ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, January 12, 1997 TAG: 9701130027
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff and wire reports
The Roanoke Times won 12 awards in the Virginia Press Association's annual newspaper contest.
Staff writer Laurence Hammack's series about the juvenile justice system took first place in the investigative or in-depth category.
Megan Schnabel earned a second-place award in column writing, for her Marketplace column that runs in each Wednesday's paper. The newspaper's reporting staff also won second place for its coverage of a fatal fire last January that killed four children and their grandmother.
Four photographers won awards. Eric Brady won second place in the sports photo category for his picture of a group of VMI cadets taunting a Marshall University player during a basketball game. Roger Hart won third place in the sports category for his picture at a jousting tournament. Wayne Deel took third for his spot news photo of a police officer chasing a suspect. Don Petersen won a third place award in the pictorial photo category for his images of a window shopper on a rainy day.
The newspaper won second place in the excellence of general makeup, an award given for the overall appearance of the paper.
Copy editor Peggy Bier and design desk editor Marty Horne worked together for their third place in the business and financial or agriculture page design. The sports staff also teamed up to earn third place for excellence of sports pages.
Alan Sorenson, Roanoke Times editorial page editor, won third place for his editorial writing. Geoff Semans and Betty Strother won second prize for editorial page design.
The awards were presented Saturday at the group's annual meeting held at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.
Roanoke Times photographers also won awards Friday in the Virginia News Photographers Association's annual photo competition. They were: Alan Kim and Deel, honorable mention for spot news; Deel, second for feature; Hart, honorable mention for sports action; Hart, first for lifestyle; Deel and Stephanie Klein-Davis, honorable mention for lifestyle; and Petersen, third for pictorial.
In a third competition, for Associated Press state photographer of the year, Petersen placed second.
In other categories Saturday:
* Norfolk Virginian-Pilot columnist Guy Friddell and Charles McDowell, a Richmond Times-Dispatch political reporter and columnist who got his start in Roanoke, received the VPA's first Lifetime Achievement Awards.
* The W.S. Copeland Award for journalistic integrity and public service went to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The following best-in-show prizes were awarded:
* The Guy Friddell Award for Daily Writing: the staff of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for a seven-month package of stories on Philip Morris focusing on Richmond's largest private employer, in the wake of allegations that the cigarette maker manipulated nicotine levels to keep cigarette smokers ``hooked.''
* Non-daily writing: Suzanne Pahl Tate of The Coalfield Progress in Norton for a nine-part series on teen-age pregnancy, published in late 1995.
* Daily photography: Martin Smith-Rodden of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk for ``Robert, Roberta,'' a picture story on gender reassignment.
* Non-daily photography: Brian Hoffman of the Salem Times-Register for ``Safe at home,'' a picture of a close play at home plate.
* Daily artwork: Robert Voros of The Virginian-Pilot for a graphic about the Virginia Marine Science Museum.
* Daily news presentation: The Virginian-Pilot.
Other winners from Southwestern Virginia included:
* The Times-Register, Salem-Jonathan Fredin, first, picture story or essay; Fredin, second, personality or portrait photo; Fredin, third, pictorial photo; Fredin, third, personality or portrait photo; Fredin, third, business and financial writing; Brian Hoffman, first, sports photo, and third, excellence of sports pages.
The Southwest Times, Pulaski-Dee Ann Lindsey, third, sports photo; Mike Williams, third, editorial writing; Staff, third, special sections or special editions.
The News & Advance, Lynchburg-Gary Crockett, second, sports feature writing; Brenda Delbridge, third, sports feature writing; David Hurt, third, feature series or continuing story; Darrell Laurant, second, column writing; Nicole Ostrow, second, business and financial writing; Robert Wimer, third, excellence of editorial pages; Gary Crockett, Jeff Motley, first, sports event writing; Staff, first, informational graphics; Staff, first, special sections or special editions; Staff, first, feature series or continuing story; Staff, first, in-depth or investigative reporting; Staff, second, special projects; Staff, third, excellence of business, financial or agricultural pages.
Martinsville Bulletin, Martinsville-Donna T. Brim, second, home and leisure writing; Alayna DeMartini, first, spot news writing; Ginny Wray, first, editorial writing; Nancy Bell, DeMartini, second, spot news writing; Sharon Berry, DeMartini, Mary Robbins, first, general news writing; Staff, third, excellence of general makeup; Staff, third, excellence of sports pages.
Smith Mountain Eagle, Moneta-Rob Lyon, first, feature story writing; Rob Lyon, second, general news writing; Staff, second, picture story or essay; Staff, third, special sections or special editions.
New Castle Record, New Castle-Tracy Old, second, general news photo; Peter S. Willis, first, excellence of general makeup; Willis, second, series of news stories; Willis, third, combination pictures and story.
The Fincastle Herald, Fincastle-Brian Hoffman, first, sports event writing; Ed McCoy, second, excellence of lifestyle or entertainment pages; Edwin Taylor, second, pictorial photo; Bob Willis, third, sports photo; Jonathan Fredin, Taylor, second, combination pictures and story; Staff, first, special sections or special editions.
The Floyd Press, Floyd-Wanda Combs, first, photo-illustration; Combs, first, business and financial writing.
Franklin News-Post, Rocky Mount-Steven Thomas Marsh, first, sports event writing.
The Gazette, Galax-Chuck Burress, second, in-depth or investigative reporting; Larry Chambers, second, pictorial photo; Brian Funk, first, home and leisure writing; A.W. Hauslohner, first, excellence of editorial pages; Hauslohner, second, spot news writing; Stephanie J. Johnson, second, editorial writing; Johnson, second, feature series or continuing story; Johnson, third, series of news stories; Janet Brindle, Brad Bryant, Brian Funk, third, spot news writing.
The News-Gazette, Lexington-Chris Floyd, first, sports column writing; Floyd, third, sports feature writing; Bijan Pirnia, third, general news photo; Claudia Schwab, third, feature photo; Ed Smith, third, general news writing; Nathan Beck, Jay Rohmann, Schwab, Ed Smith, first, combination pictures and story; Amanda Billings, Stephanie Blevins, third, excellence of lifestyle or entertainment pages; Jerry Harris, Marc Santora, Schwab, Smith, first, general news writing; Harris, Tammy Jarvis, first, in-depth or investigative reporting; Staff, first, excellence of general makeup.
The Trident, Lexington-Arne Kuhlmann, first, news photo; Kuhlmann, first, sports photo; Victor Lamas, first, feature writing; Kathy Lu, first, news writing; Laura Perry, second, feature writing; Perry, third, news writing; Lisa Cornelius, Chris Wick, second, news writing; Lu, Wick, first, excellence of general makeup.
Collegiate Times, Blacksburg-Brandon Andre, second, feature photo; Andre, second, sports photo; Joseph Foley, third, news photo; Daniel Kim, first, feature photo; Kim, second, news photo; Kim, third, feature photo; Kim, third, sports photo.
The Vinton Messenger, Vinton-Jonathan Fredin, third, picture story or essay; Tolley, first, business and financial writing; Tolley, second, sports feature writing; Tolley, second, spot news writing; Tolley, third, in-depth or investigative reporting; Tolley, third, series of news stories.
Southwest Virginia Enterprise, Wytheville-Stephanie Porter-Nichols, third, excellence of editorial pages; Porter-Nichols, third, excellence of front page; Jeffrey Simmons, first, business and financial writing; Simmons, third, excellence of business, financial or agricultural pages; Sam Slemp, second, general news photo; Slemp, third, personality or portrait photo; Staff, second, special sections or special editions.
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