Last week SPJ headquarters announced the winners of the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi award winners. For a complete list of winners, visit the SPJ site. Judges chose the winners from over 1,400 entries in categories covering print, radio, television and online. The awards recognize outstanding work published or broadcast in 2010.

Dating back to 1932, the awards originally honored six individuals for contributions to journalism. The current program began in 1939, when the Society granted the first Distinguished Service Awards. The honors later became the Sigma Delta Chi Awards.

The awards banquet will be Sept. 24 in New Orleans during the joint SPJ-RTDNA Excellence in Journalism conference.

Congratulations to all of our winners! Please join me in extending a special congratulations to our Region 10 winners:

Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Domestic violence in the Tri-Cities – by Paula Horton, Tri-City Herald.

Feature Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Return of the Wolf - by Daniel Person and Michael Gibney, Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

Investigative Reporting (Large-Market Station 1-50)
Their Crime, Your Dime – by Chris Ingalls, Kellie Cheadle and Steve Douglas, KING-TV.

Public Service in Television Journalism (Large-Market Station 1-50)
Waste on the Water – by Susannah Frame, Kellie Cheadle, Steve Douglas and Doug Burgess, KING-TV.

In a press release today, national SPJ announced the winners of the 2009 Sigma Delta Chi Awards, including many from within Region 10. Among the 2009 winners are…

Newspaper/Wire Services

Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
“Natural Gas Explosion Destroys Half a Downtown Block,” Staff, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+)
“Four Officers Slain,” Staff, Seattle Times

Investigative Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)
“WaMu’s Final Days,” Kirsten Grind, Alwyn Scott, George Erb, Puget Sound Business Journal

Feature Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
“Hospice: Learning How to Live,” Sara Schilling, Tri-City Herald

Sports Column Writing (Daily Circulation 100,000+)
John Canzano, The Oregonian

Public Service Journalism (Non-Daily Publication)
“WaMu and the Foreclosure Crisis,” Kirsten Grind, Jeanne Lang Jones, Alwyn Scott, George Erb, Puget Sound Business Journal

Magazines

No winners from Region 10.

Arts/Graphics

Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)
“Cartoons by Jack Ohman,” Jack Ohman, The Oregonian

Editorial Cartooning (Non-Daily Publication)
“Cartoons by Terrence L. Nowicki Jr.,” Terrence L. Nowicki Jr., Freelance

Feature Photography (Non-Daily Publication)
“Energizing the Fans,” Marcus Donner, Jenny O’Brien, George Erb, Puget Sound Business Journal

Radio

No winners from Region 10.

Television

No winners from Region 10.

Newsletters

No winners from Region 10.

Research

No winners from Region 10.

Online Reporting

Deadline Reporting (Independent)
“Three-alarm Fire Destroys Greenwood Businesses,” Doree Armstrong, Cory Bergman, Kate Bergman, Dale Steinke, PhinneyWood.com