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The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association released today its Keystone Awards for the best journalism of 2009. My Times-Tribune news reporters cleaned up first place in our division for all the major reporting categories — investigative, spot news and series. The total newsroom haul is 12 awards, also for features, sports, photos and design. This comes shortly after we won a PNA award for “Best Application of Social Networking Tools.”
Great work by the following, and those who helped make it happen:
- First place, Investigative Reporting, Borys Krawczeniuk, for his stories on Bob Mellow’s campaign expenses.
- First place, Columns, Chris Kelly, for a selection of his Sunday columns.
- First place, Spot News, staff, for coverage of the slain trooper.
- First place, Series, Borys Krawczeniuk and Jeremy Burton, mayor series.
- First place, Sports/Outdoor Column, Donnie Collins.
- First place, Photo Story, Mike Mullen, Butch Comegys & Staff, “Hero” coverage.
- 2nd place, Special Projects, Staff, for the “Hope at Home” section on lung cancer.
- 2nd place, Special Event Coverage, Scott Walsh, Donnie Collins & Herb Smith.
- 2nd place, News Photo, Jason Farmer, “Standoff.”
- 2nd place, Page Design, Chad Sebring, “Joe Biden: Ups and Downs”
- Honorable Mention, Feature Beat Reporting, Stacy Brown, “Remembering Michael Jackson.”
- Honorable Mention, Page Design, Bob Sanchuk, Outlook 2009, Back to School, Presidential Prelude.
