2008
C.B. Blethen
Memorial Award Winners
DISTINGUISHED
DEADLINE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Chronicle (Centralia, WA) staff for
“Washed out”
Second place: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin staff for
“Winds tear up Valley”
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Oregonian (Portland, OR) staff for
“2007 storm coverage”
Second place: The Seattle Times staff for “U.S.
Supreme Court ruling”
DISTINGUISHED
FEATURE WRITING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: Herald and News (Klamath Falls, OR) for
“The fade” by Ty Beaver
Second Place: The Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID)
for “Divided they stand: One family’s struggle
with schizophrenia” by Paul Menser
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: Seattle
Post-Intelligencer for “Doctor, climber, patriot,
spy” by Carol Smith
Second place: Seattle Post-Intelligencer for
“Broken warrior" by Carol Smith
DISTINGUISHED
ENTERPRISE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Olympian
(Olympia, WA) for “Lessons for Olympia” by Matt
Batcheldor
Second place: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin for
“Broken bonds: The betrayal of domestic
violence”
by Maria P. Gonzalez, Sheila Hagar and Terry McConn
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Seattle Times
for “Confronting malaria” by Sandi Doughton and
Kristi Heim.
Second place: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer for
“The terrorism trade off” by Paul Shukovsky,
Tracey Johnson and Daniel Lathrop
DISTINGUISHED
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Bulletin
(Bend, OR) for "DUII 'rampant' in Deschutes”
by Cindy Powers
Second place: The Bulletin (Bend, OR) for
"Anatomy of a tragedy” by Cindy Powers
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Seattle Times
for “Miracle machines” by Michael J. Berens and
Christine Willmsen
Second place: The Seattle
Times for “Victory and ruins” by Ken Armstrong
and Nick Perry
DISTINGUISHED DIVERSITY REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin staff for “Common Threads” series
Second place: Tri-City Herald
for “Flooding the falls” by Anna King
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Oregonian
(Portland, OR) for “Latino/Immigration package”
by Esmeralda Bermudez
Second place: The Seattle
Times staff for a series of stories on diversity
Debby
Lowman Award for
DISTINGUISHED REPORTING OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
(open
competition)
First
place: Seattle Post-Intelligencer for “Secret
ingredients: diacetyl stories” by Andrew Schneider
Second place: The Seattle Times staff for “Climate
change”
