COLORADO SPJ PRO CHAPTER
2013 TOP OF THE ROCKIES WINNERS
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2013 Top of the Rockies Contest, from
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming!
CLASSIFICATION D: Circulation Less than 10,000
Info Graphic
Third Place: Chad Collins and Molly Armbrister, “Inside the Max,” Northern Colorado
Business Report
Second Place: Mike Reid, “Market Snapshot,” Colorado Springs Business Journal
First Place: Mike Reid, “Memorial: the constant topic and blockbuster deal that shaped
2012,” Colorado Springs Business Journal
Single Page Design
Third Place: Robert L. Ortiz, “Thunderstorms jump page,” The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Chad Collins, “2012 Energy Book,” Northern Colorado Business Report
First Place: Mike Reid, “More retail steps up to fill Tejon vacancies,” Colorado Springs
Business Journal
Feature Page Design
Second Place: Robert L. Ortiz, “Tribal Fair,” The Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Mike Reid, “People who shaped the year,” Colorado Springs Business
Journal
Front Page Design
Third Place: Mike Reid, Colorado Springs Business Journal
Second Place: Travis Kelly, Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Travis Kelly, Four Corners Free Press
Headline Writing:
First Place: Ace Stryker, “Bluegrass grows in Ignacio sun/Bearly hanging
on/Glomerulonephritis,” The Southern Ute Drum
Special Section
Second place: Staff, “Discoveries 2012: Universities, Labs and the Economy,” Northern
Colorado Business Report
First Place: Rowdy Tompkins, Rob Larimer, “Engage Colorado Springs,” Colorado
Business Journal
Sports Photography
Third Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “Tri-Ute athletes face off in Towaoc,” The
Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, Christopher R. Rizzo, “Youth bull riding finals
come to Ignacio,” The Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “Dancers welcome top cyclists,” The Southern Ute
Drum
Feature Photography
Third Place: Christopher R. Rizzo, “Youth workers clock out as summer's end nears,”
The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Robert L. Ortiz, “Cabin fever takes hold in Ignacio,” The Southern Ute
Drum
First Place: Randy Siner, “Joe Badal,” New Mexico Business Weekly
News Photography
Second Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “20th Ignacio Bike Week kicks into gear,” The
Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “Hozhoni Days Powwow rocks the Fort,” The
Southern Ute Drum
Spot News Photography
Third Place: Robert L. Ortiz, “Walking together,” The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “Southern Ute Tribe rings in spring with
traditional Bear Dance,” The Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Robert L. Ortiz, “Thunderstorms prompt worries of new fire starts,” The
Southern Ute Drum
Blog
First Place: John Hazlehurst, Colorado Springs Business Journal
Health: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Amy Gillentine, “Mental Illness: It's the elephant in our room,” Colorado
Springs Business Journal
Health: General Reporting
Second Place: Sonja Horoshko, “Living with poison,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Amy Gillentine, “Mental health task forces to address gaps in care,”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Environment: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Jim Mimiaga, “Ute tribe challenges uranium-mill license renewal,” Four
Corners Free Press
Environment: General Reporting
Third Place: Gail Binkly, “A balancing act for Sand Canyon,” Four Corners Free Press
Second Place: Anne Minard, “A bird on the brink,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Amanda Miller, “Green building LEEDs way to a sustainable future,”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Legal: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Amanda Miller, “Burglary? Investors seize houses before they officially
own them,” Colorado Springs Business Journal
First Place: Amy Gillentine, “Religious lawsuits fill court dockets,” Colorado Springs
Business Journal
Legal: General Reporting
Third Place: Ace Stryker, “Fiscal limbo,” The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Jim Mimiaga, “Reefer gladness,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Gail Binkly, “A taxing situation,” Four Corners Free Press
Politics: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Ace Stryker, “Mr. Olguin goes to Washington,” The Southern Ute Drum
Politics: General Reporting
Second Place: Gail Binkly, “All Republican, all the time,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Sonja Horoshko, “A dispute over representation,” Four Corners Free Press
Agriculture: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Amy Gillentine, “Industrial hemp could jump-start economy,” Colorado
Springs Business Journal
Agriculture: General Reporting
First Place: Anne Minard, “Oil-seed crops take root in the region,” Four Corners Free
Press
Education: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Monica Mendoza, “UCCS: Driving the region’s economic growth,” Colorado
Springs Business Journal
Education: General Reporting
Third Place: Gail Binkly, “Far-reaching teaching,” Four Corners Free Press
Second Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “'Secret Garden' teaches kids about health,
stewardship,” The Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Deb Hurley Brobst, “A Strong Soul,” Evergreen Newspapers
A&E: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Sonja Horoshko, “An identity crisis for the cultural center?,” Four Corners
