May 24, 2004: Headlines: Investigative Journalism: Journalism: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Awards: The Plain Dealer: The Dayton Daily News won the First Amendment Award for a seven-day series "Casualties of Peace," which documented an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers.

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The Dayton Daily News won the First Amendment Award for a seven-day series "Casualties of Peace," which documented an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers.

 The Dayton Daily News won the First Amendment Award for a seven-day series Casualties of Peace, which documented an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers.

The Dayton Daily News won the First Amendment Award for a seven-day series "Casualties of Peace," which documented an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers.

PD judged Ohio's best in AP Society awards
Monday, May 24, 2004

The Plain Dealer was named the state's top large newspaper for the third year in a row Sunday.

The General Excellence award for 2003 was among 11 first-place honors the paper and its staff received in the annual Associated Press Society of Ohio news competition.

Editors from newspapers in other states were the judges.

Other winners of General Excellence awards were the Cincinnati Post, The (Hamilton) JournalNews, the Troy Daily News and the Ironton Tribune.

The Dayton Daily News won the First Amendment Award for a seven-day series "Casualties of Peace," which documented an outbreak of violence against Peace Corps volunteers.

Newspapers submitted 3,451 entries in several categories that were divided by the circulation-size of the newspapers.

Plain Dealer reporter Harlan Spector was named best news writer and won first-place for enterprise reporting for the series "Captive sons," which told the story of a Geauga County family with three autistic children.

Dale Omori was named best photographer, and he won best photo essay for photos published as part of The Plain Dealer's "Children at Risk" series.

The Plain Dealer staff finished first in breaking news for coverage of shootings at Case Western Reserve University.

Reporter Michael Heaton was named best feature writer and Teresa Dixon Murray won for best business reporting.

The Plain Dealer also won the award for best daily sports section. Graphic artist William Neff won first for an informational graphic about the Soldiers and Sailors monument.

Amanda Hamann finished first in full page layout for a design about the 50th anniversary of Playboy magazine.

The Plain Dealer won 10 second-place awards: enterprise reporting, John Mangels and Susan Vinella; business writer, Jennifer Scott Cimperman; feature writer, Andrea Simakis; sports columnist, John Campanelli; illustration, Andrea Levy; feature photo, Dale Omori; photo essay, Gus Chan; full page layout, Lisa Griffis; special sports section, and breaking news coverage.

Third-place awards to The Plain Dealer were for: enterprise reporting, James Sweeney; feature writer, David Briggs; game story, Tony Grossi; informational graphic, Stephen J. Beard; general news photo, Marvin Fong; feature photo, Scott Shaw; photo essay, Dale Omori; investigative reporting; and page one layout.

Honorable mentions: columnist, Regina Brett; feature writer, Fran Henry; sports writer, Dennis Manoloff; and spot news photo, Thomas Ondrey.


© 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission.




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