Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism 2020 winners
Congratulations to those who won awards in this year’s contest, as well as those who entered.
WRITING, PHOTO & DESIGN
LARGE NEWSROOMS
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLES
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Amy Wang — The Oregonian/OregonLive
Runner Up
Doug Perry — The Oregonian/OregonLive
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“South Lake Union crane collapse kills 4”
Staff — The Seattle Times
Runner Up
Eli Francovich — The Spokesman-Review
BUSINESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Rob Davis — The Oregonian/OregonLive
Runner Up
Spencer Soper, Ben Brody — Bloomberg News
COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Shawn Vestal — The Spokesman-Review
Runner Up
Naomi Ishisaka — The Seattle Times
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Noelle Crombie, Kale Williams, Beth Nakamura, Dave Killen— The Oregonian/OregonLive
Runner Up
Molly Harbarger — The Oregonian/OregonLive
CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh — The Oregonian/OregonLive
Runner Up
Jim Brunner — The Seattle Times
DIVERSITY REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Megan Rowe — The Spokesman-Review
Runner Up
Naomi Ishisaka — The Seattle Times
EDUCATION REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Asia Fields — The Seattle Times
Runner Up
“Reading Instruction in Washington State”
Katherine Long — The Seattle Times
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Rob Davis — The Oregonian/OregonLive
Runner Up
“A Western Alaska village, long threatened by erosion and flooding, begins to relocate”
Marc Lester — Anchorage Daily News
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Alan Berner — Seattle Times
Runner Up
“On Parade”
Kathy Plonka — Spokesman Review
FEATURE, HARD NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“No Return: the Final Voyage of the Destination”
Hal Bernton — Seattle Times
Runner Up
“Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Perceived Retaliation by Gordon Sondland“
Julia Silverman, Fiona McCann, Portland Monthly staff — ProPublica staff
FEATURE, SOFT NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“30 years after the Paddle to Seattle, Tribal Canoe Journeys represent healing and revival”
Crystal Paul — Seattle Times
Runner Up
“Seattle’s last buffalo soldier, 98, doesn’t want black regiments’ history to ‘fade out’”
Crystal Paul — Seattle Times
GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Lindsey Wasson — Reuters
Runner Up
“Bridge Bandit”
Greg Gilbert — Seattle Times
GRAPHICS & ILLUSTRATION
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later
Mark Nowlin, Jennifer Luxton — Seattle Times
Runner Up
“Gabriel Campanario illustration portfolio”
Gabriel Campanario — Seattle Times
HEALTH AND SCIENCE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Molly Harbarger — The Oregonian/ Oregon Live
Runner Up
“It’s Alive”
Sandi Doughton — Seattle Times
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Brad Schmidt — The Oregonian/ Oregon Live
Runner Up
Vianna Davila, Sydney Brownstone, Scott Greenstone, Jonathan Martin — Seattle Times
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Kyle Hopkins — Anchorage Daily News
Runner Up
Noelle Crombie, Kale Williams, Beth Nakamura, Dave Killen — The Oregonian/Oregon Live
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Corinne Chin, Erika Schultz, Nina Shapiro, Tyrone Beason — Seattle Times
Runner Up
Seattle Times staff — Seattle Times
PHOTO ESSAY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Life After a Hate Crime: the Recovery of DaShawn Horne”
Megan Farmer — KUOW
Runner Up
“The Highline Bears”
Alan Berner — Seattle Times
PHOTO PORTFOLIO
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Erika Schultz — Seattle Times
Runner Up
Megan Farmer — KUOW
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Rob Davis — The Oregonian/Oregon Live
Runner Up
“Fight for Legislative Records”
Rachel La Corte — Associated Press
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Armed and Ready”
Dan Pelle — The Spokesman-Review
Runner Up
“Curator of Birds”
Alan Berner — Seattle Times
PRINT PAGE DESIGN
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Hostile Waters: Orcas in Perile”
Frank Mina — Seattle Times
Runner Up
“The Shot”
Ralph Water — The Spokesman-Review
REPORTING SERIES
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Rob Davis — The Oregonian/Oregon Live
Runner Up
“How Cost Cutting Brought Boeing to the Brink and Cost 346 Lives”
Peter Robinson, Julie Johnson — Bloomberg/Bloomberg Businessweek
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Gobbled Up”