Free Press
A&E: General Reporting
Third Place: Sonja Horoshko, “Native filmmakers share the spotlight,” Four Corners Free
Press
Second Place: Gail Binkly, “Part Libertarian, part granola-cruncher, Fayhee offers a
distinct perspective,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Monica Mendoza, “Forbes gives nod to remake of Jay-Z, Beatles‚ mash-up,”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Business: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Amy Gillentine, “Mayor Bach sets aggressive jobs goal, but is it possible?”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Second Place: Monica Mendoza, “City of Fountain pitching itself to national retailers,”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
First Place: Steve Lynn, “Abound Solar plagued by defective panels,” Northern Colorado
Business Report
Business: General Reporting
Third Place: Monica Mendoza, “Women’s Chamber plots new strategy,” Colorado
Springs Business Journal
Second Place: Steve Lynn, “Refugees place big burden on schools,” Northern Colorado
Business Report
First Place: Amy Gillentine and John Hazlehurst, “Marijuana: Economic stimulant, or
just a can of worms,” Colorado Springs Business Journal
Sports: General Reporting
First Place: Christopher R. Rizzo, “Sun Ute lifeguard laces up for international
championships,” The Southern Ute Drum
Personal or Humor Column
Third Place: Suzanne Strazza, Four Corners Free Press
Second Place: John Hopkins, Four Corners Free Press
First Place: David Fryxell, Desert Exposure
News Column
Third Place: Gail Binkly, Four Corners Free Press
Second Place: Katharhynn Heidelberg, Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Allen Greenberg, Northern Colorado Business Report
Editorials
Third Place: David Fryxell, Desert Exposure
Second Place: Ralph Routon, Colorado Springs Business Journal
First Place: Gail Binkly, Four Corners Free Press
News Feature
Third Place: Amanda Miller, “Developers opting not to build apartments downtown,”
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Second Place: Deb Hurley Brobst, “A Century of Fortitude,” Evergreen Newspapers
First Place: Deb Hurley Brobst, “When all winds become ill winds,” Evergreen
Newspapers
Investigative/Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Dennis Domrzalski and Steve Ginsberg, “Labs in the balance,”
New Mexico Business Weekly
General Reporting: Series or Package
Third Place: Monica Mendoza and Amanda Miller, “The business of aging,” Colorado
Springs Business Journal
Second Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley and Ace Stryker, “Southern Ute wildlife series,”
The Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Ace Stryker, “Utes bless Christmas tree destined for U.S. Capitol/Tribal
members tour Meeker historical sites,” The Southern Ute Drum
Breaking News
Second Place: Ace Stryker, “It's official: Chimney Rock a national monument,” The
Southern Ute Drum
First Place: Megan Kamerick, “Sony Pictures Imageworks to leave New Mexico,” New
Mexico Business Weekly
General Reporting: Single Story
Third Place: Ace Stryker, “Pair of Christmas trees blessed by Ute elders arrives in D.C.,”
The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place: Sonja Horoshko, “A firestorm over water,” Four Corners Free Press
First Place: Jeremy Wade Shockley, “Traditions live on in Buffalo Harvest,” The
Southern Ute Drum
Public Service
First Place: Amy Gillentine and John Hazlehurst, “City hasn't learned from long-ago
wildfires,” Colorado Springs Business Journal
CLASSIFICATION: RADIO
Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Storee Powell, “Women's Education,” Utah Public Radio
Second Place: Grace Hood, “Overworked and Underpaid? Teacher Staffing at Colorado
Virtual Academy,” KUNC
First Place: Grace Hood, “With District Changes Looming, Colorado’s Largest Online
School Considers Split,” KUNC
Feature Reporting
Third Place: Grace Hood, “A Day in the Life of a Wildfire Evacuee,” KUNC
Second Place: Megan Kamerick, “ISEA artists explore intersections of nature and
technology,” KUNM
First Place: Nathan Heffel, “El Sistema: Transforming Youth Through Classical Music,”
KUNC
Multimedia Story
First Place: KUNC News Staff, “Nano Beer Series,” KUNC
General Website Excellence
First Place: KUNC
Political Reporting
First Place: Storee Powell, “Democratic Congressional Candidates Debate this Week: Get
to Know Them Before the Primary,” Utah Public Radio
A&E Reporting
First Place: Storee Powell, “Introducing the Logan Film Festival,” Utah Public Radio
News Feature
First Place: Storee Powell, “From New York to Utah: An Eyewitness Account of
Hurricane Sandy,” Utah Public Radio
News Reporting
Third Place: Storee Powell, “Analyzing Women Voters: How They'll Vote and Why,”
Utah Public Radio
Second Place: Nathan Heffel, “The High Park Fire Base Camp: A Respite From The
Blaze,” KUNC
First Place: Grace Hood and Nathan Heffel, “High Park Fire Displaces People, Animals,”
KUNC
Public Service
Second Place: Storee Powell, “Concerns Raised for Seniors Over Voter ID Laws,” Utah
Public Radio
First Place: Storee Powell, April Ashland, Kerry Bringhurst and Ryan Cunningham,
“Mental Illness Awareness,” Utah Public Radio
General Broadcast Excellence
First Place: Megan Kamerick, “Public Square: Bullying,” KNME
CLASSIFICATION: TV
Feature Reporting
First Place: Ben Winslow, “Brigham Young's Secret Wife?” KSTU FOX 13
News Reporting
First Place: Ben Winslow and Paul Sanchez, “Steven Powell Guilty,” KSTU FOX 13
Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Keli Rabon and Jason Foster, “Moving Mess,” KMGH 7 News
