MARCH 4-5, 2011HILTON COLUMBIA CENTER

SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS PRESENTATION

DAN BROWN1st Place-Spot Sports Story 1st Place-Sports Column

2nd Place-Sports Series of Articles (Open Division)

3rd Place-Lifestyle Feature

LESLIE CANTU 2nd Place-Reporting in Depth

CHRIS HANCLOSKY

3rd Place-Page 1A Design 2nd Place-Feature Page Design 3rd Place-Sports Page Design

FRANK JOHNSON

2nd Place-Short Story 3rd Place-Lifestyle Feature

3rd Place-Sports Headline Writing

ROGER LEE 2nd Place-Beat Reporting (All Weekly)

2nd Place-Sports Action Photo

MIKE OLSON1st Place-Spot News Photo

STEFAN ROGENMOSER1st Place-Feature Photo

1st Place-Short Story 2nd Place-General News Photo 3rd Place-General News Photo 3rd Place-Pictorial (All Weekly) 3rd Place-Personality or Portrait

JUDY WATTS

1st Place-Humor Column

PAUL ZOELLER1st Place-Sports Feature Photo,

1st and 2nd Place-Personality Photo or Portrait 1st Place-Photo Gallery on a

Newspaper Website (All Weekly) 3rd Place-Single Online Photo (Open Division)

The President’s Cup Award, Weekly Division – The Summerville Journal Scene General Excellence Award, 2nd Place – The Berkeley Independent

Integration of Print and Web Coverage, 2nd place (All Weekly) – Staff

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4 3 p.m. – until Winners Exhibit Open Prefunction area, Hilton Columbia Center3 – 5 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting SCPA Offi ces, 106 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia6 – 7 p.m. Opening Reception SCPA Offi ces, 106 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

9 a.m. – until Registration, Vendor Tables and Winners Exhibits Open Prefunction area, Hilton Columbia Center10 – 11 a.m. Design to Make Money Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center One of the industry’s leading design experts, Ed Henninger, will get your creative juices fl owing during our fi rst session. Ed will tell you how to turn design elements into cold, hard cash. 11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Doing More With Less Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center

Kim Woods of The Herald, Scott Hunter of the Aiken Standard, Ellen Priest of Summerville Communications and Jerry Bellune of the Lexington County Chronicle & The Dispatch News will share ideas that have worked recently to produce a better paper in tough times. Panelists will talk about exciting opportunities and the challenges that papers must contend with today.

12 – 12:15 p.m. SCPA Business Meeting Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center 12:30– 2:30 p.m. Weekly & Associate Member Awards Luncheon and Hall of Fame Presentation Palmetto State Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center2:45 – 2:55 p.m. Report from the National Newspaper Association Elizabeth K. Parker, President Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center2:55 – 4:30 p.m. Paper v. Pixel: What does the future hold? Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center

Paywalls and mobile apps might just be the hottest topics in our industry now and they’re also the subjects of much debate. Here’s your chance to fi nd out more from two editors who know! Join John Pittman, executive editor of The Greenville News, and Alan English, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, as they share their thoughts and experiences on paid content strategies and using mobile platforms to deliver news and information. Doug Fisher, USC instructor and technology guru, will moderate and also give insight on what newspapers are doing (and not doing) in the wide range of new technology.

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Associated Press News Council Meeting Governor's Board Room, Hilton Columbia Center6 – 7:30 p.m. President’s Reception Prefunction area and poolside outdoor patio7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Daily Awards Dinner Palmetto State Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center

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For details about meeting rooms, please see the Schedule of Events on page 5.

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To order duplicate certificates, engraved

plaques and plaque bases for your awards,

visit www.scpress.org

Congratulations to the 2010 News Contest winners!

This year's winners came from more than 3,127 entries.

to our 2010-2011 President:

Laura McKenzieBarnwell Newspaper Group

and our outgoing Executive Committee members:

Lyn RiddleGreenville Journal

andJudy Watts

Summerville Communications

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TIN ROOF Senate St. across from HiltonRestaurant and Bar

On Friday night at 10 p.m., Nic Cowan will perform. Nic's music infuses soul, country, blues, and rock, then layering that on top of organic urban grooves and a voice reminiscent of Otis Redding and Chris Robinson. On Saturday night starting at 10 p.m., Justin Borgman and his amazing band from Atlanta rock the Roof!

FLYING SAUCERSenate Street in front of the HiltonRestaurant and Bar

Best front porch in the Vista. Th eir happy hour is the perfect spot to pre-party before the meeting, starting at 4 p.m. Th e kitchen and bar stay open until 2 a.m. Live entertainment, hundreds of beers from around the world (including a $2.75 fi re sale), make this the place to be!

