2017 NABJ SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALISTS with WINNERS
Finalists listed alphabetically by entry title
DIGITAL MEDIA
DIGITAL MEDIA – Commentary/Weblog
*Lee Hawkins Commentary/Analysis
Lee Hawkins @Leehawkins
Wall Street Journal @WSJ
DIGITAL MEDIA – Interactive: Feature
*Historically Black
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
DIGITAL MEDIA – Interactive: News
*Looking for Lead (in all the wrong places)
Dan Telvock – @dantelvock
Investigative Post – @ipostnews
DIGITAL MEDIA > Online Project: Feature
*Under Our Skin
Staff of The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times – @seattletimes
DIGITAL MEDIA > Online Project: News
*Chicago’s disappearing front porch
Rosa Flores, Mallory Simon, Madeleine Stix – @RosaFlores @MallorySimonCNN @madeleinestix
CNN – @cnn
DIGITAL MEDIA > Single Story: Feature
*The Waco Horror
Jesse Washington @jessewashington
The Undefeated @TheUndefeated
DIGITAL MEDIA > Single Story: News
*How racial amnesia helped Trump win
John Blake, Tawanda Scott @RangerBlake @tscottsambou
DIGITAL MEDIA > Sports
*A refuge in the right field
Aaron Dodson – @aardodson
The Undefeated – @theundefeated
MAGAZINES
MAGAZINES > Art & Design: Page Design > Over 1 Million
*The Meaning of Muhammad Ali
William Nack, Derrick Z. Jackson & Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
ESPN @ESPN
MAGAZINES > Art & Design: Page Design > Under 1 Million
*The National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Washington Post Staff
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
MAGAZINES > Business > Over 1 Million
* “The Art of the Crossover”
Mina Kimes – @minakimes
ESPN @espn
MAGAZINES > Business > Under 1 Million
*Leading While Black
Ellen McGirt @ellmcgirt
Fortune @fortunemagazine
MAGAZINES > Commentary/Essay > Over 1 Million
* “His Gentle Soul”
Hana Ali @Hanayali
ESPN @ESPN
MAGAZINES > Commentary/Essay > Under 1 Million
*Zenobia Jeffries columns on racial justice
Zenobia Jeffries – @ZenobiaJeffries
YES! Magazine @yesmagazine
MAGAZINES > Copy Editing > Under 1 Million
No entries
MAGAZINES > Copy Editing > Over 1 Million
No entries
MAGAZINES > General Reporting > Over 1 Millio
*Worlds Apart
Nikole Hannah-Jones @nhannahjones
The New York Times Magazine @NYTmag
MAGAZINES > General Reporting > Under 1 Million
(fyi: ** 2 winners)
*Black Teachers Matter
Kristina Rizga @kristinarizga
Mother Jones @motherjones
*What Happened to Sandra Bland?
Debbie Nathan @DebbieNathan2
The Nation Magazine
MAGAZINES > International > Over 1 Million
*The Grand Egyptian Museum: The Next Big THing
Allison Keyes @allisonradio
Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonian
MAGAZINES > International > Under 1 Million
*Bitter Sweets
Brian O’Keefe @brianbokeefe
Fortune @fortunemagazine
MAGAZINES > Investigative > Over 1 Million
* “The Prosecution of Thabo Sefolosha”
Scott Eden @scotteden1
ESPN @ESPN
MAGAZINES > Investigative > Under 1 Million
* My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard
Shane Bauer @shane_bauer
Mother Jones @motherjones
MAGAZINES > Single Topic Series > Over 1 Million
* Coverage of National Museum of African American History and Culture
Allison Keyes @allisonradio
Smithsonian Magazine
MAGAZINES > Single Topic Series > Under 1 Million
* The Obama Years: 2008—2016
Gary Younge, Kai Wright, Joan Walsh @garyyounge @kai_wright @joanwalsh
The Nation Magazine @thenation
MAGAZINES > Specialty > Over 1 Million
* “Broken Route”
Shaun Assael & Jean-Jacques Taylor @shaunassael @JJT_Journalist
MAGAZINES > Specialty > Under 1 Million
* What the War on Reproductive Rights Has to do With Poverty and Race
Renee Bracey Sherman, Tracy Loeffelholz @RBraceySherman @LoeffelholzDunn
MAGAZINES > Sports > Over 1 Million
* “Colin Kaepernick Is a Real American”
Tim Keown @TimKeownESPN
ESPN @ESPN
MAGAZINES > Sports > Under 1 Million
* Robby Anderson: Something to Prove
Chris Franklin @Campster
Coach & Player Magazine @coachandplayer
NEWSPAPER
NEWSPAPER > Art & Design: Graphics > Over 150,000
*Inside the Museum
Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz, Denise Lu @asteckelberg @bonnieberkowitz @DeniseDSLu
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
NEWSPAPER > Art & Design: Page Design > Over 150,000
*Light and Reflection
Michael Johnson
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
NEWSPAPER > Art & Design: Page Design > Under 150,000
*Yes He Did
Karen Carter Richards @KarenCarterRic
Houston Forward Times @forwardtimes
NEWSPAPER > Business > Over 150,000
*Who is this Robert Smith?