Second Place: Gadi Schwartz, Peter St. Cyr and Laurie Passman, “4 On Your Side:
Campaign workers caught offering alcohol to voters” KOB TV
First Place: Keli Rabon and Jason Foster, “Testing the System: Justice for Rape Victims,”
KMGH 7 News
CLASSIFICATION C: Circulation between 10,001-29,999
Info Graphic
Third Place: Luis Uribe, “Denver Home Market,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Boots Gifford, “Regulatory Reform Progress,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Kiah Staley, “Beer cruise,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Agriculture: Enterprise
First Place: Joel Dyer, “Monsanto's point of no return,” Boulder Weekly
Agriculture: General Reporting
Third Place: Pamela Hasterok, “Shares of LOVE Small-scale farms supply healthy,
organic produce,” Durango Herald
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “Sprayed trespass,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Cathy Proctor, “Coming up dry: Companies adjust as drought boosts food
prices / Lack of water ripples through economy,” Denver Business Journal
Single Page Design
Third Place: Boots Gifford, “Single page 9-28-12,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Boots Gifford, “Single page 3-2-12,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Angela St. Clair, “Jake Byrd presents,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Front Page Design
Third Place: Cynthia Miller, “Slices of History” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Second Place: Kristina Dunham, “Red-letter moment,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
First Place: Brian Barker, “Obama,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Headline Writing
Second Place: Bruce Goldberg, Denver Business Journal
First Place: Dave Shelles, Spencer Elliott, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
News Column
Third Place: Joel Dyer, “Is City Council above the law?” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Neil Westergaard, “Gaylord's proposal wasn't right from the start,” Denver
Business Journal
First Place: Jefferson Dodge, “Papers, please: An attempt to infiltrate a closed meeting of
a Boulder County board” Boulder Weekly
Feature Page Design
Third Place: Carlos Lopez, “Taste,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Second Place: Carlos Lopez, “Turn up the steam,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
First Place: Angela St. Clair, “The monster in us,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Special Section
Third Place: Staff, “Forty under 40,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Staff, “Power Book,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Staff, “Outstanding Women in Business,” Denver Business Journal
Sports: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Alex Riley, “South bound for success,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
First Place: David Accomazzo, Jefferson Dodge, “Colorado football players collected
scholarship money despite legal troubles,” Boulder Weekly
Sports Photography
Third Place: James Brosher, “East beats the clock,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Second Place: Steve Lewis, “STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS,” Durango
Herald
First Place: Michael Smith, “Lassoed by the lens,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Feature Photography
Third Place: Kathleen Lavine, “Jetlinx,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Miranda Grubbs, “You know what you're doing, right?” Wyoming Tribune
Eagle
First Place: Jane Phillips, “Cozy Coats for Kids,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
News Photography
Third Place: Jane Phillips, “Slow Burn” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Second Place: Jane Phillips, “Best from behind the lens,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
First Place: Michael Smith, “Defender of democracy,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Spot News Photography
Third Place: Jerry McBride, “Search on for shooter,” Durango Herald
Second Place: Jane Phillips, “2 Killed 'execution style' in Rio Arriba,” Santa Fe New
Mexican – 2
First Place: Jane Phillips, “Smoky Skyline,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Multimedia Story
Second Place: Staff, “Forty under 40 multimedia,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Staff, “Outstanding Women in Business multimedia,” Denver Business
Journal
Mobile Applications
First Place: Staff, “Outstanding Women in Business multimedia,” Denver Business
Journal
Blog
Second Place: Neil Westergaard, Denver Business Journal
First Place: Mark Harden, Denver Business Journal
General Website Excellence
Third Place: Staff, “WyoSports,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Second Place: Staff, Durango Herald
First Place: Staff, Denver Business Journal
Health: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Ed Sealover, “Proposed trauma center changes spark worry,” Denver
Business Journal
First Place: Deborah Busemeyer, “A cannabis catch 22,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Health: General Reporting
Third Place: Bruce Krasnow, “Doctor's dismissal leaves questions,” Santa Fe New
Mexican – 2
Second Place: Hadley Vandiver, “Penny wise,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Ed Sealover, Keeley Blakely, Allison Sylte, “Health Care Quarterly:
Looking toward the future,” Denver Business Journal
Environment: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Cathy Proctor, Kathleen Lavine, “College student's filing blocks Gates'