MONTEREY'S MEXICANSenate Street in front of the HiltonRestaurant and Bar

Fast and cheap. Great prices on food, margaritas and beer.

PEARLZ OYSTER BAR936 Gervais St. Restaurant and Bar

Fresh oysters, delicious corn fritters and proprietary black pepper and citrus vodkas make this place a winner for early aft ernoon snacks or late-night appetizers and drinks.

WILD WING CAFÉCorner of Lady and Gadsden in the Vista Restaurant and Bar

Hot wings, great drink specials and live music. Open late.

GERVAIS AND VINEGervais Street right across from PublixRestaurant and Bar

Trendy, cozy atmosphere with a great wine list (more than 50 wines by the glass or bottle) and yummy tapas. Features live jazz.

CUPCAKELincoln Street behind StarbucksDesserts

Delicious cupcakes and coff ee. A fun place to visit for a snack or dessert.

RESTAURANT & NIGHTLIFE RESTAURANT & NIGHTLIFE

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Post-reception Friday Night Events:

ARTS & DRAUGHTSColumbia Museum of Art7 p.m. until$7Tour the new exhibit, "Who Shot Rock & Roll," enjoy live painting and music, food from Earth Fare and a cash bar. Jeff rey Keyton, creative VP for MTV, will lecture. Original art work will be on dis-play from Devine Street Tattoo.

OFFICIAL KICK-OFF TO ST. PAT'S IN FIVE POINTSFive Points Fountain6:30-10 p.m. FreeFeatures cash bar, vendors and music from fi ve local bands

SAKITUMI807 Gervais Street in the VistaRestaurant and Bar

Fun, hip sushi restaurant that you are sure to enjoy! From the dance music videos to the pomegranate martinis and the kazimoto rolls... You won’t be disappointed!

MOTOR SUPPLYGervais Street in the VistaRestaurant

Everything, from sauces to delicious deserts are made in-house. With an eclectic blend of Contemporary American, French, Italian and Asian cuisine, Motor Supply off ers something for everyone’s palate.

THE WOODY808 Lady St. – a short walk from the HiltonBar/Dance Club

Starting at 7 p.m. each night, longtime local DJ Woody Windham starts spinning discs from genres that span his career including Top 40; rhythm and blues; country; rock; progressive rock; disco; beach, boogie and blues; and oldies. At 10 p.m., a younger DJ comes in to play techno and hip-hop dance music for the late-night crowd.

CAROLINA ALE HOUSE708 Lady St. Restaurant and BarRooft op and indoor bar and restaurant

Great, casual atmosphere. Big menu with tons of food and drink options.

BLUE MARLIN1200 Lincoln Street in the VistaRestaurant

Th eir menu focuses on seafood dishes with Lowcountry fl air. Don’t forget to save room for a piece of Key Lime Pie! Blue Marlin also gets a thumbs up for off ering outdoor seating.

LIBERTY TAPROOM & GRILL On Gervais Street in the VistaRestaurant, Bar & Dance Club (late-night)

Within walking distance. Good food. Great dance party until late.

NONNAH’SOn Gervais Street in the VistaDesserts and Wine

Phenomenal desserts, coff ee, wine and local art. Make sure to browse the walls aft er your cheesecake! Open late!

2010 – 2011 NecrologyJohn Wayne Ellis; March 13, 2010; Former Photographer; Marion Star & Mullins EnterpriseJames Waring; March 23, 2010; Founder; Summerville Journal SceneD. Jamison Cain; April 12, 2010; Former Reporter; Th e State, Th e Evening Post and Th e Camden ChronicleA.M. Secrest; April 17, 2010; Former Editor and Publisher; Th e Cheraw ChronicleAnthony Harrigan; May 28, 2010; Former Columnist; Th e News & CourierVirginia Sprinkle; June 10, 2010; Former Editor; Twin-City NewsJames J. Kilpatrick; August 15, 2010; Syndicated Columnist; EditorRod Shealy; August 18, 2010; Publisher; Th e Northeast News, Irmo News, Cayce-West Columbia News and the Lake Murray NewsDeward Brittain; Aug. 24, 2010; Former Managing Editor; Rock Hill Evening HeraldMichael Karvelas; Sept. 1, 2010; Former Reporter and Columnist; Th e ItemCharlie Walker; Oct. 2, 2010; Former Columnist, Morning News; Th e Kingstree NewsDavid Lex Minors; Oct. 12, 2010; Circulation Manager; Th e News & ReporterJames A. Holland Jr.; Dec. 20, 2010; News Editor; Th e Cherokee ChronicleAndrew Hutchinson; Dec. 1, 2010; Former Sports Writer; Th e Sun NewsWilliam Coke Morris; Feb. 22, 2010; Former Editor; Greenville Piedmont

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Congratulations to the 2010 News Contest winners!

