Daily Newspaper

GENERAL EXCELLENCE:

1st   The Idaho Statesman
2nd  Post Register
3rd The Idaho Spokesman-Review
  
 
GENERAL NEWS STORY

1st Susan Drumheller – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Priest lake in a row over boat patrols”  
2nd Thomas Clouse – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Deputies say hunter withheld evidence in best friend’s death”
3rd Ken Olsen – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Good neighbors don’t keep secrets,  says official”
 

SPOT NEWS COVERAGE

1st Betsy Z. Russell, Jim Meehan – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “UI sacks assistant coach”
2nd Wayne Hoffman, Sam Bass – Idaho Press-Tribune – “School Shooting”
3rd Susan Drumheller – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Officer kills woman in shootout”

WATCHDOG/ INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

1st Wayne Hoffman – Idaho Press-Tribune – “No place like home”
2nd Dan Popkey – The Idaho Statesman – “5 years later, cop killer apologizes”
3rd Ken Olsen – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Huge land swap proposed”
 

SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT

1st Rocky Barker – The Idaho Statesman – “Voices of Doubt” 
2nd Tim Woodward – The Idaho Statesman – “Small Hero”
3rd John T. Huddy – The Times-News – “A Trooper’s Goodbye”

LIGHT FEATURE REPORT

1st Tim Woodward – The Idaho Statesman -  “Brand inspector is throwback to Idaho’s Old West”
2nd Tiffany Horan – The Idaho Statesman – “Darcies Day”
3rd Julie Titone – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Hallowed Hills”

SERIES

1st Corey Taule – Post Register – “The Road to Recovery” 
2nd Tim Woodward – The Idaho Statesman – “Idahoans in Service”
3rd Gene Fadness – Post Register – “Power Play”
Honorable Mention
 Susan Drumheller – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Baby Boomer, Inc”
Staff – Post Register – “Our Century: Eastern Idaho through the Decades”
Betsy Z. Russell – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Northwest Sanctuary”
 

OUTDOOR FEATURE

1st Pete Zimowsky – The Idaho Statesman – “Setting in for Elk Season”
2nd Mike McLean – The Coeur d’Alene Press – “Kokanee at the Crossroads”
3rd Julie Titone – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Winged beasts not of a feather”
 

SPORTS NEWS COVERAGE

1st Mike Prater – The Idaho Statesman – “Boise State says ‘yes’ to WAC”
2nd Howie Stalwick – The Coeur d’Alene Press – “Broncos blister Vandals”
3rd Jim Meehan – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “For Idaho, Welsh has the answer”
 

SPORTS FEATURE STORY

1st Mike Prater – The Idaho Statesman – “Neighbors and nemeses”
2nd Tim Woodward – The Idaho Statesman – “Riggins is ready for game of the century”
3rd Jim Meehan – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Crazy for the game”
Honorable Mention
 Jim Meehan – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “NIC’s Big Man”

GENERAL COLUMN

1st Maggie Hall Walsh – Post Register – “Mainstreet”
2nd Cynthia Taggart – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Lou Gherig’s disease….”
3rd Dan Popkey – The Idaho Statesman – “Veterans trial, Homecoming; Despite illness”

 SPECIALTY COLUMN

1st William E. Brock – The Times-News – “Faltering and far from home; Dancing with death; The journey ends”
2nd Dan Popkey – The Idaho Statesman – “Politics columns”
3rd Mike Prater – The Idaho Statesman – “Sports columns”

REVIEW

1st Chris Thomas – The Idaho Statesman – “Dining Page”
2nd Chereen Myers – The Idaho Press-Tribune – “Carpenter’s performance; Connick charms; 800 Fans enjoy”
3rd Dana Oland – The Idaho Statesman – “Winter’s Tale; Titus; Skinwalkers”
 

EDITORIAL

1st Ken Sands – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – selection of three
2nd Kristin Rodine – The Idaho Press-Tribune - selection of three
3rd  D.F. Oliveria – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – selection of three
 

HEADLINES

1st Gordon Peterson – The Idaho Statesman – (selection of 3)
2nd` Tasha E. Kelter – Post Register  - (selection of 3)
3rd no award given
 

