Star-Bulletin takes
home lion’s share
of journalism’s
Pa‘i awards
By Mary Adamski
Star-Bulletin
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was named tops in 10 categories and collected a total of 21 trophies in the annual Hawaii Publishers Association Pa'i awards presentation.
The afternoon newspaper swept the "excellence in design" division and took first-place awards for editorial series, editorial column, sports reporting, business and industry reporting, arts and entertainment, feature photography, essay photography, informational graphics and for its Web site.
Awards presented yesterday at the Hawaii Publishers Association annual luncheon at Hilton Hawaiian Village also included two first places and a total of nine trophies to the Honolulu Advertiser, two first places among three awards won by the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and one first place among five awards to the Maui News.
Mainland journalism professionals, including writers, photographers, editors and professors, judge the entries.
Among the Honolulu Star-Bulletin awards was third prize in the Business and Industry category for the staff coverage of plans by its owners to close the 117-year-old newspaper.
The judges commented: "It was a huge story and the Star-Bulletin covered it in a masterful way. We judges were particularly struck with the unique mission the Star-Bulletin's newsroom was called to undertake: in effect, to cover itself in a complex scenario that affected the entire state. Professional discipline, accuracy, restraint and good sense had to have been close and constant companions to all the editors and writers. The entire story was covered with care and courage."
The awards
SPOT NEWS REPORTING
First: Hawaii Tribune-Herald
-- "Schweitzer Brothers Impending Indictment"
Second: Honolulu Advertiser,
Advertiser staff -- "Quiet Gunman Kills 7"
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Dana Williams, Cynthia Oi -- "Justice
for Dana"
EDITORIAL FEATURE
First: Honolulu Magazine --
"Ho'ola Olelo Hawaii"
Second: Hana Hou Magazine --
"Youthful Indiscretions: "Fessing Up to Local Fads"
Third: Spirit of Aloha --
"The Ala Wai: Waikiki's Grand Canal"
EDITORIAL SERIES
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Rob Perez -- "What Price Paradise?"
Second: Honolulu Advertiser
-- "First Generation: Hawaii's Newest Immigrants"
Third: Hawaii Tribune-Herald
-- "Big Island, Big Dreams"
EDITORIAL OPINION
First: Honolulu Advertiser --
"True Welfare Reform Will Not Come Easily"
Second: Lahaina News --
"Playground Situation Stinks"
Third: Waikiki News -- "Will
We Ever Learn?"
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
First: Honolulu Advertiser,
Kevin Dayton, stories on state government cronyism
Second: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Rick Daysog "How
Bishop Estate Lobbied the Clinton White House"
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Ian Lind -- "Gary Rodrigues' possible conflicts of
interest"
EDITORIAL COLUMN/DEPARTMENT
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Dave Shapiro -- "Volcanic
Ash"
Second: Island Scene, Michael
Tsai -- "Running Commentary"
Third: Maui News, Rick
Chatenever -- "Making the Scene"
SPORTS REPORTING
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Rod Ohira -- "Pee Wee
Football Heroes"
Second: Island Scene, Kate
McKee, story on 78-year-old paddler Audrey Sutherland
Third: Honolulu Advertiser,
Ferd Lewis, profile of University of Hawaii football coach June
Jones
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY REPORTING
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Rob Perez -- "What Price Paradise?"
Second: Honolulu Magazine,
John Heckathorn, story on the impending shutdown of the
Star-Bulletin
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin
staff -- "The 'Demise' of the Star-Bulletin"
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Cynthia Oi -- "Merrie
Master" George Naope interview
Second: Maui News, Rick
Chatenever, movie review of "American Beauty"
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Tim Ryan -- "A
musical laboratory" Asian Youth Orchestra
SPORTS NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
First: Maui News, Eugene
Tanner, football photo
Second: Maui News, Matthew
Thayer, rodeo photo
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, George F. Lee
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (NEWSPRINT)
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, George F. Lee -- "I Just Want
To Fly"
Second: Honolulu Advertiser,
Jeff Widner
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Dennis Oda -- "Halo Over
Honolulu"
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (COATED STOCK)
First: Hawaii Hotel Network,
Linda Ching
Second: Guest Informant,
Sylvain Cazenav, surfing photo
No third place
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
First: Hawaii Tribune-Herald,
William Ing, photo involving a double drowning
Second: Maui News, Matthew
Thayer, photo of complex car accident
Third: Honolulu Advertiser,
Cory Lum -- "Gunman Kills 7"
ESSAY PHOTOGRAPHY (NEWSPRINT)
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, George F. Lee -- "The
Road to Mandalay"
Second: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Ken Ige -- "Mauna Loa
Winter Wonders" and (continued).
No third place
ESSAY PHOTOGRAPHY (COATED STOCK)
First: Hana Hou Magazine --
"Hawaiian Time: A Day in the Life of Hawaiian Airlines"
Second: Guest Informant --
"The Pure Joy of Surfing"
No third place
VISITOR PUBLICATION PHOTOGRAPHY
First: Hawaii Hotel Network
-- "Ola!"
Second: Guest Informant --
"Beyond the End of the Road"
Third: Network Media, Linda
Ching -- "Children of the Rainbow"
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN (NEWSPRINT)
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Lucy Young-Oda, "Millennium Specials"
Second: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Mike Rovner -- "Sail of the Century"
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Mike Rovner -- "UH Football -- New Direction"
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN (COATED)
First: Honolulu Magazine --
"A Brief History of Homes in Hawaii
Second: Island Scene -- "A
Heads Up on Migraine"
Third: Network Media --
"First Encounters"
VISITOR PUBLICATION COVER DESIGN
First: Guest Informant
No second or third
INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS (NEWSPRINT)
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, David Swann, Mike Rovner -- "The Voyage to Rapa Nui"
Second: Honolulu Advertiser,
Greg Taylor, Davin Iyamatsu, Martha Hernandez, Stephen Downes --
"Hokule'a's voyage to Rapa Nui"
Third: Honolulu Advertiser
EDITORIAL CARTOON
First: Island Business
Magazine, Honolulu Publishing, Wineville James, cartoon about
Hawaii's anti-business climate
Second: Honolulu Weekly, John
Pritchett, two cartoons featuring a long decline in Hawaii's
economy
Third: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Corky Trinidad, Tiger Woods cartoon
PUBLICATION WEB SITE
First: Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Blaine Fergerstrom, Ken Andrade -- "Starbulletin.com"
Second: Maui Time Magazine
No third prize awarded
DIRECTORIES
First: Hawaii Building Guide
(Trade Publishing)
Second: Best of Oahu (Network
Media)
Third: Japanese Chamber of
Commerce (Obun Hawaii)
PROGRAM BOOKLET
First: 1999 Parade of Homes
(PMP Publications)
Second: AIA Design Awards
(Honolulu Publishing)
Third: Cherry Blossom
Festival (Obun Hawaii)
TRADE MAGAZINE
First: Building Industry
(Trade Publishing)
Second: This Week Maui
No other entries
