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Contact Awards Coordinator Abbi Martzall via email or by phone 317/927-8000, ext. 210.

Awards & Honors Committee Chair

Andy Schotz
The Gazette
Gaithersburg, Md.

@spjregion2
Email
Bio (click to expand)

Andy Schotz is a managing editor for The Gazette weekly newspapers in Montgomery County, Md., near Washington, D.C.

He has been an SPJ member since 2002 and has held various positions on the Washington, D.C., Pro chapter board, including three consecutive one-year terms as president.

He served on the SPJ Ethics Committee from 2004 to 2011, including three years as chairman.

Schotz ran unsuccessfully for at-large director on the national SPJ board in 2012. The following year, he ran unopposed for Region 2 director.

He is a perennial SPJ contest judge (D.C. Pro Dateline Awards, SDX, Mark of Excellence, Green Eyeshade, high school essay) and has twice coordinated Region 2's Mark of Excellence contest.

He joined the SPJ Awards & Honors Committee in 2013 and helped work on a national survey seeking feedback about the MOE contest.

Before joining The Gazette in January 2013, Schotz worked for eight years as a reporter and editor at The Altamont Enterprise, a weekly paper in upstate New York, then for 13 years as a reporter for The Herald-Mail, a daily paper in Hagerstown, Md.

He is on the board of directors of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors.

Sarah Bauer, vice chair
Program Director
Minnesota Newspaper Association
612-278-0250

@sarah_mn
E-mail
Bio (click to expand) Sarah Bauer is the Program Director for the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA). MNA is the trade association all Minnesota Newspapers, and represents the interests of more than 360 daily and weekly publications. Bauer plans all educational and outreach programs for the Association, including hands-on training for journalists, public forums on media issues, an annual excellence in journalism contest, and its annual convention.

Bauer speaks regularly about media ethics issues, community journalism, social media, and issues like the intersection of journalism and politics. Bauer graduated from the University of Minnesota with degrees in journalism and philosophy. She has been involved with the Society of Professional Journalists as member and chapter leader since she joined the University of Minnesota’s chapter. Since 2006, Bauer has served on the MN Pro chapter board of directors, currently serving as the chapter president and chair of its annual journalism award contest and banquet. She is also the chairwoman of the Society’s national membership committee.

2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees

The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism.

Judges chose the winners from over 1,400 entries in categories covering print, radio, television and online. The awards recognize outstanding work published or broadcast in 2010.

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.

The awards banquet will take place Sept. 24 in New Orleans.

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.

Newspaper/Wire Services

Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation of 100,001+)
Haiti - Another Cruel Blow - Then Desperation - by Staffs, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
Download [PDF, 35.1 MB]

Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation of 50,001-100,000)
Historic floodwaters swamp Rhode Island - by Tom Mooney with team, The Providence Journal
Download [PDF, 5.4 MB]

Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)
Pacific Capital Bancorp's rescue - by Marlize van Romburgh, Stephen Nellis, Henry Dubroff, Tony Biasotti, Pacific Coast Business Times
Download [PDF, 516 KB]

Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+)
Behind the Philadelphia Housing Authority - by Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Catherine Lucey, Philadelphia Daily News
Download [PDF, 21.6 MB]

Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
Out of reach: The rural health care gap - by David Wahlberg , Wisconsin State Journal
Download [PDF, 12.1 MB]

Non-Deadline Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Domestic violence in the Tri-Cities - by Paula Horton, Tri-City Herald
Download [PDF, 827 KB]

Non-Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)
The Billion Dollar Boondoggle - by Ralph Cipriano, Philadelphia City Paper
Download [PDF, 32.3 MB]

Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+)
Breach of Faith - by Ruben Vives, Jeff Gottlieb and Staff, Los Angeles Times
Download [PDF, 14.5 MB]

Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
Florida's Insurance Nightmare - by Paige St. John, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Download [PDF, 28.8 MB]

Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Gambling on Growth - by Kirsti Marohn, Britt Johnsen, St. Cloud Times
Download [PDF, 22.8 MB]

Investigative Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)
Children held down - by Emily Parkhurst, The Forecaster
Read Online: Link 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Feature Reporting (Daily Circulation 100,001+)
Paco's 2nd Round: How a boxer's death gave life to 5 others - by Mark Kram, Philadelphia Daily News
Read Online: Link 1 | 2

Feature Reporting (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
Central Falls: What It Takes- by Jennifer D. Jordan, Tom Mooney, Tatiana Pina and Karen Lee Ziner, The Providence Journal
Download [PDF, 24.6 MB]

Feature Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Return of the Wolf - by Daniel Person and Michael Gibney, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Download [PDF, 18.2 MB]

Feature Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)
Spreading Her Wings - by Patricia Calhoun, Westword
Download [PDF, 4.1 MB]

Editorial Writing (Daily Circulation 100,000+)
The 'D' Diaries - by Jeff Gerritt, Detroit Free Press
Download [PDF, 7.9 MB]

Editorial Writing (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
McConnell's Mood Swings - by Larry Keeling, Lexington Herald-Leader
Read Online: Link 1 | 2 | 3

Editorial Writing (Daily Circulation 1-50,000+)
Officer Soffredine and Grand Traverse County's "blue wall" - by Mike Tyree and David Miller, Traverse City Record-Eagle
Download [PDF, 5.1 MB]

Editorial Writing (Non-Daily Publication)
100 Years In The Making - by Neil McLaughlin, Modern Healthcare
Download [PDF, 389 KB]

Washington Correspondence (Daily Publication)
Capitol Hill - by Eric Lipton, The New York Times
Download [PDF, 9.7 MB]

Foreign Correspondence (Daily Publication)
Another Cruel Blow - On The Ground in Haiti - by Jacqueline Charles , The Miami Herald
Download [PDF, 18.9 MB KB]

Foreign Correspondence (Non-Daily Publication)
Money and Influence Peddling at the Vatican - by Jason Berry, National Catholic Reporter/The Investigative Fund
Download [PDF, 13.6 MB]

General Column Writing (Daily Circulation 100,000+)
This Land - by Dan Barry, The New York Times
Download [PDF, 14.5 MB]

General Column Writing (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
The Right to Know - by Mark J. Prendergast, Stars and Stripes
Read Online: Link 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

General Column Writing (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
Home Invasion - by Jim Kenyon, Valley News
Download [PDF, 3 MB]

General Column Writing (Non-Daily Publication)
Columns by Chuck Strouse - by Chuck Strouse, Miami New Times
Download [PDF, 4.2 MB]

Sports Column Writing (Daily Circulation 100,000+)
The Couch - by Jason Gay, The Wall Street Journal
Download [PDF, 1.5 MB]

Sports Column Writing (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
Scott Michaux column compilation - by Scott Michaux, The Augusta Chronicle
Download [PDF, 8.9 MB]

Public Service Journalism (Daily Circulation 100,000+)
Top Secret America - by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin, The Washington Post
Download [PDF, 4.6 MB]

Public Service Journalism (Daily Circulation 50,001-100,000)
Dr. Bradley - by Cris Barrish, Dan Shortridge, Esteban Parra, Sean O'Sullivan, The (Wilmington) News Journal
Download [PDF, 22.9 MB]

Public Service Journalism (Daily Circulation 1-50,000)
The River's Reach - by Ashley Fielding and Sara Guevara, The Times
Download [PDF, 9.7 MB]

Public Service Journalism (Non-Daily Publication)
Medicating the Military - by Brendan McGarry, Andrew Tilghman, Karen Jowers , Military Times/Gannett Government Media
Download [PDF, 1.4 MB]

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Magazines

Magazine Investigative Reporting (National Circulation)
Food and supplement safety - by Staff, Consumer Reports Magazine
Download [PDF, 479 KB]