PAGE DESIGN

1st Mark French, Pat Davis – The Idaho Statesman – “Welcome to 2000; Tiger Poster; Cop Killer”
2nd Jared Johnson – Post Register – “Death of a dream; Color of love; Building a dream"
3rd Mark French – The Idaho Statesman – “Idaho’s Top Gun; Humanitarian Bowl Guide; Football Saturday”
 

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Jesse Tinsley – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “No beer for his tears”
2nd Monte LaOrange – Post Register – “Roll Over Polly”
3rd Bruce Shields – The Times-News – “Submerged Truck”
 

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Rob Bartholomew – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Heat Wave”
2nd Katherine Jones – The Idaho Statesman – “Homecoming reunites two friends”
3rd Rob Bartholomew – Idaho Press-Tribune – “No place like home”
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Jesse Tinsley – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Softball Crunch”
2nd Bruce Shields – The Times-News – “Eagles Take Charge”
3rd Jesse Tinsley – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Soccer Celebration”
 
 

PHOTO ESSAY

1st Gerry Melendez – The Idaho Statesman – “Idahoans in Service”
2nd Katherine Jones – The Idaho Statesman  - “Herders must bypass subdivisions”
3rd Chris Butler – The Idaho Statesman – “Little League World Series”
 

GRAPHICS

1st Patrick Davis – The Idaho Statesman – “Obstacles & Salmon, NCAA Track, Rebuilding”
2nd Jerry Painter – Post Register – “Cross section of eye, Ligaments, Self-arrest with an ice ax”
3rd no other award given
 
 

POLITICS

1st Thomas Clouse – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Idaho man tells GOP to pay up”
2nd Alison Boggs – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Rankin makes list of voters, checks it twice”
3rd Ken Olsen – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Alltus says he’ll take his case to fellow lawmakers”
 

EDUCATION

1st  Jennifer Sandmann – The Times-News – “Lessons Learned in Arco”
2nd Heather Lalley – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Native American teachers in demand”
3rd Betsy Z. Russell – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Schools reach out for struggling readers”
 
BUSINESS

1st Marcelene Edwards – The Idaho Statesman – “Micronomics & Micron’s influence flows through Treasure Valley”
2nd Becky Kramer – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Mining the store”
3rd Julie Titone – The Idaho Spokesman-Review - “Town looks for lift”
 

AGRICULTURE

1st Tim Woodward – The Idaho Statesman – “Herders must bypass subdivisions”
2nd Brian Womack – The Idaho Press-Tribune – “Expect one more hard year”
3rd no award given
 

CRIME

1st Mike McLean – The Coeur d’Alene Press – “Man pleads child injury charge”
2nd Brian Haynes – The Times-News – “Living in Fear”
3rd Teri Anderson – Post Register – “Battered Lives”
 

ENVIRONMENT

1st Rocky Barker – The Idaho Statesman – “Boise study tied car fumes to cancer risk”
2nd Jennifer Langston – Post Register – “The Price of Paradise”
3rd Alison Boggs, Ken Olsen, Susan Drumheller – “BNSF Package”
 

HEALTH/MEDICAL

1st Heather Lalley – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Pain doctor has to walk a fine line”
2nd Betsy Z. Russell – The Idaho Spokesman-Review – “Coverage sought for birth control”
3rd Shawna Rorem – The Coeur d’Alene Press – “Understanding MS”
 

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1st Eric Mitchell – The Idaho Statesman 
2nd  Mary Doherty – The Idaho Press-Tribune
3rd Taryn Hecker – The Coeur d’Alene Press

Weekly Newspaper
 

GENERAL EXCELLENCE:

1st Wood River Journal 
2nd Idaho Mountain Express
3rd The Star-News
 

GENERAL NEWS STORY

1st Ryan McKaig – Wood River Journal – “Plan to discontinue shoot out draws fire”
2nd Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “Cougars Plague Valley”
3rd Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Different Cultures, different ways”
Honorable Mentions
Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Fields at Warm Springs near completion”
Steven Anderson – Idaho Business Review – “Howell buys Idanha; Apartments  planned”
 

