Star-Bulletin 25 strong
in SPJ awards

Included in that total are 10 top prizes
in the Excellence in Journalism Awards

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Star-Bulletin staff

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin garnered 10 top prizes, with a total of 25 awards, in the 2001 Excellence in Journalism Awards presented Saturday by the Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The Honolulu Advertiser won 10 first-place awards and 22 overall.

The Maui News received the top print award for public service reporting and also won another top prize.

In the nondaily newspaper category, Pacific Business News won four top awards, and Honolulu Weekly won one.

Among Hawaii's magazines, Honolulu Magazine took four top prizes, Hana Hou two, and Hawaii Business and Spirit of Aloha both won one each.

In television, KGMB-TV won six top awards, KHNL-TV got three top prizes, KITV took home two and KHON-TV received one.

Hawaii and National Public Radio swept all four awards for radio news and feature reporting.

Entries were judged by members of the society's Spokane, Wash., chapter.

Daily Newspaper

Spot News Reporting
>> Winner: Honolulu Star-Bulletin staff, "Day of terror"
>> Finalist: Honolulu Advertiser staff, "9 missing after sub hits Japanese ship"
>> Finalist: Honolulu Star-Bulletin staff, "Deal for UHPA" and "2 Cops Shot in Waipio"

General News/ Enterprise
>> Winner: Gary T. Kubota, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Special Report -- Miconia Invasion"
>> Finalist: Jaymes Song, Jean Christensen, The Associated Press, "Ehime Maru/Submarine Collision"
>> Finalist: Alice Keesing, Jennifer Hiller, Kevin Dayton, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Hawaii Schools Strike"

Feature Writing/Short Form
>> Winner: Rod Antone, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Isaac Ho'opi'i"
>> Finalist: John Berger, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Can of fruit symbolizes survival"
>> Finalist: Valerie Monson, The Maui News, "A bar with a heart"

Business Reporting
>> Winner: Andrew Gomes, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Raising a Hotel"
>> Finalist: Kevin Dayton, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Savvy developer wins federal money to wire homelands"
>> Finalist: Honolulu Advertiser staff, "Liberty House sale"

Feature Writing/Long Form
>> Winner: Dan Nakaso, Tanya Bricking, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Quick decisions, enduring pain"
>> Finalist: Susan Kreifels, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Escape from Pinatubo"
>> Finalist: Gordon Y.K. Pang, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "From Saint to Sinner"

Daily News Page Design
>> Winner: Michael Rovner, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Day of terror"
>> Finalist: Michael Rovner, Lucy Young-Oda, Dean Sensui, Bryant Fukutomi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Get Ready for Takeoff"
>> Finalist: Chris Sykes, The Honolulu Advertiser, "America's Bloodiest Day"

Daily Feature Page Design
>> Winner: David F. Montesino, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Pearl Harbor: Plus Sixty Years"
>> Finalist: David F. Montesino, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Bob Krauss: 50 years ... 8,290 columns ... 1 million stories ..."
>> Finalist: Betty Shimabukuro, Corky Trinidad, Burl Burlingame, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Corky"

Nondaily Newspapers

Business Reporting
>> Winner: Debbie Sokei, Pacific Business News, "Dailies go head to head"
>> Finalist: Steve Jefferson, Pacific Business News, "Nearly $1B on the line for creditors, taxpayers"
>> Finalist: Terrence Sing, Ben DiPietro, Pacific Business News, "Long-sought merger close to takeoff"

General News/Enterprise
>> Winner: Robert M. Rees, Honolulu Weekly, "What about Amber?"
>> Finalist: Christy L. Cain, Pacific Business News, "Savio Bankruptcy"
>> Finalist: Angela Rickabaugh Shears, Honolulu Weekly, "Stealth Attack"

Feature Writing
>> Winner: Ben DiPietro, Pacific Business News, "Businesses clean up on Kahoolawe"
>> Finalist: Ric Valdez, Sally Apgar, Honolulu Weekly, "Sexual Healing"
>> Finalist: Kristen Sawada, Pacific Business News, "Medical waste gets a new life"

Community Reporting
>> Winner: Christy L. Cain, Pacific Business News, "Time running out for Hawaii landfills"
>> Finalist: Genevieve A. Suzuki, The Hawaii Herald, "Pearl Harbor, the Movie: Hype, Hatred and the Legacy of Executive Order 9066"
>> Finalist: Steve Jefferson, Pacific Business News, "Outrigger Enterprises Condemnation"

Page Design
>> Winner: Ruben Duldulao, Ben DiPietro, Pacific Business News, "Go-for-broke surfers go for help when it comes to money"

