1st Place
Health Care: Where the jobs are
Doug Campbell, The Business Journal, Greensboro

2nd Place
Downtown at a Crossroads
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hil

3rd Place
Left Behind
Kim Nilsen & Chris Baysden, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh

1st Place
Case closed: Death in day care
Staff, The News & Observer, Raleigh

2nd Place
Death at the pound
Staff, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte

3rd Place
Made in China, The Triad's unraveling economy
Staff, News & Record, Greensboro

1st Place
Staff, The News & Observer, Raleigh

2nd Place
Staff, The Herald-Sun, Durham

3rd Place
Michelle Johnson, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem

Community Newspaper Division
Lynn Hotaling & Rose Hooper
The Sylva Herald & Ruralite, Sylva

Daily Newspaper Division
Yonat Shimron
The News & Observer, Raleigh

Community Newspapers
1st Place
Staff, The Mountain Times, Boone

2nd Place
Jonathan Murray, The Chatham News, Siler City

3rd Place
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill

Daily Newspapers
1st Place
Staff, The News & Observer, Raleigh

2nd Place
Staff, The Herald-Sun, Durham

3rd Place
Staff, The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville