2008 Page One Award Winners
Burnsville Sun-Current Newspaper - News and Feature: Long Feature Second Place “Reinventing retirement” - Heather Voorhees
City Pages Newspaper - Business: Feature First Place “Mall of Amerisize Me” - Matt Snyders
City Pages Newspaper - Business: In-depth Third Place “Trials & Stribulations” - G.R. Anderson Jr. & Paul Demko
City Pages Newspaper - Business: Spot News Third Place “Newspaper war” - Paul Demko
City Pages Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Arts & Entertainment Second Place “LA plays itself” - Rob Nelson
City Pages Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Art & Illustration First Place “Bridge collapse” - Newsroom
City Pages Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Art & Illustration Third Place “Autoerotic asphyxiation” - Newsroom
City Pages Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: In-depth Second Place “Rock atlas” - Newsroom
City Pages Newspaper - News and Feature: Spot News Second Place “Banning Desmond Tutu” - Matt Snyders
City Pages Newspaper - Package: Best Overall Package Third Place “Artists of the year” - Newsroom
City Pages Newspaper - Package: Best Special Section First Place “Best of the Twin Cities” - Staff
City Pages Newspaper - Photojournalism: Sports Third Place “Boogeyman drops the gloves” - Nick Vlcek
City Pages Newspaper - Sports: Feature First Place “The Boogeyman drops the gloves” - Kevin Hoffman
City Pages Newspaper - Sports: Spot News First Place “The Strongest Men in the World” - Kevin Hoffman
City Pages Web Site: Best Use of Multimedia First Place “Boy, interrupted; one man's struggle with an eating disorder” - Jeff Shaw & Kevin Hoffman
City Pages Newspaper - News and Feature: Short Feature First Place “The wedding crashers” - Jeff Severns Guntzel
City Pages Newspaper - Photojournalism: Pictoral First Place “Diablo Cody slideshow” - Nick Vlcek
citypages.com Web Site: Best Web Site (Affiliated) First Place “citypages.com” - Newsroom
Downtown Journal Newspaper - News and Feature: In-depth Second Place “Caught in chaos” - Newsroom
Downtown Journal Newspaper - Photojournalism: Feature First Place “Finding a new path” - Robb Long
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Business: Feature Third Place “Is staying put good enough?” - Jane Brissett
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Business: In-depth First Place “Filling the gaps” - Jane Brissett
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Business: Spot News First Place “Midwest Airlines' arrival, departure” - Peter Passi
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: General Column Second Place “Astronomy widow” - Linda Hanson
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: In-depth Third Place “Risk and rewards” - Jana Hollingsworth & Janna Goerdt
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Investigative First Place “Eat, drink and be wary” - Brandon Stahl
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Long Feature First Place “Walking wounded” - Brandon Stahl
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Short feature First Place “Transformations in life, in art” - Ann Klefstad
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Spot News First Place “Gunflint Trail Blaze” - John Myers, Janna Goerdt, Will Ashenmacher & Patrick Garmoe
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Spot News Second Place “Winter's wallop” - John Myers, Janna Goerdt, Peter Passi & Brandon Stahl
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Package: Best Overall Package First Place “Price of poverty” - Staff
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Package: Best Special Section First Place “Grandma's Marathon” - Staff
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Feature Headline First Place “Feline purrsuasion” - Kelli Sandhurst
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: News Headline First Place “Burglar flees - with nothing at all” - Craig Gustafson
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Section Front Layout Second Place “SSKO runs away with titles” - Kelli Sandhurst
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Column First Place “Given a shot” - Rick Lubbers
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Feature First Place “Strength transcends sport” - Kevin Pates
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Feature Second Place “Career interrupted” - Jon Nowacki
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Feature Third Place “Ticket to history” - Andy Greder
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Spot News Third Place “Northern Exposure” - Rick Weegman
Duluth News Tribune Web Site: Best Web Site (Affiliated) Third Place “duluthnewstribune.com” - Jason Mohr
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: In-depth First Place “With the 148th” - Chris Hamilton
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Feature Page Layout First Place “Journey to the stars” - Tamara Gruhot
Duluth News Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Page One Layout First Place “Inches from the brink” - Andrew Krueger
Duluth News Tribune Web Site: Best Continuing Coverage First Place “HamLake fire” - Newsroom
Fox 21 News TV - News & Feature: Feature First Place “A special prom date” - Julie Moravchik & Chris Misun
Fox 21 News TV - News & Feature: Feature Second Place “On the job hospice quilt” - Julie Moravchik & John Thain
Fox 21 News TV - News & Feature: Hard News Report First Place “Teenage suicide” - Nick LaFave & John Thain
Fox 21 News TV - News & Feature: Hard News Report Second Place “Hawthorn unsolved murder” - Melissa Ganje & Carrie Kohlmeier
Fox 21 News TV - News & Feature: Newscast First Place “Fox 21 News first broadcast” - Newsroom & Julie Moravchik
