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DIVISION: DIGITAL
BLOG
Digital: All sizes
Repowatch.org
Mary Fricker
Financial Crisis
BREAKING NEWS
Digital: All sizes
FINS.com:
Julie Steinberg, Aaron Lucchetti
MF Global
CNNMoney.com
Chris Peacock and CNNMoney Staff
Dow Plunges 635 Points on August 8
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Digital: 500,000 to 2.5 million
GlobalPost
Ioan Grillo, John Dickie, Sarah Childress, Mark Scheffler
Narconomics
Digital: More than 2.5 million
CNNMoney.com
Gabrielle Solomon
Best Places to Live
CNNMoney.com
Blake Ellis, Jordan Malter
America’s Biggest Boomtown
MSNBC.com
Allison Linn, Martin Wolk, Jim Seida, John Brecher, John Makely
We are the median
EXPLANATORY
Digital: Fewer than 500,000
ClimateWire
Tiffany Stecker
Europe’s Cap-and-Trade System Brings Jobs to Georgia
ClimateWire
Joel Kirkland
China’s Energy
Digital: 500,000 to 2.5 million
GlobalPost
Patrick Winn, Emily Lodish
Burma Rebooted
Digital: More than 2.5 million
The Motley Fool
Alex Dumortier, Dari FitzGerald
“Low-Risk” Trade That Brought Down MF Global
CNNMoney.com
David Goldman
The Cybercrime Economy
CNNMoney.com
Steve Hargreaves
Military’s War on Oil
FEATURE
Digital: Fewer than 500,000
ClimateWire
Tiffany Stecker
Europe’s Cap-and-Trade System Brings Jobs to Georgia
InsuranceQuotes.com
John Egan, Lisa Shidler
Medical Bills Can Mount for Shooting Victims
Digital: 500,000 to 2.5 million
GlobalPost
Sarah Childress, Simeon Tegel, Girish Gupta, Nadja Drost, John Otis
The Scramble For El Dorado
GlobalPost
Emily Lodish, Patrick Winn, Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Jason Overdorf, Justin McCurry, Tristan McConnell, Kate Lamb, Nicholas Dynan
Rice 2.0
Digital: More than 2.5 million
CNNMoney.com
David Goldman
Android’s law
Bankrate.com
Claes Bell, Katherine Lewis, Janna Herron, Marcie Geffner, Stephen Pounds
Financial Reform, One Year Later
CNBC.com
Jeff Cox
Occupy Wall Street
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Digital: Fewer than 2.5 million
FINS.com
Editorial staff of FINS.com
PolitiFact
Bill Adair, Martha Hamilton, Louis Jacobson
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Digital: More than 2.5 million
CNET News
CNET Editorial Staff
MarketWatch
MarketWatch Staff
CNNMoney.com
CNNMoney Staff
INVESTIGATIVE
Digital: Fewer than 500,000
Center for Public Integrity
Michael Hudson
The Great Mortgage Cover-Up
ProPublica
Paul Kiel, Olga Pierce
Foreclosure Crisis
Texas Watchdog
Steve Miller
The Hurricane Insurance Hustle
Digital: More than 500,000
GlobalPost
Patrick Winn, Emily Lodish
Burma Rebooted
GlobalPost
Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Sharron Lovell, Emily Lodish, Mark Scheffler
Relocation Nation
OPINION/COLUMN
Digital: Fewer than 500,000
ProPublica
Jesse Eisinger
The Trade Columns
Xconomy.com
Luke Timmerman
Biotech columns
Reuters
Rob Cox, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Robert Cyran, Agnes T. Crane, Antony Currie
Breakingviews Columns
Digital: 500,000 to 2.5 million
GlobalPost
Thomas Mucha
Mucha Columns
Digital: More than 2.5 million
CNNMoney.com
Paul R. La Monica
The Buzz
MarketWatch
Rex Nutting
Columns
TheStreet.com
Adam Feuerstein
Pharma Fraud
DIVISION: INTERNATIONAL
BLOG
Financial Times
Staff
FTAlphaville
BREAKING NEWS
Financial Times
Financial Times staff
The Eurozone crisis
Reuters
Reuters Staff
