Tampa Bay Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune win 12 FSNE awards

LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Times and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune have won 12 first-place awards each in the 2015 Florida Society of News Editors Journalism Contest.

Each newspaper took top honors in half of the categories in their respective circulation divisions during Thursday's award ceremony. Nearly 200 awards were presented to news organizations across Florida at the FSNE and Florida Press Association summer convention, which runs through Friday at The Westin in Lake Mary, near Orlando.

The Miami Herald's Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch won the Division A (Newspapers with more than 125,000 daily circulation) gold medal for best work overall for "Innocents Lost: A Miami Herald I-Team Report." Two Sarasota Herald-Tribune writers tied for the Division B (Newspapers with 50,000 to 125,000 daily circulation) gold medal. Carrie Seidman was recognized for "Home to Havana" and Josh Salman for "Selling Hope." The Division C (Newspapers with under 50,000 daily circulation) gold medal went to the Pensacola News Journal's Kevin Robinson and T.S. Strickland for "Jail explosion."

The Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism went to Julie K. Brown for "Cruel and Unusual: A Miami Herald I-team series."

Jim Waymer, with Florida Today, won the Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting in Florida for his stories looking at the environmental woes of the Indian River Lagoon.

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Here is a complete list of the category winners:

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Breaking News Reporting:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times for "Florida State University shooting" by Tom Tobin, Michael Kruse, Michael LaForgia, Lisa Gartner, Michael Van Sickler and Mary Ellen

Second Place — The Palm Beach Post for "Deadly Deluge" by Pat Beall, Christine Stapleton, Jason Schultz, Jorge Milian, Tony Doris, Eliot Kleinberg, Alexandra Seltzer, Sonja Isger

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times for "Officer Charles Kondek shooting" by Mike Brassfield, Laura C. Morel, Katie Mettler, Jamal Thalji, Rich Shopes, Graham Brink, Bill Varian

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Division B

First Place — Treasure Coast News for "American suicide bomber" by Laurie Blandford, Zaimarie De Guzman, Elliott Jones, Melissa Holsman

Second Place — The Florida Times-Union for "Value Added Model" by Denise Amos

Third Place — Naples Daily News, to Eric Staats, Jacob Carpenter, for Power Couple Die in Crash"

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Division C

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Staff, for "Devastated"

Second Place — Tallahassee Democrat, to Staff, for "Shooting stuns FSU: Campus unites after library horror"

Third Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Staff, for "City on ice"

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Features & Arts Writing:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Adam C. Smith, Michael Kruse, for "Knowing Charlie Crist"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Andrew Meacham, for "The First Family"

Third Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Barbara Marshall, for "Classified Kids"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Carrie Seidman, for "Home to Havana"

Second Place — Florida Today, to Britt Kennerly, for "Britt Kennerly - selection of feature writing"

Third Place (tie) — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Skyler Swisher, for "Deline"

Third Place (tie) — Naples Daily News, to Jessica Lipscomb, for "Little Man"

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Division C

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Troy Moon, for "Collection of feature profiles"

Second Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Marian Rizzo, for "Silver Springs collection"

Third Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to April Warren, for "April Warren collection"

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Investigative Reporting:

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Division A

First Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Pat Beall, for "Dying for Care"

Second Place (tie) — Tampa Bay Times, to Alexandra Zayas, Kris Hundley, Letitia Stein, Connie Humburg, John Pendygraft, for "Insult to Injury"

Second Place (tie) — Miami Herald, to Julie K. Brown, for "Cruel and Unusual: A Miami Herald I-team series"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Josh Salman, for "Selling Hope"

Second Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Topher Sanders, for "Juvenile Justice"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Eileen Kelley, David Bauerlein, for "Jacksonville Pension Crisis"

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Division C

First Place — The News Herald (Panama City), to Valerie Garman, for "J-1 visa"

Second Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to John Chambliss, Rick Rousos, for "Tucker Hall"

Third Place — Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, to Tristram Korten, Trevor Aaronson, for "Profits and Public Records"

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Community Leadership:

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Division A

First Place — Miami Herald, to Carol Marbin Miller, Audra D.S. Burch, for "Innocents Lost: A Miami Herald I-Team Report"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Ben Montgomery, Edmund Fountain, for "The Lost Bones"

