Star-Bulletin The Honolulu Star-Bulletin won 21 awards, including nine first-place honors in the annual Hawaii Publishers Association Pa'i awards yesterday.
brings home
the Pa‘i
The mainland judges gave
the Star-Bulletin top honors
in nine categories>> Advertiser was absent
By Rosemarie Bernardo
Star-BulletinThe newspaper's graphic artist David Swann swept the top three slots in the excellence in informational graphics (newsprint stock). The Star-Bulletin also won two slots in the excellence in design (newsprint stock) category.
Also, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin took first place in spot news reporting, editorial enterprise reporting, editorial opinion, investigative reporting, editorial column, spot news photography and excellence in illustration (newsprint stock).
Honolulu Magazine won a total of 12 awards, including four first place honors.
The Honolulu Advertiser did not submit any entries for this year's award.
The annual Pa'i awards presentation was held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village yesterday.
Journalism professionals, writers, photographers, editors and professors from the mainland judge the entries.
And the winners are ...
Spot News Reporting Award
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Debra Barayuga, Christine Donnelly, Crystal Kua, Pat Omandam, Suzanne Tswei, Gordon Pang, Treena Shapiro, Steve Murray, "Byran Uyesugi's Verdict: It's Over. But ... "
Second: Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Dave Smith, "Storm Lashes Island."
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Helen Altonn, Christine Donnelly, Pat Omandam, Gregg Kakesako, "Top court backs Rice in OHA vote challenge."
Editorial Feature Award
First: Hana Hou Magazine (Travelogue), Sam Low, "Voyages of Awakening"
Second: Honolulu Weekly, Robert Rees, "Free Speech for Sale"
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Betty Shimabukuro, "4 moms and a baby"
Editorial Enterprise Reporting Award
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lucy Young-Oda, Pat Omandam, Christine Donnelly, "The Hawaiian Roundtable: Holo I Mua"
Second: Honolulu Magazine, Scott Whitney, "How would you like decaf with your golden eggs?"
Third: Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Hunter Bishop, "2 years later, questions still loom in alleged sexual assault of Pahoa student"
Editorial Series Award
First: Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Chris Loos, "Dark Secrets"
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Christine Donnelly, "Girls for Sale"
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Debra Barayuga, "Second Chance" [Part II]
Editorial Opinion Award
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Case dares Democrats to change their ways"
Second: Kalamalama, "The Federal Court ... "
Third: Honolulu Magazine, "Pump in the Dumps"
Investigative Reporting Award
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Rick Daysog, Bishop Estate Series, "Report: ex-trustees try to destroy the opposition."
Second: Honolulu Magazine, Scott Whitney, "Bishop Museum Blues"
Third: Pacific Business News, John Duchemin, "The troubled past of Parker Ranch"
Editorial Column
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, David Shapiro, "Volcanic Ash"
Second: Honolulu Magazine, A. Kam Napier, "Afterthoughts"
Third: Island Scene, Bill Harby, "Natural Selections"
Sports Reporting
First: Honolulu Magazine, Thomas Kwock, "Islander of the Year: June Jones."
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Paul Arnett, "Dirt on the Grass"
Third: Hana Hou Magazine (Travelogue), David Choo, "The Salary Man"
Business & Industry Reporting
First: Island Business, Scott Whitney, "Home-Care Hurdles"
Second: Island Business, Jo Kiel
Third: Honolulu Magazine, Mike Markrich, "How Hot is Hot?"
Arts & Entertainment
First: Hana Hou (Travelogue), J.W. Junker, "Hawaii Songs of Home"
Second: Honolulu Magazine, Scott Whitney, "Tea with your teletubbies, luv?"
Third: Honolulu Magazine, A. Kam Napier, "Doing it Wright"
Sports Photography
First: West Hawaii Today, Michael Darden
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dennis Oda
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, George Lee
Feature Photography (Coated Stock)
First: Honolulu Magazine, Franco Salmoiraghi
Second: Maui No Ka Oi, Ron Dahlquist
Third: Hana Hou, Dana Edmunds
Spot News Photography
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dennis Oda
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ken Ige
Third: West Hawaii Today, Bobby Command
Essay Photography (Coated Stock)
First: Hana Hou (Travelogue), Franco Salmoiraghi
Second: Hana Hou (Travelogue), Linda Ching
Third: Sri Maiava Rusden
Essay Photography (Newsprint Stock)
First: Kalamalama, Frederik Larson
Second: North Hawaii News, Michael Darden
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dennis Oda, Craig Kojima, George Lee, Dean Sensui, Ken Sakamoto, Ronen Zilberman
Visitor Publication-Photography Award
First: Maui Guest Informant
Second: Maui Guest Informant
Third: Maui Guest Informant
Excellence in Design (Coated Stock)
First: Network Media
Second: Network Media
Third: Honolulu Magazine
Excellence in Design (Newsprint Stock)
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Nadine Kam, "Winner eats all"
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Gregg Kakesako, "Bringing them home"
Third: none
Excellence in Illustration (Coated Stock)
First: Island Scene
Second: Island Scene
Third: Maui Guest Informant
Excellence in Illustration (Newsprint Stock)
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Kip Aoki, Paul Arnett, Cindy Luis, Mike Rovner, "All fear the uncanny H-Men"
Second: none
Third: none
Visitor Publication Cover Design
First: Maui Guest Informant
Second: Network Media
Third: Network Media
Best Visitor Publication
First: Maui Guest Informant
Second: Network Media
Third: Network Media
Excellence in Informational Graphics (Coated Stock)
First: Honolulu Magazine, Michel V.M. Le
Second: none
Third: none
Excellence in Informational Graphics (Newsprint Stock)
First: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lucy Young-Oda, David Swann, "Hook, line..sunk?"
Second: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, David Swann, "Watching the humpbacks"
Third: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, David Swann, "Long-term fix"
Editorial Cartoon
First: Honolulu Weekly, John Pritchett, "Civil service reform"
Second: Honolulu Weekly, Ken Dahl, "Same as it ever was"
Third: Honolulu Weekly, John Pritchett, "The Gambler"
Directories
First: Honolulu Magazine Restaurant Guide
Second: Pleasant Hawaii (This Week)
Third: Obun (Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Directory)
Program Booklet
First: Obun (Cherry Blossom Festival)
Second: PMP (Parade of Homes)
Third: Maui Time (A Taste of Lahaina)
Trade Magazine
First: PMP (Agriculture Hawaii)
Second: Building Industry (Trade Publications)
Third: Network Media (Chinese edition Islands of Aloha)