SPOT NEWS COVERAGE

1st Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “Snowmobilers chase down, kill coyote”
2nd Steven Anderson – Idaho Business Review – “Coffee News Calls it Quits”
3rd Travis Purser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Gas explosion in Elkhorn”
 

WATCHDOG/ INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

1st Jesselin Anthony – Boise Weekly – “The Big Spill”
2nd Carol Ryan Dumas – Times-News Ag Weekly – “Allegations fly over 4-H sale”
3rd Roger Phillips – The Star-News – “Westrock Ski Resort”

SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT

1st Travis Purser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Down and Out in Blaine County”
2nd Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Preservation of valley’s best feature is possible”
3rd Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Crusade by Wood River High grad….”
 
LIGHT FEATURE REPORT

1st Roger Phillips – The Star-News – “Politician revisits childhood on Appalachian Trail”
2nd Travis Purser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Skeleton in the drawer”
3rd Anna Webb – Boise Weekly – “Looking for Elizabeth”
Honorable Mention
 Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “The Life and Times of Dora”
 

SERIES

1st Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “The corporate bean comes to Ketchum”
2nd Roger Phillips – The Star-News – “1994 Fires Five Years Later”
3rd Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “I’d rather be fishing – Africa Series”
 

OUTDOOR FEATURE

TIE
1st Jerry Hadam – Wood River Journal – “Middle Fork Magic”
 Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “The charm and challenge of the yurt”
2nd  Christopher J. Ehlers – Wood River Journal – “Trout Traipsing with Plucky Floridian”
3rd  Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “For the love of flying”
 

SPORTS NEWS COVERAGE

1st Jody Zarkos – Idaho Mountain Express – “Women’s World Cup Spurs soccer fever”
2nd Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express -  “Great game, Great Finish…”
3rd Jody Zarkos – Idaho Mountain Express – “Wood River girls third at state soccer”
 

SPORTS FEATURE STORY

1st Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express -  “Thoroughly Modern Edward L. Scott”
2nd Anna Webb – Boise Weekly – “Doing the Monster Mash”
3rd Jody Zarkos – Idaho Mountain Express – “This Eva has brawn, brains & beauty”
 GENERAL COLUMN

1st Bill Cope – Boise Weekly  – “Bill Cope”
2nd Adam Tanous – Idaho Mountain Express – “Time to slay; Revisiting evolution; The ones we mourn”
3rd Dick Dorworth – Idaho Mountain Express – “World views; Some dimensions; A clear…”

SPECIALTY COLUMN

1st Steven Anderson – Idaho Business Review – “Fixing our image; Our No. 1 Ranking; Corporate presence”
2nd Andrew Putz – Boise Weekly – “Roving Eye – If a cow farts in the woods…, Dumb and Dumber”
3rd Andrew Putz – Boise Weekly  - “Roving Eye - O Helen, we missed ya; slug-out developing”

REVIEW

1st Steve Martin – Boise Weekly – “Planet, Game & Chorus”
2nd Marilyn Bauer – Idaho Mountain Express – “Sweet sweet soul man”
3rd Anna Webb – Boise Weekly – “Genius in the Family; Eyes have it; Happiness”
 
 

EDITORIAL

1st Carol Ryan Dumas – Ag Weekly – “Bad decisions’ beg for good one”
2nd Pam Morris  - Idaho Mountain Express – “Hunt the mountain lion; The game was rigged; Steamroller Blues”
TIE
3rd  Tom & Tomi Grote – The Star-News – “Various”
Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “Failed experiment; Gag order is an insult; Sheep jam”

HEADLINES

1st Wayne Adair – Wood River Journal –  “Council flocks…; Got Snow?; String Fever”
2nd Wayne Adair – Wood River Journal – selection of six
3rd Marilyn Bauer – Idaho Mountain Express – selection of six
 

PAGE DESIGN

1st Gavin NcNeil – Idaho Mountain Express – “Gallery Walk; Sun Valley Green, Weekend”
2nd Ariel Spaeth – Boise Weekly – “Pages”
TIE
3rd Jude Arlin – Wood River Journal – “Never speak; Wild Cats; Concert given”
 Elaine Somerville – Idaho Mountain Express – “Where Desire Leads”