Third Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Stacey Singer, for "Supergerms"

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Division B

First Place — Naples Daily News, to Jacob Carpenter, for "Charter Schools"

Second Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Barbara Peters Smith, for "The Kindness of Strangers"

Third Place — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Melanie Payne, for "#NeverLeft"

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Division C

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Kevin Robinson, T.S. Strickland, for "Jail explosion"

Second Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Kaycee Lagarde, Troy Moon, Bill Vilona, Matt Foster, Tom Ninestine, Tony Giberson, for "Focus on Century"

Third Place — Gainesville Sun, to Jeffrey Schweers, Arek Sarkissian, for "Sex assaults at University of Florida"

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Beat Reporting:

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Division A

First Place — Miami Herald, to Jay Weaver, for "Jay Weaver, Miami Herald"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Laura Reiley, for "Beat reporting: Food"

Third Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Leslie Postal, for "Leslie Postal Education Reporting"

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Division B

First Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Larry Hannan, for "Courts Beat Report"

Second Place — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Skyler Swisher, for "Skyler Swisher Health Reporting"

Third Place — Treasure Coast News, to George Andreassi, for "Government"

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Division C

First Place — Charlotte Sun (Englewood Sun, North Port Sun), to Brenda Barbosa, for "Baker Act numbers alarming; Mental health crisis; Out of the shadows; Efforts underway; Mental Health advocate"

Second Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Susan Latham Carr, for "Senior health in Marion County"

Third Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Katie Sartoris, for "Poll Positions; Skipping the Party; Sumter's Voter Growth; What A Nail-Biter; You're at Center Stage"

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Sports:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Josh Robbins, for "Sports Reporting"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Marc Topkin, for "Tampa Bay Rays"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Rick Stroud, for "Tampa Bay Buccaneers"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Chris Anderson, for "Sports stories by Chris Anderson"

Second Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Katy Bergen, for "Katy Bergen Stories"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Gene Frenette, for "The Uncertain Future of Justin Blackmon"

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Division C

First Place — Northwest Florida Daily News, to Travis Mewhirter, for "A leg up on life, Hype Machine, The off-field fight"

Second Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Fred Hiers, for "Fred Hiers horse racing stories"

Third Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Keith Pearlman, for "New Kind of Playing Field"

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Business:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Susan Taylor Martin, for "Tampa Bay Times: Real Estate"

Second Place — The Tampa Tribune, to Paul Guzzo, for "Business Reporting"

Third Place — The Tampa Tribune, to Yvette Hammett, for "Business Reporting"

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Division B

First Place — Naples Daily News, to Laura Layden, for "A Boom is Back; Uber; ASG Founder"

Second Place (tie) — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Josh Salman, for "Josh Salman stories"

Second Place (tie) — Treasure Coast News, to George Andreassi, for "All Aboard Florida"

Second Place (tie) — Florida Today, to Wayne Price, for "Selection of work"

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Division C

First Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Fred Hiers, Jim Ross, for "PUP coverage"

Second Place — Gainesville Sun, to Anthony Clark, for "Anthony Clark collection"

Third Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Rob Johnson, for "Dangerous pipelines"

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Columns:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Beth Kassab, for "Beth Kassab Commentary"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to John Romano, for "Columns by John Romano"

Third Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Frank Cerabino, for "Best of Frank Cerabino"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Chris Anderson, for "Chris Anderson Columns"

First Place — Florida Today, to Sara Paulson, for "Momsense"

Third Place — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Scott Kent, for "Scott Kent Collection"

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Division C

First Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Jim Ross, for "Jim Ross collection"

Second Place — Tallahassee Democrat, to Gerald Ensley, for "Stop the insanity: Ban guns," ''Austie, the eternal optimist, dies at 93" and "Local races turn nasty"

Third Place — Northwest Florida Daily News, to Wendy Victora, for "'Sooner or later, Wisdom can flow' and 'You're not warm'"

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Headline Writing:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to John Strickhouser, for "A collection of headlines"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Liam Miller, for "Liam Miller Headline Writing"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Dawn Cate, for "Headlines by Dawn Cate"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Jeffrey Rubin, for "Headlines by Jeffrey Rubin"

