In its short history, AnnArbor.com has already earned awards for its news and sports coverage in the Michigan Associated Press Editorial Contest.
AnnArbor.com captured five awards in the annual contest for work completed between the launch of the site and twice-weekly newspaper last July through the end of the year. In addition, AnnArbor.com's Ryan Stanton took four awards - including the top sweepstakes honor - for his work at the Bay City Times prior to joining AnnArbor.com last July.
In news, Business Director Paula Gardner won a second-place award for breaking news with her story, "Blaze deals blow to renovation," detailing how much damage a fire could do to a city's redevelopment project. The story was about Ypsilanti's Thompson Block.
Crime reporter Lee Higgins received a second-place award in enterprise reporting for "Crackdown on crime producing results on MacArthur Boulevard," a detailed piece examining how one neighborhood was changed by increased police protection.
In sports, AnnArbor.com reporters Michael Rothstein, Dave Birkett, Jeff Arnold and Pete Bigelow took a first-place award for sustained coverage of a single sport event for their coverage of the Michigan versus Notre Dame football game.
Rothstein also won first place in sports columns for his piece on a controversial move on the football field titled, "Rodriguez wrong to deny Mouton's punch."
Arnold received a first-place award in sports enterprise for his piece, "Reaching his goals," about a soccer program for the homeless in Ann Arbor.
Stanton won two awards for sustained coverage of a single news event, and one for investigative reporting. He also captured the Sweepstakes Award for his investigative piece on sick leave abuse in the Bay City Fire Department. The Sweepstakes Award is considered the highest state honor a reporter can receive.
The winners will be honored at the AP awards banquet tonight.
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