaurant reviews; The Philadelphia Inquirer, Inga Saffron, “Changing Skyline.”

Editorial writing: Detroit Free Press, Barb Arrigo and editorial board, “The Budget Tightrope”; The (Glens Falls, N.Y.) Post-Star, Mark C. Mahoney, “Fighting Government Spending”; The (Portland, Ore.) Oregonian, Rick Attig and Doug Bates, “Oregon’s Sacrifice Zone.”

Sports column: The (Portland, Ore.) Oregonian, John Canzano; The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, Jason Whitlock; The Associated Press, Jim Litke.

Sports writing: Detroit Free Press, Michael Rosenberg, Mark Snyder, Shawn Windsor and Jim Schaefer, “University of Michigan violates NCAA football practice rules”; The Associated Press, Ben Walker; The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, Kent Babb.

Feature writing on a variety of subjects: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Todd C. Frankel; The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Elizabeth Leland; The Wall Street Journal, Michael M. Phillips, “Broken Homes.”

Business news coverage: Bloomberg News, Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry, Christine Harper and Alison Fitzgerald, “Lehman’s Lessons”; The Miami Herald, Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, articles on Allen Stanford; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, John Schmid and Ben Poston, “Patents Pending.”

Education Writing: Chicago Tribune, Jodi S. Cohen, Stacy St. Clair and Tara Malone, “Clout Goes to College”; The Baltimore Sun, Sara Neufeld; The Associated Press, coverage of black colleges.

Health/medical/science writing: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, John Fauber, Meg Kissinger and Suzanne Rust, “Side Effects”; The Denver Post, Jennifer Brown; The Associated Press, “When Drugs Stop Working.”

Environmental reporting: Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Thomas Maier and John Paraskevas, “Fallout: The Legacy of Brookhaven Lab in the Pacific”; The Boston Globe, Beth Daley; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Michael Scott.

Investigative reporting: The Washington Post, Debbie Cenziper and Meg Smith, “Wasting Away”; The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer, J. Andrew Curliss and staff, “Executive Privilege”; St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs, “Inside Scientology: A Times’ Special Report.”

Public service: Stars and Stripes, “Forcing Change”; The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Justice: Delayed, Dismissed, Denied”; (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun-Sentinel, Paula McMahon, articles on Anthony Caravella.

Editorial cartoons: Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, Mike Peters; Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, Dana J. Summers; The San Diego Union-Tribune, Stephen P. Breen.

Journalistic innovation: The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, “Help Wanted”; Las Vegas Sun, “Bottoming Out: Gambling Addiction in Las Vegas”; The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Justice: Delayed, Dismissed, Denied.”

Magazines

Writing and Reporting

Coverage of a major news event: ProPublica, Sheri Fink, Stephen Engelberg, Ilena Silverman and Susan White, “The Deadly Choices at Memorial”; Bloomberg News, Gary Cohn and Darrell Preston, “AARP’s Stealth Fees”; Playboy, Shashank Bengali, “Pirates of Somalia.”

Feature writing on a variety of subjects: SmartMoney, Anne Kadet, “Credit Bureau”; The Boston Globe, Neil Swidey; Time Magazine, Nancy Gibbs, “Saving Parents.”

Column: National Journal, Jonathan Rauch; SmartMoney, Anne Kadet; Time Magazine, Joe Klein.

Photography and Graphics

Newspapers/spot news, First Place and Grand Award winner-photography division: New York Daily News, Bruno Bourachdene, “Hero of Hudson”; The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, John Sleezer, “Mohler Family”; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong, “Accused Nazi Guard Deported.”

Newspapers/features: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Kristyna Wentz-Graff, “Ballet Gets Gift”; The Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter, “Jimmy Fund”; The (Nashville) Tennessean, Dipti Vaidya, “Upside Down and Under Water.”

Newspapers/sports: The Boston Globe, Barry Chin; The Boston Globe, Jim Davis; The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, David Eulitt.

Magazines, News Services, Syndicates/spot news: The Associated Press, Nasser Shiyouki, “Funeral Pictures”; The Associated Press, Steven Day, “Miracle on the Hudson”; The Associated Press, Khalil Hamra, “Bloodbath.”

