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The Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Washington Post are competing for Best Newspaper Food Coverage in the large circulation category. There are 54 contest finalists in 15 categories. Winners will be named at the Association of Food Journalists Awards Competition banquet in Charleston, SC, on Oct. 6.
Press release
AFJ Names Finalists in Awards Competition 2011
The Association of Food Journalists announces 54 finalists in its Awards Competition 2011.
The awards recognized excellence in all aspects of food journalism.
This year’s competition drew 280 entries in 15 categories. The finalists are listed in alphabetical order in each category. Placement of finalists will be announced at AFJ’s Awards Competition 2011 banquet in Charleston, SC, on Oct. 6. Cash awards are $300 for first place and certificates for all winners.
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD COVERAGE (135,000 & Under Circulation)
Karen Haram, Food Editor, San Antonio Express-News
Tommy Simmons, Food Editor, and Cheramie Sonnier, Assistant Food Editor;
The Advocate
Andrea Weigl, Food Writer, News & Observer
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD COVERAGE (135,001-200,000 Circulation)
Jolene Ketzenberger, Food Writer, The Indianapolis Star
Nancy J. Stohs, Food Editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bob Batz Jr. & Staff, Food Editor, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD COVERAGE (200,001 & Over Circulation)
Carol Mighton Haddix, Food Editor, Chicago Tribune
Miriam Morgan, Food Editor, and Jon Bonné, Wine Editor, & Staff, San Francisco Chronicle
Joe Yonan, Food Editor, The Washington Post
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD FEATURE (172,000 Circulation & Under)
Brooke Foster, Editorial Contributor, Riverfront Times: “What Happens When You Take The Same Shopping List to Four Very Different Markets?”
Jonathan Gold, Staff Writer, LA Weekly: “Moveable Beast: L.A. Weekly’s 99 Essential Restaurants”
Jonathan Gold, Staff Writer, LA Weekly: “99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die”
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD FEATURE (172,001 & Over Circulation)
Jane Black, Reporter, The Washington Post; “Homegrown”
Jon Bonné, Wine Editor, San Francisco Chronicle; “A Grape Is Revived — Quietly”
Sophie Brickman, Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle; “The Life at The Laundry”
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD NEWS STORY
Kristen Hinman, Staff Writer, Riverfront Times; “The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights”
Jennifer Justus, Reporter, The Tennessean, “Homeless But Not Hungry”
Maureen O’Hagan, Staff Reporter, The Seattle Times, “Is Raw Milk Safe?”
BEST NEWSPAPER FOOD COLUMN
Jennifer Bain, Food Editor, Toronto Star
Sophie Brickman, Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
Anne Brockhoff, Freelance Journalist, The Kansas City Star
BEST NEWSPAPER RESTAURANT CRITICISM
Ian Froeb, Staff Writer, Riverfront Times
Jonathan Gold, Staff Writer, LA Weekly
Edmund Tijerina, Food Writer, San Antonio Express-News
BEST NEWSPAPER SPECIAL FOOD PROJECT
Kim Ode, Staff Writer, Star Tribune, Minneapolis; “A Baker’s Dozen”
Jill Silva, Food Editor/Critic, The Kansas City Star; “Far Away From Food”
Jill Silva, Food Editor/Critic, & Cindy Hoedel, Magazine Writer; The Kansas City Star, “35 People, Places and Things That Make Us Drool”
BEST FOOD FEATURE IN A MAGAZINE
Brett Anderson, The Oxford American, “The Great White Hope”
Liz Johnson, Freelance Writer, writing in Arrive, Dinner Conversations”
Maureen O’Hagan, The Seattle Times, “School Lunch”
BEST INTERNET FOOD NEWS OR FEATURE STORY
Michele Kayal, Freelance Journalist, Associated Press; “Dorie Greenspan: French Food and Flaming Kitchens”
Ronni Lundy, Editor in Chief, TheZenchilada.com; “Tamales”
Andrew Schneider, Senior Public Health Correspondent, aolnews.com; “Regulated or
Not, Nano-Foods Coming to a Store Near You”
BEST FOOD VISUAL
Rob Goebel, Photographer, Indianapolis Star, “Autumn Apples”
William Hogan, Studio Photographer, Chicago Tribune, “Strawberry Ice”
Daniel Marsula, Art Director, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pressure Cooker”
BEST FOOD BLOG
blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate, Staff, Dallas Observer
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/allyoucaneat, Nancy Leson, Food & Restaurant Columnist, The Seattle Times
voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/, Food Staff, The Washington Post
BEST FOOD ESSAY
Besha Rodell, Food & Drink Editor, Creative Loafing, “Around the Clock at Waffle House”
Robert Sietsema, Staff Writer, The Village Voice, “An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky”
Jessica Thomson, Writer, Leite’s Culinaria (www.leitesculinaria.com); on gluten intolerance
BEST FOOD MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Gretchen McKay, Food Writer, & Steve Mellon, Videographer; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and post-gazette.com
Katharine Shilcutt, Staff Writer, Houston Press
Tom Sietsema, Restaurant Critic, The Washington Post
