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September 14, 2013
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ANA Announces 2013 BNC Winners
The Arizona Republic (daily newspaper) and Arizona Capitol Times (non-daily newspaper) took home the coveted award for Arizona Newspaper of the Year during the Arizona Newspapers Association’s 2013 Better Newspapers Contest. Newspaper of the Year awards are calculated from honors won in the Excellence in Advertising Contest added together with winning entries from the Better Newspapers Contest.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Sun, and Tim Hacker, East Valley Tribune, were named the ANA 2013 Photographers of the Year. Dennis Wagner, The Arizona Republic and J.D. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun, were named the ANA 2013 Journalists of the Year.
This year, 53 newspapers entered in the Better Newspapers Contest for a total of 1,360 entries. The Better Newspapers Contest consists of nine categories that measure the overall quality of the newspapers and 18 categories that honor individuals who contribute to journalism excellence. A special thanks to the Nevada Press Association, for judging the entries this year.
Attached is a complete list of winners by category. The awards were presented on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 at the conclusion of the ANA 74th Annual Meeting & Awards Reception, at Arizona Grand Resort in Tempe, Ariz. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Newspaper Winners
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Arizona Capitol Times
2nd place: Arizona Range News
3rd place: Lake Powell Chronicle
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Payson Roundup
2nd place: White Mountain Independent
3rd place: Fountain Hills Times
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Tucson Weekly
2nd place: Explorer
3rd place: West Valley View
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Sierra Vista Herald
2nd place: The Daily Courier
3rd place: Casa Grande Dispatch
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#1 REPORTING & NEWSWRITING EXCELLENCE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Arizona Capitol Times
2nd place: Maricopa Monitor
3rd place: Arizona Range News
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Fountain Hills Times
2nd place: Payson Roundup
3rd place: White Mountain Independent
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Prescott Valley Tribune
2nd place: West Valley View
3rd place: Tucson Weekly
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Sierra Vista Herald
2nd place: Arizona Daily Sun
3rd place: Casa Grande Dispatch
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#2 DEPARTMENTAL NEWS & COPYWRITING EXCELLENCE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Verde Independent/The Bugle
2nd place: Lake Powell Chronicle
3rd place: Arizona Capitol Times
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Green Valley News & Sun
2nd place: Payson Roundup
3rd place: White Mountain Independent
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Tucson Weekly
2nd place: Explorer
3rd place: Prescott Valley Tribune
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Casa Grande Dispatch
2nd place: Arizona Daily Sun
3rd place: Today’s News-Herald
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#3 PAGE DESIGN EXCELLENCE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Arizona Capitol Times
2nd place: San Pedro Valley News-Sun
3rd place: Lake Powell Chronicle
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Fountain Hills Times
2nd place: Green Valley News & Sun
3rd place: Payson Roundup
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: La Voz
2nd place: Tucson Weekly
3rd place: Phoenix Business Journal
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: The Daily Courier
2nd place: Today’s News-Herald
3rd place: Casa Grande Dispatch
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#4 EDITORIAL PAGE EXCELLENCE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Verde Independent/The Bugle
2nd place: Arizona Range News
3rd place: Nogales International
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Green Valley News & Sun
2nd place: Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
3rd place: Fountain Hills Times
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: West Valley View
2nd place: Phoenix Business Journal
3rd place: Explorer
