Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 15, 1993 TAG: 9304150222
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
NEWS GATHERERS GET REWARDS
The efforts of top Roanoke Times & World-News reporters, photographers and copy editors were rewarded Wednesday with the presentation of the 1992 Landmark Awards.The in-house competition, named for the Norfolk-based corporation that owns the newspaper, recognized the range of journalism.
David M. Poole, who has been with the newspaper five years and covers Roanoke County as his regular beat, won first place in the reporting category.
His reporting on former Roanoke Finance Director Joel Schlanger "was a classic case of a newspaper exposing a public official, who seemed to feel that he was exempt from the policy that governs everybody else," said Auburn University Associate Professor Gillis Morgan, who judged the the news and features reporting categories.
Douglas Pardue, a senior story editor who covers the federal government and general assignments, took second place.
Beth Macy won the top award for features writing for the second year in a row. "Her features range from `wild and wacky' to `tender and thoughtful,' " Morgan said. "She's got the touch for the times."
Dwayne Yancey, another senior story editor, was runner-up.
Outdoors writer Bill Cochran, a 28-year veteran with the newspaper, won top honors for sports reporting. The Chattanooga Times Managing Editor Ronald C. Smith, who judged the category, wrote: "Bill Cochran creates word pictures that lure readers as deftly as a fly-fisherman tempts brook trout. . . . Cochran hooks us and reels us into his great outdoors.
Columnist Jack Bogaczyk, who's been with the paper 18 years, won second place.
In photography, Cindy Pinkston was recognized as 1992's best. Pinkston "has a rapport with people, . . . can go on any assignment and come back with a fresh look at an old subject, . . . can move in close without disturbing the people she is photographing," said judge Patty Reksten, a photojournalism professor at the University of Montana. Pinkston has been with the newspaper five years.
Don Petersen, an eight-time winner of the award, took second place.
Heidi Carr won first place for copy editing, which includes headline-writing, designing the layout of pages and editing stories. Judging was performed by several Roanoke Times & World-News editors. Carr, who works on the Virginia section, has been with the paper three years.
Wayne Countryman, who works with national news pages, was runner-up.
Winners received $1,000; runners-up, $500.