2009 Lisagor Winners

MULTIMEDIA FEATURE PRESENTATION

Staff, chicagotribune.com, “Agent Orange: A lethal legacy”

FEATURE WRITING

Online
Linda Paul and Richard Cahan, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “The neighborhood that knew Obama first One year later”

Specialty/Trade
John Lippert, Edgar Ortega and Josh Fineman, Bloomberg News, “Traders fired in shakeout migrating to firms off Wall Street”

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Sports staff, Chicago Tribune, “Jordan”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Elisabeth Martin, SouthtownStar, “Teens in trouble”

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Bryan Smith, Chicago magazine, “The big party”

Radio
Lynette Kalsnes and Julia McEvoy, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “Israeli, Palestinian teens try to find common ground on North side”

Television
Mark Saxenmeyer and Dartise Johnson, WFLD-TV, “Foreclosure disclosure”

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, DAILY NEWSPAPER

Circulation more than 300,000
Keith Hale, Chicago Sun-Times, “Irish parade”

Circulation less than 300,000
Mary Compton, SouthtownStar, “Tiny dancer”

PHOTOGRAPHY, NON-DAILY NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE

Michael Anzaldi, Freelance, “Citizen’s Arrest”

DEADLINE REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Staff, Chicago Tribune, “Removal of a governor”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Staff, Daily Herald, “Maday escape”

Specialty/Trade
Andrew Harris, John McCormick and Tony Dreibus, Bloomberg News, “Chicago’s Olympic defeat”

BREAKING NEWS STORY

Online
Staff, chicagotribune.com, 2016 Olympic bid coverage

Radio
Staff, WBBM Newsradio 780, “The Maday Escape”

NEWSCAST

Television
Joe Kolina, Jennifer Lay-Riske and NBC5 staff, WMAQ Channel 5

Radio
John Hultman, Felicia Middlebrooks and WBBM Staff, WBBM Newsradio 780

USE OF VIDEO

Buzz Orr, Dan Luedert and Joe Cyganowski, Pioneer Press, “Todd’s story”

USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Matt Carmichael, Crain’s Chicago Business, Golf App

NEWS WEB SITE

chicagotribune.com

DESIGN

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Bryan Barker, Chicago Sun-Times

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Scott Helmchen, Northwest Herald

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Joe Durk, Shore Magazine

GRAPHICS

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Greg Good, Chicago Sun-Times

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Tim Broderick, Daily Herald

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Jason McGregor, Crain’s Chicago Business

ILLUSTRATION

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Char Searl, Chicago Sun-Times

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Matthew Grotto, SouthtownStar

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Jamie Ramsay, Time Out Chicago

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY, DAILY NEWSPAPER

Circulation more than 300,000
Richard A. Chapman, Chicago Sun-Times, “Nun acquitted”

Circulation less than 300,000
Vince Pierri, Daily Herald, “Father and son reunion”

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY, DAILY NEWSPAPER

Circulation more than 300,000
Tom Cruze, Chicago Sun-Times, “Head over heels”

Circulation less than 300,000
Bev Horne, Daily Herald, “Winners cheer, losers weep”

IN-DEPTH REPORTING

General-interest publication
Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke, Chicago Reader, “The Shadow Budget, Shedding light on the shadow budget”

Community newspaper
Ray Hanania, Southwest News-Herald, “Racism against grocer in Oak Lawn”

Business magazine or newspaper
James Ylisela, Jr., Crain’s Chicago Business, “McPier meltdown”

Magazine or magazine section
Aram Roston, Playboy, “The man who conned the Pentagon”

Television
Fox Chicago News Team, WFLD-TV, “Derrion Albert beating”

Radio
Julia McEvoy, Linda Lutton and Natalie Moore, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “Fifty-fifty: the odds of graduating”

Specialty/Trade
Sarah Karp and John Myers, Catalyst Chicago, “Reaching black boys”

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Staff, Chicago Tribune, “Compromised care”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Duaa Eldeib, SouthtownStar, “Charles Flowers”

