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Each award recognizes a reporter or team for deadline reporting of a single event. Entries must have been published in the issue that directly follows the event. Entry must be about a single breaking news event. 3. NON-DEADLINE REPORTING 4. NON-DEADLINE REPORTING 5. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for investigative reporting of a single event or issue. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 10 articles. 7. FEATURE WRITING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for feature writing. Entry may be personality profiles, trend stories, human interest stories, or any feature that is not a breaking news story. Entries may be a single article or series of no more than five. 9. EDITORIAL WRITING This award recognizes an editorial writer. Entry may be one editorial or a series of no more than 10 on a single subject. Entry also will be judged as to whether the conclusion is logical, fair and of general importance to the community. 10. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE This award recognizes a correspondent on assignment in Washington, D.C. Entry must consist of three articles or series of articles demonstrating insightful coverage of significant events or issues. 11. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE This award recognizes a correspondent on assignment outside the U.S. Entry must consist of three articles or series of articles demonstrating insightful coverage of significant events or issues. 12. GENERAL COLUMN WRITING This award recognizes a columnist who writes about topics of general interest on a regular basis. Entry must consist of five columns. 13. SPORTS COLUMN WRITING This award recognizes a columnist who writes about sports on a regular basis. Entry must consist of five columns. 14. PUBLIC SERVICE CIRCULATION Each award recognizes a newspaper that renders public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing the community it serves. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 10 articles. [Top] This award recognizes the work of a magazine writer or team. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 10 articles on the same subject. 17. PUBLIC SERVICE IN MAGAZINE JOURNALISM This award recognizes a magazine that renders public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing society. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 5 articles. Editorials, commentaries and sidebars may be included. (Trade magazines with general circulation, magazine sections of newspapers and Sunday newspaper supplements also should be entered in this category.) 18. MAGAZINE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING This award is given to a magazine reporter or reporting team for investigative reporting. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 10 articles. Sidebars may be included. [Top] This award recognizes a photographer or team, either staff or free-lance, for work on a single event. Entry may be a single photo or a series of no more than three on a single subject. 20. PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURES This award recognizes a photographer or team, either staff or free-lance, for work featuring personality profiles, trends, human interest or any other feature that is not a breaking news story. Entry may be a single photo or a series of no more than 3 photos on a single subject. 21. PHOTOGRAPHY SPORTS This award recognizes a photographer or team, either staff or free-lance, for work featuring a sports event or sports figure. Entry may be a single photo or a related series of no more than 3 photos on a single subject. Photographs will be judged on technical excellence, newsworthiness and evidence that the photographer(s) exercised unusual diligence of ingenuity. 22. EDITORIAL CARTOONING This award recognizes an editorial cartoonist published in a newspaper, magazine, newsletter or online news site. Entry must consist of five cartoons. They will be judged on craftsmanship, interest, forcefulness, general worth and originality. 23. INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS This award recognizes a newspaper, magazine, newsletter or online news site graphic artist or team for storytelling graphics that bring important information to readers about an event, process or set of statistics. Clarity, originality, impact and quality of execution will distinguish the work. Entry may be a single graphic or a related series of graphics on a single subject. [Top] This award recognizes resourceful and complete coverage of a major breaking news event, emphasizing both deadline reporting and continuing coverage as the story develops over succeeding days. Entries may include both initial reports broadcast within 24 hours of the event and up to five follow-up reports. Maximum running time: 15 minutes. 25. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING This award recognizes a reporter or team for investigative reporting of a single event or issue. Entries may be a single broadcast or a series of no more than five parts. Maximum running time: 15 minutes. This category is for short reports; documentaries have a separate category. 26. FEATURE REPORTING This award recognizes a reporter or team for features. Entry may be personality profiles, trend stories, human-interest stories or any feature that is not breaking news. Entries may be a single broadcast or series of no more than three parts. Maximum running time: 10 minutes. 27. DOCUMENTARIES This award recognizes reporters and production teams that dramatically show or analyze a news event, issue or feature in a single broadcast. The broadcast may be part of a documentary series but must stand alone in telling its story. Maximum running time: 45 minutes. Documentary Series themselves may be considered in the Public Service category, if applicable. 28. PUBLIC SERVICE IN RADIO JOURNALISM This award recognizes a radio news organization (station, network or group) that renders public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing the community it serves. Reporting may be conducted by one reporter or a team. Entry may be a single broadcast or a series of no more than five parts. Maximum running time: 30 minutes. Commercially sponsored programs are ineligible unless produced and controlled by the news organization. Individual documentaries should be submitted in the Documentaries category. [Top] Each award recognizes resourceful and complete coverage of a major breaking news event, emphasizing both deadline reporting and continuing coverage as the story develops over succeeding days. Entries must include both initial reports broadcast within 24 hours of the event and up to five follow-up reports. Maximum running time: 15 minutes. 32. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for investigative reporting of a single event or issue. Entry may be a single broadcast or a series of no more than five parts. Maximum running time: 15 minutes. This category is for short reports; documentaries have a separate category. 35. FEATURE REPORTING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for features. Entry may be personality profiles, trend stories, human-interest stories or any feature that is not breaking news. Entry may be a single broadcast or series of no more than three parts. Maximum running time: 10 minutes. 38. DOCUMENTARIES Each award recognizes reporters and production teams that dramatically show or analyze a news event, issue or feature in a single telecast. The telecast may be part of a documentary series but must stand alone in telling its story. Maximum running time: 45 minutes. Documentary Series themselves may be considered in the Public Service category, if applicable. 41. PUBLIC SERVICE IN TELEVISION JOURNALISM Each award recognizes a television news organization that renders public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing the community it serves. Reporting may be conducted by one reporter or a team. Entry may be a single broadcast or a series of no more than five parts. Maximum running time: 30 minutes. Commercially sponsored programs are ineligible unless produced and controlled by the news organization. Individual documentaries should be submitted in the Documentaries category. [Top] This award recognizes a newsletter that renders outstanding public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing the community it serves. Entry may be a single article or a series of no more than 5 articles. Editorials and commentaries may be added. (Entries are limited to independent newsletters that have been issued regularly for more than one year and are supported by advertising, paid subscriptions or non-profit institutions.) [Top] This award recognizes an investigative study about some aspect of journalism. The entry must be based on original research, either published or unpublished, and must have been completed during the calendar year. Entries may relate to any field of journalism. Judges will consider value to the profession, significance of the subject matter, thoroughness of the research, and soundness of the conclusion. Broadcast programs are not eligible for this category. Please submit a minimum of 3 copies of each entry. [Top] Each award recognizes a reporter or team for online deadline reporting of a single breaking news event. Entries must have been published on the Web site within 24 hours of the event. 48. NON-DEADLINE REPORTING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for online non-deadline reporting of a single event or issue. Entry may be a single article or series of no more than 10 articles and may include additional materials. 50. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Each award recognizes a reporter or team for investigative reporting of a single event or issue. Entry may be a single article or series of no more than 10 articles and may include additional materials. 52. PUBLIC SERVICE IN ONLINE JOURNALISM Each award recognizes a news organization that renders a public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing the society. Commercially sponsored programs are ineligible unless produced and controlled by the news organization.
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