GENERAL EXCELLENCE – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Boise Weekly
2nd The Star-News
3rd Idaho Mountain Express
GENERAL NEWS STORY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Michael Wells – The Star-News – “Tamarack: After the Fall”
2nd Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Fired worker wants justice”
3rd Lisa Nyren – Teton Valley News – “Tragedy turns triumph for one dog and nine lucky pups”
SPOT NEWS COVERAGE – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Stacy Simonet – Teton Valley News – “First Bank of the Tetons fails”
2nd Tony Evans – Idaho Mountain Express – “The long haul begins”
3rd Staff – The Star-News – “Adams deputy dies in collision”
WATCHDOG/ INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Tom Grote – The Star-News – “Fatigue cited in wreck that killed Adams deputy, Mtn. Home airman”
2nd Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “Burnt remains smell fishy to officials”
3rd Jeannette Boner – Valley Citizen – “Hospital settles doc’s pay”
SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Deanna Darr – Boise Weekly – “Birds, bunnies and power”
2nd Jeannette Boner – Valley Citizen – “A path less traveled”
3rd Trevon Milliard – Idaho Mountain Express – “An honorable man”
LIGHT FEATURE REPORT – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Amy Atkins – Boise Weekly – “Up in Smoke”
2nd Tony Evans – Idaho Mountain Express – “A walk in the wild”
3rd Tara Morgan – Boise Weekly – “What the cluck?”
SERIES – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Kate Reynolds Yaskot – Teton Valley News – “How Teton Valley Grows”
2nd Jeannette Boner & Hope Strong – Valley Citizen – “Series on stimulus”
3rd Erika Harmon – Messenger Index – “A rare breed”
OUTDOOR FEATURE – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “Rock Art”
2nd Deanna Darr – Boise Weekly – “Home Slope Advantage”
SPORTS NEWS COVERAGE – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Rachael Horne – Teton Valley News – “Sumo in Idaho”
2nd Kelly Taylor – Messenger Index – “Huskies softball falls to Tigers at state”
SPORTS FEATURE STORY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Running makes a difference in Brad Mitchell’s life”
2nd Jeff Cordes – Idaho Mountain Express – “Don Felder brings ‘Hotel California’ concert to pavilion”
3rd Philip A. Janquart – Eagle Independent – “Eagle’s Van Hemlryck Family Forges Path for Challenged Athletes”
GENERAL COLUMN – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Pat Murphy – Idaho Mountain Express – “Other views – Another vanishing U.S. trait: common sense; ‘Empathy’ on Supreme Court? Let’s hope so; Neurotics, psychotics, sociopaths, egocentrics forge U.S. image”
2nd Bill Cope – Boise Weekly – “No No Nadya; Theory of Everything; Whoo-hoo! Val!”
3rd Anna Eaton-Merkle – Eagle Independent – “A Teacher’s perspective- Oh yea; Not-quite
spring; Chasing Mona Lisa”
SPECIALTY COLUMN – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Stephen Dyer – Valley Citizen – “The Novice – The Trout Slayer; The Full Monty; Glory Days”
2nd Jima Rice, Ph.D – Theweeklypaper – “Ahead of the curve: It’s time to learn some economics; What things motivate you?; Gift-giving – Is it about money or magic?”