demolition,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “A road too far,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Joel Dyer, ”Fracking lessons,” Boulder Weekly
Environment: General Reporting
Third Place: Cathy Proctor, “Initiatives worry water world,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “Blue Colorado,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Joel Dyer, Jefferson Dodge, “Waste injection wells: The Earth’s invisible
dump,” Boulder Weekly
Science: Enterprise Reporting
First Place: Greg Avery, “Why Accelr8 left Colo. for new Tucson home,” Denver
Business Journal
Science: General Reporting
Second Place: Paul Weideman, “Disgruntled Ancestors: Scott G. Ortman on the conflicts
that drive migration” Santa Fe New Mexican – 1
First Place: Greg Avery, “Ball picked for first private deep space project,” Denver
Business Journal
Legal: General Reporting
Third Place: Steve Weishampel, “Boxed in: Resident says he turned to shipping
containers after pressure,” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Jefferson Dodge, “Trampled anti-war veteran gets his day in court,”
Boulder Weekly
First Place: David Accomazzo, “A tale of two predators,” Boulder Weekly
Politics: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Jefferson Dodge, “Heavy hitter to fight Longmont fracking ban,” Boulder
Weekly
Second Place: Jefferson Dodge, “Can your vote be traced?,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Jefferson Dodge, Joel Dyer, “Unzipped,” Boulder Weekly
Politics: General Reporting
Second Place: Trevor Brown, “Hunting RINOs,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
First Place: Staff, “Election 2012: What happens next?” Denver Business Journal
Education: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Robert Nott, “When you are hungry and you are tired, how can you
learn?” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
First Place: Jefferson Dodge, “Fracking and academic freedom,” Boulder Weekly
Education: General Reporting
Third Place: Bruce Goldberg, “Tomorrow's workforce STEMs from today's young
students,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Aerin Curtis, “We have a bullying problem,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
First Place: Chase Olivarius-McAllister, “DHS aims to work some magic,” Durango
Herald
A&E Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: David Accomazzo, “In the heart of Cirque du Soleil,” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Joel Dyer, “Pilgrims of the stage,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Elizabeth Miller, “The reintroduction of Clyfford Still,” Boulder Weekly
A&E Criticism
Third Place: Elizabeth Miller, “Written with a needle,” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “Of adverbs and experimentation,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Adele Oliveira, “Faith in Love: Paloma at Teatro Paraguas,”
Santa Fe New Mexican - 2
A&E Single Story
Third Place: Paul Weideman, “First Faces: Native American portraits at the New Mexico
History Museum,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 1
Second Place: Josh Rhoten, “Jake Byrd presents,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
First Place: Adele Oliveira, “A Wild Domesticity: Randall Davey and the Audubon
Center,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Business: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Ed Sealover, “Pinnacol's pricey push / Insurer paid Huggins' salary as
chairman,” Denver Business Journal
Second Place: Heather Draper, “The New Janus: CEO of battle-hardened money manager
plots comeback,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Emery Cowan, “SUDS & CRAFTS As appreciation for microbrews grows,
makers rewarded for exploring and pushing boundaries,” Durango Herald
Business: General Reporting
Third Place: Bruce Krasnow, “Charter school bonds: A day of reckoning,” Santa Fe New
Mexican – 2
Second Place: Heather Draper, Dennis Huspeni, “With Amendment 64 law, what's next
for Colorado?,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Ed Sealover, “Behind United's Tokyo deal,” Denver Business Journal
Sports: Columns
Third Place: Dale Shrull, Cortez Journal
Second Place: Alex Riley, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
First Place: Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sports: General Reporting
Third Place: Jayme Moye, “New Heights” Women's Adventure Magazine
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “One stage to rule them all,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Josh Rhoten, “A big night at Big Country,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Editorials
First Place: Reed Eckhardt, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Personal or Humor Column
Third Place: Neil Westergaard, Denver Business Journal
Second Place: John Peel, Durango Herald
First Place: Dale Shrull, Cortez Journal
Public Service
Third Place: Joel Dyer, Jefferson Dodge, Elizabeth Miller, “The Ghosts of Valmont Butte
series,” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Emery Cowan, “A HISTORIC PROMISE,” Durango Herald
First Place: Heather Draper, “Denver Public Schools bonds,” Denver Business Journal
News Feature
Third Place: Julie Ann Grimm, “Chief at Crossroads,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
Second Place: Elizabeth Miller, “Chasing the White Horse,” Boulder Weekly
First Place: Joel Dyer, “Motive behind the madness in Sikh shooting,” Boulder Weekly
Investigative/Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: James Chilton, “Secret agenda at city hall?” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Second Place: Joe Hanel, “The state’s No. 1 dangerous pass is ... Herald looks at snow,
