SPJ Announces 'Deadline Club' Award Winners in NYC

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By: E&P Staff The New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented it 2006 awards in a ceremony last night honoring the best New York based journalism from 2005.

Winners were chosen fom 30 different categories, and represented all types of media. Below is a full list of the winners.


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1. The Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting (Newspapers and wire services)
Winner: Russ Buettner, Heidi Evans, Robert Gearty, Brian Kates, Greg B. Smith, staff writers and Richard T. Pienciak, New York Daily News, "9/11 Money Trough"

2. Beat Reporting (Newspapers and wire services)
Winner: Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal, benefits reporter

3. Feature Reporting (Newspapers and wire services)
Winner: Steve Wick, Newsday, "The Last Potato Graders"

4. Spot News Reporting (Newspapers, Circulation over 100,000)
Winner: Staff and Dean Chang, New York Daily News, coverage of the New York City transit strike

5. Spot News Reporting (Wire services)
Winner: Erik Schatzker, Gavin Serkin, Peter Robison, Ann Saphir, Walden Siew, John Dooley, Otis Bilodeau and Malcom Shearmur, Bloomberg News, coverage of Refco

6. Reporting (Newspapers, Circulation under 100,000)
Winner: Asjylyn Loder, Herald News, "Land Grab: Affordable Housing Plan Goes Awry"

7. News, Series or Investigative Reporting (Magazines)
Winner: Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Time, "The Broken Promise"

8. Feature Reporting (Magazines)
Winner: Linda Tischler, Fast Company, "Join the Circus"

9. Web News Exclusive (Online)
Winner: Staff, The Journal News Web site, coverage of the New York City transit strike

10. Arts Reporting (Specialized writing)
Winner: Lev Grossman, Time, "The Master of Illumination: Jonathan Safran Foer," "J.K. Rowling Hogwarts and All," "The Color of Grief"

11. Business Feature (Specialized writing)
Winner: Pete Engardio, Manjeet Kripalani, Dexter Roberts, Brian Bremner, Steve Hamm, Bruce Einhorn, Frederik Balfour and staff, BusinessWeek, "China & India: What You Need To Know Now"

12. Business News, Series or Investigative Reporting (Specialized writing)
Winner: David Evans, Michael Smith and Liz Willen, Bloomberg News, "Big Pharma?s Shameful Secret"
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13. Opinion Writing (Specialized writing)
Winner: Anna Quindlen, Newsweek, "The Culture of Each Life," "The Good Enough Mother," "Complex and Contradictory"

14. Science, Technology, Medical or Environmental Reporting (Specialized writing)
Winner: Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal, "The Most Expensive Drugs"

15. Sports Reporting (Specialized writing)
Winner: Juliet Macur, The New York Times, "In Two Arenas"

16. Spot News Photo (Photography and graphics)
Winner: Thomas Dworzak-Magnum Photos, Michele Stephenson, MaryAnne Golon and Alice Gabriner, Time, "Ghost Town"

17. Feature Photo (Photography and graphics)
Winner: James Nachtwey/VII, Michele Stephenson and MaryAnne Golon, Time, "Global Health Crisis"

18. Sports Photo (Photography and graphics)
Winner: Charles Krupa, Associated Press, "Shattered Bat"

19. Editorial Cartoon (Photography and graphics)
No winner.

20. Information Graphic (Photography and graphics)
Winner: Rod Eyer, Warner Sabio and J. Stephen Smith, Newsday, "The Bomb"

21. Page Design (Photography and graphics)
Winner: Richard Loretoni, Newsday, "The Wounds of War That Don?t Heal"

22. Spot News Reporting (Radio)
No winner.

23. Feature Reporting (Radio)
Winner: Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg Radio, "Berlin to Vineland"

24. Series or Investigative Reporting (Radio)
Winner: Beth Fertig, John Keefe, Karen Frillman and Wayne Shulmister, WNYC Radio, "Communication Breakdown"

25. Spot News Reporting (Television)
No winner.

26. Feature Reporting (Television)
Winner: Allan Chernoff, CNN, "Auschwitz Survivor"

27. Series or Investigative Reporting (Television)
Winner: Walt Kane, Bill Schlosser and Anthony Cocco, News 12 New Jersey, "Elizabeth Police Misconduct"

28. Business Reporting (Television)
Winner: John Meehan, Ed Caldwell, Antony Michels, Pat Sheridan, Marty Schenker, Gina Thompson, Suzanne O?Halloran, Leslie Gersing, Laura Lee, Mike Schneider, Carol Massar, Erin Burnett and Greg Miles, Bloomberg News, "GM: The Retooling of an American Icon"

29. Minority Focus (Omnibus awards)
Winner: Elizabeth Llorente and Miguel Perez, The Record, "Out of the Shadows"

30. The James Wright Brown Public Service Award (Omnibus awards)
Winner: David Evans, Michael Smith and Liz Willen, Bloomberg News, "Big Pharma?s Shameful Secret"

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