The Libyan Revolution
Financial Times
Jonathan Soble, Louise Lucas, Lindsay Whipp
The Olympus Accounting Scandal
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
Kevin Carmichael, Greg Keenan, Moe Doiron, Claire Neary, Adriano Valentini
Remade in Canada – The Future of Factories
Financial Times
Christine Spolar, Jeff Gerth (ProPublica), Megan Murphy, Vanessa Houlder, Johanna Kassel, Benjamin Freese
Tax Wars Series
GlobalPost
Thomas Mucha, David Case, Emily Lodish, Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Justin McCurry, Michael Goldfarb, Jon Jensen, Mark Scheffler
7 Deadly Stories
FEATURE
Fortune Magazine
James Bandler
Afghan Gold
GlobalPost
Sarah Childress, Alex Leff, Nick Miroff
Gangsters’ Paradise
The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
Mark Mackinnon
The Empire Sino-Forest Built
EXPLANATORY
The Wall Street Journal
Phred Dvorak, Peter Landers Yuka Hayashi, Norihiko Shirouzu, Chester Dawson, Juro Osawa, Yumiko Ono, Mitsuru Obe
Fukushima Daiishi: Causes and Consequences
Bloomberg Markets
Michael Smith, Daryna Krasnolutska, David Glovin
Lethal Commerce
The Wall Street Journal
Marcus Walker, Charles Forelle, Stacy Meichtry, Chirstopher Rhoads, Brian Blackstone, Matthew Karnitschnig
Europe Disunion
INVESTIGATIVE
Bloomberg Markets
Michael Smith, Daryna Krasnolutska, David Glovin
Lethal Commerce
Financial Times
Christine Spolar, Jeff Gerth (ProPublica), Megan Murphy, Vanessa Houlder, Johanna Kassel, Benjamin Freese
Tax Wars Series
The Wall Street Journal
Phred Dvorak, Peter Landers Yuka Hayashi, Norihiko Shirouzu, Chester Dawson, Juro Osawa, Yumiko Ono, Mitsuru Obe, Andrew Morse
Fukushima Daiishi: Causes and Consequences
OPINION/COLUMN
Financial Times
Wolfgang Münchau
DIVISION: NEWS AGENCIES
BREAKING NEWS
Bloomberg News
Tom Schoenberg, Sara Forden, Jeff Bliss, Cornelius Rahn, Zachary Mider
Blocking a Deal
Bloomberg News
Katherine Burton
Soros to End Four Decades as Hedge Fund Leader by Returning Investor Cash
The Associated Press
David Koenig, Scott Mayerowitz, Samantha Bomkamp, Dave Carpenter, Joshua Freed
American Airlines Bankruptcy
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Bloomberg News
Cam Simpson
Victoria’s Secret Revealed in Child Picking Burkina Faso Cotton
Bloomberg News
Vernon Silver, Ben Elgin, Alan Katz
Wired for Repression
Bloomberg News
Bradley Keoun, Phil Kuntz, Bob Ivry, Craig Torres, Scott Lanman, Christopher Condon, Donal Griffin, Greg Stohr and Matthew Winkler
The Fed’s Trillion-Dollar Secret
EXPLANATORY
Bloomberg News
Cam Simpson, Alan Katz, Simon Clark, Heather Walsh
Anything But Fair
Reuters
Scot Paltrow
Robo-Signing Redux
Bloomberg News
Bradley Keoun, Phil Kuntz, Bob Ivry, Craig Torres, Scott Lanman, Christopher Condon, Donal Griffin, Greg Stohr and Matthew Winkler
The Fed’s Trillion-Dollar Secret
FEATURE
Reuters
Scot Paltrow
The Congressman with Banks on the Side
The Associated Press
Bernard Condon
Farmland Boom
The Associated Press
Bernard Condon, Randy Herschaft
Madoff Victim’s Lawyer
INVESTIGATIVE
The Associated Press
Jeff Donn
Aging Nukes
Scripps Howard News Service
Isaac Wolf, Thomas Hargrove
Grave Mistakes
Bloomberg News
Peter Waldman
Preparing Americans for Death Lets Hospices Neglect End of Life
OPINION/COLUMN
Reuters
Jack Schafer
Jack Shafer Columns
Dow Jones Newswires
Al Lewis
Al’s Emporium Column
Dow Jones Newswires