Second Place (tie) — The Florida Times-Union, to Steve Nelson, for "Outside"

Second Place (tie) — Naples Daily News, to Mike Hayes, for "Naples Daily News Page 1 headlines"

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Division C

First Place — Gainesville Sun, to Paul Jenkins, for "'Wearable computer', 'Resilient rapper', 'Big Brother', 'Put to the test', 'Hurt eagle'"

Second Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to Chris George, for "A Portfolio"

Third Place — Charlotte Sun (Englewood Sun, North Port Sun), to Adam Kreger, for "Adam Kreger Headlines"

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Editorials:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Tim Nickens, for "The Tin Man"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Paul Owens, for "Paul Owens Editorials"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Joni James, for "Moving at the speed of failure"

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Division B

First Place — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Scott Kent, for "Scott Kent Collection"

Second Place — Treasure Coast News, to Opinion Staff, for "Body of work by opinion staff"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Mike Clark, for "Pressing for an Improved Jacksonville"

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Division C

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Andy Marlette, for "Selection of editorials"

Second Place (tie) — Pensacola News Journal, to Tom Ninestine, for "Selection of editorials"

Second Place (tie) — Charlotte Sun (Englewood Sun, North Port Sun), to Brian Gleason, for "Making new homeowners pay their share; Rotonda suit settlements end legal farce; Taking steps to cope with rising sea level"

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Page One Design:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Jennifer Wright, Paul Alexander, for "Tampa Bay Times Front Page Design"

Second Place — South Florida Sun-Sentinel, to Lillian Mayor, David Schutz, for "LeGone"

Third Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Staff

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Kylee Cress, Glorida George, Danny DeJarnette, Ron Borresen

Second Place — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Phonethip Liu, Josh Ulrich, for "The News-Press Page One Design"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Staff, for "Page One"

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Division C

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Staff, for "Selection of work"

Second Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Adam Rogers, for "Oct. 19, 2014; Nov. 5, 2014; Dec. 18, 2014; Dec. 31, 2014"

Third Place — Northwest Florida Daily News, to Staff, for "Front page headlines"

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Feature Page Design:

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Division A

First Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Becca Vaughan, for "D-Day, Season to Share and Lottery"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Matt Callahan, for "The Lost Bones"

Third Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Rich Pope, for "Ask An Expert Hotline"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Kylee Cress, for "Home to Havana"

Second Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Ron Borresen, for "Ticket Cover"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Steve Nelson, for "Outside"

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Division C

First Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Peri Cushman, for "The Beatles"

Second Place — El Nuevo Herald, to Arnaldo Simón, for "El Nuevo Herald Feature Page Design (Galería 305)"

Third Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Colin Smith, for "Political Pop Quiz - Nov. 2, 2014

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Sports Page Design:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Andy Rosenthal, for "Trophy Case"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Andy Rosenthal, for "A Pioneer"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Andy Rosenthal, for "Perfect End"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Jennifer Borresen, for "Bucks Training Camp"

Second Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Steve Nelson, for "Jaguars Billboard"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Paris Moulden, for "Champs!"

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Division C

First Place — Tallahassee Democrat, to Staff, for "FSU wins third BCS Championship"

Second Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to Chris George, for "Super Reasons for the Super Bowl"

Third Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Marc Correnti, for "I'm the Greatest - Feb. 25, 2014"

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News Graphics/Illustrations:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Steve Madden for "Mars One Plan"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinal, to Todd Stewart, for "Self Advancement"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Cameron Cottrill for "No. 1 with a bullet"

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Division B

First Place (tie) — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Phonethip Liu, for "The News-Press Graphics/Illustration third entry"

First Place (tie) — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Jennifer Borresen, for "Sarasota Ballet"

Third Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Ron Borressen, for "Dick Vitale"

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Division C

First Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Adam Rogers, for "A New High, May 5, 2014"

Second Place — The Villages Daily Sun, to Colin Smith, for "Operation Holiday Magic, Dec. 24, 2014"

Third Place — Charlotte Sun (Englewood Sun, North Port Sun), to Denise DiRamio, for "Making the Grade"

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Spot News Photography:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Red Huber, for "FAMU Hazing Sentencing"