Charles H. Wickenberg Jr. was a pioneer whose work as a journalist and a citizen made Columbia and South Carolina a better place. “Wick,” as he was known to colleagues, was chairman of the S.C. Press Association Legislative Aff airs Committee in 1972 and as such helped father South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act.

Mr. Wickenberg began his news career as a correspondent for United Press International in 1947, serving in Columbia, Raleigh, Memphis and Minneapolis. He joined the News & Courier in Charleston as a political reporter in 1949.

He was Th e Charlotte Observer’s S.C. bureau chief from 1958 to 1962, when he became Th e State’s fi rst governmental aff airs editor and led the newspaper’s early analysis of nuclear energy and waste in South Carolina.

Mr. Wickenberg was executive news editor of Th e State and Th e Columbia Record from 1963 to 1971, when he was named public aff airs editor of Th e State. He became the newspaper’s associate editor in 1972 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1987.

He served his nation as a Marine in World War II and Korea, his state as executive secretary to Gov. George Bell Timmerman and his community as president of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce.

He traveled to Vietnam with Ross Perot in 1970 in an eff ort to free American POWs, and

later won awards for his reporting on Vietnam prisoners of war. Mr. Wickenberg was a Pulitzer Prize Jurist in 1975 and was an adjunct journalism professor at the University of South Carolina. He also held the Order of the Palmetto.

Mr. Wickenberg was, in the words of former State executive editor and editorial page editor Tom McLean, “a newspaperman from a time when journalists were expected to be an integral part of their community, not to stand apart from it.” Mr. McLean noted that while there are pluses and minuses in this approach to journalism, Charles Wickenberg’s life overall “gives testament to an overwhelmingly positive body of work.”

Hall of Fame

2011 Honoree

Charles H. Wickenberg Jr.

1923 - 2004

William Gilmore Simms was a South Carolina journalist whose work as a writer and editor on four historically signifi cant 19th century newspapers was matched by his fame as a poet, historian, novelist and short-story writer. Ranked by some critics as second only to Edgar Allen Poe among Southern writers in the period before the Civil War, he has been referred to as the Southern version of James Fenimore Cooper. By the mid-1840s, Simms’s novels were so popular that Poe called Simms “the best novelist which this country has, on the whole, produced” and “immeasurably the greatest writer of fi ction in America.” When he died on June 11, 1870, his obituary in Harper’s Weekly said, “Th e country has lost one more of its time-honored band of authors, and the South the most consistent and devoted of her literary sons.” A native of Charleston who studied to be a lawyer, Simms was publisher and editor of the Charleston City Gazette and had written six books by age 26. His most signifi cant contribution to South Carolina journalism came during the Civil War. As associate editor of the Daily South Carolinian, Simms was one of the few remaining journalists in Columbia when Sherman’s troops burned the city in February 1865. In the aft ermath, he helped establish Th e Phoenix, the fi rst newspaper to rise from the ashes of the devastation. As editor, he wrote the defi nitive account of the burning of Columbia along with a list of owners and occupants of the buildings and houses that had been destroyed. Simms’ lengthy and detailed description of “Th e Capture, Sack and Destruction of the City of Columbia” was published over a period of three weeks beginning on March 21, 1865, the fi rst day the newspaper was published. Simms revised the newspaper articles and published the series as a small paperback in October 1865. Aft er the war ended, Simms resumed work on the Daily South Carolinian,

which had been moved to Charleston. However, when the newspaper was moved back to Columbia, he began writing for the Charleston Courier, which was his last newspaper job before he died. Simms was one of the best, and most respected, historians of his day. His History of South Carolina served for several generations as the standard school textbook on the state’s history. He died at his home in Charleston on June 11, 1870, and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Although his novels are, for the most part, out of print, numerous symposia and conferences are organized by the Simms society to provide a forum for scholars and historians to study and present papers on Simms, who is still known among literary scholars as a major force in antebellum literature.

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Hall of Fame

2011 Honoree

William Gilmore Simms

SCPA Hall of Fame

1973 1973 1974 1974

1974

1974 1975 1975 1975

Elizabeth Timothy

(-1757)South Carolina

Gazette

Francis W. Dawson

(1840 - 1899)Th e Charleston Mercury; Th e

Charleston News; Th e News and

Courier, Charleston

Narciso G. Gonzales

(1858 - 1903)Th e State,

Columbia; Th e News and Courier,

Charleston; Charleston Journal

of Commerce

Bony Hampton Peace

(1874 - 1934)Carolina Spartan, Spartanburg; Th e Greenville News;

Greenville Piedmont

Peter Timothy(1721 - 1782)South Carolina

Gazette

Aaron Smith Willington(1781 - 1862)Th e Charleston

Courier

William Watts Ball

(1868 - 1952)Th e Evening Post, Charleston; Th e Greenville News;

Laurens Advertiser; Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e State, Columbia

Arthur B Jordan Sr.

