SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Salt Lake Tribune, The Spectrum of St. George and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News in Moscow, Idaho were named the winners Tuesday in the general excellence category of the Utah Idaho Spokane Associated Press Association’s annual news contest.
Erin Alberty and the staff of The Salt Lake Tribune won the William H. Cowles III Memorial Award for public service reporting for their coverage of police use of deadly force in Utah. Alberty also won a top award for investigative reporting for reviewing media reports, crime statistics and records from courts and medical examiners to show that more Utah residents have been killed by police than gang members, drug dealers or child abuse over five years.
Newspapers competed in three size divisions: for newspapers over 50,000 circulation; papers of 10,000 to 50,000 circulation; and papers under 10,000 circulation.
Here is a complete list of winners in the 2015 contest:
DIVISION I - Circulation Up to 10,000
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st - Staff, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
2nd - Staff, Bonner County Daily Bee
3rd -No winner
BEAT REPORTING
1st - Terri Harber, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
2nd -Shanon Quinn, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
3rd -Samantha Malott, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
EDITORIALS
1st -Devin Rokyta, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
2nd -Anthony Kuipers, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
3rd -Bill McKee, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
FEATURE PHOTO
1st -Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee, “The ‘World’s Smallest Rodeo’ Gang”
2nd -Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Dog Drinking at Bar”
3rd -No winner
FEATURE STORY
1st -Shanon Quinn, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “The art of living: Palouse-based artist thrives in all types of media”
2nd -Samantha Malott, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Casa and foster care struggle to provide homes for youth”
3rd -David Gunter, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Cemetery chronicles Sandpoint history”
GENERAL NEWS PHOTO
1st - Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Wind Turbine Tour”
2nd -Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Heavy Lifting”
3rd -Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Greased Lightning”
GENERAL REPORTING
1st -Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Sandpoint bars public from rails issues meeting”
2nd -Terri Harber, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Zoning causing issues for owners of some older Moscow properties”
3rd -Anthony Kuipers, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Some see hobby, others see threat”
GRAPHIC ARTIST
1st - Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
HEADLINE WRITING
1st - Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
1st - Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Questions, Unease Persist”
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
ONLINE: BREAKING NEWS
1st - No winner
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
ONLINE: GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st -Craig Staszkow, Moscow-Pullman Daily News,
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
ONLINE: SPECIAL PACKAGE
1st - No winner
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
PERSONAL COLUMN
1st - No winner
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
1st - No winner
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY
1st -Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue”
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
PORTFOLIO
1st - Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
PORTRAIT
1st - Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Ready to Ride”
2nd - Caroline Lobsinger, Bonner County Daily Bee, “King of the Game”
3rd - No winner
REVIEWS
1st - No winner
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
SERIES OR SPECIAL PROJECTS
1st -Samantha Malott, Shanon Quinn, Anthony Kuipers, Terri Harber, Bill McKee, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Too Young”
2nd -Samantha Malott, Terri Harber, Bill McKee, Devin Rokyta, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Guns on Campus”
3rd -No winner