Keith L. Alexander @keithlalexander
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
NEWSPAPER > Business > Under 150,000
* “I’m Always Optimistic”: U.S. Bank’s Greg Cunningham
Robin Washington @robinbirk
Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal @MSPBJnews
NEWSPAPER > Commentary > Over 150,000
*Stephen Henderson
Stephen Henderson @shendersonfreep
Detroit Free Press @freep
NEWSPAPER > Commentary > Under 150,000
*A collection of columns by Suzette Hackney
Suzette Hackney @suzyscribe
Indianapolis Star @indystar
NEWSPAPER > Feature: Series > Over 150,000
*Black History Untold: What I Wish I Knew
Sofiya Ballin, Michael Bryant @sofiyaballin
Philadelphia Media Network
NEWSPAPER > Feature: Single Story > Over 150,000
*Promised land? For Sudan family, Detroit is like another planet
John Carlisle @_johncarlisle
Detroit Free Press @freep
NEWSPAPER > Feature: Single Story > Under 150,000
*Daughters of the Revolution: How Queer Black Women Are Leading Chicago’s Black Lives Matter Movement
Derrick Clifton @DerrickClifton
The Chicago Reader @chicago_reader
NEWSPAPER > International > Over 150,000
*Sometimes when I’m alone with my baby, I think about killing him
Kevin Sieff @ksieff
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
NEWSPAPER > Investigative > Over 150,000
*Solitary – Way down in the hole
Andy Mannix @AndrewMannix
Star Tribune @startribune
NEWSPAPER > Investigative > Under 150,000
*Powder Keg: Low pay, low morale creating chaos inside and outside our prisons
Maya T. Prabhu @MayaTPrabhu
The Post and Courier @PostandCourier
NEWSPAPER > News: Series > Over 150,000
(fyi ** 2 winners)
*Our children: Searching for Solutions
Detroit Free Press Staff
Detroit Free Press @freep
*Shoot to Kill
Justin George @justingeorge
The Baltimore Sun @baltimoresun
NEWSPAPER > News: Single Story > Over 150,000
*Teen killers, now prison lifers— with a ray of hope
Amy S. Rosenberg amysrosenberg
Philadelphia Media Network
NEWSPAPER > News: Single Story > Under 150,000
*Immigrant Influxes Test U.S. Schools
Corey Mitchell, Swikar Patel, Lesli Maxwell, Deanna Del Ciello @C_C_Mitchell @swikarpatel @L_maxwell @ddelciello
Education Week @educationweek
NEWSPAPER > Special Project > Over 150,000
*Flint water resource guide
Detroit Free Press Staff
Detroit Free Press @freep
NEWSPAPER > Specialty > Over 150,000
*Medicaid Is Balm And Benefit For Victims Of Gun Violence
Sarah Varney, Diane Webber, Hilary Stout @sarahvarney @dwebbKHN @hastout
Kaiser Health News, The New York Times @KHNnews @NYT
NEWSPAPER > Specialty > Under 150,000
*Are We Ready to Talk About Mental Health Now?