(1876 - 1956)Th e Dillon Herald

James Rion McKissick

(1884 - 1944)Times-Democrat,

Richmond, Va.; Th e Greenville News;

Greenville Piedmont

1976

1976 1977 1978 1978 1979 1980 1980 1981

Hubert Graham Osteen

(1870 - 1955)Watchman and

Southron, Sumter; Sumter Daily Item

Edward Hope DeCamp

(1865 - 1952)Th e Gaff ney Ledger; Th e State, Columbia

Arthur M. Manigault

(1851 - 1924)Charleston Evening

Post

Harold C. Booker Sr.

(1888 - 1960)Spartanburg Herald-Journal; Greenville

Piedmont; Th e Sumter Daily Item;

Th e Columbia Record

Charles Oscar Hearon

(1876 - 1959)Th e Spartanburg Herald; Herald,

Bristol, Va.; Times, Richmond, Va.

Robert Lathan(1881 - 1937)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e State,

Columbia; Asheville (NC) Citizen;

1924 Pulitzer Prize Winner

Tom O’Connor(1902 - 1969)

Hampton County Guardian; Allendale

County Citizen

Louis W. Cassels(1921 - 1974)United Press International

Robert Craft Peace

(1899 - 1968)Th e Greenville News

1981

1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984

George A. Buchanan

(1898 - 1976)Th e Columbia

Record; Dean of Journalism, USC

Robert M. Hitt, Jr.

(1914 - 1968)Bamberg Herald;

Charleston Evening Post

W.W. Smoak(1877 - 1947)

Press & Standard, Walterboro

Wood Davidson Grist

(1865 - 1925)Yorkville Enquirer;

Atlanta Constitution

Hall Th omas McGee

(1889 - 1963)Charleston Evening Post; Th e News and Courier, Charleston

Edmund Adams Ramsaur

(1925 - 1976)Th e Greenville

News; Greenville Piedmont

James Loyal Sims

(1914 - 1962)Th e Times and

Democrat, Orangeburg

James Edward Chaffi n

(1913 - 1977)Th e Index-Journal,

Greenwood

Ambrose Elliott Gonzales

(1857 - 1926)Th e State,

Columbia; Th e News and Courier,

Charleston

For more than thirty-five years, the South Carolina Press Association has reviewed applicants for its Hall of Fame. A total of 64 journalists have been selected for inclusion on the basis of their significant contributions to their craft and communities.

The Hall of Fame was started in 1972, when SCPA President William L. Kinney Jr., of Bennettsville, acting on a suggestion from Secretary-Manager Reid H. Montgomery, set in motion activities that led to the establishment of a South Carolina Press Association Hall of Fame.

Kinney obtained the approval of the SCPA Executive Committee and later the full membership, by a mail ballot. He wanted to make the first presentations at the 1973 Winter Meeting in Columbia.

At that time, 21 other states had halls of “fame” or “honor.” The reason for the latter designation in a few states was to avoid confusion with halls of fame for athletes.

John A. Montgomery, then-editor of The Columbia Record, was named by Kinney as chairman of the first SCPA Hall of Fame Committee. Serving with him were Don Bruner of Lexington, William Chalk of Camden, Hubert Osteen Jr. of Sumter, and Dean Livingston of Orangeburg.

The 2010-2011 Hall of Fame Committee members included: John Heath, retired from Beaufort Gazette; Tom McLean, retired from The State; Pat McNeely, retired from the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Louis Sossamon, retired from The Gaffney Ledger.

Members

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1984

William Elliott Gonzales

(1866 - 1937)Th e State, Columbia

1987

1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990

Robert Melvin Hitt

(1886 - 1963)Bamberg Herald

John Kelly Sisk(1913 - 1980)

Greenville News-Piedmont

Wilson William Harris

(1889 - 1955)Th e Clinton Chronicle

William Light Kinney

(1902 - 1983)Marlboro

Herald-Advocate, Bennettsville

Talbot Patrick(1897 - 1980)

Chicago Evening Post; Th e Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus; Th e Herald, Rock

Hill

Frank Wilmore Sossamon

(1887 - 1979)Th e Gaff ney Ledger

Paul S. League(1920 - 1978)

