Ippies Journalism Awards

List of Ippies 2009 winners

WINNERS LIST

EDITORIAL CATEGORIES

Editorial Category 1: Best Investigative or in-depth story

  1. First place: "Silenced in the Classroom", by Seth Wessler, ColorLines
    http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=456

  2. Second place: "Home Front: NYC's Public Housing Struggles to Survive", by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits

  3. Third place: "One Man Goes to Prison, and Many Suffer" (Part 2 of a 3-part special report on the effects of the Rockefeller Drug Laws), by Evelyn Hernández, El Diario La Prensa

  4. Honorable Mention: "Armory Could Bring More Than a Shopping Mall", by Alex Kratz, Norwood News
    http://www.norwoodnews.org/story/?id=966

Editorial Category 2: Best Feature

  1. First place: "The Anti-Bloomberg: Inside Reverend Billy's Quixotic Mayoral Campaign", by Jacob Scheier and John Tarleton, The Indypendent
    Page 6: http://www.indypendent.org/INDY_ISSUE_ARCHIVE/INDY_ISSUE_139/INDYPENDENT_ISSUE139_AUG14.pdf

  2. Second place: "The True Story of Ah One: Inside the Life of a Chinatown Gang Lord", by Iwen Chu, World Journal

  3. Third place: "A Fragile Union: Why Racial Justice Matters in the Fight For Gay Marriage", by Kai Wright, ColorLines
    http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=484

  4. Best Multimedia: "Writing in My Father's Footsteps", by Jonathan Kesselman, The Forward
    Part I: http://www.forward.com/articles/14985/ (includes the video of the winning entry)
    Part II: http://www.forward.com/articles/103370/
    Part III: http://www.forward.com/articles/104241/
    Part IV: http://www.forward.com/articles/105243/
    Part V: http://www.forward.com/articles/108423/
    Video Extra: http://www.forward.com/articles/108423/

Editorial Category 3: Best Editorial / Commentary

  1. First place: "Take Note: News Corp Quietly Owns NYC Neighborhood Newspapers", by Sharon D. Toomer, BlackandBrownNews.com
    http://www.blackandbrownnews.com/front/1936500006_story.php

  2. Second place: "Chinese Contender Opens Curtain on 20th District Race", by Wang Di, Sing Tao Daily

  3. Third place: "The Indian Thing To Do", by Seema Khaneja, Little India

  4. Honorable Mention: "Inner-City Yoga", by Mona Mohan, Little India
    http://www.littleindia.com/news/139/ARTICLE/4997/2009-05-06.html

Editorial Category 4: Best Article on labor issues

  1. First place: "Which Side Are We On? Jews Lead Fight For and Against Key Labor Bill", by Nathaniel Popper, The Forward
    http://www.forward.com/articles/105679/

  2. Second place: "Day Laborers Go From Off-the-Books to Homeless", by Andrew Silverstein, City Limits
    http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=3720

  3. Third place: "Bronx Bakery Battle", by Sarah Secunda, The Indypendent
    http://www.indypendent.org/2009/03/20/bronx-bakery-battle/

  4. Honorable Mention: "Historic Union Torn Apart in Messy Divorce", by Nathaniel Popper, The Forward
    http://www.forward.com/articles/110380/

Editorial Category 5: Best Article on immigrant issues, racial or social justice

  1. First place: "University of Kitchen: My Dad's Decision Will Determine the Future of My Education", by Orubba Almansouri, New Youth Connections
    http://www.youthcomm.org/NYC%20Features/March2009/NYC-2009-03-03.html

  2. Second place: "Dharamsala: Permanence of Exile", by Saransh Sehgal, Little India
    http://www.littleindia.com/news/140/ARTICLE/5139/2009-07-05.html

  3. Third Place: "Obama Starts a New Era for the Comedy Industry", by Rong Xiaoqing, Sing Tao Daily

  4. Best Multimedia: "Domestic Violence in Ethnic Communities" (Multimedia), Independent Sources/CUNY-TV
    http://aishola.com/?p=349

Editorial Category 6: Best coverage on education issues

  1. First place: "Urban Girls Jump Into the Title IX Gap", by Carla Murphy, Women's eNews
    http://www.womensenews.org/story/athleticssports/090308/urban-girls-jump-the-title-ix-gap

  2. Second place: "DOE's International Schools: A Place For Recent Immigrant Students", by Mohsin Zaheer, Sada-e-Pakistan

  3. Third place: "A Quarter of Bronx Schools Are Without Gyms", by James Fergusson, Mount Hope Monitor
    http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=268

  4. Honorable Mention: "Too Many Schools: Moving Every Year Makes It Hard to Graduate", by Akeema Lottman, Represent
    http://www.youthcomm.org/FCYU-Features/MarchApril2009/FCYU-2009-03-04b.htm
    Sidebar: http://www.youthcomm.org/FCYU-Features/MarchApril2009/FCYU-2009-03-06b.htm
    Companion article: http://www.youthcomm.org/FCYU-Features/MarchApril2009/FCYU-2009-03-06c.htm

GRAPHIC CATEGORIES

Graphic Category 1: Best Overall Design

  1. First place: The Forward, by Kurt Hoffman and Richard Harrington
    http://www.forward.com/issues/2009-07-03/

  2. Second place: The Indypendent, by Ryan Dunsmuir and Anna Gold
    http://www.indypendent.org/?pagename=issue&issue=10-3-08

  3. Third place: La Voz, by Pilar Roca Requena
    http://lavoz.bard.edu/archivo/archive_toc.php?id=74

GraphicCategory 2: Best Photo Essay

  1. First place: "Refugees: The aftermath of the Lebanon War", by Rania Matar, Nueva Luz
    http://www.raniamatar.com/media/matar_nuevaluz.pdf

  2. Second place: "Latinos and Mexican Americans – On the verge of majority in Houston", Chuy Benitez, Nueva Luz
    1. Artist Statement:
    2. Entry itself is not online (you would have to buy the issue) but some of the photos are on his website: http://www.chuybenitez.com/houstoncultura/index.html

  3. Third place: "Operation Appalachian Spring", Antrim Caskey, The Indypendent
    http://www.indypendent.org/operation-appalachian-spring/

Graphic Category 3: Best Photograph

  1. First place: "Murdered Toddler Remembered", James Fergusson, Mount Hope Monitor
    http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=298

  2. Second place: "Protecting Her Family", Karen Yi, The Indypendent
    http://www.indypendent.org/2009/06/25/mothers-nightmare/

  3. Third place: "Angry Exchange", by Ariel Jankelowitz, The Forward
    http://www.forward.com/articles/106319/

 

 

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