Jeffrey Boney @realtalkjunkies
Houston Forward Times @forwardtimes
NEWSPAPER > Sports > Over 150,000
(Fyi ** 2 winners)
*For Kris Jenkins, Mother Knows Best
Mike Jensen @jensenoffcampus
Philadelphia Media Network
*Jets rookie Jordan Jenkins has mixed feelings about police
Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_BN
Newsday @newsday
NEWSPAPER > Sports > Under 150,000
*Oh, Say, America Why Can’t You See?
Jeffrey Boney @realtalkjunkies
Houston Forward Times @forwardtimes
PHOTOJOURNALISM
PHOTOJOURNALISM > Photography: Multiple Images
*Flint water crisis: A visual essay
Ryan Garza @ryangarzafreep
Detroit Free Press @freep
PHOTOJOURNALISM > Photography: Single Image
* “The Truth According to Carmelo Anthony”
Peter Hapak
ESPN @epsn
PHOTOJOURNALISM > Videography
* The Fight in Claressa Shields
Karen Frank @karenevafrank
ESPN @espn
RADIO
RADIO > Commentary > Top 15 Markets
*Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race
Rebecca Carroll, Emily Botein @rebel19
WNYC New York Public Radio @wnyc
RADIO > Documentary > Top 15 Markets
*Separate and Unequal
Lester Graham @michiganwatch
Michigan Radio @michiganradio
RADIO > Documentary > Market 16 and Below
*Minnesota’s Graduation Gap
Bill Wareham, Brandt Williams, Laura Yuen @bwareham @brandtmpr @laura_yuen
MPR News @mprnews
RADIO > Feature > Market 16 and Below
*Homeless and alone, she struggles toward graduation
Laura Yuen, Laura McCallum @laura_yuen @MPRsLauraMc
MPR News @mprnews
RADIO > Feature > Network
*50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. fought for Open Housing in Chicago
Cheryl Corley @nprcherylcorley
NPR @npr
RADIO > Feature > Top 15 Markets
(Fyi **2 winners)
*Gentrification: Feeling Like an Outsider in Your Own Neighborhood
Corinne Bobb-Semple, Veralyn Williams, Kaari Pitkin @veralynmedia @kaaripitkin
WNYC @WNYC
*One Block, Zero Shootings: How One Mom Is Building Community In Englewood
Natalie Moore, Andrew Gill @natalieymoore @andrewgill
WBEZ Chicago Public Media @WBEZ
RADIO > Investigative > Top 15 Markets
(fyi **2 winners)
*Police Data Cast Doubt on Stop-and-Frisk
Chip Mitchell @ChipMitchell1
WBEZ Chicago Public Media @WBEZ
*School Suspensions Continue In Spite Of Miami-Dade’s No-Suspension Policy
Rowan Moore Gerety @rowanmg
WLRN News @WLRN
RADIO > News: Long Form > Network
*The Driving Life and Death of Philando Castile
Cheryl Corley @nprcherylcorley
NPR @npr
RADIO > News: Long Form > Top 15 Markets
*Brookline’s Liberal Reputation Reeling From Racism Charges Within Police Department
Phillip Martin @phillipWGBH
WGBH @wgbh
RADIO > News: Long Form > Market 16 and Below
*A FOUNDATION NAMED AFTER FANNIE LOU HAMER IS FIGHTING CANCER DOOR-TO-DOOR
Desare Frazier @desarefrazier
Mississippi Public Broadcasting @MPBOnline
RADIO > News: Short Form > Network
*Prince Remembered
Julie Walker @jwalkreporter
The Associated Press @ap
RADIO > News: Short Form > Top 15 Markets
*Liberty City Children Protest For The Right To Play Outside Safely
Nadege Green @NadegeGreen
WLRN News @wlrn
RADIO > Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion > Top 15 Markets
*The Sunshine Economy: Cops and Communities
Terence Shepherd @terenceshepherd
WLRN News @WLRN
RADIO > Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion >
*Counter Stories: Live from the Rondo neighborhood
Tom Weber, Jo Erickson, Julie Siple @webertom1 @JericksonJo @juliesiple_mpr
MPR News @MPRNews
RADIO > Sports > Network
*Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi Germany Only To Be Overlooked At Home
