ASNE.org The Omaha World-Herald staff wins the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by a Team for its coverage of a tornado that claimed the lives of four Boy Scouts.
Other winners in the American Society of Newspaper Editors contest: * Batten Medal -- Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times.
* Commentary/Column Writing --
Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald.
* Community Service Photojournalism Award --
Sonya N. Hebert, Dallas Morning News.
* Freedom Forum/ASNE Award for Distinguished Writing on Diversity --
Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Editorial Writing --
Ken Stickney, Monroe, La. News-Star.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Local Accountability Reporting --
Ames Alexander,
Kerry Hall,
Franco Ordonez,
Ted Mellnik, and
Peter St. Onge of the Charlotte Observer.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Nondeadline Writing:
Joanna Connors, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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