Alumni, adjuncts winners at recent Arizona Press Club event
More than two dozen UA journalism alumni and seven adjunct faculty
members were winners at the 84th Annual Arizona Press Club Awards
Banquet May 12 in Phoenix.
UA Journalism Graduates SMALL
NEWSPAPERS
Public safety reporting
First place: Bill
Coates, Arizona Capitol Times: "Round-the-clock justice"
Second place: Hillary Davis, Arizona Daily Sun: "Dorm mates rush
to rescue" Education reporting
Second place: Susan
Randall, Casa Grande Dispatch: "Stephen's garden: Acts of
kindness ease pain of death" MID-SIZED NEWSPAPERS
Environmental/health reporting
First place: Leo W. Banks,
Tucson Weekly: "A matter of numbers -- Banks tackled an
interesting subject in an ambitious, thorough way."
Third place:
Sheryl Kornman, Tucson Citizen: "Emergency rooms: Hurry up and
wait" Sustained coverage
Third place: Blake Morlock,
Tucson Citizen: 2006 general election Sports
reporting
First place: Michael Caccamise and Sheryl Kornman,
Tucson Citizen: "Schools, coaches more alert to dangers of
concussions"
Second place: Christopher Wuensch, The Explorer:
"No bull" Feature writing
Lifestyle reporting
First place: Leo W. Banks, Tucson Weekly: "A new Billy the
Kid"
Third place (TIE): Gabrielle Fimbres, Tucson Citizen:
"Where love is handed down" Opinion writing
Commentary/analysis
First place: Anne T. Denogean, Tucson
Citizen: "Some dealing with conflicted emotions about Bishop Moreno"
Second place: Christopher Wuensch, The Explorer: "Eat your
heart out"
Third place: Mark Kimble, Tucson Citizen: "Even
in death, Rebecca Rubalcaba finds no peace" SPANISH LANGUAGE
PUBLICATIONS
Education reporting
First place: Lourdes
Medrano, La Estrella de Tucson: "Trunca estatus su sueno"
Personality profile reporting
First place: Carmen Duarte,
La Estrella de Tucson: "Festejará con música
aniversario"
Third place: Carmen Duarte, La Estrella de
Tucson: "Es 'Wimpy' sinónimo de rodeo" Sports
reporting
First place: Carmen Duarte (with Jose Merino), La
Estrella de Tucson: "Gana 'el poeta' de la jaula"
ANY PUBLICATION
News reporting Investigative
reporting - Don Bolles Award
Second place: Ryan Gabrielson,
East Valley Tribune: "Maricopa Community College misconduct"
Science and technology reporting
Third place: Jane Erikson,
Arizona Daily Star: "DNA linking Tucsonans to long-ago kin"
Education reporting
Second place: Susan Carroll (co-winner
with 3 colleagues) Arizona Republic: "State struggles to help
English-learners achieve"
Third place: Ryan Gabrielson, East
Valley Tribune: 'Deal' inflates AIMS scores Immigration
reporting
Third place: Saxon Burns and Jim Nintzel (an adjunct
in the department), Tucson Weekly: "Dead reckoning"
Children, families and seniors issues reporting
Second place:
Gabrielle Fimbres, Tucson Citizen: "Gambling costing retirees
everything"
Third place: Jane Erikson (with Becky Pallack),
Arizona Daily Star: "Day-care violations endanger children"
Growth and development reporting
First place: Bonnie Henry
(with Tony Davis), Arizona Daily Star: "We hit 1 million today"
Consumer reporting
Third place: Enric Volante, Arizona
Daily Star: "Is pump giving you what you pay for?" Human
Interest reporting
Second place: Shelley Shelton, Arizona
Daily Star: "Living Without" Business enterprise
reporting
First place: Thomas Stauffer (with Brady McCombs),
Arizona Daily Star: "Illegal labor fix falls short" Sports
beat reporting
Second place: Anthony Gimino, Tucson
Citizen: the sports beat
Third place: Brett Fera, East Valley
Tribune: the high school beat First-person column writing -
Don Schellie Award
First place: Bonnie Henry, Arizona Daily
Star Music criticism
Third place: Kevin W. Smith,
Arizona Daily Star: "Public Enemy shut 'em down" Editorial
cartooning
Third place: David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Daily
Star Editorial writing
First place: Martin Rosales,
Arizona Daily Star: AIMS, payday lenders and illegal immigrant
detention bill General news photography
Third place:
Alfredo E. Araiza, Arizona Daily Star: "Deployed" Picture
story
Third place: Alfredo E. Araiza, Arizona Daily Star:
"Migrant" Illustration photography
First place: Kristina
Dunham, The Explorer: "Court" Sports action
photography
First place: Dean Knuth, Arizona Daily Star:
"Losing" News headlines
Third place: Rebecca Dyer,
East Valley Tribune: "Casualties of war," "Cup of joe to go with
that Joe" and "Wild blue yonder just down the street"
UA Journalism Adjuncts MID-SIZED NEWSPAPERS
ANY
PUBLICATION
Project reporting
Third place: Stephanie
Innes (with Brady McCombs), Arizona Daily Star: "Sealing our
border: Why it won't work" Science and technology
reporting
First place: Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star:
"Pluto demotion making waves in astronomy" Religion, faith or
values reporting
Second place: Stephanie Innes,
Arizona Daily Star: "Pot church takes a hit" Immigration
reporting
Third place: Jim Nintzel and Saxon Burns (a graduate
of the department), Tucson Weekly: "Dead reckoning" Growth
and development reporting
Third place: Tom Beal, Arizona
Daily Star: "The struggle to keep areas livable" Words,
pictures and presentation
First place: Sarah Garrecht Gassen
(also a graduate, with Chiara Bautista,) Arizona Daily Star: "You
could fly a kite" Short-form writing
Third place: Tom
Beal, Arizona Daily Star: "Reid Park sun bear Moon succumbs"
Business enterprise reporting
Third place (TIE): Joseph
Barrios (also a graduate), Arizona Daily Star: "Can you afford a
home?" Spot news
photography
Honorable mentions: Francisco Medina, Tucson
Citizen: "Climb" General news photography
First
place: Francisco Medina, Tucson Citizen: "Goodbye
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