3rd Bruce Smithhammer – Teton Valley News – “Off the Hook”
EDITORIAL – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “Why no outrage about corporate cubicles of death?: Take your children; Rescue healthcare reform from scare slogans”
2nd Pat Murphy – Idaho Mountain Express – “No one’s laughing; No place for culture war; Facts not fiction please”
3rd Pam Morris – Idaho Mountain Express – “Sun Valley mayor and council need a group hug; In the dark; Get a grip on leg-hold traps”
HEADLINES – WEEKLY PRINT
1ST Staff – Idaho Mountain Express – “Mountain Do; Much ado in a recession; Seasons collide; Mood at skate park does a 180; Gardeners plot a revolution; Poultry project ruffles feathers”
PAGE DESIGN – WEEKLY PRINT
1st TIE
Amy Birch – Teton Valley News – “Halloween and All Saints Day celebrations; Wild crafting in the Tetons; The Pulse Health: Wellness in the Teton Valley”
Amy Birch – Teton Valley News – “Willie LeClair Shoshone Lecturer, Storyteller and Spiritual Dancer; Valley unicyclist joins the Circus; Inventing in Victor: The MixKwix”
2nd Tomi Grote – The Star-News – “Fright life; Mardi Hardy; Heart & Soul”
3rd Barbara Gibson – Teton Valley News – “For the dogs; It’s time for back to school; Where the beads are”
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Lauren Hall – Teton Valley News – “House Fire”
2nd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Seasons Collide”
3rd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Charges Dismissed”
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Jeannette Boner – Valley Citizen – “High Heel Sheriff”
2nd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Boogie ‘til the cows come home”
3rd Gary Ertter – The Star-News – “Just Hang On”
Honorable Mention
Jeannette Boner – Valley Citizen – “4-H Lamb”
GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Baldy Views Now Available”
2nd Willy Cook – Idaho Mountain Express – “Hundreds of Sockeye Return Home”
3rd Michael Wells – The Star-News – “Payette Lake Kokanee Nearly Disappear”
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Matt Moehr – The Star-News – “Flight of Stares”
2nd Stacy Simonet – Teton Valley News – “Pin at State”
3rd Lauren Hall – Teton Valley News – “Rodeo”
PHOTO ESSAY – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Bradly J. Boner – Valley Citizen – “Bee-lieve”
2nd Jeannette Boner – Valley Citizen – “A Day of Remembrance”
3rd Lauren Hall – Teton Valley News – “Cliff Fall”
GRAPHICS – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Amy Birch – Teton Valley News – “Dinner not impossible”
2nd Barbara Gibson – Teton Valley News – “At a Glance – Meeting notes”
ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Amy Atkins – Boise Weekly – “Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should…. Without some help”
2nd Jeremiah Robert Wierenga – Boise Weekly – “A Provincial Production”
3rd Jeremiah Robert Wierenga – Boise Weekly – “The New Era of Opera”
POLITICAL REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Trevon Milliard – Idaho Mountain Express – “Councilor ends term with poor attendance”
2nd Tom Grote – The Star-News – “Roberts felt the harsh reality of high-level politics”
3rd Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “Mayors: It’s not about the money”
EDUCATION REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Mike Polhamus – Teton Valley News – “Parents protest Obama speech to students”
2nd Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Percentage of Hispanics on rise at Woodside school”
3rd Lucia V. Knudson – The Star-News – “They Cleared Their Hurdles”
BUSINESS REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Trevon Milliard – Idaho Mountain Express – “Was Cash for Clunkers a success?”
2nd Tom Grote – The Star-News – “Big Dream Gone Bad”
3rd Carol Ryan Dumas – Capital Press – “Lease vs. buy: Specific goals help decide”
AGRICULTURE REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Carol Ryan Dumas – Capital Press – “Alfalfa growers belittle official crop estimates”
2nd Carol Ryan Dumas – Capital Press – “Lenders say they’ll keep banking in dairy recovery”
3rd Carol Ryan Dumas – Capital Press – “Milk prices take toll on hay market”
CRIME / COURTS REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Hope Strong – Valley Citizen – “Drug bust scores big cash for county”
2nd Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “Sheriff rebuts claim of evidence tampering”
3rd Terry Smith – Idaho Mountain Express – “High court considers Hanks’ home dispute”
RELIGION REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
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ENVIRONMENT REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Deanna Darr – Boise Weekly – “Unlikely Allies”
2nd Mark Steele – Caribou County Sun – “Selenium Poisoning”
3rd Carol Ryan Dumas – Capital Press – “ISDA looks into pathogen drift issue”
HEALTH/MEDICAL REPORTING – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Carissa Wolf – Boise Weekly – “The forgotten epidemic”
2nd Tom Grote & Lucia V. Knudsen – The Star-News – “Standoff in the ER”
3rd Trevon Milliard – Idaho Mountain Express – “Making hospital cuisine green”
Honorable Mention
Sabina Dana Plaase – Idaho Mountain Express – “Soldiers seek a new beginning”
SPECIAL SECTION – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Gregory Foley – Idaho Mountain Express – “Wagon Days 2009”
2nd Gregory Foley – Idaho Mountain Express – “Christmas 2009”
3rd Staff – Valley Citizen – “Off-Peak guide”
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – WEEKLY PRINT
1st Trevon Milliard – Idaho Mountain Express
2nd Carissa Sindon – The Star-News