Magazines, News Services, Syndicates/features: The Associated Press, Muhammed Muheisen, “Scary Play”; Reuters News Agency, Larry Downing, “War Widow”; The Associated Press, Altaf Qadri, “Night Vendor.”

Magazines, News Services, Syndicates/sports: The Associated Press, Daniel Ochoa de Olza, “Gored”; The Associated Press, Mark J. Terrill, “A Little Inside”; Sports Illustrated, Damian Strohmeyer, “Caught Pink-handed.”

Photography portfolio: The Associated Press, Kevin Frayer; The Associated Press, Emilio Morenatti; Time Magazine, Callie Shell, “Obama’s First 100 Days in Office.”

Photo essay/story: Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera, “America: A Young Girl’s Fight”; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, “Motel Manor”; The Associated Press, Julie Jacobson, “Addicted.”

Portrait: The Boston Globe, Yoon S. Byun, “Somerville, Mass., Police Officer”; The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, Keith Myers, “Guatemalan Woman”; The Associated Press, Adel Hana, “Palestinian Bride.”

Newspapers/magazines: informational graphics: National Journal, Ryan Morris; The San Diego Union-Tribune, “Green Governing”; The Dallas Morning News.

Newspapers/magazines, illustrative graphics: The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, Hector Casanova; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Andrea Levy; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Ted Crow.

BROADCAST DIVISION

Radio stations

Newscast: WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Bill Vanko, Scott Wykoff and Robert Lang, “WBAL Morning News: Inauguration Day”; WTOP Radio, Washington, “MetroRail Crash”; no third-place award given.

Breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event: WTOP Radio, Washington, “MetroRail Crash”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, John Patti, Scott Wykoff and Anne Kramer, “Dundalk’s Big Break”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Robert Lang, Anne Kramer and Scott Wykoff, “Mayor Dixon Indicted and Convicted.”

Feature or human interest story, First Place and Grand Award winner-radio division: WTOP Radio, Washington, Brennan Haselton, “Glass Harp”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, John Patti, “Cul de Sac Cinema”; WNYC Radio, New York, Kathleen Horan, “Marine LCPL Julian Brennan.”

Documentary or public affairs: Minnesota Public Radio News, Mark Zdechlik, “Minnesota’s Unending Senate Battle”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, John Patti and Scott Wykoff, “Maryland Voices”; WTOP Radio, Washington, Darci Marchese, “The War That Never Ends.”

News series: WTOP Radio, Washington, J.J. Green, “The Nexus”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, John Patti, “Joe Palczynski: A Legacy of Pain”; WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Anne Kramer, “Coupon Crazy.”

Radio networks and syndicators

Newscast: CBS Radio News, Nick Young, Peter Maer and Paul Farry, “CBS World News Roundup”; no second-place award given; no third-place award given.

Breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event: CBS Radio News, Cami McCormick, “Afghanistan”; CBS Radio News, “The Economy”; no third-place award given.

Feature or human interest story: NPR, Guy Raz, Travis Larchuck and Rick Holter, “The Island of Bar Codes”; NPR, Ailsa Chang and Steve Drummond, “Not Enough Money or Time to Defend Detroit’s Poor”; CNN, Dan Szematowicz and Lisa Desjardins, “Young, Black and Unemployed.”

Documentary or public affairs: Linda Paul and Jay Allison, “Jennie’s Secret”; WNYC Radio, New York, Sara Fishko, “The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series”; CBS Radio News, “That’s the Way It Was.”

News series: CBS Radio News, CBS Radio News staff, “Children of the Recession”; MarketWatch Radio Network, Andrew O’Day, Adrienne Mitchell and John Wordock, “The Hunt for Stimulus”; American Public Media, Sharona Coutts and Amy Scott, “Allegations of Enrollment Abuses at University of Phoenix.”

Broadcast or cable television stations

Newscast: KIRO-TV, Seattle, Todd Mokhtari, Tonya Estes and Katie Haynes, “KIRO Eyewitness News at 11″; WCVB-TV, Boston, Andrew Vrees, Chris Roach and Samantha Butkiewicus, “Newscenter 5 at 11 p.m., Aug. 29, 2009″; WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Md., “6 p.m. News: Mayor Sheila Dixon Verdict.”