Magazine Investigative Reporting (Regional/Local Circulation)
Risky Play: Was New York City's Shift To Artificial Grass A $300 Million Mistake? - by Patrick Arden, Adi Talwar, Jarrett Murphy, Anthony Smyrski, City Limits
Download [PDF, 5.2 MB]

Magazine Writing (National Circulation)
Are Charities Spying on You? - by Anne Kadet, SmartMoney
Download [PDF, 1.6 MB]

Magazine Writing (Regional/Local Circulation)
The Long, Strange, Twisting Case of Frances Carriere’s Murder - by Charles P. Pierce, The Boston Globe Magazine
Download [PDF, 2.5 MB]

Public Service in Magazine Journalism (National Circulation)
Still Waiting After All These Years... - by Ralph Blumenthal, Marie Claire
Download [PDF, 7.1 MB]

Public Service in Magazine Journalism (Regional/Local Circulation)
Unwanted - by Natasha Gardner, 5280
Download [PDF, 6.1 MB]

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Art/Graphics

Breaking News Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)

Haiti Earthquake - by Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times

Breaking News Photography (Newspaper Circulation 50,001-100,000 or Online Independent)

Surrender - by Calvin Knight , The Ledger

Breaking News Photography (Newspaper Circulation 1-50,000 or Regional Magazine)

Extrication - by Al Malpa, The Chronicle

Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)

Stephanie McMillan, Sun-Sentinel/Los Angeles Times

Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 50,001-100,000 or Online Independent)

Cartoons by Mr. Fish - by Dwayne Booth (Mr. Fish), Truthdig

Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 1-50,000 or Regional Magazine)

Mike Lester Editorial Cartoons - by Mike Lester , Rome News Tribune

Editorial Cartooning (Non-Daily Publication)

Tom the Dancing Bug - by Ruben Bolling, Universal Uclick Syndicate

Feature Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)

Black Hearts - by David Gilkey, NPR

Feature Photography (Newspaper Circulation 1-50,000 or Regional Magazine)

Faces of Freedom - by Matt Marton, Larry Ruehl, SouthtownStar
Download Section [PDF, 930 KB]

Informational Graphics (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)
The Hidden Life of Guns - by Todd Lindeman, Brenna Maloney and David S. Fallis, The Washington Post
Download [PDF, 2 MB]

Informational Graphics (Non-Daily Publication)
Up and Down and All Around Wall Street - by Glenn Coleman, Aaron Elstein, Emily Laermer and Steve Krupinski , Crain's New York Business
Download [PDF, 2.9 MB]

Sports Photography (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+ or Affiliated Website/National Magazine)

Slide Rules - by Photographer: Simon Bruty, Sports Illustrated

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Radio

Breaking News Reporting (1-100 Market or Network Syndication)
Haiti's Earthquake - by Staff, CNN Radio

Breaking News Reporting (101+ Market)
Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster - by Staff, 58-WCHS Radio News

Investigative Reporting (1-100 Market or Network Syndication)
"Aftershock: The Ongoing Crisis in Haiti" - by Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio

Investigative Reporting (101+ Market)
False Confession - by Bill Kelly, NET News

Feature Reporting (1-100 Market or Network Syndication)
Ernie Harwell: Our Friend in the Booth - by Dan Obermuller and Gregg Caserta

Feature Reporting (101+ Market)
Kudzu: Friend, Foe — or Food? - by Sandy Hausman and Connie Stevens, WVTF Public Radio

Documentaries (1-100 Market or Network Syndication)
Seeking Justice for Campus Rapes - by Joseph Shapiro, Robert Benincasa and Susanne Reber, NPR/The Center for Public Integrity

Documentaries (101+ Market)
The Arab World's Demographic Dilemma - by Staff, America Abroad

Public Service in Radio Journalism (1-100 Market or Network Syndication)
Inside and Out - by Inside and Out Reporting Team, WBEZ Chicago Public Media

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Television

Breaking News Coverage (Large-Market Station 1-50)
Palm Bay Hospital Gunman - by Staff, Central Florida News 13