Awards season for The Chronicle
I just want to take the opportunity to congratulate everybody here at The Chronicle who won an award this year. Listed below are all of the winners.
The following are the awards The Chronicle received from the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association:
Best Features Section:
Third – Inger Koch, Laura Bussie, Eric Schelkopf – "Spark!"
Best Single General Feature Photo:
Third – Joe Grace – "Cupcakes make people happy"
Best Single Sports Photo
First – Rob Winner – “Barnes scores 10 points off the bench for Bulldogs”
Third – H. Rick Bamman – “Knights sophomore Serpa leaves game early”
Best Single Sports Column
Third – Jay Schwab – “Bitter-sweet in this field of dreams”
Best News Story Series
Second – Kate Thayer – “Kane County’s Treatment Alternative Court”
Best Single Technology/Medical Story
Second – Brenda Schory – “ ‘He’s our top DUI officer’ ”
The following are the awards The Chronicle received from the Illinois Press Association:
Illinois State Bar Association Lincoln Media Award for Best Legal Media Coverage
Honorable Mention – Kate Thayer
Personality Photo
Second – H. Rick Bamman
Feature Writing
First – Brenda Schory – "Family upset over burial cost, 'teddy bear' suggestion"
Sports Section
First – Jay Schwab, Kevin Druley, Nick Gerts
The following are the awards The Chronicle recieved from the Illinois Associated Press Editors Association
Best Newspaper Web site
First – Staff
Business Story
Second – Jonathan Bilyk – "Harnessing the Wind"
Third – Jonathan Bilyk – "Bond Market Hits Cities Hard"
Enterprise Reporting
Second – Bethany Krajelis – "Still A Burning Issue"
General Excellence
First – Staff
Headlines
Third – Jarrod Rice
Sports Columns
Third – Jay Schwab
Sports News Story
Third – Kevin Druley – "No Crying As Cougars Delayed"
Features Photo
Second – Rob Winner – "Flip"
Third – H. Rick Bamman – "Road House"
Sports Action Photo
Second – Rob Winner – "Vault"
Sports Feature Photo
Second – Rob Winner – "Celebrate"
Spot News Photo
Second – H. Rick Bamman – "Traffic Stop"
