The Cincinnati Enquirer won 41 awards including the top award for investigative reporting, and 13 other first prizes at the annual awards banquet Friday of the Queen City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Enquirer reporter Mike Gallagher was honored with the chapter's Gerald White Memorial Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for his investigation into financial, safety and engineering irregularities in the cleanup of the Fernald nuclear processing plant. DANGER & DECEIT
The prize honors a late Enquirer investigative reporter.
The Enquirer won almost half of the 86 awards to daily newspapers in the Greater Cincinnati-Dayton area. Other winners included The Cincinnati Post, with 14 awards, and the Dayton Daily News, with 10.
Here is a list of Enquirer winners:
Gerald White Memorial Prize: Mike Gallagher, "Taxpayers bilked in Fernald cleanup."
First place, best Web site: enquirer.com
First place, deadline - spot news: Richard Green, Chris Haft, Christine Wolff, Geoff Hobson, John Erardi, Cliff Radel, John Fay, Tim Sullivan, Cameron McWhirter, "Death of an umpire." First place, enterprise - database reporting: Mark Braykovich, "Sewer bid collusion."
First place, beat reporting: Mark Skertic, for his coverage of education.
First place, best series: Cameron McWhirter: "Assignment Bosnia."
First place, continuing coverage: Laura Goldberg, "Problems with city golf courses."
First place, informational graphic: Randy Mazzola, "Mummies." First place, feature photography: Yoni Pozner.
First place, arts and entertainment feature: Owen Findsen, Jackie Demaline, Ann Hicks, "Egypt."
First place, arts and entertainment criticism: Margaret McGurk. First place, Page One design: Enquirer design staff.
First place, photography: Ernest Coleman.
First place, art illustration, Rob Schuster, "Sneeze." Second place, deadline - spot news: B.G. Gregg, Adam Weintraub, Mark Braykovich, Laura Goldberg, Dana DiFilippo and Cameron McWhirter.
Second place, best series: Jane Prendergast, Gregory A. Hall, Rob Kaiser.
Second place, lifestyle feature: Phil Fisher.
Second place, business coverage: Jeff Harrington.
Second place, arts and entertainment feature: Margaret McGurk. Second place, news feature: Julie Irwin.
Second place, personality profile, Rob Kaiser.
Second place, column writing: Peter Bronson.
Second place, sports reporting: John Erardi.
Second place, page design: Ron Huff.
Second place, informational graphic: Randy Mazzola.
Second place, editorial cartoon: Jim Borgman.
Third place, deadline - spot news: Lisa Donovan.
Third place, enterprise - database reporting: Mark Braykovich and Cameron McWhirter.
Third place, best series: Kathleen Hillenmeyer and Mark Skertic. Third place, beat reporting: Julie Irwin, religion.
Third place, art illustration: David Aikins.
Third place, headlines: Kathryn Schwartz.
Third place, page design: Joy Kraft.
Third place, news feature: Mark Curnutte.
Third place, feature photography: Craig Ruttle.
Third place, editorial writing: Deborah Kendrick.
Third place, sports reporting: Neil Schmidt.
Honorable mention, best series: Sue MacDonald.
Honorable mention: personality profile: John Johnston.
Honorable mention, page design: Marty Eggerding.
Honorable mention, headlines: Kathryn Schwartz.