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Division B

First Place — Treasure Coast News, to Xavier Mascareñas, for "Firefighter injured"

Second Place — Treasure Coast News, to Sam Wolfe, for "Vigil honors three victims"

Third Place — Florida Today, to Tim Walters, for "Gunman killed at courthouse"

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Division C

First Place — Gainesville Sun, to Erica Brough, for "Motorcycle accident on I-75"

Second Place — The News Herald (Panama City), to Heather Leiphart, for "Pulled from wreck"

Third Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Doug Engle, for "9/11 Memorial"

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Feature Photography:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Red Huber, for "Cancer Fight"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Red Huber, for "Eagle Release"

Third Place — The Tampa Tribune, to Jay Conner, for "Poignant Right of Passage"

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Division B

First Place — Naples Daily News, to Scott McIntyre, for "Collier County Fair"

Second Place — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Nigel Cook, for "Wings and Waves"

Third Place — Florida Today, to Craig Rubadoux, for "Great day to be airborne"

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Division C

First Place — Gainesville Sun, to Doug Finger, for "Father of slain student weeps"

Second Place — The News Herald (Panama City), to Heather Leiphart, for "Icy trampoline girl"

Third Place — Tallahassee Democrat, to Joe Rondone, for "FSU campus unites after shooting"

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Sports Photography:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Stephen Dowell, for "Upside-Down Gamecock"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Red Huber, for "Making Tracks"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Dirk Shadd, for "Gloves come off"

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Division B

First Place — Naples Daily News, to Corey Perrine, for "FGCU"

Second Place — Daytona Beach News-Journal, to Jim Tiller, for "The Big One"

Third Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Thomas Bender, for "Freestyle Motocross"

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Division C

First Place — Gainesville Sun, to Matt Stamey, for "Super Save"

Second Place — Tallahassee Democrat, to Joe Rondone, for "Rain on the gridiron"

Third Place — Pensacola News Journal, to John Blackie, for "Sprint to the finish line of the Pensacola Cycling Classic"

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Photo Story:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Edmund Fountain, for "The Lost Bones"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Elaine Litherland, for "Home to Havana"

Second Place — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Andrew West, for "Voices of the Everglades"

Third Place — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Kinfay Moroti, for "Andrew Faust"

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Division C

First Place — Gainesville Sun, to Doug Finger, for "Casey Wilsey Funeral"

Second Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Katie King, Ben Twingley, Tony Giberson, Bruce Graner, Gary Ghioto, for "Devastated"

Third Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to Scott Wheeler, for "Forrest's Life — After the Accident"

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Online Blog/Commentary:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Jeff Solochek, Cara Fitzpatrick, Marlene Sokol, Kathleen McGrory, for "Gradebook"

Second Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Scott Maxwell, for "Taking Names"

Third Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Jon Busdeker, for "Portfolio"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Lee Williams, for "Lee Williams Blog — The Gun Writer"

Second Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Jeremy Wallace, for "Online Commentary by Jeremy Wallace"

Third Place — Florida Today, to Emre Kelly, James Dean, for "Live blog: Florida Today coverage of NASA's historic Orion launch"

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Division C

First Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to Tom Palmer, for "Tom Palmer: Endangered and Drained in Polk"

Second Place — The Ledger (Lakeland), to Michael Wilson, for "For Shore Fishing"

Third Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Rick Allen, for "Your Taste Bud"

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News Video:

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Division A

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to John Pendrygraft, Letitia Stein, for "Insult to Injury"

Second Place (tie) — Orlando Sentinel, to Staff, for "The Disappearance and Death of Alexandra Chery"

Second Place (tie) — Orlando Sentinel, to Red Huber, Joshua Cruey, for "Flying With an Eagle"

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Division B

First Place — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Mike Lang, for "Manatee Necropsy"

Second Place — Naples Daily News, to Corey Perrine, for "Oliver"

Third Place — Naples Daily News, to Dania Maxwell, for "Little Man/Ethan's Journey"

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Division C

First Place — Ocala Star-Banner, to Doug Engle, for "Making cane syrup"

Second Place — The News Herald (Panama City), to Patti Blake, for "Adaptive scuba"

