Making Deadlines

By: Editorial Staff Making Deadlines

Time magazine, the Associated Press and the New York Daily News, with four, three, and two awards respectively, led winners of awards from the Deadline Club, the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
One of the two Daily News awards was the Deadline Club's most prestigious honor, The James Wright Brown Public Service Award, honoring the long-time leader of Editor & Publisher. The award was for a series on "Asthma: The Silent Killer," by Joe Calerone, Kevin Flynn, Tom Robbins, and Raphael Sugarman. The Daily News also won the award for Best Editorial Writing for "City University of New York (CUNY)."
Time's awards were for Best Series of Investigative Reporting, Magazines, for an article on "Corporate Welfare"; Best Feature Reporting, for "A Week in the Life of a Hospital"; Best Personal Column, Christine Gorman's "Deadly Drug Duos"; and Minority Issues Reporting, for "Dead Teen Walking."
The Associated Press was honored for Best Feature Reporting, for Todd Lewan's "Storm Gods and Heroes"; for Best Spot News Photo, Dave Martin's "Hurricane Georges"; and for Best Feature Photo, J. Scott Applewhite's "Impeachment Inquiry."
Also in print: Best Spot News Reporting, Large Circulation Newspapers, New York Post, "A Final Act of Courage"; Best Series or Investigative Reporting, Large Circulation Newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, for Alix M. Freedman's "Population Bomb"; Best Reporting, Smaller Circulation Newspapers, Staten Island Advance, for Robin Eisner's "Landfill Deadline in Jeopardy?"; Best Reporting, Non-Daily Newspapers, The Village Voice, for Jennifer Gonnerman's "The Terrorist Campaign Against Abortion"; Best News Reporting, Magazines, Fortune, for Richard Behar's "Wall Street's Most Ruthless Financial Cannibal"; Best Editorial Cartoon, The Record, for Jimmy Margulies' "I'm Sorry I Let You Down"; Best Sports Reporting, Print, Newsday, for Shaun Powell's "Last Dance Like First Five"; Best Sports Reporting, Feature, The Nation, for Mark Rosentraub's "Why Baseball Needs New York to Just Say No"; Best Web site: Bloomberg News.
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