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STAR-BULLETIN
"Hidden wounds," a three-part series on soldiers' brain trauma, won the SPJ award for Public Service Reporting.

‘Hidden Wounds’ gets top award

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A three-part Star-Bulletin series that shed light on the effects of trauma and brain injuries on soldiers returning from war won the top print public service award in the annual Excellence in Journalism Awards on Friday night.

The award for reporter Susan Essoyan's "Hidden Wounds" stories was one of nine first-place finishes for the Star-Bulletin. The Honolulu Advertiser took home 14 first-place awards in the annual competition sponsored by the Hawaii chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists.

KHNL's Leland Kim and Joseph Aikala won the television public service award for their reporting on "Hawaii's Medical Crisis."

The Star-Bulletin's other awards were for: spot news reporting, general news/enterprise reporting, news page design, feature page design, online general news reporting, column writing/news, sports reporting, sports photography, and special section.

STAR-BULLETIN
"The drowning of Hawaii" designed by Mike Rovner and Charlene Robinson, won best News Page Design.

The Star-Bulletin also took home12 finalist honors, while the Advertiser won 14 finalist awards.

The two Honolulu dailies split the Internet category prizes, with the Advertiser taking the top online spot news award and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin winning the online general news prize.

The judges said Star-Bulletin reporter Craig Gima's piece "Burma Stories & Videos," winner of the online general news reporting category, was "tops among extraordinarily strong competition."

Christine Cabalo of Hawaii Marine was a big individual winner with three first-place awards and seven finalist accolades in the non-daily newspaper division. She swept the general news/enterprise reporting and community reporting categories and also won first place for page design.

Hawaii Marine is published by MidWeek, a sister publication of the Star-Bulletin.

Honolulu Magazine had four first place finishes.

Hawaii Public Radio took first-place for radio feature reporting.

In the television division, KITV scooped up the most awards with four. KGMB picked up three, KHNL took home two, and KHON had one first-place award.

Beverly Keever, retiring University of Hawaii professor and teacher of many of the state's journalists, was presented with a lifetime achievement award during Friday night's ceremonies.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Winners of the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaii Chapter, 2007 Excellence in Journalism Awards...

DAILY NEWSPAPER

Business Reporting: Jim Dooley, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Funeral Trusts Take 30 Percent Off Top."

Spot News Reporting: Staff, Honolulu Star-Bulletin: "Don Ho's Death Coverage."

General News/Enterprise Reporting: Craig Gima, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Sythan's Journey."

Feature Writing Short Form: Lee Imada, the Maui News, "Mr. Kuraya's Prologue."

Feature Writing Long: Michael Tsai, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Their Spirit Carries Them."

News Page Design: Mike Rovner, Charlene Robinson, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "The Drowning of Hawaii."

Feature Page Design: Jacquelyn Carberry, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Just Beachy."

INTERNET

Online Spot News Reporting: Staff, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Don Ho Farewell."

Online General News Reporting: Craig Gima, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Burma Stories & Videos."

MAGAZINE

Business Reporting: Cathy Cruz-George, Hawaii Business, "Big Spenders, Global investors shake up Hawaii's list of wealthiest landowners."

Industry or Trade Reporting: John Heckathorn, Honolulu Magazine, "30 Years at the Table."

Profile: (tie) Scott Radway, Hawaii Business, "The Story of Big Mike: Mike Harrah is a daredevil and a developer," and Ronna Bolante, Honolulu Magazine, "Movin' on Up."

Feature Writing/Short Form: Thelma Chang, Spirit of Aloha, "Mo' Betta' Waikiki."

Feature Writing/Long Form: Dennis Hollier, Spirit of Aloha, "Home Is Where the Hulihuli Is."

Page Design: Darrell Ishii, Spirit of Aloha, "The New Photography in Hawaii: The Islands, Reinterpreted."

Magazine Cover: Wes Funai, Hawaii Business, "Fight Club."

NON-DAILY NEWSPAPER

Business Reporting: Chad Blair, Pacific Business News, "Not So Picture Perfect."

General News/Enterprise Reporting: Christine Cabalo, Hawaii Marine, "Exercising for Two at Semper Fit."

Feature Writing: Joe Udell, the Hawai'i Herald, "The Magical Reno Weekend."

Community Reporting: Christine Cabalo, Hawaii Marine, "Teacher leaves on a good note."

Non-Daily Page Design: Christine Cabalo, Hawaii Marine, "Killer Waves."

OPEN PRINT

Column Writing/News: Cynthia Oi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Under the Sun."

Column Writing/Features: Christie Wilson, the Honolulu Advertiser, "About Women."

Government Reporting: Jim Dooley, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Elevator Checks Lagging."

Breaking News Reporting: Staff, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Army's Worst Day."

Health Reporting: Rob Perez, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Suicide Pleas to Tripler Fail."

Sports Reporting: Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Paula Creamer."

Arts and Entertainment Writing: Rick Chatenever, the Maui News, "Swooning at the Hui."

Editorial Opinion: Jim Kelly, Pacific Business News, "A Hawaii-style Shafting."

Editorial Cartoon: Dick Adair, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Don Imus."

Illustration: Matt Mignanelli, Honolulu Magazine, "Sour Poi Awards."

Informational Graphic: Gregory Taylor, Minette McCabe, Jon Orque, the Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaii Superferry.

News Photography: Jeff Widener, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Goodbye Alexander."

Feature Photography: Bruce Asato, the Honolulu Advertiser, "USS Oklahoma."

Sports Photography: Jamm Aquino, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Roosevelt Clinches East."

Photo Essay: Sergio Goes, Honolulu Magazine, "Celebrations."

Special Section: Staff, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Wonderful World."

Investigative Reporting: Rob Perez, the Honolulu Advertiser, "Good Causes, Flawed Process."

Public Service Reporting: Susan Essoyan, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Hidden Wounds."

RADIO

Feature Reporting: Wayne N. Yoshioka, Hawaii Public Radio, "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Center, Tripler Army Medical Center."

STUDENT

News Writing: Alyssa S. Navares, Ka Leo O Hawai'i, "Security Violates Federal crime log law."

Feature Writing: Diane S.W. Lee, the Honolulu Advertiser, "She's a Real Doll."

Broadcast Reporting: Alyssa S. Navares, Ka Leo O Hawai'i, "Health Experts to Examine Dance Studios."

TELEVISION

Government Reporting: Keoki Kerr, KITV, "Smoking Violators Go Unpunished."

Business Reporting: Gary Sprinkle, KITV, "University of Hawaii Business Development."

General News/Enterprise Reporting: Stephanie Lum, Duncan Armstrong, KHNL, "Mount Everest Doc."

Feature Reporting: Marisa Yamane, KHON, "Obesity Battle Prompts School Changes."

Investigative Reporting: Staff, KGMB, "Dorm Security: An Open Door?"

Series Reporting: Stacy Loe, Mike Cherry, KGMB, "Trip to Indonesia."

Videography: Stuart Ishikawa, KITV, "Skate dog."

Documentary: Pamela Young, KITV, "Season of the Lion."

Special News Program: Staff, KGMB, "Don Ho Remembered."

Public Service Reporting: Leland Kim, Joseph Aikala, KHNL, "Hawaii's Medical Crisis."

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CORRECTION

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Star-Bulletin won nine first-place awards Friday from the Society of Professional Journalists-Hawaii chapter. This article originally said the paper won 10.