Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 13, 1995 TAG: 9505150076
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
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The in-house competition is named for the Norfolk-based corporation that owns the newspaper.
Cathryn McCue won first place in the reporting category.
Chip Scanlan, writing director at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., judged the news reporting and feature writing entries. He said McCue focused on the people behind the story to make abstract issues come alive.
"The result is a reader who feels better informed and aware of the challenges of a modern society coping with its past, but who feels there may be a glimmer of hope as well," Scanlan said.
Second place went to police reporter Diane Struzzi.
Mark Morrison, who won first place in feature writing, "has a special talent for making you want to keep reading," Scanlan said. "His stories reflect the diversity of the community and the bonds that unite us."
Beth Macy won second place for feature writing.
Cindy Pinkston was awarded first place for photography. The judge praised her ability to convey a story through her photographs.
Scott Sines, assistant managing editor for the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, singled out Pinkston's photograph of a Haitian refugee family struggling to learn English as an excellent example of storytelling.
"The expressions of the wife and husband speak volumes about teaching/learning a new language," he said.
Stephanie Klein-Davis won second place in photography.
Thirty-year veteran Bill Cochran was awarded top honors in sports writing by Philadelphia Daily News Editor Jeff Samuels.
Cochran "brings the outdoors to life," Samuels said. "His style is graceful and elegant, and his love of nature comes through in every word." This is the sixth time Cochran has won first place.
Jack Bogaczyk took second place in sports writing.
In another Landmark Awards competition that included artists from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star and the Greensboro News & Record, Robert Lunsford won second place for graphics.
Lunsford "creates a nice presence with his style of illustration and graphics," said Dallas Morning News editor Ed Kohorst.
Kohorst included an honorable mention category in this year's competition to recognize another Roanoke Times & World-News artist, Andrew Svec.
Landmark Award winners received $1,000; runners-up received $500.
by CNB