Eighty-seven awards of excellence were presented to San Francisco area media at the Peninsula Press Club’s 22nd annual awards dinner, held Friday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame.
Master of ceremonies Rebecca Corral, news anchor and reporter at KCBS radio, announced the winners, who were selected from 499 entries by print and television media and public relations professionals in the 11 Greater Bay Area counties. Competition was for work done in 1998.
Three students were honored as recipients of Herb Caen scholarships presented each year by the Peninsula Press Club. Nesssa Hessami of San Mateo High School received a $1,500 scholarship. Roberto Reyes Ang of Chabot College in Hayward and Peter Orne of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley shared top collegiate honors and each received $1,000 in scholarship money.
The San Mateo County Historical Association received the Peninsula Press Club’s annual Bonnie Chastain Award for its outstanding work with Bay Area Media in promoting the society’s activities.
The winners were as follows:
NEWSPAPERS – DAILIES & NON-DAILIES
Editorial
1st – Patty Fisher, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle
Editorial Cartoon
1st – Tom Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – Steven DeCinzo, Metro Santa Cruz
Column
1st – George Cothran, San Francisco Weekly
2nd – Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News
Honorable Mention – Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Joe Garofoli, Contra Costa Times
Spot News Story — Individual
1st – Emily Gurnon, San Francisco Examiner
2nd – Dennis Taylor, San Jose Business Journal
Spot News Story — Team
1st – Valley Times
2nd – San Francisco Chronicle
General News Story — Individual
1st – David Ferris, The Argus
2nd – Thomas Mournian, San Francisco Bay Guardian
General News Story — Team
1st – San Francisco Bay Guardian
2nd – San Jose Mercury News
Honorable Mention – San Francisco Weekly
Feature Story — Light
1st – Candace Murphy, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle
Feature Story — Serious
1st – Lisa Davis, San Francisco Weekly
2nd – Gayle Vassar Melvin, Contra Costa Times
Series — Individual
1st – Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle
Series — Team
1st – San Francisco Chronicle
2nd (tie) – San Francisco Business Times
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Technology Story
1st – Janet Rae-Dupree, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Janet Rae-Dupree, San Jose Mercury News
Honorable Mention – Jon Swartz, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle
Business Story
1st – Steve Ginsberg and Lorna Fernandes, San Francisco Business Times
2nd – Steve Ginsberg and Adam Feuerstein, San Francisco Business Times
Honorable Mention – Peter Byrne, San Francisco Weekly
Entertainment Review
1st – Michael Sragow, San Francisco Weekly
2nd – Julie Hinds, San Jose Mercury News
Page One Design
1st – San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – San Francisco Bay Guardian
Inside Page Design
1st – Sue Morrow, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Dorothy Yule, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Sue Morrow, San Jose Mercury News
Headline
1st – Dan Brown, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – San Francisco Bay Guardian
Specialty Story
1st – Michael Learmonth, Metro
2nd – Jack Boulware, San Francisco Weekly
Honorable Mention – David Plotnikoff, San Jose Mercury News
Sports – News Story
1st – Tim Keown, San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle
Sports – Feature Story
1st – George Cothran, San Francisco Weekly
2nd – Tony Cooper, San Francisco Chronicle
Sports – Column
1st – Tim Keown, San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – C. W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle
NEWSPAPERS – NON-DAILIES ONLY
General News Story
1st – San Francisco Bay Guardian
2nd – Mary Spicuzza, Metro Santa Cruz
Feature Story
1st – Julie Snyder, San Francisco Bay Guardian
2nd – Kristen Bole, San Francisco Business Times
Page Design
1st – San Francisco Bay Guardian
2nd – Contra Costa Tri-Valley Business Times
Editorial
1st – Tim Redmond, San Francisco Bay Guardian
2nd – Donna Hemmila, Contra Costa Tri-Valley Business Times
Column
1st – Dick Sparrer, Concord Transcript
2nd – John Bowman, San Jose Business Journal
PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY
Spot News Photo
1st – Karen T. Borchers, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Frederic Larson, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Bob Larson
Feature Photo
1st -Eugene H. Louie, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Carlos Gonzales, San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention – Patrick Tehan, San Jose Mercury News
Sports Photo
1st – Patrick Tehan, San Jose Mercury News
2nd – Gary Reyes, San Jose Mercury News
Photo Series
1st – Frederic Larson, San Francisco Chronicle
2nd – Eugene H. Louie, San Jose Mercury News
Best Photo – Non-Dailies
1st – Kristopher Skinner, Contra Costa Sun
2nd – Dean Coppola, Walnut Creek Journal
TELEVISION PHOTOGRAPH
Feature Photography
1st – Jeff Pierce, KRON-TV
2nd- Jeff Pierce, KRON-TV
Talk or Interview Show
1st – Stewart Cheifet Production
2nd – Stewart Cheifet Productions
Honorable Mention – KCSM-TV
MAGAZINES
Feature Story – Light
1st – San Jose Magazine
2nd – San Jose Magazine
Feature Story – Serious
1st – San Jose Magazine
2nd – San Jose Magazine
TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Product Trend or Review
1st – Ed Bott and Christine Grech Wendin, PC/Computing
2nd – Chris O’Malley, Liesl La Grange Noble and Christine Grech Wendin, PC/Computing
Feature Story
1st – Rich Schwerin, Ron White, Martin Sargent, PC/Computing
2nd – Leslie Ayers and Christine Wendin, PC/Computing