Kansas City Star staff wins Triple Crown Holly Lawton and her staff at The Kansas City Star headlined the women who won awards last week from The Associated Press Sports Editors.
The Star was the only newspaper in the over-250,000 circulation division this year to win the Triple Crown, receiving Top 10 recognition for its daily, Sunday and special sections. It is The Star's third Triple Crown in the past five years.
Lawton, associate managing editor for sports at The Star and an AWSM member, directed a staff that won a record 12 awards at the 2008 APSE Contest Judging in Orlando. Six other newspapers with female sports editors received recognition for their sections, including former AWSM president Kim Pendery (Tampa Tribune) and 2005 Mary Garber Pioneer Award winner Cathy Henkel (Seattle Times). See the full list at the bottom of this release.
Women won recognition in a dozens of categories at the judging.
Here's a look at those who received top-10 designation: Under 40,000 circulation
BREAKING NEWS: Susan Harman, Iowa City Press-Citizen
EXPLANATORY: Tamira Madsen, Madison Capital Times
PROJECTS: Erin Bolen, Jeff Wick, Nathan Wright, San Angelo Standard-Times
40,000-100,000 circulation
GAME STORY: Angela Busch, Naples (Fla.) Daily News
PROJECTS: Annie Tasker, Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer
PROJECTS: Katrina Waugh, Roanoke Times
100,000-250,000 circulation
EXPLANATORY: Robbi Pickeral, Raleigh News & Observer
EXPLANATORY: Rhiannon Potkey, Jon Clifford, Ross Siler, Chhun Sun, Bazter Holmes, Andrew Aragon, Salt Lake Tribune
FEATURES: Kelsie Smith, St. Paul Pioneer Press
PROJECTS: Akilah Nelson, Patrick Obley, Kent Babb, Seth Emerson, Bob Spear, Steve Wiseman, Gerald Davis, Columbia State (S.C.)
Over 250,000 circulation
BREAKING NEWS: Jo-Ann Barnas, Detroit Free Press
BREAKING NEWS: Erika Beras, Susan Miller Degnan, Oscar Corra, Miami Herald
BREAKING NEWS: Josephine Marcotty, John Millea, Roman Augustoviz, Minneapolis Star Tribune
BREAKING NEWS: Amy Shipley, Washington Post
EXPLANATORY: Dana O'Neil, Dick Jeradi, Philadelphia Daily News
PROJECTS: Amalie Benjamin, Gordon Edes, Nick Cafardo, Dan Shaughnessy, Bob Ryan, Ken Fratus, Daigo Fujiwara, Boston Globe
PROJECTS: Candace Buckner, Mechelle Voepel, Randy Covitz, Blair Kerkhoff, Jason King, Brady McCollough, Sam Mellinger, Joe Posnanski, Bill Reiter, Howard Richman, Adam Teicher, Kansas City Star
Investigative
Erin Stock, Jon Solomon, Birmingham News
Tania del Luzuriaga, David Ovalle, Peter Bailey, Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald
Gail Koch, Doug Zaleski, Greg Fallon, Muncie Star Press
Teri Thompson, Wayne Coffey, Michael O'Keefe, T.J. Quinn, Christian Red, New York Daily News
Abbie Vansickle, Carrie Weimar, Rebecca Catalanello, Eduardo Encina, Mark Topkin, Kevin Grahm, S.I. Rosenbaum, Graham Brink, St. Petersburg Times
Sports sections with female sports editors that received recognition:Under 40,000 circulation: Top 10 daily and Sunday -- Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera, Jennifer Osieczanek (co-sports editor)100,000-250,000: Top 10 daily and Sunday -- Tampa Tribune, Kim Pendery100,000-250,000: Top 10 daily and honorable mention Sunday -- Seattle Times, Cathy Henkel100,000-250,000: Top 10 special sections -- Arizona Daily Star, Shannon Conner250,000 and up: Top 10 daily and honorable mention Sunday -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Celeste Williams250,000 and up: Top 10 daily -- San Jose Mercury News, Rachel Wilner
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