Tyler Tjomsland — The Spokesman-Review
Runner Up
“Bouncing Back”
Dan Pelle — The Spokesman Review
SPORTS COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
John Canzano — The Oregonian/Oregon Live
Runner Up
John Blanchette — The Spokesman-Review
SPORTS FEATURE
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Faatui Tuitele Left Home But It Never Left Him”
Mike Vorel
Runner Up
John Blanchette — The Spokesman-Review
SPORT FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Eyes of a Swimmer”
Greg Gilbert — The Seattle Times
Runner Up
“Joshua Bessex -sports feature”
Joshua Bessex — The News Tribune
SPORTS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Brad Schmidt, Jeff Manning — The Oregonian/ Oregon Live
Runner Up
“The Rise and Fall of a King (The Complicated Legacy of Felix Hernandez”
Corey Brock — The Athletic
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
Lindsey Wasson — Reuters
Runner Up
“Standing in Honor”
Kathy Plonka — The Spokesman-Review
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Convoy, the ‘Uber’ for Trucking Tries to Navigate Some Uber-Scale Problems”
Dina Bass — Bloomberg News
Runner Up
Spencer Soper, Ben Brody — Bloomberg News
MEDIUM NEWSROOMS
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
The Daily Herald of Everett
Runner Up
The Columbian
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLES REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Life for Dead Poets: Bend Painter Addresses Suicide in New Exhbit”
David Jasper — The Bulletin
Runner Up
“Revolution is a Marathon”
Shannon Gormely — Willamette Week
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting: Trauma specialists’ training put to test; Shooting timeline”
Jessica Prokop, Calley Hair, Kaitlin Gillespie, Jack Heffernan — The Columbian
Runner Up
Melissa Santos — Crosscut
BUSINESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Coffee roasters ‘piece of history’ in Yacolt”
Will Campbell — The Columbian
Runner Up
“Vigor Selects Vancouver/ Series
Alan Brettman — The Columbian
COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Glenn Nelson, Crosscut
Runner Up
“Working in Clark County column”
Lyndsey Hewitt — The Columbian
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
David Kroman — Crosscut
Runner Up
Christian Hill — The Register-Guard
CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“The trial of William Talbot II”
Caleb Hutton — The Daily Herald of Everett
Runner Up
Chelsea Deffenbacher — The Register-Guard
DIVERSITY REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Historic Black Panther newspapers find a home in the Central District”
Margo Vansynghel — Crosscut
Runner Up
“VPS Student Discipline Series”
Kaitlin Gillespie — The Columbian
EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Glenn Nelson — Crosscut
Runner Up
“Editorials”
Gary Nelson — Medford Mail Tribune
EDUCATION REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Face cuts, Seattle school librarians fight to save their budget”
Liz Brazile, Matt M. McKnight — Crosscut
Runner Up
“It gives us hope: Why Yakima County families choose homeschooling — and what it looks like”
Janelle Retka — Yakima Herald-Republic
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Chronicling the last years of a North Cascades glacier”
Zachariah Bryan — The Daily Herald of Everett
Runner Up
“Challenging the ‘new normal’ in the wildfire-ravaged Methow Valley”
Manola Secaira — Crosscut
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Razor Clamming”
Dorothy Edwards — Crosscut
Runner Up
“A family in costume”
Olivia Vanni — The Daily Herald of Everett
FEATURE WRITING, HARD NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“For Vancouver man, every day is a chance to make a difference”
Wyatt Stayner — The Columbian
Runner Up
Kaylee Tornay — Medford Mail Tribune
FEATURE WRITING, SOFT NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“The monks of white salmon”
Patty Hastings — The Columbian
Runner Up
“The Unlikely Style Icon Teaching Older Women to be Fashion Rebels”
Celeste Hamilton Dennis — Narratively
GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Amanda Ray — Yakima Herald-Republic
Runner Up
“Delivering in the Snow”
Matt McKnight — Crosscut
GRAPHICS & ILLUSTRATION
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Romana Wood — The Columbian
Runner Up
Rick Vodicka — Willamette Week
HEADLINE
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Headline Writing Brandon Sawyer”
Brandon Sawyer — Portland Business Journal
Runner Up
“Top Headlines”
Robert Galvin — Medford Mail Tribune
HEALTH AND SCIENCE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“There are effective HIV Treatments: Why are people still dying of AIDS?”
