GENERAL EXCELLENCE:
1st The Star- News
2nd Idaho Mountain Express
3rd River City Weekly
GENERAL NEWS STORY
1st Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Firemen lose home to fire”
2nd Michael Wells – The Star-News – “Tamarack at a crossroads”
3rd Tom Grote – The Star-News – “Local lambs have lost their Shepard”
Honorable Mention
R.J. Cohn – Boundary County Digest – “Bonner’s Ferry ‘Community Treasure’ ready to blossom”
Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “How does your receipt add up?”
SPOT NEWS COVERAGE
1st Jon Duval – Idaho Mountain Express – “Heartburn in Ketchum”
2nd Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Gillett walks for now”
3rd Michael Wells – The Star-News – “Former McCall public works chief, 2 grandchildren, dies when planes collide”
WATCHDOG/ INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
1st Shea Andersen – Boise Weekly – “The Nuclear Option”
2nd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Calls went unanswered”
3rd Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “What is tax benefit of a big-box store?”
SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT
1st Rachael Horne – Teton Valley News – “Saying good-bye to the cowboy lifestyle”
2nd Rebecca Long Pyper – River City Weekly – “Amber waves of green”
3rd Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Digging into Idaho’s hunter-gatherer past”
Honorable Mention
Bill Cope – Boise Weekly – “Still Outside the Wire”
Deanna Darr – Boise Weekly – “Split Decision”
LIGHT FEATURE REPORT
1st Garret K. Woodward – Teton Valley News – “Chasing the American Dream of breakfast”
2nd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Pink is for maggots”
3rd Deanna Darr – Boise Weekly – “Headbanger”
Honorable Mention
Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Houseless but not homeless”
Kendra Evensen – River City Weekly – “Neighborhood garden produces friendship, pride”
SERIES
1st Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “Will Best Bath smell?”
2nd Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Living with wolves”
3rd Michael Wells – The Star-News – “The Fires of 2007: The Aftermath”
OUTDOOR FEATURE
1st Tony Evans – Idaho Mountain Express – “Out on the ice”
2nd Shea Andersen – Boise Weekly – “Spoke Word”
3rd Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “I’d rather be fishing”
SPORTS NEWS
1st Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Big Blue defense makes Richfield see red 59-51”
2nd Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Wolverines battle to the final pitch at state”
3rd Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Nate, Callan make SBX noise”
SPORTS FEATURE STORY
1st Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “Thousands donated toward Kuna’s first wheelchair racer”
2nd Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Can Dara Torres swim in her fifth Olympics”
3rd Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “Running to help”
Honorable Mention
Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “A championship team is saluted 62 years later”
GENERAL COLUMN
1st Gretchen Anderson – Eagle Independent – “Random Thoughts”
2nd Shauna Belknap – River City Weekly – “Up in the Night”
3rd Bill Cope – Boise Weekly – “You commence, girl; Full circle; The Secret”
Honorable Mention
Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “I’d rather be fishing”
SPECIALTY COLUMN
1st Jon Duval – Idaho Mountain Express – “Wanderlust Interrupted”
2nd Gregory Foley – Idaho Mountain Express – “Food for Thought”
3rd Kyla Sawyer – The Current News – “The Reel Report”
EDITORIAL
1st Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “All Ears; Economic growth illusion; No workers, no resort”
2nd Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “Bad attitudes; Funeral for Chinook salmon; Stay home Blaine County”
3rd Tom Grote – The Star-News – “Pancake House; Pest District; Wilderness”
HEADLINES
NO ENTRIES
PAGE DESIGN
1st Tomi Grote – The Star-News – “When planes collide; and two other examples”
2nd Amy Birch, Barbara Gibson – Teton Valley News – “Teaching new technologies; Mighty familiar faces; Hurray for volunteers”
3rd no third
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
1st Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Storm, avalanches wallop Blaine County”
2nd Gary Ertter – The Star-News – “A Hearty Party”
3rd Lauren Hall – Teton Valley News – “Up in Smoke”
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
1st Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Keeping the Wild West in Wood River Valley”
2nd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Lack of Friction, instant access”
3rd Matt Moehr– The Star-News – “Wet ‘n Wild”
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
1st Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “What a weekend”
2nd Gary Ertter – The Star-News – “H-2-Ohhh!”
