INDIANAPOLIS The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce recipients of the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism.
Judges chose the winners from over 1,700 entries in categories covering print, radio, television and online. The awards recognize outstanding work published or broadcast in 2011.
Dating back to 1932, the awards originally honored six individuals for contributions to journalism. The current program began in 1939, when the Society granted the first Distinguished Service Awards. The honors later became the Sigma Delta Chi Awards.
Click here to review the winners work in each category.
The awards banquet will be July 20 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
For more information contact Lauren Rochester at 317-927-8000 ext. 210 or lrochester@spj.org.
Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well- informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. For more information about SPJ, please visit www.spj.org.
Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+) Groundhog Day blizzard by Staff, Chicago Tribune
Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000) Capitol shocker by Staff, Wisconsin State Journal
Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000) Tropical Storm Irene by Staff, Valley News (White River Junction, Vt.)
Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+) Breakaway wealth by Staff, The Washington Post
Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000) Pill sick by Matt Lakin, Knoxville News Sentinel
Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000) Blue water veterans by Will Doolittle, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
Non-Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) Other People's Money by Greg Lamm, Puget Sound Business Journal
Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+) Shattered trust by Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich and Ben Poston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000) The case of Dr. Konasiewicz by Brandon Stahl and Mark Stodghill, Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune
Public Service Journalism (Daily Circulation 100,000+) The End of Privacy by Staff, The Wall Street Journal
Public Service Journalism (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000) Jerry Sandusky and Penn State by Sara Ganim, Donald Gilliland, Ivey DeJesus and Jeff Frantz, The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Breaking News Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine) For those I love I will sacrifice by Laura Rauch, Stars and Stripes
Breaking News Photography (Newspaper Circulation 1-100,000 or Online Independent) Violence, vandals divide a movement by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group
Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine) Cartoons by Matt Bors, Universal Press Syndicate
Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 1-100,000, Regional Magazine, or Non-Daily Publication) Cartoons by Marty Two Bulls, Indian Country Today Media Network
Feature Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine) A lasting toll by Katie Falkenberg, Los Angeles Times
Feature Photography (Newspaper Circulation 1-100,00, Regional Magazine, or Non-Daily Publication) Hope for Haiti by Andrew West, The News-Press Media Group (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Informational Graphics (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine) The recession's toll: A Seattle Times report by Drew DeSilver, Sanjay Bhatt, Justin Mayo and Whitney Stensrud, The Seattle Times
Informational Graphics (Newspaper Circulation 1-100,000, Regional Magazine, or Non-Daily Publication) Fracking environmental impact by Robert Zavala, Dianna Wray and Chris Cobler, Victoria (Texas) Advocate
Sports Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine) Keith Appling by Jimmy Colton, Steve Fine, John W. McDonough and Jennifer Grad, Sports Illustrated Magazine
Sports Photography (Newspaper Circulation 1-100,000, Regional Magazine, or Non-Daily Publication) The shot! by William Gibson and Dean Hockney, Sports Journal of Central Indiana
Documentaries (Large-Market Station 1-50) Desert underwater by Staff, KLAS-TV (Las Vegas)
Documentaries (Small-Market Station 51+) 32 minutes in May by Michelle Bogowith and Jim Riek, KOMU-TV 8 (Columbia, Mo.)
Documentaries (Network/Syndication Service/Program Service) Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports: Terror in the dust by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Roni Selig,Timothy Langmaid and Stephanie Smith, CNN
Feature Reporting (Large-Market Station 1-50) When cultures clash by Tara Rosenblum, Jack Kearney, Gina Curran & Eric Leeds, News 12 Westchester (New York)
Feature Reporting (Small-Market Station 51+) 15 days: A soldier's journey home by Mark Geary, Erik Arendt and Liz Martin, KCRG-TV9 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Feature Reporting (Network/Syndication Service/Program Service) 60 Minutes: Hard times generation (I) by Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik and Nicole Young, CBS News 60 Minutes
Investigative Reporting (Large-Market Station 1-50) Toxic secrets by Tammy Leitner and David L. Paredes, KPHO - CBS 5 News (Phoenix)
Investigative Reporting (Small-Market Station, 51+) Hiding behind the badge by Lee Zurik, Donny Pearce, Greg Phillips and Mikel Schaefer, WVUE-TV (New Orleans)
Public Service in Television Journalism (Large-Market Station 1-50) Bully Project by News 4 Team, WIVB-TV (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public Service in Television Journalism (Small-Market Station 51+) Recording police illegal by Patrick Fazio, Bob Bruce and Tony Grant, WTWO-TV (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Public Service in Television Journalism (Network/Syndication Service/Program Service) The CNN Freedom Project by Staff, CNN Worldwide Staff
Public Service in Online Journalism (Affiliated) The Fed's trillion-dollar secret by Richard Teitelbaum, Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz, Bloomberg News
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