Neal Lipschutz
Point of View Column
PERSONAL FINANCE
Money Magazine
Lisa Gibbs
Consumer Protection
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Teresa Dixon Murray
On Money
The Wall Street Journal
Jason Zweig
The Intelligent Investor
DIVISION: PRINT – DAILY NEWSPAPERS
BLOG
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
The (Quincy, Mass.) Patriot Ledger:
Jon Chesto
Mass. Market blog
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Elisabeth Ponsot, Laura Olson, Erich Schwartzel, Laura Malt Schneiderman, Steve Mellon
Pipeline
The Des Moines Register
Philip Brasher, Dan Piller
Green Fields
Hartford Courant
Matthew Sturdevant
Insurance Capital Blog
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tom Daykin
Land and Space blog
The Orange County (Santa Ana, Calif.) Register
Jonathan Lansner, Jeff Collins, Marilyn Kalfus
Lansner on Real Estate
Charlotte Observer
Andrew Dunn, Kirsten Valle Pittman
Bank Watch
Dailies: More than 500,001
Houston Chronicle
Dwight Silverman
TechBlog
BREAKING NEWS
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Michael Braga, Matthew Doig
14 Indicted in Major Flipping Conspiracy
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Michael Pollick, Doug Sword
Jackson Lab Picks Sarasota County
Ventura County (Ventura, Calif.) Star
Stephanie Hoops
Feds Take Over Debt Collection Business
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The Detroit News
David Shepardson
CAFE Standards
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Andrew Gomes, Rob Perez
Hawaiian Electric Suitor
The Detroit News
Jaclyn Trop
Final Chapter for Borders
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Andrea Ahles, Bob Cox, Gordon Dickson, Scott Nishimura, Mitchell Schnurman
American Airlines Bankruptcy
The Seattle Times
Dominic Gates
Boeing, Union Seal Deal
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe Business staff
Stock Plunge
Dailies: More than 500,001
The New York Times
The New York Times Staff
MF Global Bankruptcy
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal
Daniel Connolly, Amos Maki, Michael Erskine, Grant Smith
Landing Electrolux
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dan Chapman, Michael Kanell
Atlanta Forward
The Boston Globe
Jenn Abelson, Beth Daley
Fishy Business
Dailies: More than 500,001
(Minneapolis) StarTribune
Staff
Ford Plant Shutdown
The Wall Street Journal
Jason Bellini, Jonathan Cheng, Mary Pilon
Anticipating a Downgrade of U.S. Debt
EXPLANATORY
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Matt Chittum, Megan Schnabel
Food Deserts Parch Roanoke Residents of Nutrition
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Michael Pollick
In Foreclosure, Fees That Haunt
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The Providence Journal
Tom Mooney, Paul Edward Parker, Barbara Polichetti
Understanding R.I.’s Pension Puzzle
The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal
Ted Evanoff
Genius at Work
The Detroit News
David Shepardson, Christina Rogers
GM: A Chastened Detroit Icon Claws Its Way Back
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
The Boston Globe
Jenn Abelson and Beth Daley
Fishy Business
The Arizona Republic
Ronald J. Hansen
Business Taxes
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Lou Kilzer
China Syndrome
Dailies: More than 500,001
Washington Post