Th e Gaff ney Ledger

Edward Manigault

(1896 - 1983)Charleston Evening

Post

Edd A. Burch(1907 - 1985)Greer Citizen

1993

1993 1995 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2002

Hubert Duvall Osteen

(1904 - 1987)Th e Item, Sumter

Miles Benjamin McSweeney(1855 - 1909)Th e Ninety-Six

Guardian; Hampton County Guardian

Th omas Pettigrew Davis

(1926 - 1990)Georgetown Times

James A. Rogers(1905 - 1990)

Florence Morning News

William D. Workman

(1914 - 1990)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e Greenville

News; Th e State, Columbia

Joseph F. Smoak(1936 - 1993)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Charleston Evening

Post

Marcellus C. Garner

(1920 - 1992)Th e Sun News,

Myrtle Beach; Th e Myrtle Beach News; Th e Myrtle Beach Sun; Th e Field,

Conway; Th e Horry Herald; Th e Loris

Sentinel

Reid H. Montgomery(1909 - 1993)

Th e State, Columbia; Th e Item,

Sumter; Winthrop College; University of South Carolina;

South Carolina Press Association

August Kohn(1868 - 1930)Th e News and

Courier

2002

2003 2005 2005 2007

Annie Laurie Mayer Kinney

(1902 - 1999)Th e Marlboro

Herald Advocate

Annie Howell King

(1893 - 1973)Aiken Standard

William E. Rone(1926 - 1998)

Th e State, Columbia

Alfred B. Williams

(1856 - 1930)News and Courier,

Charleston

Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes

(1809 - 1866)Th e South Carolinian

1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986

William R. Bradford Sr.(1874 - 1957)

Th e Fort Mill Times; Th e State, Columbia

Elbert Herman Aull

(1857 - 1929)Th e Newberry

Herald and News

Ernest Allen Cutts

(1912 - 1980)Charleston Evening

Post

Noah Graham Osteen

(1843 - 1936)Th e Item, Sumter

Phil Buchheit(1907 - 1978)

Spartanburg Herald-Journal

R. Frank Mundy(1915 - 1982)

Th e Index-Journal, Greenwood

Samuel L. Latimer Jr.(1891 - 1975)

Th e State, Columbia

Harry L. Watson(1876 - 1956)

Th e Index-Journal, Greenwood

2008

Felix Gregory de Fontaine

(1834 - 1896)Charleston Daily

Courier, Th e South Carolinian; Daily South Carolinian; New York Evening

Telegram

2009

Robert Quillen(1887 - 1948)Fountain Inn

Tribune

2010

Henry Timrod(1829 - 1867)

Charleston Mercury

2011

Charles H. Wickenberg Jr.

(1923-2004)Th e State

2011

William Gilmore Simms

(1806-1870)Charleston City

Gazette, Daily South Carolinian, Th e

Phoenix

Guardian; Hampton Courier Charleston; Charle

The Times and Democrat

Lee Enterprises honors The Times and Democrat with President’s Award“The news sent chills throughout the community and across the country – two toddlers were found

drowned in a car, and their mother was charged with killing them deliberately. The Times and Democrat used every tool in its arsenal – online, mobile, social networking, multimedia and print – to deliver strong, compre-hensive coverage immediately and in the days that followed.” The award is shared by Richard Walker, Larry Hardy, Christopher Huff, Gene Crider, Dionne Gleaton, Dale Linder-Altman, Gene Zaleski and Kristin Coker.

FIRST-PLACE WINNERSReporting-in-depth - The T&D StaffSpot News Reporting - The T&D StaffPublic Service - The T&D StaffFeature Headline Writing - Wendy Jeffcoat CriderNews Headline Writing - Gene CriderProfile Feature Writing - Dale Linder-AltmanShort Story - Gene CriderSports Column Writing - Thomas Grant Jr.Sports Page Design - Michelle KerscherGeneral News Photo - Christopher HuffDaily Newspaper Website - TheTandD.com

SECOND-PLACE WINNERSMixed Media Illustration - Michelle KerscherLifestyle Feature Writing - Richard WalkerColumn Writing - Gene CriderSeries of Articles - The T&D StaffBeat Reporting - Richard WalkerInside Page Design - Kristin Leigh CokerSports Page Design - Brian Linder and Michelle KerscherSports Feature Photo - Brian LinderPersonality Photo - Larry HardyPhoto Illustration - Kristin Leigh Coker

THIRD-PLACE WINNERSSports Headline Writing - Michelle KerscherSpot News Reporting - Richard Walker, Phil Sarata and Dale Linder-AltmanEnterprise Reporting - Dale Linder-AltmanShort Story - Richard WalkerSpot Sports Story - Brian LinderSports Enterprise Reporting - Thomas Grant Jr.Feature Page Design Portfolio - Kristin Leigh CokerGeneral News Photo - Christopher HuffFeature Photo - Christopher HuffPhoto Illustration - Michelle Kerscher