accidents, switchbacks to make determination,” Durango Herald
First Place: Julie Ann Grimm , Geoff Grammer, “Small Change Hustle,” Santa Fe New
Mexican – 2
General Reporting- Series or Package
Third Place: Jefferson Dodge, Don Tartaglione, Michael Callahan, Travis Mannon,
“Crews continue battling Flagstaff Fire outside of Boulder,” Boulder Weekly
Second Place: Dale Rodebaugh, Jordyn Dahl, “Missionary Ridge 10 Years later 39
DAYS OF DESTRUCTION,” Durango Herald
First Place: Staff, “The changing face of patriotism,” Boulder Weekly
Breaking News Story
Third Place: Shane Benjamin, “Family of 3 survives explosion,” Durango Herald
Second Place: Heather Draper, “Michael Van Gilder steps down as brokerage CEO amid
trading probe,” Denver Business Journal
First Place: Becky Orr, Trevor Brown, Josh Mitchell, “American Eagle leaving,”
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
News Reporting- Single Story
Third Place: Josh Rhoten, “Homeless in the Capital City,” Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Second Place: Nico Roesler, “Jury watches interview with man charged in child‚Äôs
death,” Santa Fe New Mexican – 2
First Place: Ed Sealover, “Bidding on this state contract may cost your company 7 iPads,”
Denver Business Journal
CLASSIFICATION B: Circulation between 30,000-74,999
Single Page Design
Third Place: Joshua Joye, “We Can be Queereos, Just For One Day,” SLUG Magazine
Second Place: Joshua Joye, “Ross Imburgia,” SLUG Magazine
First Place: Joshua Joye, “INVDRS,” SLUG Magazine
Feature Page Design
Third Place: Joshua Joye, “Super Top Secret,” SLUG Magazine
Second Place: Joshua Joye, “Torche,” SLUG Magazine
First Place: Joshua Joye, “Handcrafted Hacking,” SLUG Magazine
Front Page Design
Third Place: Robin Banks, “April 2012 - Record Store Day,” SLUG Magazine
Second Place: Joshua Joye, “November 2012 - A Place To Bury Strangers,” SLUG
Magazine
First Place: Sean Hennefer, “June 2012 – Torche,” SLUG Magazine
Sports Photography
Third Place: Andy Wright, “Parker Duke,” SLUG Magazine
Second Place: Weston Colton, “Devin York,” SLUG Magazine
First Place: Lindsay Pierce, “Rocky Mountain Scottish Athletes practice,” YourHub
Arvada
Feature Photography
Third Place: Seth A. McConnell, “Franktown students ride horses to school,” YourHub
Douglas County
Second Place: Lindsay Pierce, “Preparing Hercules, a 290-pound pig, for JeffCo Fair,”
YourHub Arvada
First Place: Seth A. McConnell, “Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association,” YourHub
Douglas County
News Photography
Third Place: Seth A. McConnell, “Westernaires Practice,” YourHub Golden
Second Place: Lindsay Pierce, “Aurora Police program steps up DUI enforcement
efforts,” YourHub Aurora
First Place: Seth A. McConnell, “Northern Arapaho Tribe at Arapahoe High School,”
YourHub Arapahoe County
Mobile Application
First Place: Staff, SLUG Magazine iPhone App
Blog
Second Place: Gavin Sheehan, “Gavin's Underground,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Colin Wolf, “The Secret Handshake,” Salt Lake City Weekly
Multimedia Story
Third Place: Candida Duran, “Summer of Death - Roughside 3,” SLUG Magazine
Second Place: Staff, “African-American infants die twice as often,” Colorado Public
News
First Place: Matt Pothier, “Joshua James Album Release,” SLUG Magazine
General Website Excellence
Third Place: EdNews Colorado
Second Place: Colorado Public News
First Place: SLUGMag.com
Health: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Erika Gonzalez, Carol McKinley, “Be healthy, win a bonus from the boss,”
Colorado Public News
Second Place: Erika Gonzalez, Carol McKinley, “Bankruptcies up as medical costs
soar,” Colorado Public News
First Place: Staff, “Drug prices in Colorado all over the map,” Colorado Public News
Health: General Reporting
Third Place: J. Adrian Stanley, “In a smoke-filled room ...” Colorado Springs
Independent
Second Place: Ann Imse, Carol McKinley, “State touts healthy population to entice
companies, boost jobs,” Colorado Public News
First Place: Cara DeGette, Carol McKinley, “Dental issues in pregnant women put
babies at risk,” Colorado Public News
Environment: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Stephen Dark, Jason Crosby, “Toxic Secret in Sandy: Dry-cleaning
chemicals fester beneath Canyon Shopping Center,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: J. Adrian Stanley, “Fifty shades of green,” Colorado Springs Independent
Environment: General Reporting
Third Place: Ann Imse, Drew Jaynes, “Colorado has backlog of 1,800 air pollution
permits for oil and gas,” Colorado Public News
Second Place: Jayme Moye, “Cry Wolf,” Elevation Outdoors
First Place: Laura Paskus, “Death By A Thousand Cuts: Will Santa Fe's campaign to buy
up water rights kill the Rio Grande?,” Santa Fe Reporter
Science: General Reporting
First Place: Beth Potter, “Biotech on quest to market gel,” Boulder County Business
Report
Legal: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Stephen Dark, “Lost in the Hole: Mentally ill felons are locked in their own
circle of hell,” Salt Lake City Weekly
Second Place: Eric S. Peterson, “The Wild Bunch: Public lands office goes in guns
blazing, hiring cronies and sparing no taxpayer expense fighting the feds,” Salt Lake City
Weekly
First Place: Chet Hardin, “Blood and circus; the vapor trail,” Colorado Springs
Independent
Legal: General Reporting
Third Place: Ann Imse, Carol McKinley, Stephen Swofford, “Marijuana arrests up
despite medical cards,” Colorado Public News
Second Place: Stephen Dark, “Warped Desire: A look inside the mind of a child