SPORTS COLUMN
1st - Eric Plummer, Bonner County Daily Bee
2nd -No winner
3rd -No winner
SPORTS FEATURE
1st - Eric Plummer, Bonner County Daily Bee, “I can make a difference”
2nd -Michael-Shawn Dugar, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “WSU soccer coach feels right at home”
3rd -Bill McKee, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “This side of the divide: One cyclist’s journey”
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO
1st - No winner
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
SPORTS PHOTO
1st -Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Soccer Goal”
2nd - Eric Plummer, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Zero Gravity”
3rd - No winner
SPOT NEWS PHOTO
1st -Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Close Call”
2nd -Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Truck Fire”
3rd - No winner
SPOT NEWS STORY
1st -Anthony Kuipers, Terri Harber, Shanon Quinn, Samantha Malott, Devin Rokyta, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Three killed in Moscow are identified - Shooter in custody”
2nd -Terri Harber, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Megaload passes through Moscow with protest, without incident “
3rd -Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee, “Suspicious device closes Hwy 200”
SPOT SPORTS STORY
1st -Tom Hager, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Halliday injured in 44-17 loss to USC; Senior suffers career-ending leg injury”
2nd - Michael-Shawn Dugar, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Scott’s game winner sends Vandals past Wildcats”
3rd - No Winner
DIVISION II - Circulation 10,001 - 50,000
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st - Staff, The Spectrum
2nd -Danae Lenz, Idaho State Journal
3rd - Staff, Idaho Press-Tribune
BEAT REPORTING
1st -Kelcie Moseley, Idaho Press-Tribune
2nd -Kevin Jenkins, The Spectrum
3rd -Mike Donahue, Jesselyn Bickley, David DeMille, The Spectrum
EDITORIALS
1st -David Kennard, Daily Herald
2nd -Phil Bridges, Idaho Press-Tribune
3rd - No winner
FEATURE PHOTO
1st -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Fishing”
2nd -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Spring Blossoms “
3rd -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Flags for Memorial Day “
FEATURE STORY
1st -David Cordero, The Spectrum, “70 years after D-Day: Courting death on Omaha Beach”
2nd -Jennifer Durrant, Daily Herald, “Gestational surrogacy creates bond between two mothers”
3rd -Michael H. O’Donnell, David Ashby, Kendra Evensen, Idaho State Journal, “Back in the saddle, Ex-Army Sniper aims for Spiritual Healing, I’m So Glad I Went, Pearl Harbor Families, Road to Recovery”
GENERAL NEWS PHOTO
1st -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Immigration Reform”
2nd -Jud Burkett, The Spectrum, “Holm vs. Jeffs”
3rd -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Candlelight Vigil “
GENERAL REPORTING
1st -David Cordero, The Spectrum, “For Honor Flight veterans, a hero’s welcome was the norm”
2nd -Lisa Larson, The Spectrum, “Quiver, St. George’s most heroic cat”
3rd -Kelly Cannon, The Herald Journal, “A big blow to teen moms”
GRAPHIC ARTIST
1st -Glen Bruderer, Idaho Press-Tribune
2nd -Randy Lavorante, Idaho Press-Tribune
3rd -Danae Lenz, Idaho State Journal
HEADLINE WRITING
1st - Staff, Idaho Press-Tribune
2nd -Mike O’Donnell, Idaho State Journal
3rd - No winner
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
1st -Michael H. O’Donnell, David Ashby, Idaho State Journal, “Councilmen Want Out of Town Paving Stopped, Couple’s BLM Battle, Death Trap, Sheriff Angry at Tribal Power Play”
2nd -Kelcie Moseley, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Inside campaign finance”
3rd - No winner
ONLINE: BREAKING NEWS
1st -Jacob Molnar, Universe (BYU)
2nd - Ashley Robinson, Universe (BYU)
3rd - Staff, Idaho State Journal
ONLINE: GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st -Jenny Hopkins, Matt Fenwick, Idaho State Journal
2nd - Staff, Idaho Press-Tribune
3rd - Staff, Idaho State Journal
ONLINE: SPECIAL PACKAGE
1st -Jordon Beesley, Idaho State Journal, “World War II and Eastern Idaho”
2nd -Jordon Beesley, Idaho State Journal, “ISU Championships, Volume 1”
3rd -No winner
PERSONAL COLUMN
1st -John Mangalonzo, The Spectrum
2nd -Lisa Larson, The Spectrum
3rd - Neal Larson, Idaho State Journal
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