FIRST-TT PLACAA E WINNERS

SECOND-PLACAA E WINNERS THIRD-PLACAA E WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONSTO THE T&D NEWS TEAM FOR ALL ITS HARD WORK

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SHERIFF LAID TO REST - Third place General News Photo

First place Daily Newspaper Website (Under 20,000)

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Robert AriailHerald-Journal

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Jay BenderSouth Carolina Press AssociationEvan BerlandAssociated Press News EditorDean Charles BierbauerUniversity of South Carolina

Janet Blackmon-MorganTh e Sun NewsBonnie BlackwellHometown NewsJed BlackwellHometown NewsSteve BlackwellHometown NewsMelissa BlantonGreenville Journal

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Angela BrownUnion County News

Anna BrownUnion County News

Bobby BrownUnion County News

Crystal BrownFort Jackson Leader

Dan BrownTh e Berkeley Independent

Robert BrownUnion County NewsKerry BrowningTh e Sun News

P.J. BrowningTh e Sun News

Martha BruceChronicle-Independent

Rick BrundrettS.C. Policy Council

Mellnee BuchheitHometown News

Phil BuchheitHometown News

William BuchheitHometown News

Jimmy BurnsIndex-Journal

John ByrumHerald-Journal

Claire ByunChronicle Independent and Winthrop University

Martin CahnChronicle-Independent

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Tim CallahanMurrells Inlet Messenger

Lillia Callum-PensoTh e Greenville News

Leslie CantuTh e Journal Scene

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Jean DentonTh e Herald-Independent

Jimmy DentonTh e Herald-Independent

Carol DowellTh e Clarendon Citizen

Kate WaldhauserTh e Herald-Independent

Joe DowellTh e Clarendon CitizenRachel DowellTh e Clarendon CitizenCathy Dreher TrzcinskiSouth Carolina Press Association

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Matt Garfi eldTh e HeraldAshley GhereTh e Independent Voice of the People’s Republic of Blythewood

Gary GlancyHerald-Journal

Mary GoochTh e News & ReporterToya GrahamFort Mill Times

Th omas Grant Jr.Th e Times and Democrat

Nathan GrayAnderson Independent-MailShana GrayHerald-JournalShannon GreeneTh e HeraldBetsy GreenwayChronicle-IndependentKevin HackshawTh e Post and Courier

Henry HaitzTh e StateChris HancloskyTh e Post and CourierJoyce HancloskyTh e Post and CourierBeth HarrisonTh e Post and CourierLee HarterTh e Times and DemocratPam HarterTh e Times and DemocratBill HawkinsTh e Post and CourierDiane HawkinsTh e Post and CourierJimmie HaynesSouth Carolina Newspaper NetworkHeidi HeilbrunnTh e Greenville NewsEd HenningerHenninger ConsultingNick HermanLaurens County Advertizer

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Bobby HittSecretary of CommerceGwen Hitt

Howard Hoff manPublishing Group of AmericaJulie HolcombeTh e Greer CitizenScott HolcombeTh e Greer CitizenJamey HoneycuttTh e Press & Standard

Fred HorlbeckS.C. Lawyers WeeklyAshley HothamUniversity of South CarolinaChristopher Huff Th e Times and DemocratJohn Huff Anderson Independent-MailScott HunterAiken StandardCorey HutchinsFree TimesScott J. BryanIndex-JournalDenise JamesTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent

Mike JamesonAnderson Independent Mail

Ashley JenkinsTh e News & ReporterMary JenkinsTh e News & Reporter

Travis JenkinsTh e News & Reporter

Th eresa Jenkins-RussHometown NewsRoger JewellTh e Travelers Rest MonitorJoyce MarchbanksTh e Travelers Rest Monitor

Frank JohnsonTh e Berkeley Independent

Richard JohnsonAnderson Independent MailAmanda KelleyCarolina Forest Chronicle & Myrtle Beach HeraldIsaac KingHometown NewsJay KingHometown NewsBob KinneyTh e Post and CourierKaren KinneyTh e Post and CourierKurt KnapekTh e Sun NewsDiane KnichTh e Post and CourierSchuyler KropfTh e Post and CourierErnie LambertHometown NewsTina LambertHometown NewsCindy LandrumGreenville JournalRoger LeeTh e Journal SceneRoger LeeTown News

Travis LeitkoGreenville JournalStacey LemmondAsk & Receive, Inc.Michael LeonardTh e Journal