Lori Montgomery, Brady Dennis, Alec McGillis
Running in the Red – U.S Debt
Los Angeles Times
Ken Bensinger
Wheels of Fortune
The New York Times
Ian Urbina
Drilling Down—Natural Gas
FEATURE
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
(Melbourne, Fla.) Florida Today
Patrick Peterson
Scrap Daddy
Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)
Denise Allabaugh
Winds of Change
(Melbourne, Fla.) Florida Today
Patrick Peterson
Bright Idea Man
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Bryan Painter
Drought
The Providence (R.I.) Journal
Alex Kuffner
The Toll Oil Prices Take
The (Montreal) Gazette
Lynn Moore
Playing with Chance
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
Financial Times
David Gelles, Gillian Tett
Madoff Spins His Story
The Boston Globe
Jenn Abelson and Beth Daley
Fishy Business
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cary Spivak
Demise of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
Dailies: More than 500,001
The New York Times
David Segal
The Dirty Little Secrets of Search
Detroit Free Press
Katherine Yung
Work Wanted – Desperately
Los Angeles Times
Alana Semuels
Down but Not Out
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
The (Quincy, Mass.) Patriot Ledger
Steve Adams, Jon Chesto, Shaunna Gately, Alex Spanko, Patrick Ronan
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The Detroit News
Joanna Firestone, Alan Derringer, Richard Burr, Greg Tasker, Mary Bailey, Daniel Howes, Scott Burgess, David Shepardson, Bryce Hoffman, Louis Aguilar, Melissa Burden, Brian O’Connor and Jaclyn Trop
The (Montreal) Gazette
Jeff Blond, Paul Delean, Jay Bryan, Francois Shalom, Lynn Moore, Allison Lampert, Jason Magder, Alison MacGregor
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
Financial Times
The Financial Times staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Journal Sentinel Business News Staff
U-T San Diego
Nirmala Bhat, Dean Calbreath, Mike Freeman, Janet LaVelle, Morgan Lee, Lily Leung, Tanya Mannes, Diana McCabe, Greg Schmidt, Roger Showley, Jim Watters, Lori Weisberg
Dailies: More than 500,001
The New York Times
The New York Times Staff
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Business Staff
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune Business Staff
INVESTIGATIVE
Dailies: Under 25,000
American Banker/SourceMedia
Jeff Horwitz, Kate Berry
Revolving Door
American Banker/SourceMedia
Jeff Horwitz
Kickbacks
American Banker/SourceMedia
Kate Berry
Robo-Signing
Dailies: 25,000 to 100,000
The News-Press (Fort Myers)
Dick Hogan
Flopping: Fraud Runs Rampant
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Michael Braga, Matthew Doig
First Priority’s Collapse
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal
Daniel Connolly and Amos Maki
Landing Electrolux
Knoxville News Sentinel
Josh Flory
Down the Drain
The Providence (R.I.) Journal
Paul Edward Parker, Tom Mooney
Uncovering Unfunded Pension Liabilities in Rhode Island
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston
Shattered Trust
The Seattle Times
Michael Berens and Ken Armstrong
Methadone and the Politics of Pain
The Orlando Sentinel
Jim Stratton
Workforce Central Florida
Dailies: More than 500,001
The Wall Street Journal
Paul Sonne, Steve Stecklow, Matt Bradley, Farnaz Fassihi, Loretta Chao, Margaret Coker
Censorship, Inc.