Hansi Lo Wang, Luis Clemens @hansilowang @luisclemens
NPR @NPR
RADIO > Sports > Top 15 Markets
*Dribbling The Way From Haiti To A College Scholarship
Rowan Moore Gerety @rowanmg
WLRN News @WLRN
TELEVISION
TELEVISION > Documentary > Network
*Outside the Lines: Impact: The Life of Donnovan Hill
ESPN Outside the Lines
ESPN @espn
TELEVISION > Documentary > Top 15 Markets
*Freedoms Deferred: Jim Crow
James Byrne, Fran Murphy, Robin Hamilton, Bob Kanner @jamesewebb
Tribune Media @tribunemedia
TELEVISION > Documentary > Market 16 and Below
*Black and Blue
Clay Johnson, Jay Jennings, Shan Zhong, Gerald Owens
WRAL-TV @WRAL
TELEVISION > Feature: Long Form > Network
*CBS Sunday Morning: A Dream Come True
Lee Cowan, Robbyn McFadden, David Bhagat, Rand Morrison
CBS News @CBSnews
TELEVISION > Feature: Long Form > Top 15 Markets
*Inequality in Chicago
Gaynor Hall, Pamela Grimes, Afua Owusu, Mike D’Angelo
WGN-TV @WGNTV
TELEVISION > Feature: Long Form > Market 16 and Below
*Preemie goes to College
Claudine Ewing, Andy DeSantis, Luke Carter
WGRZ-TV @WGRZ
TELEVISION > Feature: Short Form > Network
* “Football to Farming”
Kevin Tibbles, Kim Cornett, Roberto Bailey, Sam Singal, Brooke Fraser
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt @nbcnightlynews
TELEVISION > Feature: Short Form > Top 15 Markets
*A Family Affair
Adrienne Broaddus
KARE TV @KARE11
TELEVISION > Feature: Short Form > Market 16 and Below
*Renaissance Man
Ama Arthur-Asmah
KUSA-TV @9NEWS
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Long Form > Network
*CBS Sunday Morning: A Week in Black & White
Martha Teichner, Mark Hudspeth, Lauren Barnello, Chad Cardin, Rand Morrison CBS News @CBSsunday
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Long Form > Top 15 Markets
*WPIX-TV: “Armed Racism on the Showroom Floor & Questionable Police Investigation”
Jay Dow
WPIX-TV @PIX11
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Long Form > Market 16 and Below
*Hamlet, North Carolina 25 years later
Steven Crump
WBTV @WBTV_NEWS
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Short Form > Network
* “Georgetown: Confronting the Past”
Kristen Welker, Jackeline Pou, Ilyas Kirmani, Sam Singal
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt @nbcnightlynews
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Short Form > Top 15 Markets
*Natural Hair Tangle
Adrienne Broaddus
KARE TV @KARE11
TELEVISION > General Assignment News:Short Form > Market 16 and
*Standing in the face of hate
Steven Crump
WBTV @WBTV_NEWS
TELEVISION > International > Network
*Nightline: The Stolen Speak
Juju Chang, Katie Yu, Clark Bentson, Jenna Millman, Roxanna Sherwood
ABC NEWS @ABC
TELEVISION > International > Market 16 and Below
*Acid Attack Survivor Offers Others Hope
Kristen Swilley
WCPO-TV @WCPO
TELEVISION > Investigative > Network
*Not Wanted
Anna Schecter, Cynthia McFadden, Hannah Rappleye, Tracy Connor, Rachel Maddow
NBC News @nbcnews
TELEVISION > Investigative > Top 15 Markets
*Driving While Black
Cherri Gregg
KYW TV @CBSphilly
TELEVISION > Investigative > Market 16 and Below
*Police Diversity: One Year Later
Brandi Cummings
WAVY-TV @WAVY_News
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion > Network
*5 Things You Can Do To Change Sh*t
TyKecia Hayes
BET @BET
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion > Top 15 Markets
(fyi **2 winners)
*Basic Black: Celebrating a Prince, a Queen, and a General
Callie Crossley, Valerie Linson
WGBH @WGBH
*WPIX-TV: “No Place To Call Home – Jay Dow Goes 1 on 1 with NYC’s Homeless Services Commissioner”