Anna LesleyTh e Manning Times

Jason LesleyTh e Manning Times

Ashley Lewis FordChronicle-IndependentDaniel LillieTh e Journal

Annie Lloyd NesbittTh e Greenville News

Brandon LockettTh e Star, North AugustaTonyia M. McGirtTh e ItemJen Barclay MaddenSouth Carolina Press Association

Mike MaddockTh e Columbia Star

Mimi MaddockTh e Columbia Star

Tammie MaddockTh e Columbia Star

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Mark MagyarNational Newspaper Association

Ann MartinTh e Cherokee Chronicle

Tommy MartinTh e Cherokee Chronicle

Tonya MathisS.C. Lawyers WeeklyMichelle MatthewsHall of Fame FamilyNikie MayoAnderson Independent MailBrooke McCombsHerald-JournalMike McCombsHerald-JournalJohn McDermottTh e Post and CourierShannon McKameyTh e Greenville NewsLaura McKenzieBarnwell Newspaper GroupNed McKenzieBarnwell Newspaper Group

Meg McLean

Tom McLeanTh e State, retired

Pat McNeelyUniversity of South Carolina, retired

Elizabeth MeDermottTh e Post and CourierGerry MelendezTh e StateLiz MelendezTh e StateClift on MetcalfAT&TDenyse MiddletonTh e News & Reporter

Betsy MillerTh e Post and CourierRuss MillsWalton Press

Marlene MischnerCamden Media Co.

Mike MischnerCamden Media Co.

Anna MitchellAnderson Independent-Mail

Kathy MorelandTh e StateBetty MosesMyrtle Beach HeraldSusan MosleyTh e News & Reporter

Steve MullinsAnderson Independent Mail

Marilyn MurphyS.C. United Methodist AdvocateCarolyn MurrayTh e Sun NewsJessica NelmsTh e JournalRick NelsonTh e Post and CourierJeff NesbittTh e Greenville NewsBrad NettlesTh e Post and CourierMarijo NettlesTh e Post and CourierTim O’BriantAiken StandardTracey O’BrienTh e Post and CourierSam O’KeefeIndex-JournalMike OlsonTh e Journal SceneDan O’MaraTh e HeraldSheila O’MaraTh e Herald

Elizabeth OsburnTh e Greenville News

Ken OsburnTh e Greenville News

Paul OsmundsonTh e Herald

Jack OsteenTh e Item

Hubert OsteenTh e Item

Doug PardueTh e Post and Courier

Bobby ParkerTh e Gaff ney Ledger

Laura ParkerTh e Gaff ney Ledger

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Liz ParkerNational Newspaper Association PresidentNancy ParsonsTh e News & ReporterDarah PattersonTh e Greer CitizenJosh PattersonTh e Greer CitizenCharles PerryMyrtle Beach HeraldJoe PerryTh e Item

Margo PeytonTh e State

Th omas PeytonTh e State

Noelle PhillipsTh e StateJay PottsTh e StateJohn PourtlessMediaSpanScott PowellTh e Gaff ney LedgerFindlay PrentissTh e Post and CourierDotti PriddyHerald-JournalTom PriddyHerald-JournalEllen PriestTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent, Th e Gazette

Jeff PriestTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent and Th e GazetteKathleen RamseyAnderson Independent MailGuy ReelWinthrop UniversityStephanie Rice JonesSCANA Corp. Public Aff airs

Lyn RiddleGreenville Journal

Brandon RinkAnderson Independent MailAlanna RitchieSouth Carolina Newspaper NetworkChris RobertsUniversity of Alabama

Cheryl RobertsonWaccamaw Publishers

Steve RobertsonWaccamaw Publishers

Karen RodmanUniversity of South CarolinaWim RoefTh e StateStefan RogenmoserTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley IndependentBill RogersSouth Carolina Press AssociationDoug RogersTh e Holly Hill ObserverTracy RogersTh e Holly Hill ObserverEric RoseTh e State

Susan RowellTh e Lancaster News and Carolina Gateway

Charles RowlandTh e Press & Standard

Dede Ruff Th e Independent Voice of the People’s Republic of Blythewood

Ken RuinardAnderson Independent-Mail

Janice RuinardAnderson Independent-Mail

Calvin RuinardAnderson Independent MailLeon RussHometown NewsTh eresa Jenkins-RussHometown NewsGene Sapakoff Th e Post and CourierRandall SavelySouth Carolina Newspaper NetworkSusanne SchaferAssociated PressHenry Schulte University of South Carolina, retired

Darrell ScottS.C. Chamber of Commerce

Julie ScottS.C. Chamber of Commerce

Joyce SearsonAdvertizer-Herald, Holly Hill Observer

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Gene SearsonAdvertizer-Herald, Holly Hill ObserverAndy ShainTh e State