pornographer,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Steve Knopper, “After Columbine,” Super Lawyers
Special Section
First Place: Staff, “InSider: 2012 Annual Manual to the Pikes Peak Region,” Colorado
Springs Independent
Sports: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Joe Vaccarelli, “Denver’s Yvonne Phan climbs ranks in growing sport of
roller derby,” Your Hub Denver,
First Place: Staff, “USA Pro Challenge preview,” Colorado Springs Independent
Sports: General Reporting
Third Place: Joe Vaccarelli, “New Denver minor league hockey team has passionate fan
base,” YourHub Denver
Second Place: Katie Panzer, “Julian Carr,” SLUG Magazine
First Place: Dylan Chadwick, “Ultra Championship Wrestling,” SLUG Magazine
Politics: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Chet Hardin, “Liar, liar,” Colorado Springs Independent
First Place: Stephen Dark, “An Audit They Couldn’t Refuse: To help a church friend,
Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell put DCFS on the hot seat,” Salt Lake City
Weekly
Politics: General Reporting
Third Place: Bill Forman, “Western Tradition Partnership reporting,” Colorado Springs
Independent
Second Place: Chet Hardin, “Left out,” Colorado Springs Independent
First Place: Jonathan Thompson, “Red State Rising,” High Country News
Agriculture: General Reporting
Third Place: Emilie Rusch, “Jeffco considers allowing backyard chickens, bees in
residential lots,” YourHub Lakewood
Second Place: Tanya Ishikawa, “Veterans to Farmers - Iraq Vet Finds a Fresh Start in the
Greenhouse,” Boulder Magazine
First Place: Matt Jenkins, “Water Warrior,” High Country News
Education: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Clayton Woullard, “Douglas County teachers react to uncertainty,”
YourHub Douglas County
First Place: Staff, “Medical marijuana and K-12 schools,” EdNews Colorado
Education: General Reporting
First Place: Nancy Mitchell, Rebecca Jones, Burt Hubbard, Todd Engdahl, “State
investigating two Denver schools,” EdNews Colorado
A&E Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Scott Renshaw, “Funny Business,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Colin Wolf, “Heavy Metal: With swords at the ready, Utah history reenactors wage a protest against the 21st century,” Salt Lake City Weekly
A&E Criticism
Third Place: Bryce Crawford, “Appetite reviews,” Colorado Springs Independent
Second Place: Bill Frost, “True TV Guide Fall Preview,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Scott Renshaw, “Shhhhhh!” Salt Lake City Weekly
A&E Single Story
Third Place: Mike Furness, “The Mormon Masterpiece,” Salt Lake City Weekly
Second Place: Kirsten Akens, Matthew Schniper, Sara Michael, “How to succeed in
film,” Colorado Springs Independent
First Place: Colin Wolf, “Latter-Day Reality: Reality TV shines a spotlight on Utah
stereotypes,” Salt Lake City Weekly
Business: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Joe Vaccarelli, “Denver’s Rockbar losing liquor, cabaret licenses,”
YourHub Denver
Second Place: Eric S. Peterson, “Deserted News: From family values to Windergate, the
Deseret News, one year after mass layoffs,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Pam Zubeck, “Close UP,” Colorado Springs Independent
Business: General Reporting
Third Place: Greg Hanscom, “The Hardest Climb,” High Country News
Second Place: Matthew Schniper, “Adventures in crowdfunding,” Colorado Springs
Independent
First Place: Jason Stevenson, “Why Outdoor Retailer and its $40 million convention may
be about to "Take a Hike"” Salt Lake City Weekly
Personal or Humor Column
Third Place: Rich Tosches, “Ranger Rich,” Colorado Springs Independent
Second Place: Doug Storum, Boulder County Business Report
First Place: John Rasmuson, “Man of Words,” Salt Lake City Weekly
News Column
Third Place: Laura Paskus, “First Person,” Santa Fe Reporter
Second Place: Rebecca Walsh, “Wright Wrong, Women's Work, Rich Mitt,” Salt Lake
City Weekly
First Place: Ralph Routon, “Between the Lines,” Colorado Springs Independent
Editorial
First Place: Boulder County Business Report
News Feature
Third Place: Pam Zubeck, “Cracks in the code,” Colorado Springs Independent
Second Place: Eric S. Peterson, “What I Saw: A reporter's eyewitness account of the
Main Street police standoff,” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Leticia Steffen, “THE END IS NEAR ... or maybe not,” Pueblo Chieftain
Investigative/Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Carolyn Campbell, “Sweetheart Swindlers: In the pursuit of love, smart
women can be easy prey for scoundrels,” Salt Lake City Weekly
Second Place: Colin Wolf, “Steal this Bike: What does it take to get someone to steal a
bike in this town?” Salt Lake City Weekly
First Place: Eric S. Peterson, “Campaign Confidential, Dialing for Dollars and Phone
Predators,” Salt Lake City Weekly
General Reporting- Series or Package
Third Place: Joey Kirchmer, “Brighton pit bull remains in quarantine after reported
attacks; Detained Brighton pit bull, Dre, set to go home,” YourHub Adams County
Second Place: Joey Kirchmer, “More budget cuts heading to Adams 12 Five Star
Schools,” YourHub Adams County
First Place: Staff, “Waldo Canyon Fire coverage,” Colorado Springs Independent
News Reporting- Single Story
Third Place: Joey Kirchmer, “Aurora Police program steps up DUI enforcement efforts,”
YourHub Aurora
Second Place: Joey Kirchmer, “Fundraiser for victims of Aurora theater shootings,”
YourHub Aurora
First Place: Josie Klemaier, “Denver-Glenwood Springs bike path nearing reality,”
YourHub Golden
