2005

2005 Contest

1st
Burlington vs. The Alamance News
Staff, The Alamance News, Graham

2nd
Teetering C&A
Lee Weisbecker, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh

3rd
Something stinks in Mooresville
Jaime Gatton & Dale Gowing, Mooresville Tribune, Mooresville

1st Place
Pounding the pavement
Pat Stith, The News & Observer, Raleigh

2nd
Troubled children: Trapped by greed
Eric Frazier & Pam Kelley, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte

3rd
Group targets senior for political donations
Ben Evans & Paul Bonner, The Herald-Sun, Durham

1st Place
Eric Ferreri, Herald-Sun, Durham

2nd
Jane Stancill, Tim Simmons & David Raynor, The News & Observer, Raleigh

3rd
Laura Giovanelli, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem

Community Newspaper Division
Hilary Snow, The State Port Pilot, Southport
Daily Division
Yonat Shimron, The News & Observer, Raleigh

Community Newspapers
1st
Staff, The Cary News, Cary

2nd
Staff, Eastern Wake News, Zebulon

3rd
Staff, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers

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

2nd
Staff, The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville

3rd
Staff, News & Record, Greensboro

North Carolina Press Foundation
Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Award

Circulation less than 20,000
Open meetings fights
Staff, The Alamance News, Graham

Circulation 20,000 and above
The fight for open government
Matthew Eisley, The News & Observer, Raleigh