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
 

1st Charmaine McCann – Idaho Mountain Express – “Coyote Killed”
2nd Jerry Hadam – Wood River Journal – “Rescue personnel”
3rd Corey Wicks – The Star-News – “Contemplating Disaster”
 

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Heroin bust”
2nd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Poachers”
3rd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express –  “Kids Tug”
Honorable Mention
 Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Chicken girl”

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

TIE
1st Lori Edmo-Suppah – Sho-Ban News – “Two points”
 Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Tour de’Force”
TIE 
2nd Jerry Hadam – Wood River Journal – “Eder’s Excellence”
 Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Whoops”

TIE
3rd Brent D. Clark – Priest River Times – “Gymnast”
 Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Little Leasure” 

PHOTO ESSAY

1st Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express -  “Paint it Green”
2nd Matt Helm - Boise Weekly – “For Love of the Game”
3rd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Andersen’s Mountain”
 

GRAPHICS

1st Gavin McNeil – Idaho Mountain Express – “Food Chain; Mountaineering;  Homeschool”
2nd Gavin McNeil – Idaho Mountain Express – “4th of July; Wagon Days; Millennium”
3rd Brad Talbutt – Boise Weekly – photo illustrations

POLITICS

1st Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Inside the Blaine County Commission”
2nd Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “Congress considers bill to end user fees”
3rd Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “Sen. Stennett challenges amendments to  
 Land-use laws”
 

EDUCATION

1st Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Alternative school seniors ace ACT, earn college admission”
2nd Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Count officials clash over DARE program”
3rd Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Life on Mars”
 

BUSINESS

1st Christopher J. Ehlers – Wood River Journal – “Saddles and Cell Phones”
2nd Christopher J. Ehlers – Wood River Journal – “Auction goes high tech with satellite links”
3rd Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “Local employers share secrets”
 

AGRICULTURE

1st Maggie Hall Walsh – Intermountain Farm & Ranch – “Showdown for Sheep Industry”
2nd Carol Ryan Dumas – Ag Weekly – “Norkotahs take hold of market”
3rd  Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “SOS Hones general obligation bond”
Honorable Mention:  A.M. Scutro – Boise Weekly – “Piles of Pigs”

CRIME

1st Corey Wicks  - The Star-News – “Zickefoose given 2 years prison time”
TIE
2nd Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Hope for youth”
Kevin Wiser – Idaho Mountain Express – “Judge overrules prosecutor in high school confrontation”
3rd Greg Moore – Idaho Mountain Express – “Judge blocks use of new felony domestic battery law”
Honorable Mention
 Greg Moore – Idaho Mountain Express – “Snack attack”
 

ENVIRONMENT

1st Andrew M. Scutro – Boise Weekly – “Sagebrush Royalty”
2nd Brian Davidson – Rexburg Standard Journal – “Probing for cause of nitrate pollution”
3rd Greg Stahl – Idaho Mountain Express – “The journey home”
Honorable Mention
 Carol Ryan Dumas – Ag Weekly – “IRC not buying dairy success”
 
 
 

HEALTH/MEDICAL

1st Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Cigars: Are they worth it?”
2nd Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Coffee may not be all bad”
3rd Hans Ibold – Idaho Mountain Express – “Venomous Spiders share the Wood River Valley”
 

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1st Travis Purser – Idaho Mountain Express 
2nd Reuben Allen – The Power County Press
3rd no award given
 

Magazine

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st Sun Valley Magazine  - Summer/Fall 1999
2nd Boise Magazine – Fall 1999
3rd Focus Magazine – Boise State University – Spring 1999

MAGAZINE WRITING

1st Gino Sky, Bethine Church, Grove Koger, Barbara Herrick, Rosalie Sorrels – Boise Magazine – “Remembering Boise”
2nd Andrew E. Slough – Sun Valley Magazine – “In Pursuit of Grace and Speed”
3rd David Proctor – Boise Magazine – “Morrison Center at 15: The Iceberg Melteth”
 

MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Andy Anderson, David Wheelock, Steve Bly – Sun Valley Magazine – “Trout Junkies”
2nd Chris Gardner – Boise Magazine  - “Ballad of the Last Cafes”
3rd no award given

 Television

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st KTRV Fox 12
2nd KBCI Channel 2
3rd KTVB Channel 7
 

GENERAL NEWS REPORT

1st Chris Egan, Lon Van Wyck – KTRV Fox 12 – “Mayor Coin Toss”
2nd Jennifer Parker – KTRV  Fox  12 – “Children’s Ranch”
3rd Chris Egan, Kevin Eslinger – KTRV Fox 12 – “Water Rights”
 

SPOT NEWS REPORT

1st Michael Keckler, Clyn Richards – KBCI Channel 2 – “Deadly Escape”
2nd Roland Beres, Gary Chancer, Jon Storey – KTVB Channel 7 – “Notus Shooting”
3rd Paul Boehlke, Austin Jenkins – KTVB Channel 7 – “Hawk Rescue”

BEST LIVE SHOT

1st Larry Gebert,  John Shaul,  Paul Boehlke – KTVB Channel 7 – “Night Vision”
2nd Lynn Kawano – KBCI Channel 2 – “Street Closure”
3rd Teo Torres, Lon Van Wyck – KTRV Fox 12 – “Bomb Scare”

WATCHDOG/INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

1st Jennifer Isenhart-Hadzor, Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Wrecked Cars”
2nd Jon Hanian, Spencer Larimore – KBCI Channel 2 – “ The Picatti File”
3rd Teo Torres, Bill Krumm – KTRV Fox 12 – “Hispanic ID”
 

SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT

1st Jennifer Parker – KTRV Fox 12 – “Mt. Borah Climb”
2nd John Miller – KTVB Channel 7 – “Moonwalk: 30th Anniversary”
3rd Scott Logan – KBCI Channel 2 – “State’s Smallest School”
 

LIGHT FEATURE REPORT

1st John Miller – KTVB Channel 7 – “Roof Dog”
2nd Jon Hanian, Marty Holtman, Clyn Richards – KBCI Channel 2 – “Worlds Largest Alp Horn”
3rd Chris Egan, Bill Krumm – KTRV Fox 12 – “Free Stuff at the Fair”
 
 

SERIES

1st John Miller, Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “On the Road”
2nd Michael Keckler – KBCI Channel 2 – “Mission of Mercy”
3rd Chris Egan, Kevin Eslinger, Lon Van Wyck, Tim Hurtt, Xanti Alcelay – KTRV Fox 12 – “Radio Series”

PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM – STUDIO

1st Maggie O’Mara – KIFI – “Its Elementary – Debate”
2nd Marcia Franklin, Al Hagenlock – Idaho Public Television – “Dialogue:  It’s Elementary”
3rd Joan Cartan-Hansen, Ricardo Ochoa -  Idaho Public Television – “Dialogue: School Facilities”

PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM – FIELD

1st Bruce Reichert, Joan Cartan-Hansen, Marcia Franklin, Alan Austin, Pat Metzler, Ricardo Ochoa – Idaho Public Television – “Outdoor Idaho: The Bureau That Changed the West”
2nd no award given
3rd no award given

DOCUMENTARY

1st Roger Fuhrman, Pat Metzler, Bruce Reichert – Idaho Public Television – “Outdoor Idaho: The CCC in Idaho”
2nd Jennifer Isenhart-Hadzor, Gary Salzman, Gerry May –  KTVB Channel 7 – “Troubled Waters”
3rd John Crancer, Bruce Reichert, Ricardo Ochoa – Idaho Public Television – “Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry”
 

SPORTS NEWS STORY

1st Brian Holmes – KTRV Fox 12 – “Sprint Boat Racing”
2nd Brian Holmes, Kevin Eslinger – KTRV Fox 12 – “Riggins Football”
3rd Ed Vining, Gary Chancer – KTVB Channel 7 – “Final Round”
 

WEATHERCAST

1st Scott Dorval – KBCI Channel 2 
2nd Vin Crosby – KTRV Fox 12
3rd Rick Lantz – KTVB Channel 7
 
 
 