Markian Hawryluk — Bend Bulletin
Runner Up
“Alt-Vaxx”
Rachel Monahan — Willamette Week
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“‘Heartbreaking’: Seattle’s homeless are getting sicker and shelters are struggling to keep up”
David Kroman — Crosscut
Runner Up
“Recent evictions, police activity could end decades of homeless camps in Wallace Marine Park”
Connor Radnovich, Jonathan Bach — Statesman Journal
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Troubled kids, troubled system”
Lucy Thompkins, Seaborn Larson, Cameron Evans, Gwen Florio — Missoulian
Runner Up
“Serial rapists targeted women on Aurora, this woman got justice”
Kate Walters, Isolde Rafferty — KUOW
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Mark Freeman, Ryan Pfeil — Medford Mail Tribune
Runner Up
“WA farmers and laborers are struggling under the H-2A guest worker program — and it may get worse”
Lilly Fowler, Jen Dev — Crosscut
PHOTO ESSAY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Still Fighting”
Tommy Martino — Missoulian
Runner Up
“A day in the life of Maya Reddy, 16-year-old competitive archer”
Dana Sparks — The Register-Guard
PHOTO PORTFOLIO
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Nathan Howard — The Columbian
Runner Up
Joshua Bessex — The News Tribune
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“WA foster kids sent to out-of-state group homes with checkered records”
Allegra Abramo — InvestigateWest
Runner Up
“County’s public records policy ‘invites potential abuse,’ state advocate says”
Shaun Hall — Grants Pass Daily Courier
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Miss Montana Pilot”
Sara Diggins — Missoulian
Runner Up
“Tom Hansen”
Dorothy Edwards — Crosscut
PRINT PAGE DESIGN
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Jacie Landeros — The Daily Herald of Everett
Runner Up
Jessica Abell — Missoulian
REPORTING SERIES
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Education and the path to prosperity”
Keila Szpaller, Cameron Evans — Missoulian
Runner Up
“Flores Family Series”
Jessica Prokop — The Columbian
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Evan Abell — Yakima Herald-Republic
Runner Up
Evan Abell — Yakima Herald-Republic
SPORTS COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
Glenn Nelson — Crosscut
Runner Up
“Bill Speltz’s sports columns”
Bill Speltz — Missoulian
SPORTS FEATURE
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Rally from Despair”
Meg Wochnick — The Columbian
Runner Up
“South Salem runner helps special needs teammate finish his first cross country race”
Pete Martini, Anna Reed — Statesman Journal
SPORTS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“The growing trend of sport specialization: Is it worth it?”
Cameron Van Til — The Daily Herald of Everett
Runner Up
“An 18-year-old’s path to announcing pro baseball”
Cameron Van Til — The Daily Herald of Everett
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Medium Newsroom
First Place
“Scene of a Shooting”
Matt McKnight — Crosscut
Runner Up
“Fire line”
Jamie Lusch — Medford Mail Tribune
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
First Place
“Inside Portland’s Use of Controversial Mobile Location Tech from Google Sibling”
Kate Kaye — Geekwire and RedTail
Runner Up
“The world’s first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW”
Beatriz Costa Lima, Jen Dev, Sarah Hoffman — Crosscut
SMALL NEWSROOMS
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Scott Schaefer, Michael Brunk, Shane Griffiths, Theresa Schaefer — South King Media
Runner Up
News-Times
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLES REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Rick Levin — Eugene Weekly
Runner Up
Samantha Wohlfeil, Nathan Weinbender, Dan Nailen — The Inlander
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Sunnyland principal murdered, remembered”
Denver Pratt — The Bellingham Herald
Runner Up
“Salem’s economy takes a jolt as 1,000 jobs disappear with NORPAC collapse”
Staff — Salem Reporter
BUSINESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Nike’s Global Tax Paradise”
Matthew Kish — Portland Business Journal
Runner Up
“Unions: Growing gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ driving strike activity”
Mallory Gruben — The Daily News
COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Director’s Desk”
Kaia Sand — Street Roots
Runner Up
“Racial Justice Collection”
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield — YES! Media
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Port of Astoria reboots”
Edward Stratton — The Astorian
Runner Up
“Oregon Foster Care Crisis Coverage”
Libby Dowsett-Freelance, Joanne Zuhl – Street Roots
CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Jason Buch, Joy Borkholder — InvestigateWest
Runner Up
Gina Scalpone, Emily Goodykoontz — Eugene Weekly
DIVERSITY REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Finding space in the “whitest city” in America”
Malia Spencer — Portland Business Journal
Runner Up
“Alaska Native language groups convene to translate census materials”
Tripp Crouse — KNBA
EDITORIAL AND COMMENTARY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Editorial Writing”
Street Roots Editorial Board — Street Roots
Runner Up
“3 Stories in Data”
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz, Lornet Turnbull, Erin Sagen, Miles Schneiderman — YES! Magazine
EDUCATION REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Salem-Keizer teachers face repeated injuries at the hands of students, documents show”
Rachel Alexander — Salem Reporter
Runner Up
“20 Feet Away: He wasn’t the next school shooter but what if he had been?”
