2006

2006 Contest

1st
Morrison Plantation: A Deadly Intersection
Dale Gowing, Jamie Gatton, Mooresville Tribune

2nd
Openess in Goverment, Courts
Tom Boney & Staff, The Alamance News, Graham

3rd
Debt Explosion
Staff, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh

1st Place
Jim Black investigation
Andrew Curliss, Dan Kane & Staff, The News & Observer, Raleigh

2nd
Northeast North Carolina economic development
Staff, The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City

3rd
Breakdown: A crisis in mental healthcare
M. Paul Jackson, Phoebe Zerwick & Staff, Winston-Salem Journal

1st Place

Kevin Begos, Laura Giovanelli, Winston-Salem Journal

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

3rd
Staff, News & Record, Greensboro

Community Newspaper Division
Hilary Snow, The State Port Pilot, Southport

Daily Division
Yonat Shimron, The News & Observer, Raleigh

General Excellence for
Newspaper Websites

Community Newspapers
1st
Rea White, Jenny Burzanko, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte

2nd
Staff, The Pilot, Southern Pines

3rd
Staff, Brian Lee, The Mountain Times, Boone

Daily Newspapers
1st
Regina Burns, The Fayetteville Observer

2nd
Staff, The Charlotte Observer

3rd
Staff, News & Record, Greensboro

North Carolina Press Foundation
Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Award

Circulation less than 20,000
Public Records
Duke Conover, The News Herald, Morganton

Circulation 20,000 and above
Section 8 Properties
Staff, The Charlotte Observer, Raleigh

Hugh Morton Photographer of the Year Award

Community Newspaper Division
Michael McLoone, The Herald, Smithfield

Daily Division
Ted Richardson, The News & Observer, Raleigh