OUTDOOR REPORT

1st Roger Fuhrman, John Crancer, Alan Austin – Idaho Public Television – “South Fork Salmon River”
2nd Bruce Reichert, Pat Metzler, Roger Fuhrman, John Crancer, Alan Austin, Ricardo Ochoa – Idaho Public Television – “Outdoor Idaho: Nature’s Landbrokers”
3rd Sue Nass, Tom Hadzor, Jody Tee – KTVB / Idaho Fish & Game – “Incredible Idaho : Deer Wrestling”
 

TELEVISION WRITING

1st Jon Hanian – KBCI Channel 2 – “Hands of Steel”
2nd Sue Nass – KTVB / Idaho Fish & Game – “Incredible Idaho: Sage Grouse Serenade”
3rd Melinda O’Malley – KBCI Channel 2 – “Santa’s Helper”

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Kevin Eslinger – KTRV Channel 12 – “Bad Intersection”
2nd Lon Van Wyck – KTRV Channel 12 – “Foothills Fire”
3rd Clyn Richards – KBCI  Channel 2 – “Idaho at WTO”
 

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Clyn Richards – KBCI Channel 2 – “World’s Greatest Alp Horn”
2nd Kevin Eslinger – KTRV  Channel 12 – “Llama Hiking”
3rd Clyn Richards – KBCI Channel 2 – “Hands of Steel”
Honorable Mentions:  
 Bill Krumm – KTRV Channel 12 – “Borah Climb”

PHOTO ESSAY

TIE 
1st Randy Wald – KTVB Channel 7 – “Small Town Theatre”
 Anna Velasquez – KLEW TV –  “Chef Tony’s Passion”
TIE
2nd Frank Zick – KBCI Channel 2 – “Birdhouse Store”
 Mary Beth Walker – KLEW TV – “Fill the Boot”
TIE
3rd Brad Carlson – KIVI Channel 6 –  “Cheap Gas”
 Ricardo Ochoa, John Crancer –  Idaho Public Television – “Idaho Aerial Tapestry”
Honorable Mention:
 Brad Carlson – KIVI Channel 6 – “Loose Cow”

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1st Xanti Alcelay – KTRV Fox 12
2nd Charles D. McClure – KIVI Channel 6
3rd Alex Cabrero – KPVI 

 

Radio

GENERAL EXCELLENCE
1st KBOI Radio
*no other awards given

GENERAL NEWS REPORT

1st Steve Jess – BSU Radio – “Swearing-in Snafu”
2nd Sadie Babits – BSU Radio – “Lemhi County Auction”
3rd Erica Hill – KBOI Radio – “Search”

SPOT NEWS REPORT

1st Melica Johnson - KBOI Radio – “Courthouse Scare”
*no other awards given 

LIVE COVERAGE
*no entries

WATCHDOG / INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
*no entries

ISSUE REPORTING

1st Steve Jess – BSU Radio – “Hate Bill Hearing”
2nd Melica Johnson – KBOI Radio – “It’s Elementary”
3rd Sadie Babits – BSU Radio – “Migrant Workers”

FEATURE REPORT

1st Steve Jess – BSU Radio – “My Brush with Danger”
2nd Jyl Hoyt – BSU Radio – “Human Rights”
3rd Sadie Babits – BSU Radio – “Jarbidge vs. Washington”
 

SPORTS NEWS REPORT
*no entries

PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM

1st Jyl Hoyt – BSU Radio – “Yellowstone River”
*no other awards given 

USE OF SOUND
*no entries
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*no entries

Public Relations

NEWS RELEASES

1st Eric Cardenas – Albertson College of Idaho – “Last Millennium; Make a Wish; Supreme Court”
2nd Mike Vogel – Idaho Transportation Department – “Various news releases”
3rd Deborah Hill – Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab – “Microbial Janitor; Barcode; Gamma-ray Spectormetry”
 

FEATURE WRITING

1st Kathy Gatens – Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab – “From Horsepower to Atomic Power”
2nd Andrea Scott – Idaho Transportation Department – “Gravel Pit Classroom”
3rd Mike Vogel – Idaho Transportation Department – “Weather Station Installation”
 
 