Caitlyn May — Albany Democrat-Herald
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“National Bison Range Investigation”
Patrick Reilly — Missoulian
Runner Up
Alex Brown — The Chronicle
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Young Kwak — The Inlander
Runner Up
“Fall on the Road to Mount Rainier”
Jared Wenzelburger — The Chronicle
FEATURE WRITING, HARD NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Homeless outreach program REACH asks to change its relationship with the city’s Navigation Team”
Ashley Archibald — Real Change
Runner Up
“Family reunites, offers hope for others battling addiction”
Laura Guido — Whidbey News-Times
FEATURE WRITING, SOFT NEWS
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“One valley too far:’ How 110 soldiers survived the Mount St. Helens eruption”
Alex Bruell — The Daily News
Runner Up
“We’re still here: Art exhibit shows creativity flourishes in those living with dementia”
Lisa Edge — Real Change
GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Hundreds ‘Back the Blue’ at R.A. Long Park for DeRosier family”
Courtney Talak — The Daily News
Runner Up
“Welcome Home Daddy”
Meegan M. Reid — Kitsap Sun
GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATION
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Enkhbayar Munkh-Erdene — YES! Magazine
Runner Up
Jon Williams — Real Change
HEALTH AND SCIENCE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Century after Spanish flu ‘nightmare,’ pandemic remains concern”
Kyle Odegard — Albany Democrat-Herald
Runner Up
Chey Scott — The Inlander
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Taylor Perse, Morgan Theophil — Eugene Weekly
Runner Up
“Portland Street Response”
Emily Green — Street Roots
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Pierce County Medical Examiner”
Kari Plog, Will James — KNKX
Runner Up
“Smith builds moneyed empire”
Les Zaitz, Pat Caldwell, Kristine de Leon — Malheur Enterprise
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Making sense of the 2019 Montana Legislature with data visualization and news apps”
Eric Dietrich — Montana Free Press
Runner Up
“I Am a Future Ancestor: An Indigenous Perspective on Healing”
Josue Rivas, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz — YES! Magazine
PHOTO ESSAY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Pearl Harbor U.S. Navy Musician Francis E. Dick returns home, honored with funeral”
Courtney Talak — The Daily News
Runner Up
“Life, Death and Dignity”
Wes Sauer — Real Change
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Smith builds moneyed empire”
Les Zaitz, Pat Caldwell, Kristine de Leon — Malheur Enterprise
Runner Up
“Oregon cannabis tax: Aiming low”
Pete Danko — Portland Business Journal
PRINT PAGE DESIGN
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Briana Finney — Portland Business Journal
Runner Up
Derek Harrison — The Inlander
REPORTING SERIES
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“NINE INTO SIX: In one place, Salem Reporter’s 5-part series on challenges of local schools”
Rachel Alexander — Salem Reporter
Runner Up
Ashley Archibald — Real Change
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Carson Littlepage is stripped of the ball by Thackery”
Ellen Morris Bishop — Wallowa County Chieftain
Runner Up
“Max Borghi: Houston, we have lift off”
Whittney Thornton — Cougfan.com
SPORTS COLUMN
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“The Lobster Dives Deep on WSU”
Marshall Lobbestael — Cougfan.com
Runner Up
“Inside Coug Nation with Barry Bolton”
Barry Bolton — Cougfan.com
SPORTS FEATURE
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
Sports Feature — Robert Ham
Runner Up
“Heart and soul: Strength coach Tyson Brown is WSU’s secret weapon”
Barry Bolton — Cougfan.com
SPORTS REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Participation numbers falling for many schools in Oregon”
Jarrid Denney — Corvallis Gazette-Times
Runner Up
“Emotions flow after monumental SK win”
Jeff Graham — Kitsap Sun
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Fatal Centralia House Fire”
Jared Wenzelburger — The Chronicle
Runner Up
“Family loses Warrenton home to fire”
Hailey Hoffman — The Astorian
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
Writing, Photo & Design, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Beach may be best way to prepare for the worst”
