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For more than 25 years, Poynter faculty have presented the year’s best newswriting and community service photojournalism with the winners and finalists of the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual competition. An ideal reader for aspiring journalists, the volume provides quality models students can study and emulate.

Poynter’s renowned faculty—including Roy Peter Clark, Karen Dunlap, Tom French, Kenny Irby, Chip Scanlan, and Keith Woods—take your students “Behind the Story” with the book’s much heralded features. In-depth interviews with the winners let readers benefit from unique insight into how these reporters developed their stories into, in some cases, Pulitzer Prize–winning pieces. Ethical challenges are tackled, as are discussions of how to report and present news online.“Sources Say” features offer students perspective on a piece from those at the heart of the story, while the ever-popular “X-Ray Readings” are back, dissecting articles to show students exactly how writers ply their craft, sentence by sentence.

Always covering the range of journalism, this edition showcases sections on breaking news, investigative reporting, editorials, narrative writing, columns, photojournalism, plus new sections on covering immigration, race and ethnicity, and writing about human connections.

Always covering the range of journalism, this edition showcases sections on breaking news, investigative reporting, editorials, narrative writing, columns, photojournalism, plus new sections on covering immigration, race and ethnicity, and writing about human connections.

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PART 1 Reporting on Deadline

WINNER: TEAM DEADLINE NEWS REPORTING
Charleston Fire, Staff
The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier
“Fearless Charleston Firefighters Will Never Be Forgotten”
“Brad Baity”
“James ‘Earl’ Allen Drayton”
Behind the Story: Winner’s Q&A
Writers Workshop

FINALIST: TEAM DEADLINE NEWS REPORTING
Omaha Department Store Shooting, Henry J. Cordes
Omaha World Herald
“‘It Happened to Us’”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: ASNE TEAM DEADLINE NEWS REPORTING
Shooting Rampage at Virginia Tech, Staff
The Washington Post
“Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech in Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History” Ian Shapira and Tom Jackman
“‘Pop, Pop, Pop’: Students Down, Doors Barred, Leaps to Safety” Michael E. Ruane and Jose Antonio Vargas Behind the Story: Lessons Learned
Behind the Story: Online Journalism

FINALIST: INDIVIDUAL DEADLINE NEWS REPORTING
Red Sox Victory, Dan Shaughnessy
The Boston Globe
“On Top of the World Again”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: INDIVIDUAL DEADLINE NEWS REPORTING
Mobster Trial, Jeff Coen
Chicago Tribune
“Outfit Insider Recounts His First Hit”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

PART 2 Column Writing

WINNER: COLUMN WRITING
Leonard Pitts Jr.
The Miami Herald
“‘Murder Is the Greatest Injustice of All’”
“Memorial to a Father Who Served Proudly”
“After the Flood, the Big Easy Is Still a Target”
“I Know He’s Out There—Somewhere”
“Multiply Sense of Betrayal by 388 Years”
Behind the Story: Winner’s Q&A
Writers Workshop

FINALIST: COLUMN WRITING
Connie Schultz
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
“A Boy and His Dog, a Story of True Love”
“How Many Will Die Before the Dust Settles?”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: COLUMN WRITING
David Sarasohn
The (Portland) Oregonian
“Lincoln Hall’s Leaky Roof Is Metaphor for Higher Ed”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: BATTEN MEDAL
Rubén Rosario
St. Paul Pioneer Press
“She Was Ready to Say, ‘I Do.’ County Replied, ‘You can’t.’”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned
Behind the Story: Sources Say

PART 3 Investigative Journalism

FINALIST: ASNE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING
FINALIST: PULITZER PRIZE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik
The Charlotte Observer
“Sold a Nightmare”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING
David Josar
The Detroit News
“Tax Breaks for Needy Abused”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING
Pamela Gould
The Free Lance-Star
“Clues Point to Serial Killer: Evonitz Not Checked in Unsolved Slayings”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

PART 4 Feature Writing

FINALIST: NONDEADLINE WRITING
Louise Kiernan
Chicago Tribune
“The Beekeepers, Part 1”
Behind the Story: Ethical Reporting
Narrative Strategies by Thomas French

Part 5 Editorial Writing

FINALIST: EDITORIAL WRITING
Linda Valdez
The Arizona Republic
“A Defining Moment”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: EDITORIAL WRITING
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
“Our Hair Trigger” Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

PART 6 Covering Diverse Communities: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

FINALIST: DIVERSITY WRITING
Monica Polanco
Hartford Courant
“Success, at a Price”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: DIVERSITY WRITING
Christine Evans
The Palm Beach Post
“America’s New Main Street: Life on K Street”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: BATTEN MEDAL
FINALIST: PULITZER PRIZE FOR NATIONAL REPORTING
Howard Witt
Chicago Tribune
“Racial Demons Rear Heads”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

PART 7 Looking Beyond Conflict: Reporting on Human Connections

WINNER: NONDEADLINE WRITING
Lane DeGregory
St. Petersburg Times
“Special Delivery”
Writers Workshop

WINNER: BATTEN MEDAL
Kevin Cullen
The Boston Globe
“No Time for Tears”
“A Gift for Compassion”
Writers Workshop

PART 8 Community Service Photojournalism

FINALIST: COMMUNITY SERVICE PHOTOJOURNALISM
Gus Chan
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
About “Johanna: Facing Forward”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned

FINALIST: COMMUNITY SERVICE PHOTOJOURNALISM
Karen Ducey
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
About “One Fatal Shot”
Behind the Story: Lessons Learned