Magazines

Business Reporting
>> Winner: Kelli Abe Trifonovitch, Jacy Youn, Cathy Cruz, Hawaii Business, "Top 20 Wealthiest Landowners"
>> Finalist: Mike Markrich, Honolulu Magazine, "Old Stuff, New Money"
>> Finalist: Cathy Cruz, Jacy Youn, David Choo, Hawaii Business, "Top 250"

General News/Enterprise
>> Winner: Scott Whitney, Honolulu Magazine, "ADB: Shanghaied in Honolulu"
>> Finalist: A. Kam Napier, Honolulu Magazine, "Out of Joint"

Feature Writing/Short Form
>> Winner: Naomi Sodetani, Hana Hou!, "Spreading the Word"
>> Finalist: Scott Whitney, Honolulu Magazine, "Mitsuo Aoki: Final Matters"
>> Finalist: Evelyn Cook, Hana Hou!, "Bob Krauss -- 'Mr. Honolulu'"

Feature Writing/Long Form
>> Winner: Scott Whitney, Honolulu Magazine, "The Billionaire's Big Island"
>> Finalist: Bert Oshiro, Spirit of Aloha, "Fishing pastimes"
>> Finalist: Mike Markrich, Honolulu Magazine, "Last Call at the Club 100"

Page Design
>> Winner: Steve Shrader, Hana Hou!, "Portraits of Survival"
>> Finalist: Darrell Ishii, Spirit of Aloha, "The Unassuming and Beloved Ukulele"
>> Finalist: Michel V.M. Le, Honolulu Magazine, "When the Shark Bites"

Magazine Cover
>> Winner: Darrell Ishii, Kenny Williams, Spirit of Aloha, "Paniolo, Hawaii's Own Cowboys"
>> Finalist: Hana Hou! Staff, "The Reefs Beyond"
>> Finalist: Jayson Harper, Hawaii Business, "Waikiki Goes Hawaiian"

Open Print

Column Writing
>> Winner: Richard Borreca, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "On Politics"
>> Finalist: Kate Robertson, Island Scene, "Body of Knowledge"
>> Finalist: Carol Silva, Spirit of Aloha, "This Place"

Government Reporting
>> Winner: Rick Daysog, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Harris funds questionable"
>> Finalist: Mark Adams, The Maui News, "Reapportionment in Hawaii"
>> Finalist: Scott Whitney, Honolulu Magazine, "Diagnosis: Poor Mental Health, Prognosis: Guarded"

Breaking News Reporting
>> Winner: Honolulu Advertiser staff, "Greeneville Collision"
>> Finalist: Honolulu Star-Bulletin staff, "Strikes!"

Sports Reporting
>> Winner: Dave Reardon, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Picking Up the Pieces"
>> Finalist: Grady Timmons, Hana Hou!, "Wailua's Home Grown"
>> Finalist: Ferd Lewis, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Akebono Retires"

Arts and Entertainment
>> Winner: John Seed, Honolulu Magazine, "Fragile Paradise"
>> Finalist: Rick Chatenever, The Maui News, "Larger Than Life"
>> Finalist: Constance Hale, Honolulu Magazine, "George Winston: The Savior of Slack Key"

Editorial Opinion
>> Winner: Jerry Burris, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Hawaii schools"
>> Finalist: A. Kam Napier, Honolulu Magazine, "Eyes on You"
>> Finalist: Lee Catterall, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Reapportionment"

Editorial Cartoon
>> Winner: Corky Trinidad, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Corky's Hawaii"
>> Finalist: Dick Adair, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Hawaii Economy"
>> Finalist: John Pritchett, Honolulu Weekly, "Education 2nd to none"

Illustration
>> Winner: Rob Barber, Honolulu Magazine, "Sean Penn"
>> Finalist: Scott Goto, Hana Hou!, "Fishing for Trouble"
>> Finalist: Nick F. Gervais, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Punk on @ Rock"

Informational Graphic
>> Winner: Martha P. Hernandez, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Return from the Depths"
>> Finalist: David Swann, Bryant Fukutomi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "The Recovery of the Ehime Maru"
>> Finalist: "How the Ehime Maru tragedy happened," David Swann, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Headline Writing
>> Winner: Rick Chatenever, The Maui News, "Leo Kottke: String Being"
>> Finalist: Derek Ferrar, Hana Hou!, "Joie de Yves"

News Photography
>> Winner: Jeff Widener, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Reunion"
>> Finalist: Dennis Oda, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Mercury cleanup"
>> Finalist: George F. Lee, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Despondent Ehime Maru survivors"

Feature Photography
>> Winner: Jeff Widener, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Wet behind the ears"
>> Finalist: Michelle Tricca, Honolulu Magazine, "Looking for Hootchie Mama"
>> Finalist: Bruce Asato, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Matriarch's love, faith run deep"

