Salute to Excellence
NABJ awards prizes for outstanding coverage of African-Americans and issues of special concern to the African-American community. Competition is open to all television and radio broadcasters, TV camera people, print journalists and photojournalists.

2001 Winners
New Media
Broadcast
Radio

PRINT
Features (Over 150,000)

First Place
Frank Ahrens
The Washington Post
“ Populist Without A Pulpit”

Second Place
Neely Tucker
The Washington Post
“ Love In The Time of AIDS”

Third Place
Jim Henderson
Houston Chronicle
“ Jasper Comes to Grips With Its Hate Crime Image”
 

Features (150,000 & Under)

First Place
Kathryn Winiarski
The State Newspaper
“ Epidemic in Hiding: Gay and Black in South Carolina”

Second Place
T.R. Witcher
Westword
“ Lady Sang the Blues”

Third Place
Tristram Korten
Miami New Times
“ Death of a Maiden”

Commentary (Over 150,000)

First Place
Cynthia Tucker
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“ Cluster of Columns Written in 2000”

Second Place
Tony Norman
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“ Thin-Skinned Cops Blast Springsteen’s Response”

Third Place
Sam Fulwood III
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“ Cluster of Related Columns on Racial Topics”
 

Commentary (150,000 & Under)

First Place
Monica Wheeler
In Pittsburgh Weekly
“ Hate Doesn’t Always Dress Down”

Second Place
Roger T. Chesley
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
“ Kemba Smith: Feds Unfairly Treat
Low–Level Players Like Kingpins”

Third Place
Jim DeFede
Miami New Times
“ The Untold Story”
 

Sports (Over 150,000)
 
First Place
Brad Parks
Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
“ Stewart Returns To Her City of Motherly Love”

Second Place
Robert Dvorchak
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“ Man of Steel”

Third Place
Shaun Powell
Newsday
“ Say It Ain’t So Joe: A Fallen Hero Dies”

Sports (150,000 & Under)

First Place
Jesse Washington
Houston Press
“ A Dying Race”

Second Place
 T.R. Witcher
Westword
“ I’ll Fly Away”

Third Place
Ron Pollack
Pro Football Weekly
“ I Can Do It, I Will Do It and I Should Do It”

Enterprise (Over 150,000)

First Place (tie)
John Hopkins
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
“ Facing Freedom”

First Place (tie)
Cheryl W. Thompson and Barbara Vobejda
The Washington Post
“ Fatal Flaws”

Second Place
Mary Zahn and Jessica McBride
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
“ Wisconsin’s Death Penalty”

Third Place
James W. Crawley
The San Diego Union-Tribune
“ The Color of Commandos”

Enterprise (150,000 & Under)

First Place
Bob Norman
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
“ The Miseducation of Wesley Armstrong”

Second Place
Emma Sapong
The Buffalo News
“ Freeing the Slaves”

Third Place
Deb Hipp
Pitch Weekly
“ Amber Waves of Pain”

Daily News (Over 150,000)

First Place
Statehouse Bureau
The Star-Ledger, (Newark, N.J.)
“ Racial Profiling”

Second Place
Detroit Free Press Staff
“Death Angers Family: Brutality Alleged
as Man Dies in Mall Scuffle”

Third Place
Scott Higham and Sari Horowitz
The Washington Post
“ Brianna Blackmond”

Daily News (150,000 & Under)
No winners

Business (Over 150,000)

First Place
Newsday Staff
Newsday
“ A White Man’s World: Diversity in Management”

Second Place
Shannon Buggs and Rebecca Mowbray
Houston Chronicle
“ Houses and Worship”

Third Place
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Renewal Team
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“ A Story of Renewal”

Business (150,000 & under)
No Winners

International Reporting

First Place
Barton Gellman, Jon Jeter, Karl Vick,
David Finkel, Philip Bennett and Bill Brubaker
The Washington Post
“ Death Watch”

Second Place
Tina Susman and Ken Spencer
Newsday
“ African Environment”

Third Place (tie)
Paul Salopek
Chicago Tribune
“ A Year-Long Examination of Africa and It’s People”

