The Kansas City Press Club, a chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, hosted the 2012 Heart of America Awards Saturday in Kansas City, Mo.
The Lawrence Journal-World received first-, second- and third-place finishes in multiple categories.
First Place
General reporting, Shaun Hittle, “Exonerated but still not free.”
Investigative reporting, Shaun Hittle, “Patriotism or profiteering?”
Feature, Shaun Hittle, “Boy in the attic.”
Sports writing, Jesse Newell, “Asia’s adversity.”
Photo feature, Nick Krug.
Multimedia package, “Only in Lawrence.”
Blog, Matt Tait.
Second Place
General reporting, Karrey Britt and Scott Rothschild, “Social and Rehabilitation Services closure.”
Investigative reporting, Sarah Henning, “Farm aid.”
Photo feature, Mike Yoder.
Multimedia package, Shaun Hittle and Kevin Anderson, “Exonerated but still not free.”
Third place
General reporting, George Diepenbrock, “Pearl Harbor survivors.”
Investigative reporting, George Diepenbrock and Jesse Newell, “KU athletic contract.”
Profile, George Diepenbrock, Tarik Khatib profile.
News website.
LJWorld.com also won the best website award from the press club.
Comments
Paul R. Getto 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Good job by all. Congratulations.
smitty 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Where's the link to each award winning article?
shaunepec 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Good point Smitty. I've added a few of the links...
LadyJ 11 months, 2 weeks ago
You might want to remove the links posted on the OTS for today. Somebody needs to remove those first posts ASAP
Pywacket 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Congratulations to all. It's a great honor to be recognized by your peers!
kansasplains1 11 months, 2 weeks ago
There are some very good articles and writers here.
But I also want to commend all the writers who didn't get selected, but who are doing a great job with their work!
Congratulations, Journal-World!
jayschool 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Congrats, Shaun. You are the man.
shaunepec 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Jayschool, Thanks. We try to do some good stuff, always nice when it's appreciated.
Shaun
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