Sports Photography
>> Winner: George F. Lee, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Crusaders take ILH title"
>> Finalist: Amanda Cowan, The Maui News, "Trapped"
>> Finalist: Matthew Thayer, The Maui News, "Flipping Out"

Photo Essay
>> Winner: Jeff Widener, The Honolulu Advertiser, "The closing of the Columbia Inn"
>> Finalist: Dana Edmunds, Hana Hou!, "Sacred Sledding"
>> Finalist: Guy Sibilla, Honolulu Magazine, "Sleeping with the Moai"

Investigative Reporting
>> Winner: Rick Daysog, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Harris funds questionable"
>> Finalist: Kevin Dayton, The Honolulu Advertiser, "Prison Problems"
>> Finalist: Rick Daysog, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Secrets of the Trust"

Public Service Reporting
>> Winner: Maui News staff, "Traffic on Maui"
>> Finalist: Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Raising Cane"
>> Finalist: The Honolulu Advertiser staff, "The state of the Hawaiian"

Radio

News Reporting
>> Winner: Kayla Rosenfeld, National Public Radio and Hawaii Public Radio, "Greeneville/Ehime Maru Collision"
>> Finalist: Heidi Chang, National Public Radio, "Ehime Maru"

Feature Reporting
>> Winner: Heidi Chang, National Public Radio, "Hawaiian Awa"
>> Finalist: Renate Kossmehl, Hawaii Public Radio, "Honolulu Marathon"

Television

Government Reporting
>> Winner: Robert Loy, Bill Beyer, KGMB-TV, "Maui Land Goof"

Government Feature
>> Winner: Darren Pai, Darin Akita, KHNL-TV, "Volcano Road"

Business Reporting
>> Winner: Lara Yamada, John Allen, KGMB-TV, "Shred-It"
>> Finalist: Lara Yamada, KGMB-TV, "Sewing for success"

Breaking News Reporting
>> No winner

Spot News Reporting
>> Winner: Gregg Takayama, KHON-TV, "Chop Shop"

General News/Enterprise Reporting
>> Winner: Jim Mendoza, KGMB-TV, "Zipper Lane Cheaters"
>> Finalist: Linda Hosek, KHNL-TV, "Isaac Hoopii: The Humble Hero"
>> Finalist: Stacy Loe, Beau Cuizon, KGMB-TV, "Hula Halau at Ground Zero"

Feature Reporting
>> Winner: Pamela Young, Stuart Ishikawa, KITV, "Mixed Plate: The Challenge"
>> Finalist: Jim Mendoza, KGMB-TV, "Shark Attack Survivor"
>> Finalist: Donalyn Dela Cruz, KHON-TV, "Postal Santa"

Investigative Reporting
>> Winner: Britt Riedl, Eric Thienes, Glenn Holcomb, KGMB-TV, "Illegal Hiking Tours"

Series Reporting
>> Winner: Stacy Loe, Glenn Holcomb, KGMB-TV, "Kalaupapa: End of an Era"
>> Finalist: Pamela Young, KITV, "Mixed Plate: Year of the Lion"

Sports Reporting
>> Winner: Britt Riedl, John Allen, KGMB-TV, "Wahine Bobsled Team"
>> Finalist: Glenn Tengan, John Allen, KGMB-TV, "George Toma: The God of Sod"

News Videography
>> No winner

Feature Videography
>> Winner: Stuart Ishikawa, KITV, "Teen Piercing"
>> Finalist: Jim Mendoza, John Allen, KGMB-TV, "Michael Coots: Survivor"

Special News Program
>> Winner: Sharie Shima, Dell Ison, KHNL-TV, "Surviving the Storm"
>> Finalist: KGMB 9 News staff, "Always Remember"
>> Finalist: Gary Sprinkle, KITV, "Pacific Adventures: The Big Island"

Public Service Reporting
>> Winner: Sharie Shima, Dell Ison, KHNL-TV, "Surviving the Storm"
>> Finalist: Angela Keen, Lawrence E. Pacheco, Bob Loy, Julia Norton-Dennis, KGMB-TV, "Hope for the future: The Fight Against Hepatitis"

Internet

Online Reporting
>> Winner: Honolulu Advertiser online staff, "Pearl Harbor Plus Sixty Years"
>> Finalist: Craig Gima, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, "Honolulu Panoramic"
>> Finalist: Brent Suyama, Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc., "HSTA/UHPA Strike"

Student

News Writing
>> Winner: Angela Rickabaugh Shears, Honolulu Weekly, "Stealth Attack"
>> Finalist: Erica Veronica Cordova, Ka Leo O Hawaii, "Environmental projects needed for requirement"
>> Finalist: Erica Veronica Cordova, Ka Leo O Hawaii, "Suicide at Aloha Lehua Tower"