SCRIPT WRITING

1st Office of Highway Safety – Idaho Transportation Department – “3-D month”
2nd Larry Burke – Boise State University – “Bowl Advertisements”
3rd IHFA Communications Department & Chris Thomas –  Idaho Housing & Finance Association / Chris Thomas Company – “Family Self-sufficiency Program”
 

MEDIA KIT

1st Public Affairs Office - Idaho Transportation Department – “WYE Interchange”
2nd Scott Peyron & Associates – “Wildfire”
3rd Public Affairs Office – Idaho Transportation Department – “3E”
 

ANNUAL REPORT

TIE
1st Greg Grasso – Idaho State University -  “Annual Report of the President”
 Trus Joist Staff -  Trus Joist -  “TJ International Annual Report”   
2nd Communications Staff – Albertson College of Idaho – “Quest”
3rd no award given

INTERNAL NEWSLETTER

1st Public Affairs Staff – Idaho Transportation Department – “Transporter”
2nd Chris Thomas, Chris Ackerman –  Chris Thomas Company – “Crank It Up”
3rd Trus Joist Staff – Trus Joist – “Dimensions”

 
NEWSLETTER

1st Stacey Francis, Kristen Akins Burns – Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab -  “INEEL Reporter”
2nd IHFA Communications Department – Idaho Housing & Finance Association – 
 “1999 Cornerstones Newsletter”
3rd Public Affairs Office – Idaho Transportation Department – “WYE Interchange Newsletter”

PHOTO ESSAY

1st Ron Paarman, Chris Morgan & Jason Bohne – Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab – “IPTV and the INEEL Bring the Kids Live Science”
2nd Ron Paarman, Jason Bohne – Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab – “Students, Science &  Salmon”
3rd Mike Crane, Gordon Loveland – Idaho National Engineering  & Environmental Lab – “A one-building ghost town”
 

VIDEO NEWS RELEASE

1st Frank Carroll, Dan Walker – Forest News Cooperative: Potlatch Corp. & Dan Walker Productions – “Governor Kempthorne: Douglas Fir Bark Beetle Epidemic”
2nd Frank Carroll, Dan Walker – Forest News Cooperative : Potlatch Corp. &  Dan Walker Productions – “Landowners Fighting Back Against Strong Bark Beetle”
3rd Mike Reynoldson – US West – “Customer  Service Center grand opening”
 

NON-PROFIT CAMPAIGN

1st IHFA Communications Department – Idaho Housing & Finance Association -  “Finally Home!  Home Buyer Education”
 no other awards given
 
 

SPECIAL PURPOSE PUBLICATION

1st Frank Carroll & Advantage Advertising – Potlatch Corporation / Advantage Advertising – “The Fish”
2nd Chris Kulchak – Idaho Elks Rehab Hospital  - “Quick Reference Guide”
3rd Larry Burke, Wayne Gillam – Boise State University – “Admissions poster”
Honorable Mention:
 Anne Abrams , Rod Cashin – Idaho State Library – “Something About LiLI”
 
 
 
 

Student

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

1st Ricks College - Scroll
2nd North Idaho College - Sentinel
3rd  Boise State University – Arbiter
Honorable Mention
 Lewis & Clark State College - Pathfinder

GENERAL NEWS STORY

1st Murad Khalliev – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Truth & Tears”
2nd David Jack Browning – Ricks College – Scroll – “Bombings Rock Russia”
3rd  Erica Hill – Boise State University – Arbiter – “BSU’s Construction Plans Not Enough”

WATCHDOG / INVESTIGATIVE

1st Erica Hill – Boise State University - Arbiter – “Unfounded Rape Allegations: Why Victim’s Falsely Accuse”
2nd Sara Mitton – Boise State University - Arbiter – “Student Health Care”
3rd Murad Khalliev – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Pornography Accessed in Children’s Center”
 

SERIOUS FEATURE

1st Eric Nelson – Ricks College – Scroll – “Crisis in Kosovo”
2nd Stephanie Matlock & Jessi Loerch – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Gay and Christian”
3rd Melisa Carper – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Sundays were the Worst”
 

LIGHT FEATURE

1st Sara Mitton – Boise State University – Arbiter – “James Castle”
2nd Aaron Barrow – Ricks College – Scroll – “Dixon the Man Behind the D”
3rd Justin Endow – Boise State University – Arbiter – “A Doll’s House”
 

