2013 FRONT PAGE AWARDS
Hurricane Sandy took the Front Page Awards by storm this year, claiming two Journalist of the Year awards for pictures and words, and awards for Best In-Depth Reporting by a Wire Service, Best Front Page Photo, Best Feature Photo, Best Local News Reporting, and Best Mixed Media News Reporting.
ONLINE
In-Depth Reporting
Katherine Eban, Fortune/Time Inc.
“Dirty Medicine”
– Maker of generic Lipitor pleads guilty to selling ‘adulterated drugs’
– The latest to claim fraud at generic Lipitor maker Ranbaxy: Its owners.
Spot News
Ginger Adams Otis, New York Daily News
Digital Video
Lindsay Meeks, Anne Lagamayo, Taylor Flowers, New York Daily News
“Looking back at the MLK ‘Dream’ of the March on Washington 50 years later”
Feature
Sarah Garland, The Hechinger Report
“In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful”
WIRES
In-Depth Reporting
Meghan Barr, Katie Zezima, Claudia Torrens, The Associated Press
Superstorm Sandy Coverage
Spot News
Asjylyn Loder, Esme E. Deprez, Bloomberg News
“Boston bombing victim in iconic photo helped identify suspects”
Beat Reporting
Patricia Hurtado, Katherine Burton, Saijel Kishan, Bloomberg News
SAC Capital Coverage
– Ex-SAC Capital Manager Tells FBI Fund Used Insider Data
– SAC Capital Fund Manager Said to Be Uncharged Conspirator
– SAC E-Mails Show Steve Cohen Consulted on Key Dell Trade
– SAC’s Steinberg Arrested as Probe Gets Closer to Cohen
NEWSPAPERS
In-Depth Reporting (Circulation over 100,000)
Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times
Beat Reporting (Circulation over 100,000)
Corinne Lestch, New York Daily News
“School of Horror”
Feature (Circulation less than 100,000)
Naomi Zeveloff, The Forward
“How the Pozner family grieves”
In-Depth Reporting (Circulation less than 100,000)
Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report
“Literacy and STEM Education in Mississippi”
– The literacy crisis: Searching for solutions in Mississippi
– Left behind in science: Why Mississippi’s children lose out on STEM jobs
Feature (Circulation over 100,000)
Ginger Adams Otis, New York Daily News
Local News Reporting (Circulation less than 100,000)
Genevieve Belmaker, Epoch Times International
Superstorm Sandy Coverage
– Homeless Sandy Victims Facing April 30 Deadline
– Federal Help Could Be on the Way for Homeless Sandy Victims
The Nellie Bly Award for Best Bylined Front Page Story
Randi F. Marshall, Maura McDermott, Newsday
“Home loans plunge”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Essay
Alejandra Villa, Newsday
“Outliving Death”
Best Front Page Photo
Ruth Fremson, The New York Times
“Battered Seaside Haven Recalls Its Trial by Fire”
Sports
Mary Altaffer, The Associated Press
“Malignaggi Brenner Boxing"
Feature
Julia Xanthos, New York Daily News
“Everything’s Gone”
Sports
Mary Altaffer, The Associated Press
“Malignaggi Brenner Boxing"
RADIO
In-Depth
Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg News- "Postponement Generation Grows Up"
Best Use of Mixed Media in Reporting
Andrea Bernstein and Kate Hinds, WNYC, Karen Rouse, The Record
“How New Jersey Transit Failed Sandy’s Test”
Feature
Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Laura Mayer, WNYC
TELEVISION
Special Reporting
Christiane Amanpour, Jenna Millman, Jeanmarie Condon, ABC News
“Back to the Beginning with Christiane Amanpour”
Breaking News
Diane Sawyer, Nikki Battiste, Lana Zak, ABC News
“Inside A Newtown Classroom: A Teacher Speaks”
MAGAZINES
SPECIALIZED REPORTING
Opinion/Criticism
Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times
“The Working Life”
Sports
Lion Calandra, FoxNews.com
“A baseball game where the players are underhanded and the only juice is Tropicana”
Editorial Cartoons
Isabella Bannerman
“What do you think our most powerful renewable resource is? Denial.”
Science
Robin Stein, Dan Rather Reports
“Ph Don’t”
The Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist
Emily Jane Fox, CNNMoney
Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year
Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News
Tracey Porpora, Staten Island Advance
The Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence
The Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement
Tina Brown