AFJ Names Winners in Awards Competition 2004
Winners were announced Oct. 9, 2004, in Awards Competition 2004, sponsored by the Association of Food Journalists (AFJ), during its annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6-9, 2004.
The 66 awards recognize excellence in reporting, writing, and photography in all media, and newspaper food section design and content. A total of $13,200 was awarded in 22 categories. There were 430 entries.
Cash awards are given for first-place, $300; second-place, $200; and third-place, $100. All winners received certificates. Awards are given in three circulation divisions (under 150,000; 150,001 to 350,000; and over 350,001) in the following categories: best newspaper food section, food news reporting; series, special section and special project; food feature writing; food columns; and restaurant criticism. The best food feature in a magazine, best studio food photography, best non-studio food photography and best food coverage on the Internet have no circulation divisions.
Jill Silva, food editor at The Kansas City Star in Kansas City, Missouri , was chairman of the Awards Competition 2004.
Judges include editors, professors, and other award-winning journalists from colleges and universities and all circulations of newspapers and magazines.
The Awards Competition, begun in 1986 and solely sponsored and funded by AFJ, is open to all journalists. AFJ, a non-profit professional group founded in 1974, has about 300 members worldwide. They include food journalists employed by newspapers, magazines, wire services, Internet, and broadcast companies; and free-lance food writers, editors, columnists, and cookbook authors. For information on AFJ or membership in AFJ, contact AFJ’s Web site at www.afjonline.com.
The rules and entry form for Awards Competition 2005, which considers food writing in 2004, will be available Jan. 2, 2005, at the AFJ Web site. Postmark deadline for entries in the Awards Competition 2005 is March 1, 2005.
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AWARDS COMPETITION 2004 WINNERS
UNDER 150,000 CIRCULATION
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD SECTION:
First: Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska ; T. C. Mitchell, Food Editor
Second: The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado ; Teresa Farney, Food Editor
Third: The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California ; Diane Peterson, Food Writer
FOOD NEWS REPORTING:
First: Zach Dundas, Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon
Second: Derek J. Moore, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California
Third: Annie Rusunen, The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington
FOOD FEATURE WRITING:
First: Jane Snow, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio
Second: Jim Beckerman, The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey
Third: Robb Walsh, Houston Press, Houston, Texas
FOOD COLUMNS:
First: Arturo Ciompi, The Independent, Durham, North Carolina
Second: Robert Byers & Tara Tuckwiller, The CharlestonGazette, Charleston, WestVirginia
Third: Prue Salasky, Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia
RESTAURANT CRITICISM:
First: Bill Addison, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Georgia
Second: Robb Walsh, Houston Press, Houston, Texas
Third: Elaine Cicora, Cleveland Scene, Cleveland, Ohio
SERIES, SPECIAL SECTIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS:
First: Patricia Mack, The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey
Second: Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah
Third: Joanne Derbort, The Press Democrat, Savor Wine Country magazine, Santa Rosa, California
150,001 - 350,000 CIRCULATION
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD SECTION:
First: St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida ; Janet K. Keeler, Food Editor
Second: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri ; Jill Silva, Food Editor
Third: The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland ; Liz Atwood; Assistant Features Editor
FOOD NEWS REPORTING:
First: Judith Blake, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington
Second: Kimberly Lord Stewart writing in The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado
Third: Kimberly Lord Stewart writing in The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado
FOOD FEATURE WRITING:
First: Mary Tutwiler writing in The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana
Second: Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland
Third: Aleta Watson, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California
FOOD COLUMNS:
First: Debbie Moose writing in the News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina
Second: Christopher Sherman, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida
Third: Maricel E. Presilla writing in the Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
RESTAURANT CRITICISM:
First: Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California
Second: Nancy Leson, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington
Third: Kyle Wagner, The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado
SERIES, SPECIAL SECTIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS:
First: Nancy Stohs, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Jim Higgins, Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Second: Jill Silva, Lauren Chapin, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri; Anne Brockhoff, Judith Fertig, Doug Frost, writing for the Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri.
Third: Jill Silva, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri
OVER 350,001 CIRCULATION
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD SECTION:
First: Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Lee Svitak Dean, Food Editor
Second: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California ; Miriam Morgan, Food Editor
Third: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois ; Carol Mighton Haddix, Food Editor
FOOD NEWS REPORTING:
First: Kim Severson, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
Second: Lee Svitak Dean, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Third: Candy Sagon, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
FOOD FEATURE WRITING:
First: Kim Severson, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
Second: John Kessler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
Third: Kim Martin Pierce writing in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
FOOD COLUMNS:
First: John Kessler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
Second: Rick Nichols, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Third: Al Sicherman, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
RESTAURANT CRITICISM:
First: Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
Second: Craig LaBan, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Third: Tom Sietsema, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
SERIES, SPECIAL SECTIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS:
First: Miriam Morgan, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
Second: Carol Mighton Haddix, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
Third: James F. Sweeney, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
BEST FOOD FEATURE IN A MAGAZINE:
First: Janet Fletcher writing in the San Francisco Chronicle magazine, San Francisco, California
Second: Natalie MacLean, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, writing in Ottawa City Magazine, Canada
Third: Greg Atkinson, writing in Food Arts Magazine, New York, New York
BEST STUDIO FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY:
First: David Carson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri
Second: Diana McMillen/Graham Brown, Midwest Living magazine, Des Moines, Iowa
Third: Doug Kapustin, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland
BEST NON-STUDIO FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY:
First: Stormi Greener, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Second: Tom Wallace, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Third: Tom Wallace, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BEST FOOD COVERAGE ON THE INTERNET:
First: Natalie MacLean, Nepean, Ontario, Canada; www.nataliemaclean.com
Second: Natalie MacLean, Nepean, Ontario, Canada; www.nataliemaclean.com
Third: Jane Snow, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, writing in e-mailed newsletter sponsored by the Akron Beacon Journal
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