Meredith Sheff erTh e StateJessica SibleyTh e JournalPhyllis SikesUnion County NewsApril SilvaggioGreenville JournalPaul SilvaggioGreenville JournalBob SimmondsIndex-JournalDavid SladeTh e Post and CourierJim SleeperS.C. Lawyers WeeklyAnna SmithHerald-JournalGlenn SmithTh e Post and CourierKitty SmithTh e Post and CourierMichael SmithCarolina Forest ChronicleMike SmithHerald-JournalRebecca SmithHall of Fame FamilyCharmaine Smith-MilesAnderson Independent-MailWayne MilesAnderson Independent-Mail

Jason SotirTh e News & Reporter

Peggy SpainTh e Post and Courier

Tom SpainTh e Post and Courier

Emily SparrAnderson Independent Mail

Jason SpencerHerald-Journal

Peggy SpiveyChronicle-Independent

Jake SpringTh e Sun NewsDavid StantonMedia GeneralKaty StechTh e Post and Courier

Brantley StricklandTh e Press & StandardMorrey Th omasTh e News and Press

Pam ByrdTh e News and Press

Michael Th ompsonTh e Greenville NewsTim Th orsenTh e Post and CourierLarry TimbsWinthrop UniversityKeri Todd BoyceWest Wateree ChronicleChris TrainorIndex-JournalChristina TrainorIndex-JournalEileen WaddellTh e State

John WalkerAnderson Independent MailRichard WalkerTh e Times and DemocratGreg WallaceAnderson Independent MailRob WaltonHerald-Journal

Judy WattsTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent, Th e Gazette

Pat WattsTh e Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent, Th e Gazette

Michael WattsTh e Independent Voice of the People’s Republic of Blythewood

Yvonne WengerTh e Post and Courier

Anne WestLexington County Chronicle & Th e Dispatch News

Bill WestLexington County Chronicle & Th e Dispatch News

Richard WhitingIndex-Journal

Wendy WhitingIndex-JournalJennifer WhitmireHerald-JournalNancy Wickenberg CobbHall of Fame FamilyRev. Beth Wickenberg ElyHall of Fame FamilyAnn Wickenberg WilliamsonHall of Fame FamilyDon WilderTh e Greer Citizen and Hometown NewsVicy WilkinsonAsk & Receive, Inc.Bonnie WilliamsAnderson Independent-MailDavid WilliamsAnderson Independent-MailGraham WilliamsUnion County NewsMichelle WilliamsAssociated Press Bureau ChiefTh eron WillisHometown News

Amber WilsonTh e Journal

Corey WilsonTh e Journal

Johanna WilsonTh e Sun News

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Matt WinterTh e Post and Courier

Warren WiseTh e Post and Courier

Kim WoodsTh e Herald

Candy WorthingtonTh e Herald

Don WorthingtonTh e Herald

Barbara WrenTh e Sun News

David WrenTh e Sun News

Mike ZellmerS.C. Lawyers Weekly

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First Place in General Excellence

Grace BeahmGill GuerryChris HancloskyBeth HarrisonAlan HawesBrian Hicks

Diane KnichSchuyler KropfBrad NettlesAdam Parker Gene SapakoffDavid Slade

Glenn SmithWade SpeesKaty StechBill ThompsonTim ThorsenWarren Wise

The Staff of The Post and CourierGeneral Excellence

Public Service: “College Tuition Series”Daily Newspaper Website: “postandcourier.com”

Innovative Concept: “Content Sharing Arrangement”Integration of Print and Web Coverage: “PrepZone”

Online News Project: “Losing Faith”

Other First Place Winners:

Marcus AmakerKen BurgerRenee DudleyGill Guerry

Bob KinneyBo PetersenLuke ReasonerSandy Schopfer

David SladeWade SpeesKaty StechYvonne Wenger

Marcus AmakerSarah BatesGrace BeahmTommy BraswellChad DunbarPrentiss Findlay

Beth HarrisonAlan HawesBetsy MillerBrad NettlesBo PetersenGene SapakoffDavid Slade

Glenn SmithTom SpainWade SpeesKaty StechYvonne WengerWarren Wise

The Staff of The Post and CourierIntegration of Print and Web Coverage: “Losing Faith”

Lifestyle/Feature Special Edition: “My Charleston”Online News Project: “Election Day”

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The Staff of The Post and CourierPublic Service: “Grading Teachers”

Online News Project: “Teacher Performance”Lifestyle/Feature Special Edition: “North Charleston Magazine”

Other Third Place Winners:

h o n o r a b l e m e n t i o nGrace Beahm