Coverage of a live breaking news event: KIRO-TV, Seattle, Todd Mokhtari, Tonya Estes and Jake Milstein, “Amanda Knox Verdict”; KIRO-TV, Seattle, Todd Mokhtari, Tonya Estes, Jake Milstein, “Lakewood Officers Shot”; WBAL-TV, Baltimore, “Mayor Shelia Dixon Verdict.”

Continuing coverage of a single news event: WFLD-TV, Chicago, “Derrion Albert Beating”; WFTS-TV, Tampa, Don Germaise and Tim Jones, “Dangerous Bus Stop”; no third-place award given.

Feature, sports or human interest story, First Place and Grand Award winner-television division: WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, Scott Swan and Steve Rhodes, “Sincerely Mr. Stroup”; KARE-TV, Minneapolis, Boyd Huppert and Jonathan Malat, “The Tyler Project”; KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, Texas, Matt Barrie and Noah Bullard, “A Game of Hope.”

Public service: WFTS-TV, Tampa, Rich Pegram, Lissette Campos and Jennifer McVan, “Taking Action Against Domestic Violence”; WYFF-TV, Greenville, S.C., Lee Brown, John Hendon, Carol Goldsmith, Jennifer Mihalic, Justin Antoniotti and Jane Robelot, “Chronicle: Paul’s Gift”; KCET-TV/SoCal Connected, Los Angeles, Bret Marcus, Rick Wilkinson, Saul Gonzalez, Vince Gonzales and Angie Crouch, “Driving Distracted.”

Documentary or series of reports: KMGH-TV, Denver, Tony Kovaleski, Tom Burke, Jason Foster and Arthur Kane, “33 Minutes to 34 Right”; KCET-TV/SoCal Connected, Los Angeles, Bret Marcus, Karen Foshay, John Larson and Val Zavala, “Is Anybody Listening?”; no third-place award given.

Investigative reporting: KHOU-TV, Houston, Mark Greenblatt, David Raziq, Keith Tomshe, Chris Henao and Robyn Hughes, “Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard”; KHOU-TV, Houston, Jeremy Rogalski, David Raziq and Keith Tomshe, “Solders at Risk: The Iraq Water Investigation”; WFTS-TV, Tampa, Alan M. Cohn, Doug Iten and Randy Wright, “A Tampa Case of Stolen Valor.”

Business & consumer reporting: WCVB-TV, Boston, Jen Berryman, Susan Wornick and Sarah Stolper, “Team 5 Investigates Toyota Tundra Rust”; WFXT-TV, Boston, Mike Beaudet, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Rothstein, Rich Ward, James Goff, Allan DiMaio and Juli McDonald, “Hidden Steroids: A Warning for Young Athletes”; KPIX-TV, San Francisco, Anna Werner, Abigail Sterling and Gerard Watson, “The Mass Marketing of Consumer Scams.”

Health/science reporting: KSTP-TV, St. Paul, Minn., Mark Albert, Jim O’Connell and Mike Maybay, “Conscientious Objector: School Vaccination Investigation”; KCTV-TV, Kansas City, Mo., Ash-Har Quraishi, Chris Koeberl, Ken Ullery and Chris Henao, “Oral Arguments”; WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C., Ann Sheridan and Dan Robbins, “Ann’s Story.”

Environmental reporting: WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tenn., Ben Hall and Iain Montgomery, “The Selenium Bill”; KCTV-TV, Kansas City, Mo., Ash-Har Quraishi, Chris Koeberl, Ken Ullery and Chris Henao, “Grazing for Safety”; WFTS-TV, Tampa, Brendan McLaughlin, Randy Wright and Doug Iten, “Cost of Water.”

Broadcast televisision networks, cable networks and syndicators

Best newscast: “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”The Inauguration of Barack Obama”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”Remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”Miracle on the Hudson.”

Coverage of a major news event: “Dateline NBC,” David Corvo, Liz Cole and Benita Alexander-Noel, “This Moment, This Time: Voices”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”The Crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 to Buffalo”; NBC News, “Today,” ”Death of Sen. Ted Kennedy.”

