AnnArbor.com reporters win Michigan AP awards
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.
Comments
The Picker
Tue, May 18, 2010 : 5:47 a.m.
Were all of the judges from the local 8th grade composition classes? Certainly from the mutual backslappers society!
Lokalisierung
Mon, May 17, 2010 : 1:52 p.m.
Thanks I already know all that stuff, which is why I brought it up.
Lokalisierung
Mon, May 17, 2010 : 1:37 p.m.
Well done! Now as soon as they make a photography award for "Most Dutch angles," aa.com will win that hands down.
Duane Collicott
Sun, May 16, 2010 : 9:24 a.m.
say it plain has a good point. Where are the awards for the comment crowd for their spelling, grammar and fact corrections? Community-driven proof-reading should be recognized.
Angela Smith
Sun, May 16, 2010 : 6:22 a.m.
Congratulations! It is a big deal to be recognized for what you are good at when you are trying it in a brand new way. Happy to be a contributing part of it.
say it plain
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 4:03 p.m.
Did any of the 'winning pieces' include those ubiquitous instances of readers adding comments that prompt the reporter to change his or her copy without acknowledgment;-)? Ah,.com 'newspapers'!
yohan
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 2:58 p.m.
I think this is sorta like the local Ad Clubs whose members get together every year, run around and tell each other how good they look and then hand trophies to each other.
yohan
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 2:57 p.m.
I think this is sorta like the local Ad Clubs whose members get together every year, run around and tell each other how good they look and then hand trophies to each other.
Wolverine3660
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 2:36 p.m.
Congratulations!!!!
tdw
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 2:18 p.m.
Was A2.com the only one in the contest?
David Cahill
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 1:58 p.m.
Wow! Congrats! I'm impressed - and I'm not easily impressed. 8-)
Ruth
Sat, May 15, 2010 : 11:35 a.m.
Congratulations! I hope that more reporters will get acknowledged in the future.