City-Wide Guild News

March 7, 2005

Workers at the Baltimore Sun captured the two grand prizes proffered this year in the annual Front Page Awards judging conducted by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.

Alec McGillis of the Sun won the Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Writing for "Poor Schools, Rich Targets." McGillis' work also won him a Front Page Award for Distinguished Public Service Reporting.

John Makely of the Sun won the Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Photography for the body of work submitted in the competition, which was open to work published in 2004. Makely won the Front Page Award for Distinguished National News Photography and an honorable mention for Distinguished Sports Photography.

All Front Page winners are to be honored at a reception Monday, March 28, at the AFL-CIO headquarters building, 815 16th St. NW in Washington. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m., with the awards being conferred at 7:15 p.m. Emcee for the evening will be Tom Sherwood of WRC (Channel 4) in Washington, a former Guild member at the Washington Post.

In addition to Front Page Award winners, the evening will also recognize Guild Service Award winners as decided by members of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild's Executive Council.At-large member Mark Gruenberg was declared winner of the Dan de Souza Memorial Award for Member of the year, Michelle Clements of United Food and Commercial Workers headquarters staff was named winner of the Nadine Grinder Memorial Award for Shop Steward of the Year, Marshall Brown of the Montgomery County Council of Supporting Services Employees was chosen Unit Officer of the Year, and Ann Marie Ditchey of the Post was picked as Customer Service Professional of the year. In addition, Radio Free Asia has been named Unit of the Year; RFA, which successfully concluded talks for its first contract last year, was judged to have made the most progress in meeting the "Build the Guild" goals set by the local.

Judges of this year's Front Page competition chose not to confer a grand prize in design, although individual winners were selected in three design categories.

A full listing of Front Page Awards winners is as follows:

GRAND PRIZES

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Writing: Alec MacGillis, Baltimore Sun, "Poor Schools, Rich Targets"

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Photography: John Makely, Baltimore Sun, body of work

WRITING

Morton Mintz Award for Investigative Reporting: Greg Garland and Gus G. Sentementes, Baltimore Sun, "Inmate's Final Hours"

Frank C. Porter Memorial Award for Labor and Business Reporting: Jamie Smith Hopkins, Baltimore Sun, body of work (honorable mention) Griff Witte, Jonathan Krim, Alec Klein, Greg Schneider, Washington Post, "$17 an Hour" series (honorable mention) Meredith Cohan, Baltimore Sun, "Gift Cards" and "Amish Tobacco" (honorable mention) M. William Salganik, Baltimore Sun, "Too Many Choices" and "Selling Quick Fix For Minor Ailments"

Bernie Harrison Memorial Award for Commentary: Ann LoLordo, Baltimore Sun, "A Life Worth Living?" (honorable mention) Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service, "Are Republican Catholic Pols Treated Differently Than Democrats?"

Bargaining Unit Publication: Rick Weiss, Washington Post, "Merit Pay at the Washington Post" series

Criticism: Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun, "The Gospel According to Mel" (honorable mention) Stephanie Shapiro, Baltimore Sun, "How Little Films Challenge the Concept of `Normal'"

Feature Writing: Jonathan Pitts, Baltimore Sun, "Private Heinlein's Day" series

Headline Writing (honorable mention only): Christian Zang, Baltimore Sun, "Seven Up, O's Lose Fizz, 8-7"

International News Reporting: Scott Higham, Sewell Chan, Scott Wilson, Dana Priest, Joe Stephens, Josh White, Christian Davenport, Jackie Spinner, Margot Williams, Washington Post, Abu Ghraib series

Local News Reporting: Laura Vozzella, Rona Kobell, Howard Libit, Stephen Kiehl, Del Quentin Wilber, Tom Pelton, Jonathon Briggs, Reginald Fields, Frank D. Roylance, Jamie Stiehm, Shiela Jackson, Baltimore Sun, "Boat Capsizes"

National News Reporting: Rick Weiss, Washington Post, "`Data Quality' Law Is Nemesis of Regulation" (honorable mention) M. William Salganik, Baltimore Sun, "Right to Sue HMOs Argued" (honorable mention) Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service, 2004 political reporting

Non-Daily Specialized Technical Reporting: Susan J. McGorlick, Bureau of National Affairs, "NLRB Case on Recognition Bar Attracts Many Amicus Briefs From Interested Parties"

Public Service Reporting: Alec MacGillis, Baltimore Sun, "Poor Schools, Rich Targets"

Sports Reporting: Steve Fainaru, Washington Post, "Stadium" series (honorable mention) Steven Goff, Washington Post, "The Emergence of a Prodigy" (honorable mention) Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, "Sports History" series

PHOTOGRAPHY

Black-and-White Photography: Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun, "Amish Men Assemble"

Feature Photography: Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun, "I Got It!" (honorable mention) Christopher T. Assaf, Baltimore Sun, "The Accidental Artist"

Local News Photography: Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun, "Sad Farewell" (honorable mention) Christopher T. Assaf, Baltimore Sun, "Running Festival A Day to Take Things In Stride"

National News Photography: John Makely, Baltimore Sun, "The Hunt for Bin Laden, The Search for Peace" (honorable mention) David Hobby, Baltimore Sun, "A Nation Pays Its Respects"

Picture Story: Monica Lopossay, Baltimore Sun, "Reaching for a Cure When Hope Flickers" (honorable mention) Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun, "Determination Fuels an Olympic Dream"

Portrait Photography: Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, "Flower Power" (honorable mention) Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun, "Follow the Leader"

Sports Photography: John McDonnell, Washington Post, "Fumble" (honorable mention) Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun, "Brilliant: Smarty Jones" (honorable mention) John Makely, Baltimore Sun, "Horseplay, Afghan-Style"

DESIGN

Advertising Design: Gene Russell, Baltimore Sun, "Lilypons"

Illustration Design: Randy Mays, Washington Post, "What Makes a Neighborhood Kid Friendly" and "Scared? You Can Fight Back on Taxes" (honorable mention) Anthony DeFeo, Catholic News Service, "Health Kit 2004"

News Graphic Design: Shirdell McDonald, Baltimore Sun, "Cicadas Emerge After 17 Years Underground" (honorable mention) Anthony DeFeo, Catholic News Service, "Archangels" and "Missions of California"

-- Mark Pattison
Local 32035 Treasurer

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