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Sierra Vista Herald
2nd place: Yuma Sun
3rd place: The Daily Courier
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#5 BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Arizona Range News
2nd place: San Pedro Valley News-Sun
3rd place: Arizona Silver Belt
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Payson Roundup
2nd place: White Mountain Independent
3rd place: Chino Valley Review
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Phoenix Business Journal
2nd place: Explorer
3rd place: The Catholic Sun
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Sierra Vista Herald
2nd place: Yuma Sun
3rd place: The Daily Courier
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: Arizona Daily Star
#6 COMMUNITY SERVICE/JOURNALISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Arizona Capitol Times
2nd place: Arizona Range News
3rd place: San Pedro Valley News-Sun
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: White Mountain Independent
2nd place: Payson Roundup
3rd place: Aztec Press
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: The Catholic Sun
2nd place: West Valley View
3rd place: Glendale Today
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: The Daily Courier
2nd place: Sierra Vista Herald
3rd place: Arizona Daily Sun
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: The Arizona Republic
#7 SPECIAL SECTION, NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT OR MAGAZINE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Lake Powell Chronicle - Gateway
2nd place: Arizona Capitol Times – Best of the Capitol
3rd place: Arizona Silver Belt – Gateway to the Copper Corridor
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Payson Roundup – Rodeo
2nd place: White Mountain Independent – Mountain Skies
3rd place: Fountain Hills Times – Home
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: La Voz – Beisbol Para Todos
2nd place: Tucson Weekly – best of Tucson
3rd place: Explorer – Discover Nothwest
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Casa Grande Dispatch – Cotton and Agriculture
2nd place: Sierra Vista herald – Our Community
3rd place: Yuma Sun – Raising Yuma
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: Arizona Daily Star – Connecting the dots
#8 NEWSPAPER ONLINE SITE/WEB PAGE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Eloy Enterprise
2nd place: Arizona Range News
3rd place: Lake Powell Chronicle
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Aztec Press
2nd place: Fountain Hills Times
3rd place: White Mountain Independent
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Ahwatukee Foothills News
2nd place: Tucson Weekly
3rd place: Explorer
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Daily News-Sun
2nd place: Sierra Vista herald
3rd place: The Daily Courier
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: Arizona Daily Star
BEST HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER
Scholastic Division: Large Schools (4A & 5A)
1st place: The Roundup, Brophy College Preparatory
Scholastic Division: Small Schools (3A & smaller)
1st place: The Sting, Sedona Red Rock High School
Individual Winners by Category
#9 BEST HEADLINE
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Jeremy Duda, Arizona Capitol Times – Arizona Medicaid on life support
2nd place: Don Harris, Arizona Capitol Times – It’s curtains for film tax credit bill
3rd place: Michael Rinker, Lake Powell Chronicle – Council vote preserves pecking order on mesa
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Pete Aleshire, Payson Roundup – The silence of snow
2nd place: Staff, Eastern Arizona Courier – Synthetic drug sales go up in smoke
3rd place: Dan Shearer, Green Valley News & Sun – Jesus is my rock
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Chris Flora, Explorer – Town of Marana covering its assets
2nd place: Cindy Yurth, Navajo Times – Birth cohort study still in labor
3rd place: Valeria Fernandez, La Voz – Blood, sweat and tears
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Amy Crawford, Yuma Sun – Water your waiting for
2nd place: Mara Knaub, Yuma Sun – Note-able camp
3rd place: None awarded
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: Ron Solomon, Arizona Daily Star – Wall St. has egg all over its Facebook
2nd place: None awarded
3rd place: None awarded
#10 BEST NEWS STORY
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Michael Rinker, Lake Powell Chronicle – Tragedy or comedy?