KARE-TV TV - News & Feature: Feature First Place “Entry level” - Boyd Huppert & Jonathan Malat
KARE-TV TV - News & Feature: Mini-documentary/in-depth series First Place “June's journey” - Jim Douglas & Boyd Huppert
KARE-TV TV - News & Feature: Spot/Breaking News Third Place “No day for sightseeing” - Boyd Huppert & Andy Sugden
KARE-TV TV - Sports: Feature First Place “In the game” - Boyd Huppert & Jonathan Malat
KMSP-TV TV - News & Feature: Hard News Report Second Place “Dissecting a doubtful death” - Jeff Baillon & Tyler Ryan
KMSP-TV TV - News & Feature: Investigative Third Place “Temptations in the tunnel” - Jeff Bailon & Spencer Driskill
KNSI Radio: Mini-documentary/In-depth Series First Place “St. Cloud safety efforts” - Cassie Hart
KNSI Radio: Newscast First Place “Newscast” - Cassie Hart
KSTP-TV TV - Best Use of Audio/Video: Best Use of Video Second Place “Barefoot champion” - John Gross
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Feature-length documentary First Place “One day in August” - On the Road Staff
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Feature-length documentary Second Place “Beyond the bridge” - Kristi Piehl, Tim Jones, Mike Maybay & Dana Benson
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Feature-length documentary Third Place “Minnesotans saving Armenia” - Jason Davis, Mike Brunswick, Phil Thiesse & Gail Brown
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Investigative Second Place “College football corruption” - Bob McNaney, Jim O'Connell, Dana Benson & Lindsay Radford
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Mini-documentary/in-depth series Second Place “Beyond the bridge” - Kristi Piehl, Tim Jones, Mike Maybay & Dana Benson
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Newscast First Place “25th straight hour” - Newsroom
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Spot/Breaking News First Place “First TV reporter at bridge collapse” - Allison Triarsi
KSTP-TV TV - News & Feature: Spot/Breaking News Second Place “Bridge collapse” - Newsroom
KSTP-TV TV - Sports: Feature Third Place “Wheelchair coach” - John Gross
KSTP-TV Web Site: Best Continuing Coverage Second Place “35W bridge collapse” - Justin Piehowski, Eric Boyles & Jeff Fett
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: Feature Second Place “Keeping them” - H.J. Cummins
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: Feature Third Place “Julie Gilbert: women's warrior” - Jackie Crosby
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: General Column First Place “At Juut, that extra dollar goes to health” - H.J. Cummins
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: General Column Second Place “Wills: do it yourself or pay a lawyer?” - Kara McGuire
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: In-depth First Place “Med Tech - the next frontier” - Janet Moore
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: Spot News First Place “Ex-CEO to NWA to take helm at Delta” - Liz Fedor
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Business: Spot News Second Place “Alleged mortgage conspiracy led to $50-million in losses” - Chris Serres & Dan Browning
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial First Place “To help small towns, help small businesses” - Lori Sturdevant
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial Second Place “Exposed to art, and better for it” - Eric Ringham
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial Third Place “Silencing students and wasting money” - Tim O'Brien
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: General Column Second Place “Before grief goes, grief grows” - Gail Rosenblum
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: In-depth First Place “13 seconds in August” - Jane Freidmann, Pamela Louwagie, Rhonda Prast & James Eli Shiffer
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: In-depth Second Place “The family that fell” - Maura Lerner & Laurie Hertzel
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Investigative First Place “Money vs. safety at MnDOT” - Paul McEnroe & Tony Kennedy
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Investigative Third Place “The longest clean-up” - David Shaffer
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Package: Best Overall Package First Place “Home sweet home 2037” - Karen Youso & Mark Boswell
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Feature Headline Second Place “No bills a-waiting” - Neal Gendler
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Feature Headline Third Place “Putting the west into W. Lake Street” - Vince Tuss
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: News Headline Third Place “Minding those manors” - Jim Anderson
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - Sports: Spot News Second Place “Isles GM says Lucia's coaching hurt Okposo” - Brian Stensaas
Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper - News and Feature: Long Feature First Place “"Am I dead? I must be dead."” - Pam Louwagie
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: Feature Second Place “Target starts solar-power rollout” - John Vomhof Jr.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: General Column First Place “Borders, Block E: a tale told in titles” - Mark Reilly
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: In-depth Second Place “Biotech firms lured by Ohio's rich incentives” - Katharine Grayson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: In-depth Third Place “Rider Bennett attorneys find new homes” - Bryant Ruiz Switzky
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: Spot News Second Place “HighJump vets start buyout firm” - Katharine Grayson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Business: Spot News Third Place “ResCap exiting 12 floors of Bloomington building” - Sam Black
