Trophy Winners (Metro)

The Chief Plaque—for Overall Writing Excellence:

Houston Chronicle

The William Randolph Hearst Jr. Prize for Enterprise Excellence:

San Antonio Express-News

The John Hearst Memorial Trophy for Photographic Excellence:

San Antonio Express-News

Trophy Winners (Community)

The Chief Plaque—for Overall Writing Excellence

Midland Reporter-Telegram

Citation for Photographic Excellence

Midland Daily News

The Individual Distinguished Journalism Awards:

The judges:

• Diane Bacha, AME, Features, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Ron Ostrow, Los Angeles Times • Warren Watson, Vice President, The American Press Institute

Spot News

1st Place: Staff of the San Antonio Express-News for "The McFarland Murder" (12/3-1/25).

2nd Place: Staff of the Houston Chronicle for "Columbia’s Last Mission" (2/1-28).

3rd Place: Staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for "Green River Killer" (10/3, 11/6-7).

Enterprise

1st Place: Staff of the San Antonio Express-News for "Shrimping in Peril" (9/14-21).

2nd Place: Kevin Fagan of the San Francisco Chronicle for "The Homeless" (11/30-12/4).

3rd Place: Kate Gurnett of the Albany Times Union for "Gambling with Lives" (1/12-15).

Features

1st Place: Carol Smith of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for "A Doctor’s Secret" (11/25).

2nd Place: Bridget Gutierrez of the San Antonio Express-News for "Gateway to the Fourth Grade" (3/2-5).

3rd Place: Courtnay Peifer of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for "Chasing the Sun" (8/18-22).

Business/Finance

1st PLACE: Staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for "Boeing" (12/2, 5, 6, 10, 12).

2nd Place: David Ivanovich of the Houston Chronicle for "Iraq War and Oil" (5/1-18).

3rd Place: Staff of the Houston Chronicle for "Proposition 12 Amendment" (8/24-27).

Editorials

1st Place: John Diaz of the San Francisco Chronicle for "Lost Legislators" (7/21).

2nd Place: John Diaz of the San Francisco Chronicle for "10 Ways to Improve San Francisco" (9/28).

3rd Place: Tom Taschinger of The Beaumont Enterprise for "Superintendent Search" (2/21, 25).

Columns/Commentary

1st Place: James Campbell of the Houston Chronicle for "Our Kids Are Failing—Where’s the Shame?" (4/14).

2nd Place: Joan Ryan of the San Francisco Chronicle for "Caught between Exhaustion and Love" (1/12).

3rd Place: James Howard Gibbons of the Houston Chronicle for "When Will U.S. Liberate Texas" (3/24).

Sports

1st Place: Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle for "Tour de France" (7/5-28).

2nd Place: Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle for "Profile of Felipe Alou" (2/2).

3rd Place: Staff of the Houston Chronicle for "MLB Division, League and World Series" (9/30-10/27).

Heads/Captions

1st Place: Vic Odegar of The Beaumont Enterprise for "Pucktoothed" (11/7).

2nd Place: (tie)

Jay Johnson and Jennifer Thelen of the San Francisco Chronicle for "Hooters at the Wharf—There Goes the Neighborhood?" (5/20).

Mike Jarboe and Naomi Seldin of the Albany Times Union for "Sausage on the Links: A Porcine Puzzle" (10/11).

3rd Place: Joe Malone of the Albany Times Union for "Town to Decide if Planned Hamlet Is to Be or Not to Be" (3/21).

Art/Graphics

1st Place: Ken Ellis and Robert Dibrell of the Houston Chronicle for ``Football’’ (8/28).

2nd Place: Felipe Soto of the San Antonio Express-News for "The San Fernando Restoration" (3/28).

3rd Place: Staff of the Houston Chronicle for "A Tragic Moment" (2/2).

Page Design

1st Place: Todd Stewart of the San Antonio Express-News for "We Got Him" (12/14).

2nd Place: Gladys Ramirez of the Houston Chronicle for "The Heroic Century" (9/21).

3rd Place: Joyce Bassett of the Albany Times Union for "Fourth World/Our World" (6/29).

News Photos

1st Place: Michael Macor of the San Francisco Chronicle for "Fighting the Sandstorm" (3/26).

2nd Place: Cindy Schultz of the Albany Times Union for "Frigid Firefighting" (1/25).

3rd Place: Tom Eckert of The Beaumont Enterprise for "Sole of Astronaut’s Shoe" (2/2).

Feature Photos

1st Place: Carlos Antonio Rios of the Houston Chronicle for "Rodeo Houston" (2/28).

2nd Place: Scott Eklund of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for "Fate of Displaced Whale Stirs Debate" (1/31).

3rd PLACE: Dave Ryan of The Beaumont Enterprise for "Flag in the Breeze" (4/19).

Sports Photos

1st Place: Karen Warren of the Houston Chronicle for "Flying" (9/27).

2nd Place: Lacy Atkins of the San Francisco Chronicle for "The Collision" (10/7).

3rd Place: Christobal Perez of the Houston Chronicle for "Dust Yourself Off" (2/26).