Third Place — Gainesville Sun, to Matt Stamey, for "Nearly Naked Bike Protest"

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Multimedia:

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Division A

First Place — Orlando Sentinel, to Charles Minshew, Andrew Gibson, Sarah Espedido, Ricardo Ramirez-Buxeda, Kate Santich, Jeff Kunerth, for "In Crisis: A Special Report on the Mental-Illness Epidemic in Central Florida"

Second Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Edmund Fountain, Ben Montgomery, Cameron Cottrill, for "The Lost Bones"

Third Place (tie) — Tampa Bay Times, to Alexandra Zayas, Letitia Stein, Connie Humburg, Kris Hundley, John Pendygraft, for "Insult to Injury"

Third Place (tie) — South Florida Sun-Sentinel, to Rachel Schallom, Dieter Kurtenbach, Andrew Ivins, Ryan Clark, Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sarah Dussault, Matthew Haran, for "National Signing Day 2014"

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Division B

First Place (tie) — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Justine Griffin, for "Cost of Life Multimedia package"

First Place (tie) — Florida Today, to Staff, for "NASA's historic Orion test launch"

Third Place (tie) — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, to Katy Bergen, for "Trans Sarasota"

Third Place (tie) — The News-Press (Fort Myers), to Melanie Payne, Kinfay Moroti, Ashley Smith, Jason Cook, Derrick Shaw, for "Andrew Faust"

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Division C

First Place (tie) — Pensacola News Journal, to Julio Diaz, Mike Suchcicki, for "Cocktail Challenge"

First Place (tie) — Pensacola News Journal, to Mike Suchcicki, Troy Moon, Julio Diaz, for "PNJPOV"

Third Place — Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, to Ashley Lopez, for "Florida's Shrinking Workforce"

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Innovation that Drives Audience Engagement:

Open Division

First Place — Florida Today, to Staff, for "Tapping into a shark frenzy"

Second Place — The Palm Beach Post, to Samantha Ragland, Dan Scapusio, Nathan Hall, Mike Denison, for "PBPostNow"

Third Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Tom Bassinger, for "Bucs Turning Point"

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Niche Site/App:

Open Division

First Place — Tampa Bay Times, to Times staff, for "PunditFact"

Second Place — The Florida Times-Union, to David Bauerlein, Steve Nelson, for "Pensions"

Third Place — The Florida Times-Union, to Topher Sanders, Eileen Kelley, Steven Nelson, Derek Hembd, Bob Mack, Bob Self, for "Juvenile Detention"

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Editorial Cartoon:

Open Division

First Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Andy Marlette, for "I'm sorry son"

Second Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Andy Marlette, for "The new FSU logos"

Third Place — Pensacola News Journal, to Andy Marlette, for "Filling Askew's shoes"

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Spanish :

Division:

News Reporting:

First Place — El Nuevo Herald, to Alfonso Chardy, for "El drama de los menores indocumentados que llegan solos a Estados Unidos"

Second Place — El Nuevo Herald, to Enrique Flor, Brenda Medina, for "La planta de agua de Hialeah"

Third Place — El Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, to Melvin Felix, Mike Clary, for "El futuro incierto de los niños indocumentados"

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Sports Writing:

First Place — El Sentinel, to Carolina Salazar, for "Future of Soccer"

Second Place — Centro Tampa, to Myriam Silva-Warren, for "El 'Capitán de capitanes'"

Third Place — El Nuevo Herald, to Jorge Ebro, for "Las circunstancias alrededor de la salida de Yasiel Puig de Cuba"

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Features Writing:

First Place — El Nuevo Herald, to Brenda Medina, for "Los veteranos dominicanos de la guerra en Irak: 10 años en el olvido"

Second Place — El Sentinel, to Carolina Salazar, for "Rose Strong"

Third Place — El Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, to Yvonne Valdez, for "Una razón para vivir"

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Student Contest:

Features & Arts Writing:

First Place — Michael Stone for "A Christmas at War"

Sports Writing

Second Place — Lee Anderson for "The tarpon tragedy of Port Aransas: Could it happen to our Harbor?"

Sports:

First Place — Anderson Lee for "Algieri boxes his way out of basement"

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