February 27, 2015 7:53 PM
The News & Observer and its community newspapers won a combined 40 awards in the North Carolina Press Association’s annual statewide competition.
Awards were presented Thursday night at a ceremony in Chapel Hill.
The honors included special awards in several categories. The N&O staff won the Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Award for the series “Checks Without Balances: Big Pay in Tough Times.”
Joseph Neff won a special Media and the Law Award for best series, and Jane Stancill tied with the staff of The Daily Tar Heel for the Duke University/Green-Rossiter Award for Distinguished Newspaper Work in Higher Education.
Andrew Kenney won the Associated Press’ Walter Spearman Award for outstanding writing by a journalist with two years’ experience or less, and Aaron Moody of the Eastern Wake News won the Hugh Morton Photographer of the Year award for community newspapers.
First-place awards for The N&O and its community newspapers were:
▪ Staff for online breaking news coverage.
▪ Andrea Weigl for feature writing.
▪ Tim Stevens for sports feature writing.
▪ Corey Lowenstein for feature photography.
▪ Staff for features section design.
▪ Mark Schultz of the Chapel Hill News for feature photography.
▪ Jonathan M. Alexander of The Durham News for education reporting.
▪ Mark Schultz of The Durham News for arts and entertainment reporting.
▪ Jim Wise of The Durham News for news enterprise reporting.
▪ J. Mike Blake of the Southwest Wake News for sports coverage.
Second-place awards:
▪ Staff for general excellence.
▪ Mandy Locke, David Raynor and Steve Riley for public service.
▪ Staff for investigative reporting.
▪ Ethan Hyman for sports photography.
▪ Luke DeCock for sports columns.
▪ Staff for general excellence for newspaper websites.
▪ Staff for sports coverage.
▪ Staff for special section.
▪ David Menconi for arts and entertainment coverage.
▪ Christine Adamczyk of The Cary News for sports photography.
▪ Mark Schultz of the Chapel Hill News for feature photography.
▪ Elliott Warnock of the Chapel Hill News for sports columns.
▪ Mark Schultz of The Durham News for arts and entertainment reporting.
▪ Staff of the Clayton News-Star for sports coverage.
Third-place awards:
▪ Mandy Locke, David Raynor and Rick Rothacker for investigative reporting.
▪ Andrew Carter for sports news reporting.
▪ Andrew Carter for sports features writing.
▪ Travis Long for general news photography.
▪ Ethan Hyman for sports feature photo.
▪ Staff for appearance and design.
▪ Ned Barnett, Burgetta Eplin Wheeler and Jim Jenkins for editorial page.
▪ Paul A. Specht of The Cary News for profile feature.
▪ Paul A. Specht of The Cary News for education reporting.
▪ Staff of the Smithfield Herald for sports coverage.
Honorable mention:
▪ Martha Quillin for the Thomas Wolf Award for Outstanding Writing.
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