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial Column Second Place “Memo to 3M CEO: talk to Minnesota” - Dirk DeYoung
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial Column Third Place “Caught red-lighted by photocop” - Mark Reilly
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Art & Illustration First Place “Extreme growth” - Derek Thomson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Art & Illustration Second Place “Special Report: economic development Mankato” - Derek Thomson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Spot News First Place “Hummer bummer” - Eric Johnson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: Spot News Second Place “Number of MN deals” - Derek Thomson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Package: Best Overall Package Second Place “Operation Reintegration” - Staff
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Feature Page Layout Second Place “Funds in the sun” - Eric Johnson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: News Headline Second Place “Minneapolis wine bar to pull out all the stops with new technology” - Jenny Woods
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Page Design/Layout: Section Front Layout First Place “Director compensation” - Eric Johnson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Sports: Column Second Place “The ticket to team payrolls” - John Vomhof Jr.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Sports: Feature First Place “Sports agent crunches numbers for his clients” - John Vomhof Jr.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Sports: Spot News First Place “Timberwolves readying post-KG marketing push” - John Vomhof Jr.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Newspaper - Graphics and Illustrations: In depth First Place “Future 610” - Eric Johnson
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: General column First Place “All seriousness aside” - Bill White
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Government or Political Story First Place “Cirisi does it” - David Brauer, Larry Marcus, Steve Kaplan & Bill White
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Government or Political Story Second Place “Plan of attack” - Kevin Featherly, Larry Marcus, Steve Kaplan & Bill White
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Government or Political Story Third Place “Enemies: A love story” - Dave Kenney, Larry Marcus, Steve Kaplan & Bill White
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: News Feature Third Place “Muslims and Minnesota law” - J. Trout Lowen, Larry Marcus, Steve Kaplan & Bill White
Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Social issues story First Place “Mental illness and the law” - Frank Jossi, Larry Marcus, Steve Kaplan & Bill White
Minnesota Monitor Web Site: Best Newsroom Blog (Independent) First Place “ericblackink” - Eric Black
Minnesota Monitor Web Site: Best Single News Story (Independent) First Place “"Annarama! Anna Nicole Smith and the Experience Newspaper"” - Paul Schmelzer
Minnesota Monitor Web Site: Best Web Site (Independent) Third Place “minnesotamonitor.com” - Staff
Minnesota Monthly Magazine - News, Feature and Business: General column Second Place “Green monsters” - Mary Jo Phel
Minnesota Monthly Magazine - News, Feature and Business: News Feature Second Place “Who pulled the plug on Lake Superior?” - Tim Gihring
Minnesota Monthly Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Social issues story Second Place “The warriors at home” - Tim Gihring
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Feature First Place “4H Dance” - Nikki Tundel
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Feature Second Place “Chicken caper” - Curtis Gilbert
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Hard News Report Second Place “Housing inspections” - Jessica Mador
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Investigative First Place “Toxic Traces revisited” - Lorna Benson
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Investigative Second Place “How long are children waiting?” - Elizabeth Stawicki & Dan Gunderson
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Mini-documentary/In-depth Series First Place “Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: The invisible disorder” - Cara Hetland & Tom Robertson
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Mini-documentary/In-depth Series Second Place “Songs From Scratch” - Nikki Tundel, Sanden Totten, Larissa Anderson & Chris Roberts
Minnesota Public Radio Radio: Spot/Breaking News First Place “Bridge coverage” - Newsroom
Minnesota Sun Newspapers Newspaper - Editorial and Opinion: Editorial Column First Place “Remembering a life well lived” - Sally Thompson
Minnosota Public Radio Radio: Hard News Report First Place “False docs” - Annie Baxter & Ambar Espinoza
MinnPost Web Site: Best Web Site (Independent) Second Place “minnpost.com” - Joel Kramer, Roger Buoen, Corey Anderson & Newsroom
MinnPost.com Web Site: Best Single News Story (Independent) Second Place “Urban designers: Minneapolis should dump skyways.” - Steve Berg
Northeaster Newspaper Newspaper - News and Feature: Investigative Third Place “A painful ending to a lifetime of building” - Kerry Ashmore
Press Publications Newspaper - News and Feature: Short feature Second Place “Setting up to sail away” - Mike Morgan
Press Publications Newspaper - Sports: Spot News Second Place “Prep Bowl bound” - Patrick Johnson
Rochester Magazine Magazine - News, Feature and Business: Business Feature Second Place “Burning questions” - Steve Lange
Rochester Magazine Magazine - News, Feature and Business: General column Third Place “Real age of enlightenment” - Steve Lange