2006
C.B. Blethen
Memorial Award Winners
DISTINGUISHED
DEADLINE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Chronicle staff for "Iraq
ambush kills Centralian"
Second place: Yakima Herald-Republic for "Four
at large in jailbreak" by David Lester and Mark
Morey
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The News Tribune staff for
"Shooting at the Tacoma Mall"
Second place: The Oregonian for "Flying around
a racetrack at 10,000 feet" by Helen Jung
DISTINGUISHED
FEATURE WRITING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Post Register for "Of meth and
motherhood" by Nicole Stricker
Second Place: Yakima
Herald-Republic for
"Grandparent-turned-parent" by Jane Gargas
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: Seattle
Post-Intelligencer for "The cipher in room
214" by Carol Smith
Second place: The Oregonian
for "The courage of his convictions" by Tom
Hallman, Jr.
DISTINGUISHED
ENTERPRISE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Daily News
for "Living in the Highlands" by Tony Lystra
Second place: Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin staff for "Many waters, many
uses".
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: The Seattle Times
for "What’s best for Baby M?" by Jonathan
Martin
Second place: The Oregonian
for "Flawed disability fund" by Maxine
Bernstein and Brent Walth
DISTINGUISHED
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: Post Register for
"Scouts’ honor" by Peter Zuckerman and Staff
Second place: Tri-City Herald
for "911 disconnect; Dispatch in crisis" by
Cara Fitzpatrick
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: Seattle
Post-Intelligencer for "Conduct Unbecoming" by
Lewis Kamb and Eric Nalder
Second
place: The Spokesman-Review for "Mayor Jim West, an
investigative series" by Bill Morlin and Karen Dorn
Steele
DISTINGUISHED
DIVERSITY REPORTING
(under 50,000 circulation)
First place: Yakima
Herald-Republic for "Native Sons" by Philip
Ferolito
Second place: Tri-City Herald
for "Off the land" by Anna King
(over 50,000 circulation)
First place: Seattle
Post-Intelligencer staff for "Hard work, hard
times"
Second place: The Idaho
Statesman for "nimiipuu: The story of the Nez
Perce" by Tim Woodward
Debby
Lowman Award for
DISTINGUISHED REPORTING OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
(open
competition)
First
place: The Seattle Times staff for "Consumer
Reporting"
Second
place: The Oregonian for "Payday loans" by
Bill Graves
