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September 17, 2010 in City
Spokesman-Review wins six regional awards
Carissa Outen works on math problems with a tutor at her home May 13, 2010. On her wrist she wears a courage bracelet given to her by an Albertson’s customer.
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The Spokesman-Review brought home six awards from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association convention in Portland this week.
The paper won three C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting, in the over 50,000 circulation category. Kevin Graman, Sara Leaming and Jody Lawrence-Turner share a second place award in the deadline reporting category for their coverage of the escape of mental patient Phillip Paul from the Spokane County Interstate Fair. Becky Kramer won second place in enterprise reporting for a story on the health effects of a Trail, B.C., lead smelter on the residents of Northport, Wa. Lawrence-Turner also won a second place in investigative reporting for her story on purchases made by the Spokane Police Department Special Investigations Unit, in violation of city and state laws.
In the photo contest, Kathy Plonka took second place in the metro news category for her photo of Jacenta Bonagofski, grieving the death of her mother. Dan Pelle won third place in metro portrait, for a picture of Carissa Outen, an 18-year-old facing cancer. Pelle also won a second place award in the metro multiple category for his work photographing Outen’s story.
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soccermomsusie on September 17 at 7:33 p.m.
Congratulations to the Spokesman-Review. Mostly it is a leftist paper (except when Cal Thomas or dreamy Charles KrautHummer has an op-ed). But every once in a while they do the right thing like giving us Tea Party Members and Glenn Beck most of the ink in the paper.
You are definitely the best daily paper in Spokane and probably all of eastern Washington, I will give you that.
Saturdays, are OK when you have the normal preacher in the religion section, but sometimes you have communists, atheists and even dadaists in there, instead. I choked on my Maypo once when I thought I was reading an article on Lent but it turned out to be about female circumcision. Yuck!!
I don’t usually do this kind of thing, but I would like to nominate the Spokesman-Review for the Cowles Publishing Excellence Award. May I get a second on this?
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!!
spokanecougar on September 17 at 7:53 p.m.
Crazy Sus, I think we would like you to just disappear. May I get a second on this?
I hear nothing, sorry are you trying to say something?
zelda on September 17 at 8:15 p.m.
Soccermonsusie’s posts are more about performance art than satire. Maybe she should just go sit in a chair at a gallery somewhere and invite people to stare at her for a week. She could call it “Men Who Stare at Groats” or something equally Dadaistic.
Meanwhile, congrats, S-R. Keep on truckin’.
soccermomsusie on September 17 at 8:56 p.m.
Spokanecougar, Thanks for the second. I will pass on the nomination through the appropriate channels. Keep your feet on the ground and keep preaching to the stars!
Zelda, I don’t get your point. I am not a Croat. I am an American - a Nonhyphenated-American.
I join you in joining me in congratulating the S-R.
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!
zelda on September 17 at 9:44 p.m.
She’s got the whole James Franco-Joaquin Phoenix thing going on. “Is it for real or is it all a put-on?” Tiresome.
reservedparking on September 17 at 9:48 p.m.
Not hard to win awards when you have no competition.
misjustice on September 17 at 9:58 p.m.
I thought the “Golden Goose” article was relevant, given the recent articles about the medical marijuana dispensaries being busted and the Creach homicide. I encourage every one to read it, or re-read it as the case may be.
mdriftmeyer on September 17 at 10:32 p.m.
Soccermomsusie needs a tea party rally to worship—the lowest common denominator needs love too.
As regards to awards, I preferred the Spokane Chronicle to give the Review competition.
Anyone who thinks the Review is a leftist leaning newspaper either was mental throughout the history of the paper or is purely talking nonsense.
Ed Byrnes on September 18 at 1:00 p.m.
I think Susie is our local version of Steven Colbert, which we actually need more of.
Ed Byrnes on September 18 at 1:05 p.m.
misjustice: Thank you for actively referring us back to the golden goose story.
Do any of their sycophants want to try and spin this one into a reason for us citizens to trust local law enforcement?