Jay Dow
WPIX-TV @PIX11
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion > Market 16 and Below
(fyi **2winners)
*Awareness After Charleston: One Year Later
Meaghan Norman
WIS-TV @WIS10
*Black Nouveau: Laura Johnson
Liddie Collins
Milwaukee PBS @MilwPBS
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Program > Network
*This Week: Ambush in Dallas
The Staff of This Week
ABC NEWS @ABC
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Program > Top 15 Markets
*Voices of Atlanta
Jeff Reid
WXIA Television @11AliveNews
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Program > Market 16 and Below
*Hope and Healing
Steven Crump
WBTV @WBTV_NEWS
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Segment > Network
*This Week: Ambush in Dallas
The Staff of This Week
ABC NEWS @ABC
TELEVISION > Public Affairs: Segment > Market 16 and Below
*Black Nouveau: Milwaukee’s Black Panthers
Everett Marshburn
Milwaukee PBS @milwpbs
TELEVISION > Specialty > Network
*Breast Cancer and Young Black Women
Roland Martin
TV One Cable Network @TVONETV
TELEVISION > Specialty > Top 15 Markets
*Sandbranch: The Forgotten Community
Demond Fernandez
WFAA-TV @wfaachannel8
TELEVISION > Sports > Network
*ESPN Features: SportsCenter – Mother of Hampton Lacrosse
ESPN Features Staff
ESPN @ESPN
TELEVISION > Sports > Top 15 Market
*Breaking Barriers:The Greatest Game Never Played
Chandi Lowry
WFMZ @69NEWS
TELEVISION > Sports > Market 16 and Below
* “The Black 14”
TaRhonda Thomas
KUSA-TV @9NEWS
TELEVISION > Spot News > Network
*World News Tonight with David Muir: Dylann Roof On Trial
Steve Osunsami, Brandon Baur, Margaret Dawson, Almin Karamehmedovic
ABC NEWS @ABC
TELEVISION > Spot News > Top 15 Markets
*Black Lives Matter
Jeff Reid
WXIA Television @11ALIVENEWS
COLLEGIATE
NEWSPAPER – COLLEGIATE > Feature Reporting
*Passing
Brianna Moné Williams
Syracuse University @SyracuseU
NEWSPAPER – COLLEGIATE > Sports Reporting
* “Chip Taylor to coach Hamline’s finest”
Gino Terrell
Pipers In-Depth (Hamline University) @HamlineU
ONLINE – COLLEGIATE > Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
*In Poor Health: Why is Baltimore’s world-renowned health system struggling to keep Freddie Gray’s neighbors — some of the city’s poorest residents — from getting sick?
Sandra Banisky
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland @merrillcollege @UofMaryland
ONLINE – COLLEGIATE > Online News Reporting
*Crime and Punishment
Alyssa Wisnieski
The Medill Justice Project @MedillJustice
ONLINE – COLLEGIATE > Online Sports Reporting
*Benji Michel leads charge as Pilots set sights towards NCAA Tournament
Benjamin Arthur
The Beacon @UPBeacon
PHOTOGRAPHY – COLLEGIATE > Multiple Images
* “Fear Chip Taylor and the Pipers D”
Gino Terrell
Pipers In-Depth (Hamline University) ) @HamlineU
RADIO – COLLEGIATE > Radio Feature Reporting
* Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
Taylor Epps
Syracuse University @syracuseu
RADIO – COLLEGIATE > Radio News Reporting
*Too Colored For Cancer
Cierra Smith
NCC News, Syracuse University @syracuseu
TELEVISION – COLLEGIATE > General TV News Reporting
*The End of An Era for President Obama
Cache McClay
Howard University
TELEVISION – COLLEGIATE > Television Feature Reporting
*Howard University: Home to Student Entrepreneurship
Danielle Solomon
Howard University @howardu
TELEVISION – COLLEGIATE > Television Sports Reporting
*Olympic hurdler seeks out Raleigh coach
Kendra Douglas
Spectrum News @UNC @WRAL
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