Cindy Yingst, Peggy Yingst – The Columbia Press
Runner Up
“Drones could help farmers inspect crops from above”
Jacqueline Allison — Skagit Valley Herald
MAGAZINES
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
“The Secrets of Mount Rainier”
Allison Williams — Seattle Met
Runner Up
Allison Williams — Seattle Met
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
Tony Dear & Brian Beaky — Cascade Golfer magazine
Runner Up
“Checking Out: Amazon, Microsoft, and the Future of Automated Grocery”
Stefan Milne — Seattle Met
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
“Losing Lake Coeur d’Alene”
Emily Benson — High Country News
Runner Up
“The Octopus from Outer Space”
James Ross Gardner — Seattle Met
FOOD AND RESTAURANTS REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
“Chef of the Year”
Andi Prewitt — Willamette Week
Runner Up
“Seattle’s New Restaurant Rush”
Allecia Vermillion, Rosin Saez — Seattle Met
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
Hayat Norimine — Seattle Met
Runner Up
“To Fix Its Housing Crunch, One U.S. City Takes Aim at the Single-Family Home”
Noah Buhayar — Bloomberg Businessweek
PERSONAL PROFILE
Magazines
First Place
“Women to Watch”
Shelby Rowe Moyer — South Sound Magazine
Runner Up
“Tell Us Something Storytelling Event: Marc Moss”
Reilly Neill — Montana Press Monthly
PHOTOGRAPHY
Magazines
First Place
“Sun’s Out, Suds Out”
Brian Breneman, Michael Novak — Portland Monthly
Runner Up
“Krushing It”
Holly Andres, Eden Dawn — Portland Monthly
PRINT PAGE DESIGN
Magazines
First Place
“Climate Change in Glacier Park”
Reilly Neill — Montana Press Monthly
Runner Up
“The Secrets of Mount Rainier, Seattle’s New Restaurant Rush, Summer by Boat”
Jane Sherman — Seattle Met
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
Magazines
First Place
“The Most Valuable Company (for Now) Is Having a Nadellaissance”
Austin Carr, Dina Bass — Bloomberg Businessweek
Runner Up
“Checking Out: Amazon, Microsoft, and the Future of Automated Grocery”
Stefan Milne — Seattle Met
AUDIO
LARGE NEWSROOMS
CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“She called 911 and said she was suicidal. Then she was charged with a crime”
Patricia Murphy, Liz Jones — KUOW
Runner Up
Ashley Korslien, Zachary Carver, Mila Mimica, Destiny Johnson — KGW
DIVERSITY REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Abrupt retirement of African American captain highlights lack of diversity in state patrol”
Austin Jenkins — Northwest News Network
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Got time? You can avoid ‘flygskam’ (Swedish for flight shame)”
John Ryan, Liz Jones — KUOW
Runner Up
“Seattle is really good at recycling. Maybe a little too good”
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch, Gil Aegerter — KUOW
FEATURE REPORTING, HARD NEWS
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“The Roots Of An Oregon Farm Bankruptcy”
Kate Davidson — Oregon Public Broadcasting
Runner Up
“As Amazon Gets Bigger, Sellers Feel the Squeeze”
Spencer Soper, Brad Stone — Bloomberg News
FEATURE REPORTING, SOFT NEWS
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
Emily Cureton — Oregon Public Broadcasting
Runner Up
“It’s carpool karaoke (and free Tylenol) with this Seattle night driver”
Casey Martin, Liz Jones — KUOW
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“A toilet is your face.’ Seattle ponders the perfect public pissoir”
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch, Gil Aegerter — KUOW
Runner Up
“Pop In Your Headphones, Oregon Lawmakers Have Discovered Podcasting”
Dirk VanderHart — Oregon Public Broadcasting
HEATH AND SCIENCE REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
Sergio Olmos, Emily Harris, Lee van der Voo, Investigate West, Pamplin Media Group, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Runner Up
“Russian social media fuels vaccine anxiety as measles spreads in Washington state”
David Hyde, Gil Aegerter — KUOW
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Booked And Buried: Pacific Northwest’s Mounting Jail Death Toll”
Conrad Wilson, Austin Jenkins, Tony Schick, Ryan Haas — Oregon Public Broadcasting
Runner Up
“White kids usually get the most recess in Seattle. Black kids, the least”
Ann Dornfeld, Liz Jones — KUOW
REPORTING SERIES
Audio, Large Newsroom
First Place