Radio
Robert Wildeboer and Cate Cahan, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “Money collected for Cook County kids not going to kids”

Television
Dane Placko, Marsha Bartel and Lou Hinkhouse, WFLD-TV, “Highway worker”

INVESTIGATIVE/PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING

Online
Staff, chicagotalks.org, “Secret scholarships”

PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING

Television
Mark Saxenmeyer, Dartise Johnson and Lou Hinkhouse, WFLD-TV, “Portrait of a drunken driver: Why it might never stop”

Radio
Richard Steele, Eilee Heikenen-Weiss and Aurora Aguilar, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “Barbershop welcomes discussion of youth violence”

GENERAL EXCELLENCE, NON-ENGLISH

Daily publication
Hoy

Non-daily publication
Extra

NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY NEWS

Online
Matthew Hendrickson, chicagotalks.org

POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Natasha Korechi and Dave McKinney, Chicago Sun-Times, “Blagojevich hit up Burris for campaign cash”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Susan Brown, The Times of Northwest Indiana, “LaSalle Hotel Will kids stay safe?”

BUSINESS OR CONSUMER REPORTING

Specialty/Trade
Christopher Martin and Mario Parker, Bloomberg News, “Wind promises blackouts as Obama strains grid with renewables”

Online
Stephanie Zimmermann, suntimes.com, The Fixer

Television
Dane Placko, Marsha Bartel and Lou Hinkhouse, WFLD-TV, “D.P. Construction”

Radio
Sherman Kaplan, Kris Kridel and WBBM Staff, WBBM Newsradio 780, “Noon Business Hour: The Financial Fix”

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
David Sterrett, Crain’s Chicago Business, “McD’s stakes burger claim”

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Tim Novak and Chris Fusco, Chicago Sun-Times, “Maxwell Street: The new moneymakers”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Keith Benman and Marc Chase, The Times of Northwest Indiana, “Subprime lending in the region”

SPORTS REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
David Haugh, Chicago Tribune, “Boulevard of broken dreams”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Jim Owczarski, The Beacon News, “Born to run”

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Jonathan Littman, Playboy, “The persecution of Barry Bonds”

Radio
Jeff Joniak, WBBM Newsradio 780, “Joniak’s Journal: Marcus Harrison”

EDUCATION REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Jodi Cohen, Stacy St. Clair and Tara Malone, Chicago Tribune, “Clout goes to college”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Duaa Eldeib, SouthtownStar, “Lost generation – parents want bigger say”

SCIENCE, HEALTH, TECHONOLGY OR ENVIRONMENT REPORTING

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, “Crestwood well water”

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Gitte Laasby, Post-Tribune, “Fate of Easterly’s pile”

HEALTH OR SCIENCE REPORTING

Radio
Chip Mitchell and Julia McEvoy, WBEZ FM Chicago Public Radio, “Asthma program targets landlords”

Television
Sylvia Jones, Hosea Sanders and Jackie Denn, WLS-TV / ABC7 Chicago, “Live green with ABC7 Chicago”

ARTS REPORTING AND CRITICISM

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, “Marching to Glory”

Non-daily, newspaper or magazine
Mara Tapp, Chicago magazine, “Talk of ‘Our Town’ “

SPORTS COMMENTARY

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Jim Litke, The Associated Press

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Tony Baranek, SouthtownStar

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Roger Schillerstrom, Pensions & Investments

NEWS COLUMN OR COMMENTARY

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Phil Kadner, SouthtownStar

Non-daily newspaper or magazine
Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business

Specialty/Trade
David Glendinning, American Medical News

BLOGS

Affiliated
Roger Ebert, chicagosuntimes.com, “Roger Ebert Journal”

Independent
Steve Rhodes, beachwoodreporter.com, “The Papers”

EDITORIAL WRITING

Non-daily newspaper or magazine   
Jerry Moore, Suburban Life Publications

Daily newspaper, circulation less than 300,000
Michelle Holmes, SouthtownStar

Daily newspaper, circulation more than 300,000
Editorial Board, Chicago Sun-Times