Third Place (tie)
Anita Srikameswaran
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“ Journey Home”

Magazine (Over 1 Million)

First Place
Ellis Cose
Newsweek
“ America’s Prison Generation”

Second Place
Peter Perl
The Washington Post Magazine
“ Searching for Tony Williams”

Third Place
Melba Newsome and Angela Y. Davis
Essence
“ Hard Time” and “Women in Prison”

Magazine (Under 1 Million)

First Place
Dwight Cunningham
Editor & Publisher
“ Heavy Fallout”

Second Place
Denise Crittendon
African American Parent
“ The Secret Corridors of Black History”

Art & Design: Page Design

First Place
Pamela Smith, Matt Mendelsohn Casey Shaw
USA Weekend
“ Good Sports”

Photography- Multiple Images

First Place
Matt Rainey
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
“ After the Fire”

Second Place
Jon Naso
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
“ Martin Road in Black and White”

Third Place (tie)
Milbert O. Brown, Jr.
Journey Magazine
 “ Journey: The Next 100 Years”

Third Place (tie)
 Dudley M. Brooks
The Washington Post
“ Black & White Slides”

Photography-Single Image

First Place
Franka Bruns
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“ Keynote Player”

Second Place
Noah Addis
The Star-Ledger, (Newark, N.J.)
“ Amadou”

Third Place
Casey Shaw
USA Weekend
“ The Make A Difference Day Awards: Reverend Winston Blackwell.

Editing
No Winners

NEW MEDIA

Best Online News Project

First Place
Nadirah Z. Sabír
 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“ Gordon Parks: A Retrospective”

Best Use of Interactivity

First Place
Christopher Askew
Cable News Network
“ Full Circle”

Second Place
Milbert O. Brown, Jr.
Journey Magazine
“ Chicago Alliance of African-American Photographers”

BROADCAST

Enterprise (Network & Top 15 Market Size)

First Place
Brian Ross, David Scott and Vic Walter
ABC News: 20/20
“ The Wrong Lane”

Second Place
Will J. Wright
WWOR-TV, Secaucus, N.J.
“ Seat Belt Safety”

Third Place
Candace Hewitt
ABC News: 20/20
“ The Car Dealer’s Secret”

Enterprise (Market Size 16 & Below)

First Place
Tony Pipitone, Jim Crane and Darran Caudle
WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla.
“ Day Care Felons”

Second Place
Ric Young
WTVR-TV, Richmond, Va.
“ Beyond Courage: African-Americans in the Military”

Third Place
Linsey Davis and Ben Smegelsky
WTVH-TV, Syracuse, N.Y.
 “ Tenants Unite”

Features (Market Size16 & Below) Short

1st Place
Vivian King and Clayborn Benson
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, Wis.
“ Walnut Street”

2nd Place
Henrietta Giles
The Odyssey Channel – “Locked Out”

3rd Place
Leisa Zigman
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Mo.
“ Faith House”

Features (Network & Top 15 Market Size) Short

1st Place
Alice Irene Pifer and Lynn Sherr
ABC News
“ The Family Secret”

2nd Place
 Stephanie Frederic, Sylvia Thomas
& Donovan Myrie
New Urban Entertainment Television
“ Black Olympians”

3rd Place
Byron Pitts
CBS News
“ Saucy Segregationist”

Features (Market Size 16 & Below) Long

1st Place
Sharon Stevens
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Mo.
 “ HIV and Blacks”

2nd Place
Jon King and Randy Jackson
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Mo.
“ Lift Every Voice and Sing”

3rd Place
Nathaniel Howard Jr.
Maryland Public Television
“ Jazz Reflections”

Features (Network & Top 15 Market Size) Long

1st Place
John Donvan and Dan Green
ABC News
“ Two Cousins”

2nd Place
Melissa Cornick and Jami Floyd
ABC News
“ Town on Trial”

3rd Place
Allison Payne and Gloria Brown
WGN-TV News, Chicago
“ Jesse Jackson and Operation Push”

 News (Network & Top 15 Market Size) Short

1st Place
Steve Osunsami and Joanne Levine
ABC News-World News Tonight
“ Black DNA”