Ashley Korslien, Zachary Carver, Mila Mimica, Destiny Johnson — KGW
Runner Up
Leah Sottile, Ryan Haas — Oregon Public Broadcasting
SMALL NEWSROOMS
DIVERSITY REPORTING
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
“We Out Here: From Chicago to Sumpter, Oregon with Portia Mittons”
Tiara Darnell — Independent Producer
Runner Up
April Ehrlich — Jefferson Public Radio
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTER REPORTING
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
“In rural Alaska, school districts deal with a legacy of unaddressed contamination”
Rashah McChesney — KTOO
Runner Up
“The McKenzie: A Resilient River”
Rachael McDonald — KLCC
FEATURE REPORTING, HARD NEWS
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Oregon Lawmakers Consider Expansion of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law”
Chris Lehman — KLCC
Runner Up
“He just wanted to be remembered.’ Friends, family share memories of magnetic local boxer”
Posey Gruener — KNKX
FEATURE REPORTING, SOFT NEWS
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
“The Northwest’s Star Wars Church”
Dyer Oxley — NW NERD Podcast
Runner Up
“Seattle man connects with his homeless neighbors, one toilet at a time”
Gabriel Spitzer — KNKX
HEALTH & SCIENCE REPORTING
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Finding Fixes: Preventing Youth Addiction”
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch, Nicolle Galteland, Alisa Barba, Finding Fixes and InvestigateWest
Runner Up
“For Rogue Valley Seniors Needing Mental Health Treatment, Medicare Offers Little Help”
Erik Neumann — Jefferson Public Radio
REPORTING SERIES
Audio, Small Newsroom
First Place
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch, Nicolle Galteland, Alisa Barba, Finding Fixes and InvestigateWest
Runner Up
Jennifer Pemberton & KTOO News Staff
VIDEO
LARGE NEWSROOMS
FEATURE, HARD NEWS
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
“‘Give me five coffins’: Seeking asylum at the border”
Corinne Chin — The Seattle Times
Runner Up
Beth Verge — KTUU
FEATURE, SOFT NEWS
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
Beth Verge — KTUU
Runner Up
Samantha Swindler — The Oregonian/OregonLive
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
“A Distant Refuge: Rohingya Genocide Survivors In Portland”
Arya Surowidjojo, MacGregor Campbell, Stephani Gordon, Jan Boyd — Oregon Public Broadcasting
Runner Up
Lauren Frohne — The Seattle Times
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT, WITHIN 24 HOURS
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
“A daughter’s disappearance, a father’s worst fears”
Jill Burke — KTUU
Runner Up
“Sounders Shake Video”
Megan Murnane, Amy Moreno — KING 5 TV
INVESTIGATION
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
“29 Hours: A Crash, a 911 call… and the rescuers that never arrived”
Jill Burke, Eric Sowl, Kim Daehnke — KTUU
Runner Up
“An overburdened staff and Alaska’s most vulnerable children”
Jill Burke, Eric Sowl, Leah Schwartz — KTUU
REPORTING SERIES
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
Cristin Severance, Gene Cotton, John Tierney — KGW
Runner Up
“One Year Later: The Quake, the Aftermath, the Recovery”
Staff — KTUU
SPORTS REPORTING
Video, Large Newsroom
First Place
“Culver coach back on sidelines, thanks to transplant”
Max Goldwasser — KTVZ
Runner Up
“Girls hockey is growing in Washington — and it isn’t dependent on boys programs anymore”
Beatriz Costa Lima — Crosscut
SMALL NEWSROOM
FEATURE, HARD NEWS
Video, Small Newsroom
First Place
Andrea Lutz, Paul Humphrey — KTVQ
Runner Up
“Deer Ridge inmates led beyond walls to forgiveness”
Max Goldwasser — KTVZ
FEATURE, SOFT NEWS
Video, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release”
Tom Layson — KBTC-TV
Runner Up
“These searchers have dogged determination”
Max Goldwasser, Tyson Beauchemin — KTVZ
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT, NO TIME LIMIT
Video, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Deer Ridge Correctional Institution: Out of Darkness Walk”
Arielle Brumfield — KTVZ NewsChannel 21
Runner Up
“Montana’s ‘state of freight’”
Andrea Lutz, Brandon Sullivan — KTVQ
REPORTING SERIES
Video, Small Newsroom
First Place
“Urban Climate Change Adaptation Series”
Jesse Nichols — Grist
Runner Up
“Protecting Montana’s Firefighters”
Margaret DeMarco — KRTV