COLUMN WRITING

1st David Jack Browning, Sara Yates – Ricks College – Scroll – “Homosexuality, Time, Columbine HS”
2nd Jacque Herum – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Times Change, Back to school, In college again”
3rd David Jack Browning – Ricks College – Scroll – “Cher, Cougars, Columbine”

EDITORIAL

1st Taryn Hecker – North Idaho College –  Sentinel – “Sub Remodel, Athletic Grants, Voice Both Sides”
2nd Lesliegh Owen – Boise State University – Arbiter – “The F Spot”
3rd Murad Khalliev – Lewis & Clark State College – Pathfinder – “Press Coverage”

HEADLINES

1st Staff – North Idaho College - Sentinel
*no other entries 

REVIEW

1st Justin Endow – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Hemingway, Crash-Four, Eazy-Loader”
2nd Kali Tupper, Annie Wooden – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Artwork made touchable; Fantasies come to life; Time in a bottle”
3rd Dominik Brueckner – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Best man; Bringing out; Dogma”

SPORTS NEWS REPORT

1st Pete Erlendson, Doug Dana, Dave Stewart, Erica Hill – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Scrimmage Turns Tragic”
2nd Larissa Roman – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Keeping out of trouble”
3rd Douglas Dana – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Burning up the court”
Honorable Mention
 Pete Erlendson – Boise State University – Arbiter – “Broncos face more adversity”

PAGE DESIGN

TIE
1st David Jack Browning – Ricks College – Scroll 
Stephanie Stokes, Erika Donegan, Andy Tevis – North Idaho College – Sentinel  
2nd Tonya Ricks – Ricks College - Scroll 
3rd David Jack Browning – Ricks College – Scroll
Honorable Mention
 Bettijo B. Hirschi – Ricks College - Scroll

GRAPHICS
*no entries

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Chris Parkinson – Ricks College – Scroll – “On the Spot”
2nd Andy Tevis – North Idaho College – Sentinel – “Sentinel Photography”
3rd Jan Pettersson – Ricks College – Scroll – “Swedish Photographer at Ricks”
Honorable Mention 
 Brian Passey – Ricks College – Scroll – “Festivals & Floods”

Website

PUBLIC RELATIONS

1ST Scott Peyron & Associates – “www.peyron.com” 
2nd Deborah Hill, Mary Beckman & Diane Fowler - INEEL – Engineering & Science Website - “www.inel.gov/engineering/”
Tie
3rd Stacey Francis – INEEL – Environmental Management Website 
– “www.environment.inel.gov”
 IHFA Communications Department - Idaho Housing & Finance Association
 - “www.ihfa.org”
 
 

TELEVISION

1st Idaho Public Television – “http://idahoptv.org”
Tie 
2nd Curtis Jackson – KIFI Channel 8 – “www.localnews8.com”
 Staff – KTRV Fox 12 – “www.fox12news.com”
3rd Don Day – KTVB Channel 7 – “www.ktvb.com”
 

DAILY PRINT

1st Post Register – “www.idahonews.com”
2nd Shalom Pennington - Idaho Press Tribune – “www.idahopress.com”
3rd Tracey Emery – The Times-News – “www.magicvalley.com”
 

WEEKLY PRINT

1st Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “www.mtexpress.com”
2nd Dan Hammes – St. Maries Gazette Record – “www.stmariesidaho.com”
3rd Michael Richardson – The Adams County Record – www.cyberhighway.net/~record
 

RADIO

1st BSU Radio  - “www.radio.boisestate.edu”
 

MAGAZINE

1st Pam Morris – Sun Valley Guide - “www.svguide.com”
 
 
 

Arts in Idaho

TELEVISION  - Roger Fuhrman, Pat Metzler, Bruce Reichert – Idaho Public Television – Outdoor Idaho: Idaho in the Movies

RADIO -  Jyl Hoyt – BSU Radio – Tom Bray – Sculptor; Writer William Studebaker, Hemingway

PRINT  - Marilyn Bauer – Idaho Mountain Express – Dr. Hemingstein, Ejak, Writers Conference