2nd Place
Byron Pitts
CBS News
“ One Florida”

3rd Place
 Byron Pitts
CBS News
“ Respect and Redemption”

News (Market Size 16 & Below) Short
1st Place
Jon King
KSDK-TV, St. Louis
“ 2000-N-Review”

2nd Place
Kristina Brockman and John Snedden
Navy/Marine Corps News
“ Black Engineer of the Year”

News (Market Size 16 & Below) Long

1st Place
Steve Crump
WBTV, Charlotte, N.C.
“ Flag Protest”

 2nd Place
Veronica A. Douglas and George DeYounge
WTNH-TV News Channel 8, New Haven, Conn.
“ Positive Youth Development”

News (Network & Top 15 Market Size) Long

1st Place
Tracey Neale
WTTG-TV, Washington, D.C.
“ AIDS in Africa”

Public Affairs/News Magazines (Top 15 markets)

1st Place
Tavis Smiley
BET
“ Black and Blue”

2nd Place
Alan B. Goldberg
ABC News: 20/20
“ Street Miracles”

3rd Place
Michael McAlpin
WGBH-TV, Boston
“ Basic Black – Juvenile Justice”

Public Affairs/News Magazines (Market Size 16 & Below)

1st Place
Nathaniel Howard, Jr.
Maryland Public Television
“ Breast Cancer: Stories of Survival”

2nd Place
Chris Dickon and Van Dora Williams
WHRO-TV, Norfolk, Va.
“ This Week in Hampton Roads: Racial Profiling”

3rd Place
Veronica A. Douglas
WTNH-TV, New Haven, Conn.
“ Triggering Debate: Police Shootings Under Fire”

Sports (Network & Top 15 Market Size)

1st Place
Alvin Patrick
HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
“ Jefferson Street Joe”

Sports (Market Size 16 & Below)

1st Place
Debbie Denmon
WTHR-TV, Dallas
“ Big Smooth Sam Perkins Retires?”
 

International Reporting

1st Place
Alvin Patrick
HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
“ Hope for Haiti”

2nd Place
Alphonso Van Marsh
Cable News Network, “Kenya Airways Crash Series”

3rd Place
Maimouna Mills
Worldnet Television
“ Africa Journal: African Diaspora”

Documentary (Market Size 16 & Below)

1st Place
Steve Crump
WTVI, Charlotte, N.C.
“ Nickles From Heaven”

2nd Place
Van Dora Williams, Kelly Wright and Aaron Kurtz
WHRO-TV, Norfolk, Va.
“ A Noble Desire: A Time for Healing”

3rd Place
Corey Bernard Moore
City Cable 16
“ My Grandma has AIDS: Annisha’s Story

Documentary (Network & Top 15 Market Size)

1st Place
Tracey Neale
WTTG-TV Fox, Washington, D.C.
“ Africa, A Dying Continent”

2nd Place
Darren Duarte
WGBH, Boston
Baseball:  Negro Leagues

RADIO

News

1st Place
Karen Schaefer
WCPN-FM (90.3), Cleveland
“ Remembering the Underground Railroad: The National Underground Railroad Heritage Trail”

2nd Place
Allison Keyes
WCBS Radio, New York
“ Patrick Dorismond Funeral”

 3rd Place
Van Dora Williams
WHRV-FM, Norfolk, Va.
“ Benin WHRV Radio Reports”

Documentary/Features

1st Place
Kenneth Walker and Mike Shuster
National Public Radio
“ The Democratic Republic of the Congo”

2nd Place
Terry Wilson, Ben Mapp Dro
and Dred Scott Keyes
 WBAI-FM, New York
“ Wailing Soul:
Bob Marley and the African-American Connection”

3rd Place
Maria Martin, Renee Montague and Phillip Martin
National Public Radio
“ Unsung of Civil Rights”

In the event of a tie, each winner will receive $500 and a plaque. To enter, please go to APA's website, www.psych.org , and download the application off their homepage. If you have any questions or problems, contact Sharon  Foster at 202-682-6141. The deadline is October 31, 2001.