Continuing coverage of a major news event: CNN, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and David Doss, “Anderson Cooper 360: Inside the Battle Zone: Afghanistan”; “Dateline NBC,” Ann Curry, Tim Sandler and David Corvo, “To Save the Children”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”Brian Williams Reporting from Afghanistan.”

Feature, sports or human interest story: ESPN, Wright Thompson and Martin Khodabakhshian, “E60: Catfish Hunter”; NBC News, “Today,” Bob Dotson and Amanda Marshall, “American Story with Bob Dotson: Lost Graves”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”China’s Lost Children.”

Documentary or series of reports: CNBC, David Faber, James Jacoby and Jill Landes, “House of Cards”; CNN, Dan Rivers, Kocha Orlan, Mike McCarthy and Sheri England, “World’s Untold Stories: Killing Fields: Long Road to Justice”; “PBS Newshour,” Pulitzer Center and The Bureau for International Reporting, Kira Kay, Jason Maloney and Jon Sawyer, “The Fragile States Series.”

Investigative reporting: CNN, Abbie Boudreau, Scott Zamost and Jessi Joseph, “Your Government at Work: Post Office Mansion”; CNN, Gary Tuchman, Katherine Wojtecki, Kevin Myers, Derek Davis and Alana Duglas, “Anderson Cooper 360: Texas Highway Robbery?”; CNN, Allan Chernoff, Laura Dolan, Janelle Rodriguez and James Kraft, “American Morning: Gulfstream Air Investigation.”

News magazine program: “Dateline NBC,” Ann Curry, Richard Greenberg and Ali Arouzi, “Inside Iran”; “Dateline NBC,” David Corvo, Meredith Vieira and Benita Alexander-Noel, “Fighting for Sean”; “NOW on PBS,” Na Eng, John Siceloff and Judith Wolff, “Gambling with Health Care.”

Business & consumer reporting: CNN, Drew Griffin, Kathleen Johnston, Scott Matthews, Todd Schwarzschild and Marcus Hooper, “The Border”; CNN, Michael Kane, Ali Velshi and Christine Romans, “How the Wheels Came Off: The Rise and Fall of the American Auto Industry”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”AIG Bailout Explained.”

Health/science reporting: CNN, Drew Griffin, Kathleen Johnston, Scott Matthews, Todd Schwarzschild and Marcus Hooper, “The Wheelchair”; NBC News, “Today,” John O’Rourke and Peter Alexander, “My Sister’s Story”; CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Roni Selig, Tim Langmaid, Caleb Hellerman and David Martin, “Another Day Cheating Death.”

Environmental reporting: “NOW on PBS,” Amy Bucher, John Siceloff and Ty West, “Water World”; “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” ”Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Conflict”; “NOW on PBS,” Na Eng, John Siceloff and David Kreger, “Power Struggle: Clean Energy and the Grid.”

ONLINE JOURNALISM

Radio affiliated online journalism: WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Mark Miller, Scott Wykoff and Robert Lang, WBAL.com; FoxNewsRadio.com, Chad Pergram, “The Speaker’s Lobby: Covering Congress in 2009″; Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ.org, Justin Kaufmann, Andrew Gill and Carrie Shepherd, “State of Your State.”

Television affiliated online journalism: CNBC, Meredith Stark, Allen Wastler and Viktor Cea, CNBC.com; CNN, CNN.com; WFTS-TV, Tampa, ABCActionNews.com.

Newspaper affiliated online journalism: Las Vegas Sun, LasVegasSun.com; The (Maryville, Tenn.) Daily Times, Mark Boxley, “Lives Wasted”; The (Nashville) Tennessean, Tennessean.com.

Magazine affiliated online journalism: Time Inc., Time.com; Time Inc., CNNMoney.com; Sports Illustrated, Andy Staples, “The State of Recruiting.”

ONLINE VISUAL

Online videography: The Boston Globe, Ann Silvio, Scott LaPierre and Bill Greene, “Ted Kennedy: A Life in Politics”; Detroit Free Press, “Motown at 50″; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Bill Gugliotta, “Help Wanted: When Layoffs Hit Home.”

Online slideshow: CNNMoney.com, “Assignment Detroit”; CNBC, Meredith Stark, Paul Toscano and Fred LaSenna, CNBC.com; St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, “Motel Manor” and “St. Louis WWII Veterans.”