Category 1 - Best Editorial

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Andrew Martin
This piece is thoughtfully illustrated, backed with reporting and features a solution.

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Rebecca Neal
Thoroughly reported, with helpful breakout boxes and a rousing call to teachers.

Third Place - Eastern Progress, Tracy Haney
Great headline and illustration. Raises a number of intriguing questions.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Megan Boehnke
Excellent story in death of UK student. Good photos and graphics.

Second Place - Eastern Progress, Magan Hansen
Well written story, good layout, tightly put together.

Third Place - Thorobred News, Kristyn Hall
Interesting story, well done.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Ashlee Clark, Keith Farner
Strong story, well covered, excellent photo ad layout!

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Doug Scott
Outstanding job on Bush’s inaugural address.

Third Place - Murray State News, Melissa Kilcoyne
Interesting, strong story well written.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Joanie Baker
Living in Lee Martin, gave a face, heart and soul to the file of a transgender. Extraordinarily researched, reported and written.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Natasha Allen
War torn was a heartbreaking look at nightmares of war. Excellent job of research and writing.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Steve Ivey
Profile of alum working in the White House almost as good as an episode of “West Wing.”

Honorable Mention - Kentucky Kernel, Danielle Komis
Inspirations took us inside memories of one man’s role in civil rights battle. Well written.

 

First Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Dylan Lightfoot
Lightfoot has a good touch, excellent writer.

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Andrew Martin
Well written. Paragraphs are well put together.

Third Place - Eastern Progress, Adam Baker
Refreshing article keeps readers interest.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Jeff Patterson
Solid writing, interesting. Holds the reader’s interest. One of the best I read anywhere!

Second Place - Murray State News, Will Brantley
Will Brantley does a good job. A down to earth writer. I like his style.

Third Place - Eastern Progress, Lance Melching
Very readable, very organized. A good writer.

Third Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Andrew Krumme
Good, solid writing.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts does a good job with excellent photos and lay out.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Michael Casagrande
Good story, well written.

Third Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Glypie Grider
Glypie Grider, writes an exciting story. Good layout.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Jeff Patterson
Excellent job profiling head coach’s progress at UK. Well written, in depth, good job!

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Keith Farner
Good story on Western’s athletic director. A little long, but well put together. A winner.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Wes Watt
Well written story on Middle Tennessee State ladies volleyball. Good photos also.

Third Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Glypie Grider
Grider does an excellent job profiling U of L quarterback Brian Brohn. A story that holds your attention.

 

First Place - Eastern Progress, Adam Baker
To the point, well written, tightly edited. A winner.

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Ben Roberts
A great story. Ben Roberts tells a good story. Well written.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Samantha Hupman
Interesting story. Well put together.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Danielle Komis
Great series on Defining Diversity. Well done in- depth work. Danielle does a good job. Graphics and quotes make this series a winner!

Second Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Matt Thacker
Good story, well put together. Thacker does a good job!

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Samieh Shalash, Dariush Shafa
Good series. Well written.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Ashlee Clark, Keith Farner
Strong story, well written from pre-trial to her closing story. Good photos help make the coverage excellent.

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Tricia McKenny, Sean Rose, Tricia Spaulding, Maggie Fincel
What a story! Interesting story well written over six months. A real credit to the writers.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Emily Hagedorn
Excellent extended coverage story. Emily does a great job.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Elizabeth Troutman
Excellent photo photo by Jonathan Palmer pulled you into a well-written story.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Natasha Allen
Interesting, well written story. Good layout and graphics

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Joey Leslie
Tightly written, timely, good use of quotes.

 

First Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Chris Brown
Great headline, says it all!

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Jeff Patterson, Steve Ivey
A real eye-catcher. Tells the whole story.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Michael Casagrande
Michael does a good job of capturing the story in a headline. A winner!!

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Brett Flashnik
Good job of telling a story.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Josh Armstrong
Good color.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Jonathan Palmer
Good job not sticking to just cops and getting shot of girl on cell phone.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Keith Smiley
Good job getting the winning moment!

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Chet White
Nice emotion.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, John Foster
Nice tight shot.

Honorable Mention - Kentucky Kernel, Jonathan Foster
Funny moment with media as audience.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Scott Loutner
Wonderful lighting and composition.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Carl Kiilsgaard
Great smile!

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Dariush Shafa
Good job telling a story.

Honorable Mention - College Heights Herald, Chet White
Humorous moment.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Staff
Great story telling of elections.

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Staff
Nice coverage of Derby.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Staff
Good!!

Honorable Mention - Kentucky Kernel, Staff
Good color.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Yoka Furukawa
Wow!!

Second Place - Kentucky Kernel, Jonathan Palmer
Good portrait.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, John Foster
Nice color.

Honorable Mention - Kentucky Kernel, Hilly Schiffer
Good composition.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Elizabeth Dodd
Nice storytelling.

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Carla Depoyster
Nice dominant photos.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Hilly Schiffer
Nice story, but dominant photo a little weak.

 

First Place - College Heights Herald, Matt Rountree, Nicole Hestel, Jim Winn
Informative, well written and laid out. Good photography and use of graphics. An excellent section!!

Second Place - Murray State News, Staff
Information well written.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Staff
Great Valentines section. Good photo illustration by Dinara Sagatova.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Emily Thompson
Bat Cats graphic helps make a good page layout outstanding!!!

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Dinara Sagatova
Outstanding graphic on tusnami. Well done.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Emily Thompson
Emily Thompson does outstanding work!

 

First Place - Murray State News, Nathan Clinkenbeard
Good balance, well written. Excellent layout. Editor Clinkenbeard does a good job!

Second Place - College Heights Herald, Michael Casagrande
Excellent photos and layout combined with good writing, make them a winner.

Third Place - The Louisville Cardinal, Chris Brown, Glypie Grider
Well written stories, good photos.

 

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First Place - Eastern Progress, Kasey Doyle, Stephanie Schell
“Beach Bummer.” Wow! This page works on every possible lead. Artwork is colorful, imagintaive and perfect for content. Story well written and informative. It’s always a gamble putting text on a photo, but this one worked major time!! Very, very well done.

Second Place - Murray State News, Janet Robb
Interesting story, great use of creative white space.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Jenica Miller
Very imaginative use of Warhol-like portraits of Thompson with quotes. Well written article.

 

First Place - Eastern Progress, Tracy Haney, Adam Baker
Excellent layout and good mix of opinion articles, photos, graphics, illustrations and sidebar information. Holds the attention of the reader and targets audience well.

Second Place - Murray State News, Elizabeth Cawien
Good mix of articles and graphics plus photos. Easy to read layout anchored by feature size graphics.

Third Place - Kentucky Kernel, Andrew Martin, Ben Roberts
Nice layout with feature photos and graphics. Interesting mix of articles.

Honorable Mention - College Heights Herald, Lisa Ross
Informative and entertaining. Nice layout.

Honorable Mention - The Louisville Cardinal, Dylan Lightfoot, Staff
Good mix of opinions.

 

First Place - Kentucky Kernel, Staff
Professional layout, good balance. Excellent photos.

Second Place - Murray State News, Staff
Good story and photo balance. Well written.

Third Place - College Heights Herald, Jenica Miller
Strong use of photo and graphic design make for an outstanding front page on courthouse story.

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