The Wall Street Journal
Brody Mullins, Susan Pulliam, Steve Eder, Michael Rothfeld, Jenny Strasburg, Vanessa O’Connell, David Enrich, Dana Cimilluca, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Jeannette Neumann, Michael Siconolfi
Inside Track
USA Today Money Section
Thomas Frank
Public-Sector Pensions
OPINION/COLUMN
Dailies: 100,000 to 200,000
The Providence (R.I.) Journal
John Kostzrewa, assistant managing editor
Hartford Courant
Dan Haar
The Detroit News
Brian J. O’Connor
Dailies: 200,000 to 500,000
The Baltimore Sun
Columns by Jay Hancock
Financial Times
Columns by John Gapper
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Columns by Mitchell Schnurman
Dailies: Over 500,001
The New York Times
Gretchen Morgenson
Fair Game
Washington Post
Ezra Klein
The New York Times
David Carr
The Media Equation
CATEGORY: PRINT – MAGAZINES
BLOG
SmartMoney Magazine
SmartMoney staff
Blog
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Magazines: Over 500,000
Forbes
Tom Post, Matthew Schifrin, Jenna Goudreau
Private Equity Chief Lynn Tilton
EXPLANATORY
Magazines: Less than 75,000
HousingWire
HousingWire editorial staff
Magazines 2: 75,000 to 500,000
New York Magazine
Steve Fishman
Madoff on Madoff: The Madoff Tapes
Bloomberg Markets
Yoolim Lee, Ruth David
When Microfinance Goes Wrong
Bloomberg Markets
Stephanie Baker
Shaking Up the Old Boys Club
Magazines: Over 500,001
Bloomberg Businessweek
Felix Gillette, Businessweek staff
Casino
Fortune Magazine
Adam Lashinsky
Inside Apple
SmartMoney Magazine
Matt Heimer, Reshma Kapadia
Investing Reinvented
FEATURE
Magazines: Less than 75,000
Columbia Journalism Review
Dean Starkman
Confidence Game: Limited Vision of the News Gurus
Mortgage Banking
Terry Sheridan
Short on Results
D CEO
Glenn Hunter
Gold Metal Recyclers
Magazines 2: 75,000 to 500,000
New York Magazine
Steve Fishman
Madoff on Madoff: The Madoff Tapes
Institutional Investor
Alexander Osipovich
Browder’s War
Bloomberg Markets
Michael Smith
Lethal Commerce
Magazines: Over 500,001
Forbes
Steven Bertoni
Agent of Disruption
Fortune Magazine
David Whitford
Sandler
SmartMoney Magazine
Anne Kadet
Cashathon
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Magazines: Less than 75,000
D CEO Magazine
Glenn Hunter, Christine Perez
Magazines: Over 500,001
Bloomberg Businessweek
Josh Tyrangiel
Fortune
Andy Serwer
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine
Knight A. Kiplinger, Kevin McCormally, Janet Bodnar
INVESTIGATIVE
Magazines: 75,000 to 500,000
Barron’s
Bill Alpert
The Troubles at Fairholme Fund
Bloomberg Markets
Asjylyn Loder, David Evans, Leigh Baldwin, Angela Cullen, Elisa Martinuzzi
The Secret Sins of Koch Industries
Bloomberg Markets
Michael Smith, Daryna Krasnolutska, David Glovin
Global Black Market Human Organs
Magazines: Over 500,001
Fortune Magazine
Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold, Doris Burke
Pfizer
OPINION/COLUMN
Magazines: Less than 75,000
D CEO
Mitchell Schnurman
Bottom Line Columns
Magazines: More than 500,001
Bloomberg Businessweek
Peter Coy
SmartMoney Magazine
Dyan Machan
Smart Ideas
PRINT – WEEKLIES / BIWEEKLIES
BLOG
Indianapolis Business Journal
Anthony Schoettle
The Score
Crain’s New York Business
Aaron Elstein
In The Markets
BREAKING NEWS
Crain’s Detroit Business
Daniel Duggan, Chad Halcom, Nancy Kaffer, Bill Shea, Sherri Welch
Light Rail Derails
Pacific Coast Business Times
Marlize van Romburgh
San Luis Trust Bank Fails
Portland Business Journal
Matthew Kish
Wiederhorn Battles Creditors
CREATIVE USE ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS
Crain’s Chicago Business
Steve Hendershot, Lisa Leitner, Erik Unger, Danny Ecker, Jason McGregor, Jeff Hartvigsen, Karen Freese
State of Small Business
Indianapolis Business Journal
J.K. Wall, Francesca Jarosz, Mason King, Perry Reichandter
Testing Reform Online
EXPLANATORY
Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal
Bill King, Eric Fisher, David Bourne, Brandon McClung,
Second Thoughts: Secondary Market Redefines Ticket Business
Los Angeles Business Journal
Richard Clough
Money Machine
Mainebiz
Jackie Farwell, Carol Coultas; Jan Holder, Matt Selva
Absolute control
FEATURE
Advertising Age
E.J. Schultz
Williston, The Town the Recession Forgot
Crain’s New York Business
Elizabeth MacBride, Glenn Coleman, Xana Antunes
The Great Escape
Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal
Bill King, Tom Stinson,
Power of the Ring
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Crain’s Chicago Business
Crain’s Chicago Business Staff
Los Angeles Business Journal
Los Angeles Business Journal staff
Crain’s New York Business
Crain’s New York Business staff
INVESTIGATIVE
Richard Clough
Los Angeles Business Journal
Risky Business
Crain’s Chicago Business
Steve Daniels, Paul Merrion
Higher Risk Education: State’s prepaid tuition plan
Portland Business Journal
Matthew Kish
Oregon’s Predatory Lending Industry
OPINION/COLUMN
Charlotte Business Journal
Erik Spanberg
Queen City Agenda Column
Portland Business Journal
Rob Smith
Opinions
RADIO / TV
BLOG
CNBC
Patti Domm
Market Insider with Patti Domm
BREAKING NEWS
CNBC
Mary Thompson, Melissa Lee, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Sue Herera, John Harwood , Simon Hobbs, Brian Sullivan, Bill Griffeth, Maria Bartiromo, Steve Liesman, Sharon Epperson, Scott Cohn, Nikhil Deogun, Matthew Quayle, Todd Bonin, Chris Sheridan, Robert Fasbender, Sanford Cannold, Han-Ting Wang, Lulu Chiang
Downgrade Day
CREATIVE USE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
CNBC
Stacy Eisner, Alexandra Privitera, Mary Catherine Wellons, Gina Francolla, Mark Koba, Eamon Javers, Nikhil Deogun
Your Money Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate
EXPLANATORY
CNBC
Kate Kelly; Jesse Bergman, Nikhil Deogun
Trading on Twitter
MarketWatch Radio Network
John Wordock, Andrew O’Day, Larry Kofsky, Adrienne Mitchell, Steve Orr
Wall Street’s Wild Week — S&P Downgrade, the Fed and Historic Stock Swings
FEATURE
CNBC
Mitch Weitzner, Lori Gordon-Logan, Michael Beyman, Patrick Ahearn, Richard Korn, Michael Sheehan, Allison Stedman, Lester Holt, Ray Borelli
Pepsi’s Challenge
REAL ESTATE
The Baltimore Sun
Jamie Smith Hopkins, Scott Calvert
Taxing Baltimore
Denver Post
David Migoya
Public Trustee – Foreclosure Reporting
The Miami Herald
Toluse Olorunnipa
Real Estate Coverage
STUDENT
Stories Written for Student Publications
Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente, Arizona State University
Deteriorated Properties Prompt Battles Between Struggling Towns, Professor
Cronkite News
Honorable Mention
Robson Abbott, University of Missouri
Les Bourgeois Becoming Force in Missouri Wine Industry
Columbia Missourian
Daniel Wiser, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Unsustainable Path
The Daily Tar Heel
Stories Written for Professional Publications
Sarah Frier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jefferson County Agony Means Higher Borrowing Costs for Alabama Taxpayers
Bloomberg News
Honorable Mention
Tarini Parti, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tobacco companies adjusting strategies to remain prominent political players
OpenSecrets.org