2nd place: Evan Wyloge, Arizona Capitol Times – Gone to pot: Dispensary opens amid court
battles over medical marijuana
3rd place: Jonathan Clark, Nogales International – Bad website data leads to spat over crime stats
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Salvatore Caputo, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix – Show of support: 575 at service
of grief
2nd place: Terrance Thornton, Town of Paradise Valley Independent – Mountain Shadows
revamp to hold Paradise Valley accountable
3rd place: Terrance Thornton, Town of Paradise Valley Independent – Two documents to guide
the development at Mountain Shadows
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Alastair Bitsoi, Navajo Times – Tate’s Auto keeps coming up at auto sales hearings
2nd place: Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly – We call BS
3rd place: Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal – Ready to depart
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Bill Coates, Casa Grande Dispatch – Mental illness
2nd place: Mara Knaub, Yuma Sun – Yuma senator accused of confronting teacher in class
3rd place: Adam Curtis, Sierra Vista herald – Chapel restoration a symbol of recovery
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: None awarded
2nd place: None awarded
3nd place: None awarded
#11 BEST SUSTAINED COVERAGE OR SERIES
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Evan Wyloge, Hank Stephenson, Arizona Capitol Times – Lobbying spending uncovered
2nd place: Hank Stephenson, Arizona Capitol Times – Darin Mitchell’s residency
3rd place: Curt Prendergast, Nogales International – Fatal Border Patrol shooting
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Terrance Thornton, Town of Paradise Valley Independent – Mountain Shadows
revitalization saga
2nd place: Michele Nelson, Payson Roundup – Homeless students still struggle
3rd place: Leisah Woldoff, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix – Start Me Up
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Kristena Hansen, Phoenix Business Journal – Home-buying blog series
2nd place: Cindy Yurth, Alastair Bitsoi, Navajo Times – Crisis at WR Unified School District
3rd place: None awarded
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Lisa Irish. Joanna Dodder, Matt Hinshaw, Les Stukenberg, The Daily
Courier – Whiskey Row Fire
2nd place: Staff, Yuma Sun – Behind the Badge: Yuma Police Department
3rd place: Mara Knaub, Yuma Sun – Amberly’s Place fights child abuse
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star – 100 Days of Science
2nd place: Michael Kiefer, the Arizona Republic – Jodi Arias trial
3rd place: Stephanie Innes, Rob O’Dell, Arizona Daily Star – Kids skipping shot increases threat
of dangerous outbreak
#12 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Evan Wyloge, Hank Stephenson, Arizona Capitol Times – Lobbying spending uncovered
2nd place: Jeremy Duda, Arizona Capitol Times – AG’s office blocked embarrassing information
3rd place: Jonathan Clark, Nogales International – Worker arrested on drug charges was
already a felon
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Terrance Thornton, Town of Paradise Valley Independent – Mountain Shadows revamp
to Paradise Valley accountable
2nd place: Max Foster, Payson Roundup – The Pine water plot thickens
3rd place: Terrance Thornton, Town of Paradise Valley Independent –Two documents to guide
the development at Mountain Shadows
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: J.D. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun – West African Resiliance
2nd place: Valeria Fernandez, La Voz – Los barrios hispanos: Toda una epoca
3rd place: J.D. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun –Fear lingers in wake of Supreme Court
SB 1070 decision
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Hillary Davis, Yuma Sun – Far West rate hike saga
2nd place: Susan Randall, Casa Grande Dispatch – CG marketing
3rd place: Bill Coates, Scott McNutt, Casa Grande Dispatch – Blast shakes downtown
Division 5: Daily circulation greater than 25,000
1st place: JJ Hensley, Rob O’Dell – A betrayal of trust
2nd place: Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star – Border Patrol lacks accountability
3rd place: Anne Ryman, The Republic – Arizona charter schools
#13 BEST SPORTS STORY
Division 1: Non-Daily circulation under 3,500
1st place: Daniel Dullum, Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune – Baseball championship
2nd place: Daniel Dullum, Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune – ’75 state champs
3rd place: Eric Mungenast, Maricopa Monitor – Rodeo family story
Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000
1st place: Ryan Winslett, Fountain Hills Times – Pain for a purpose
2nd place: Kevin Duje, green Valley News & Sun – What might have been
3rd place: Ryan Winslett, Fountain Hills Times – Iron girl
Division 3: Non-Daily circulation greater than 10,000
1st place: Marco Arreortua, La Voz – dBacks: Una nueva historia
2nd place: Quentin Jodie, Navajo Times – Dad’s helping hand
3rd place: Staff, La Voz – Lucha Libre
Division 4: Daily circulation under 25,000
1st place: Matt Hickman, Sierra Vista Herald – Courting Destiny
2nd place: Rodney Haas, Kingman Daily Miner – Is medical care at football games adequate?