Public Service
Second Place: Joey Kirchmer, “Aurora Warms the Night cools down homeless during
heat wave,” YourHub Aurora
First Place: Jason Stevenson, Joseph Jarvis, “The Great Obamacare Scare: Ten reasons
Utahns greatly fear the Affordable Care Act, even if none is true,” Salt Lake City Weekly
CLASSIFICATION A: Circulation more than 75,000
Info Graphic
Third Place: Cathryn Cunningham, “Spring Fling,” Albuquerque Journal
Second Place: Severiano Galvn, “"We weren't novices": Getting out of hand” Denver
Post
First Place: Severiano Galvn, “"Missile" Missy ready for launch” Denver Post
Agriculture: General Reporting
Third Place: Steve Raabe, Tender Wagyu muscles onto meat scene, makes stock-show
exhibition debut, Denver Post
Second Place: Marjorie Cortez, Cattle branding ritual endures as Western ranchers await
new regulations on animal ID, Deseret News
First Place: Carol McGraw, Still tall in saddle, Colorado Springs Gazette
Single Page Design
Second Place: Elizabeth Trujillo, Last Bell, Albuquerque Journal
First: Jenna Busey, BYU Passing Offense: 40 years in the air, Salt Lake Tribune
Front Page Design
Third Place: Leah Derrington, Duke City's 'Bad' Boy, Albuquerque Journal
Second Place: Leanna Efird, A BRIGHTER DAY IS GOING TO COME, Denver Post
First Place: Staff, All eyes on the sky; 'Something better awaits us';'This was just evil';
Emilie, the way she was, Salt Lake Tribune
Headline Writing
Third Place: Dale Ulland, Denver Post
Second Place: Dale Ulland, Denver Post
First Place: Dale Ulland, Denver Post
News Column
Third Place: Peg McEntee, Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: Barry Noreen, Colorado Springs Gazette
First Place: Joline Gutierrez Krueger, Albuquerque Journal
Feature Page Design
Third Place: Jennifer Swanson, Rising to a crescendo, Albuquerque Journal
Second Place: Francisco Kjolseth, Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Rudy Mesicek, Salt Lake Tribune
Special Section
Third Place: Staff, “New Mexico -- 100 Years of Statehood,” Albuquerque Journal
Second Place: Staff, “Fire Heroes,” Colorado Springs Gazette
First Place: Staff, “Heroes Among Us,” Denver Post
Sports: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Benjamin Hochman, “Larry Eustachy, CSU Rams basketball coach, past
addiction, problems,” Denver Post
Second Place: Benjamin Hochman, “Nuggets GM Ujiri works overtime in pursuit of
greatness,” Denver Post
First Place: Mark Smith, “Kenny Thomas Foundation,” Albuquerque Journal
Sports Photography
Third Place: Bryce Boyer, “Golden Girl,” 5280
Second Place: Mark Reis, “color run,” Colorado Springs Gazette
First Place: Helen H. Richardson, “Cowboy Wave,” Denver Post
Feature Photography
Third Place: Dana Romanoff, “The Happy Shrewdness of John Hickenlooper,” 5280
Second Place: RJ Sangosti, “Snow Day,” Denver Post
First Place: Joe Amon, “Heroin in Denver,” Denver Post
News Photography
Third Place: Francisco Kjolseth, Border agent laid to rest in Utah, Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: Staff, “Colorado Fire Season,” Denver Post
First Place: Staff, “Aurora Theater Shooting,” Denver Post
Spot News Photography
Third Place: Mark Reis, The President's Shoes, Colorado Springs Gazette
Second Place: RJ Sangosti, Neighborhood on Fire, Denver Post
First Place: Al Hartmann, “'Wall of fire' devastates,” Salt Lake Tribune
Multimedia Story
Second Place: Staff, “Titanic Anniversary: 100 years later,” Denver Post
First Place: Staff, “Heroin in Denver,” Denver Post
Mobile Applications
Second Place: Staff, Ski Guide, Denver Post
First Place, Staff, Denver Post
Blog
Third Place: Staff, “The Spot,” Denver Post
Second Place: Staff, “First Drafts,” Denver Post
First Place: Staff, “Plog,” Denver Post
General Website Excellence
Second Place: Staff, Denver Post
First Place: Staff, Salt Lake City Tribune
Health: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Heather May, Julia Lyon, Melinda Rogers, “Who is Nicola Riley?” Salt
Lake Tribune
Second Place: Kirsten Stewart, “A Prescription for Health,” Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Michael Booth, “Heroin in Denver,” Denver Post
Health: General Reporting
Third Place: Barbara Cotter, “Victims of violence fine relief from pain, fears at hands of
fornsic nurses,” Colorado Springs Gazette
Second Place: Lois M. Collins, “Life's final journey series,” Deseret News
First Place: Kirsten Stewart, Scott Sommerdorf, “Saving Buddy,” Salt Lake Tribune
Environment: Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: Brandon Loomis, “Our Dying Forests,” Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Amy Joi O'Donoghue, “The fight for water: Here's why the West's oldest
battle could hit you at the tap,” Deseret News
Environment: General Reporting
Third Place: Scott Rappold, “See Colorado's glaciers while you still can,” Colorado
Springs Gazette
Second Place: Andrew Wineke, “Drilling requires water - lot's of it,” Colorado Springs
Gazette
First Place: Amy Joi O'Donoghue, “Clearing the air: That air you're breathing may be
slowly killing you,” Deseret News
Science: General Reporting
First Place: Andrew Wineke, “Wastewater disposal after drilling a nagging problem,”
Colorado Springs Gazette
Legal: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Aaron Falk, “Roman trial: Doubt takes hold,” Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: Brooke Adams, Melinda Rogers, “Warrants built case against husband,”
Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Nate Carlisle, Cimaron Neugebauer, “UHP's blind spot: patrolling itself,”
Salt Lake Tribune
Legal: General Reporting
Third Place: Marjorie Cortez, “Homeless court metes out justice in accessible setting,”