1st -Greg Kreller, Randy Lavorante, Idaho Press-Tribune, “A Different Way to Pay”
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY
1st -No winner
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
PORTFOLIO
1st -Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal and Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune
2nd -No winner
3rd - No winner
PORTRAIT
1st -Adam Eschbach, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Jeremiah Woods”
2nd -Greg Kreller, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Larry McNeil”
3rd -No winner
SERIES OR SPECIAL PROJECTS
1st - Staff, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Getting from here to there: A weeklong series on the future of public transit”
2nd -Staff, Daily Herald, “Making Little Miracles - special section”
3rd -Jenna Koford, Bret Henkel, Universe (BYU), “Catfishing series”
SPORTS COLUMN
1st -John Wustrow, Idaho Press-Tribune
2nd - Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald
3rd - No winner
SPORTS FEATURE
1st -Bruce Mason, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Living Large”
2nd -B.J. Rains, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Ajayi faces obstacles, overcomes at BSU”
3rd -Jeff Papworth, Madison Guernsey, Kyle Franko, Idaho State Journal, “All-Around, Brother Bulldogs, Dakota Tillotson, Kramer’s comeback”
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO
1st - No winner
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
SPORTS PHOTO
1st -Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal, “Finish Line”
2nd -Doug Lindley, Idaho State Journal, “Allstar Football game”
3rd -Doug Lindley, Idaho State Journal, “Safe at home”
SPOT NEWS PHOTO
1st -Jud Burkett, The Spectrum, “Flooding”
2nd -Greg Kreller, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Apache Crash”
3rd -Doug Lindley, Idaho State Journal, “Monarch Building fire”
SPOT NEWS STORY
1st -Mike O’Donnell, Debbie Bryce, David Ashby, Idaho State Journal, “Cold case no more, Cops kill cows, Fire Guts Monarch, Mollinelli’s”
2nd -Kevin Jenkins, David DeMille, The Spectrum, “Bank robbery ends in death”
3rd -Kevin Opsahl, The Herald Journal, “UPDATE: John Dehlin announces excommunication from LDS Church”
SPOT SPORTS STORY
1st -B.J. Rains, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Magical, Again” and Kyle Franko, Idaho State Journal, “Laying Past to Rest, To The Brink, Ugh! ISU’s Playoff Hopes”
2nd -Bruce Mason, Idaho Press-Tribune, “Championship Coyotes”
3rd -Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald, “A Honoring Jimmy Mac”
DIVISION III - Circulation over 50,000
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st - Staff, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd - Gary Graham, The Spokesman-Review
3rd -Staff, The Idaho Statesman
BEAT REPORTING
1st -Pat Reavy, Deseret News
2nd -Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News
3rd -Lee Davidson, Kristen Moulton, The Salt Lake Tribune
EDITORIALS
1st - George Pyle, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd - Jay Evensen, Deseret News
3rd - Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
FEATURE PHOTO
1st -Kristin Murphy, Deseret News, “A little wobbly”
2nd -Trent Nelson, The Salt Lake Tribune, “iPod therapy”
3rd -Jeffrey Allred, Deseret News, “Crash”
FEATURE STORY
1st -Morgan Jacobsen, Deseret News, “19 promises: A year after Arizona tragedy, firefighter’s widow filled with gratitude”
2nd -Lois M. Collins, Deseret News, “Life and Liberty”
3rd -Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Remembering Wilberg: The Lives lost, the humanity found”
GENERAL NEWS PHOTO
1st -Ravell Call, Deseret News, “Election Winner”
2nd -Kristin Murphy, Deseret News, “He loved Mt. Dew”
3rd -Laura Seitz, Deseret News, “New American Citizen”
GENERAL REPORTING
1st -Kristen Moulton, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Monumental school change “
2nd -Whitney Evans, Deseret News, “Protecting children: Identifying signs of a child being groomed for sexual abuse”
3rd -McKenzie Romero, Deseret News, “Death, injury an annual reality in OHV sport beloved by Utahns”
GRAPHIC ARTIST
1st - Todd Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd - Patrick Davis, Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman
3rd - Amy Lewis, The Salt Lake Tribune
HEADLINE WRITING
1st - No winner
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