3rd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “On your mark, get set….WHOA”
PHOTO ESSAY
1st Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Island in a stream”
2nd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Trees, rocks & creeks”
3rd Kai Eiselein – Latah Eagle – “Thunderstorm rolls through”
GRAPHICS
1st Barbara Gibson – Teton Valley News – “Cloud Seeding”
2nd Amy Birch – Teton Valley News – “Cloned meat”
ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING
1st Rachael Daigle – Boise Weekly – “Homemade Elixir”
2nd Sabina Dana Plasse – Idaho Mountain Express – “Where did the music go?”
3rd Amy Atkins – Boise Weekly – “Raising the barre”
POLITICAL REPORTING
1st Shea Andersen – Boise Weekly – “Real Western”
2nd Shea Andersen – Boise Weekly – “The Accidental Pol”
3rd Brendan Giusti – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Counties frustrated by lake process”
Honorable Mention
Kelly Taylor – Emmett Messenger Index – “GOP retains control”
EDUCATION REPORTING
1st Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Two-language program produces results”
2nd Kelly Taylor – Emmett Messenger Index – “School board examined”
3rd Tony Evans – Idaho Mountain Express – “Home-building 101”
BUSINESS REPORTING
1st Rachael Daigle – Boise Weekly – “The Business of Art”
2nd Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “Pazzles gets shot on national stage”
3rd Sabina Dana Plasse – Idaho Mountain Express – “Young, restless and quite successful”
Honorable Mention
Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “Indian Creek named winery of the year”
AGRICULTURE REPORTING
1st Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “September Agriculture”
2nd Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Hemp advocates tout plant’s virtues”
3rd Dana DuGan – Idaho Mountain Express – “Horses saved from slaughter”
Honorable Mention
Carol Ryan Dumas – Ag Weekly – “Farmers face off with LDS Church”
Rachael Horne – Teton Valley News – “International year of the potato”
CRIME / COURTS REPORTING
1st Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Former rape suspect claims he’s a prophet”
2nd Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Search for body continues”
3rd Lisa Nyren – Teton Valley News – “Teton Springs sued in U.S. District Court”
Honorable Mention
Ralph Bartholdt – St. Maries Gazette Record – “Investigators locate body”
RELIGION REPORTING
1st Scott McIntosh – Kuna Melba News – “Grieving and healing at Kuna First Baptist Church”
2nd Kai Eiselein – Latah Eagle – “New church provides room to worship”
3rd no third place
ENVIRONMENT REPORTING
1st Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “Industrial Pollution – two stories, one editorial”
2nd Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Do bighorn sheep roam the Pioneers?”
3rd Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Critter collisions are on the rise”
Honorable Mention
Jason Kauffman – Idaho Mountain Express – “Saving white bark pines one tree at a time”
HEALTH/MEDICAL REPORTING
1st Carissa Wolf – Boise Weekly – “Country Medicine”
2nd Dana DuGan – Idaho Mountain Express – “Achoo! Allergy Season”
3rd Dana DuGan – Idaho Mountain Express – “Operating with function in mind”
SPECIAL SECTION
1st Gregory Foley – Idaho Mountain Express – “Fourth of July 2008”
2nd Melody Marler Forshee & Staff – River City Weekly – “Idaho Falls Health”
3rd Kendra Evensen – River City Weekly – “Election Special – Up close and personal”
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1st Tara Morgan – Boise Weekly
2nd Robert J. Taylor – Mountain Home News
3rd Brendan Giusti – St. Maries Gazette Record
Honorable Mention
Kathryn Star Heart – Boundary County Digest