Deseret News
Second Place: Sara Israelsen-Hartley, “Colliding causes: gay rights and religious liberty,”
Deseret News
First Place: Aaron Falk, “The Price of Freedom,” Salt Lake Tribune
Politics: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Matt Canham, “The birth of a politician; 1977: Hatch takes office as a
freshman fighter,” Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: Peggy Stack, Lee Davidson, Matt Canham, “Will black Mormons vote
their race or their religion?” Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Nic Garcia, “Anger spurs action,” Out Front
Politics: General Reporting
Third Place: Benjamin Wood, “Cedar Hills residents look for healing and a fresh start
following decade of controversy,” Deseret News
Second Place: Lynn Bartels, Jessica Fender, Tim Hoover, “Civil Unions,” Denver Post
First Place: Sara Israelsen-Hartley, “Mending Marriages: States Consider Divorce
Reform in Attempt to Preserve Families,” Deseret News
Education: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Celia Baker, “Flipped classrooms: Turning learning upside down,” Deseret
News
Second Place: Celia Baker, “Credit hours vs. competency debate continues for classes,”
Deseret News
First Place: Celia Baker, “Crushing debt: Students finding solutions to avoid or survive
loans, Deseret News
Education: General Reporting
Third Place: Kevin Simpson, “Hickenlooper's 2004 pledge to students of Denver's Cole
Middle School fulfilled, failed,” Denver Post
Second Place: Kevin Simpson, “Rise in student plagiarism cases attributed to blurred
lines of digital world,” Denver Post
First Place: Hailey Heinz, “Diploma Costs Weekend and $200,” Albuquerque Journal
A&E Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Karen Schwartz, “THE PASSION OF THE CHRISTO: Monumental artist
talks about unbreakable bond with late wife Jeanne-Claude,” The Daily
Second Place: John Wenzel, “Behind the velvet rope: Getting into Denver's hottest
nightclubs can be a controversial process,” Denver Post
First Place: Rachel Lowry, “The telling of a tale: Christmas stories teach, persuade,
define us,” Deseret News
A&E Criticism
Second Place: Scott D. Pierce, Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune
A&E Single Story
Third Place: Adrian Gomez, “Duke City Bad Boy,” Albuquerque Journal
Second Place: Lindsey B. Koehler, “The Battle Hymn of OneRepublic,” 5280
First Place: Ben Fulton, “The Business of 'Les Miz':Why are Utahns so in love with the
epic musical?” Salt Lake Tribune
Business: Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: Luc Hatlestad, “The Strangest Show on Earth,” 5280
Second Place: Staff, “UTOPIA: Fiber-optic nirvana or nightmare with no way out?” Salt
Lake Tribune
First Place: Staff, “Will City Creek's opening help downtown SLC reclaim its glory,” Salt
Lake Tribune
Business: General Reporting
Third Place: Derek P. Jensen, Dawn House, “LDS mall rules bad for biz?” Salt Lake
Tribune
Second Place: Mark Jaffe, “Xcel's SmartGridCity plan fails to connect with Boulder,”
Denver Post
First Place: Tony Semerad, “Records: Incidents at Utah refineries numerous,” Salt Lake
Tribune
Sports: Columns
Third Place: Paul Klee, Colorado Springs Gazette
Second Place: Kurt Kragthorpe, Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Mark Kiszla, Denver Post
Sports: General Reporting
Third Place: Bill Oram, “Letters to Lily: Utah football player writes his own story,” Salt
Lake Tribune
Second Place: Benjamin Hochman, “Ty & Chico: Lawson, alter ego playing star roles
with Nuggets,” Denver Post
First Place: Robert Sanchez, “Golden Girl,” 5280
Editorials
Second Place: Sharon Hedrix, Albuquerque Journal
First Place: D'Val Westphal, Albuquerque Journal
Column Personal/Humor
Third Place: Jay Evensen, “On Second Thought,” Deseret News
Second Place: Bill Vogrin, “Vogrin columns,” Colorado Springs Gazette
First Place: Robert Kirby, “Robert Kirby columns,” Salt Lake Tribune
Public Service
Third Place: Jeff Proctor, "Officers Get Union Checks After Shootings,” Albuquerque
Journal
Second Place: Julie Dugdale, Chris Outcalt, “Beneath the Surface,” 5280
First Place: Staff, “Failed To Death,” The Denver Post
News Feature
Third Place: Robert Sanchez, “Chasing A Ghost,” 5280
Second Place: Barbara Cotter, “Victims of violence find relief from pain, fears at hands
of forensic nurses,” Colorado Springs Gazette
First Place: Kevin Simpson, “Denver woman feels the power of restorative justice after
son murdered,” Denver Post
Investigative/Enterprise Reporting
Third Place: John Ingold, “Decade after Hayman fire, questions linger about fire's start,”
Denver Post
Second Place: Mike Gallagher, “New Mexico’s love affair with drugs,” Albuquerque
Journal
First Place: Jennifer Brown, “Grades out on consultants,” Denver Post
General Reporting- Series or Package
Third Place: Staff, “Coming to our Census,” Deseret News
Second Place: Olivier Uyttebrouck, Charles Brunt, Rene Romo, “Returning Veterans
Need Help To Heal Invisible Wounds,” Albuquerque Journal
First Place: Lois M. Collins, Jamshid G. Askar, “The war on boys/Losing ground,”
Deseret News
News Reporting- Single Story
Third Place: Brooke Adams, “Adoption ordeal: Hope, doubts,” Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: Dennis Romboy, “In search of hope along the U.S.-Mexico border,”
Deseret News
First Place: David Montero, Kimball Bennion, “Emilie, the way she was,” Salt Lake
Tribune
Breaking News Story
Third Place: Staff, “Waldo Canyon fire,” Denver Post
Second Place: Staff, “This was just evil',” Salt Lake Tribune
First Place: Staff, “Midnight Massacre,” Denver Post