1st -Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides”
2nd -McKenzie Romero, Deseret News, “Those in country illegally get protection with U Visas, but fear and inconsistency remain”
3rd -Robert Gehrke, Tom Harvey, Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Swallow-Shurtleff scandal”
ONLINE: BREAKING NEWS
1st - Staff, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd -Staff, The Idaho Statesman
3rd - Mark Kellner, Deseret News
ONLINE: GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st - Christian Ross, Burke Olsen, Justin Carmony, DN Local Developers, Deseret News Local Edition
2nd - Staff, The Salt Lake Tribune
3rd - Christian Ross, Burke Olsen, Justin Carmony, DN National Developers, Deseret News National Edition
ONLINE: SPECIAL PACKAGE
1st -Matthew D. LaPlante, Scott Sommerdorf , Amy Lewis , The Salt Lake Tribune, “The Last Leg”
2nd -Jeffrey Allred, Lois M. Collins, Christian Ross, Matt Montgomery, Deseret News, “Life & Liberty: Service dogs help set veterans free from aftermath of war”
3rd -Jeffrey Allred, Amy Donaldson, Christian Ross, Matt Montgomery, Deseret News, “Brain injury changes the lives and tests the faith of a Draper family”
PERSONAL COLUMN
1st -Robert Kirby, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd - Jay Evensen, Deseret News
3rd - Paul Rolly, The Salt Lake Tribune
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
1st - Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Interesting food of the Mormon pioneers”
2nd - Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Jello Haiku”
3rd - No winner
PICTURE STORY/PHOTO ESSAY
1st -Jeffrey Allred, Deseret News, “Honor Flight”
2nd -Scott Sommerdorf, The Salt Lake Tribune, “The Last Leg”
3rd -Ravell Call, Deseret News, “Wrestler Inspires With What He Has”
PORTFOLIO
1st -Jeffrey Allred, Deseret News
2nd - Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
3rd -Tom Smart, Deseret News
PORTRAIT
1st -Ravell Call, Deseret News, “Forgiving Her Daughter’s Killer”
2nd - Laura Seitz, Deseret News, “Justin Beradje”
3rd -Ravell Call, Deseret News, “Snow Angel Celebration”
REVIEWS
1st - Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune
2nd -Josh Terry, Deseret News
3rd - Rachel Brutsch, Deseret News
SERIES OR SPECIAL PROJECTS
1st -Matthew D. LaPlante, Scott Sommerdorf, Amy Lewis, The Salt Lake Tribune, “The Last Leg”
2nd -Audrey Dutton, Emilie Ritter Saunders, The Idaho Statesman, “In Crisis”
3rd -Matt Canham , Robert Gehrke , Thomas Burr, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Mia Love: The Rise, Stumble and Resurgence of the Next GOP Star”
SPORTS COLUMN
1st - Brad Rock, Deseret News
2nd -Amy Donaldson, Deseret News
3rd -Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune
SPORTS FEATURE
1st -Amy Donaldson, Deseret News, “Advertise With Us”
2nd -Mike Sorensen, Deseret News, “Ex-Ute gets gift of life from former BYU player”
3rd -Trent Toone, Tad Walch, Deseret News, “High school national champion Lone Peak players value Mormon faith, service”
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO
1st - Jeffrey Allred, Deseret News, “Celebration “
2nd -Ravell Call, Deseret News, “Tournament Introduction”
3rd -Steve Griffin, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Tour of Utah”
SPORTS PHOTO
1st -Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Tagged out at home”
2nd -Tom Smart, Deseret News, “Basketball Overhead”
3rd -Jeffrey Allred, Deseret News, “Lost Helmet”
SPOT NEWS PHOTO
1st -Tom Smart, Deseret News, “Ogden Fire”
2nd -Kristin Murphy, Deseret News, “Plane Crash”
3rd -Rick Egan, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Landslide destroys North Salt Lake home”
SPOT NEWS STORY
1st -Robert Gehrke, Tom Harvey, Marissa Lang, Bob Mims, Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Two A.Gs, 21 felonies”
2nd -Pat Reavy, Lisa Riley Roche, Dennis Romboy, Deseret News, “Shurtleff, Swallow face felony charges”
3rd - Staff, The Salt Lake Tribune, “Ruling reaffirms same-sex unions”
SPOT SPORTS STORY
1st -Chadd Cripe, The Idaho Statesman, “Albertsons, it’s your stadium”
2nd -Amy Donaldson, Deseret News, “Noelle Pikus-Pace”
3rd - No winner
WILLIAM H. COWLES III MEMORIAL AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
1st -Erin Alberty and staff, The Salt Lake Tribune, coverage of police use of deadly force
2nd - No winner
3rd - No winner
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