2015 Keystone Winners

 2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Editorial
Editorial
Award
First Place
Organization
Credits
Mike Urban, Ford Turner, Nicole Brambila
When death means life
Reading Eagle Company
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
Honorable Mention
York Daily Record/Sunday News
First Place
Reading Eagle Company
Terrie Morgan‐Besecker
Pensions in Peril
Scott Fisher
Fix Pa.'s killer dams
State not responsible for solving city's spending woes; Dispute will rack up big bills, which will go to taxpayers; Someone in Wyomissing does not know when to quit
Things may be better, but RAWA still has its problems; District officials ignore bullies but prosecute the victim; Colleges, coaches make millions while players get zip
At the LCB . . . Freebies and favors (Mar 19); Where taking begets giving (Apr 3); Is debate really needed? (Apr 30)
Being a lawmaker clearly pays off; State does the right thing regarding Down syndrome; Following the election, A–Z
Jim Homan
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Jerry Reimenschneider
Editorial
Honorable Mention
Bucks County Courier Times
Guy Petroziello
Column
First Place
Reading Eagle Company
Ron Southwick
Column
Column
Breaking News ‐ MULTI‐DAY PUBLICATIONS ONLY
Breaking News ‐ MULTI‐DAY PUBLICATIONS ONLY
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
Erie Times‐News
First Place
Entry Title
Dan Kelly
Joan Benson‐Cacchione
Ford Turner, Steven Henshaw, Bill Uhrich Joseph Kohut, David Singleton, Brendan Gibbons, The Times‐
Tribune Staff
Reading Eagle Company
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
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Ads show love by woman for cat lost in '09; One guy got wife, the other an NFL coaching gig; Kind strangers come through for city family
Giving up Mom's key; Into the woods, the tall, tall woods; Coasting into summer
2 charged in woman's killing; Details haunt victim's family; DA: 'Particularly vicious and gruesome crime'
Cuffed
2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
Breaking News ‐ MULTI‐DAY PUBLICATIONS ONLY
Award
Honorable Mention
Bucks County Courier Times
Staff
Ongoing News Coverage
First Place
Reading Eagle Company
Ford Turner, Ron Devlin
Joseph Kohut, Terrie Morgan‐Besecker, David Singleton, The Times‐
Tribune Staff
The Hunt for Eric Matthew Frein
Gay bashing (September 18, 19, 25, 26, 28; Staff December 17)
Striving to be stellar: Olympic dreams drive Chance Staff Marsteller
Ongoing News Coverage
Ongoing News Coverage
Special Project
Special Project
Special Project
Niche Publication
Niche Publication
Organization
Credits
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
Honorable Mention
Bucks County Courier Times
First Place
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Second Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Honorable Mention
Reading Eagle Company
First Place
Bucks County Courier Times
Entry Title
Turnpike‐crash witnesses see flipping cars 'like a movie scene'
Heroin's tight grip on Berks; Deployment of special crime unit ...; The heartache of heroin; Investigators see heroin use ...; A plague infects ...; DA: Heroin abuse ...; A small town tarnished; Immensity of drug crisis aired; Heroin antidote doubles ...
Kate Penn
Back to Boston
Jamie Klein, Jeremy Drey
If not us, who?
Tom Raski, Andy Vineberg Yak Attack
Second Place The Intelligencer
Niche Publication
Honorable Mention
Erie Times‐News
Tom Raski, Andy Vineberg Death by Spoon
Tony Battaglia, Mike Copper, Tom Varsity high school sports weekly tabloid of the Reisenweber, Jeff Kirik
Erie Times‐News Series
First Place
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Staff Series
Fall all‐star series
David Singleton, Terrie Morgan‐Besecker, Kyle Wind, Borys Krawczeniuk A Question of Government
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
2
2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
Series
Sports Story
Sports Story
Sports Story
Sports Event Coverage
Sports Event Coverage
Sports Event Coverage
Sports/Outdoor Column
Sports/Outdoor Column
Sports/Outdoor Column
Feature Story
Feature Story
Feature Story
Award
Honorable Mention
Organization
Credits
Reading Eagle Company
First Place Erie Times‐News
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
The Times‐Tribune
First Place
Reading Eagle Company
Second Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Honorable Mention
Reading Eagle Company
First Place
Field of Needs: Erie School District struggles to give its teams a place to practice
Top player bouncing back from stroke
Donnie Collins Triple A Baseball Rich Scarcella, Liam Migdail‐Smith, Jeremy Drey, Eric Shultz
Frank Bodani, Jason Plotkin
Kellie Benn
Sea of PSU fans revels in return to postseason; Lions roar back to beat BC in OT; Highlights & Lowlights; Ficken’s walk‐off PAT is 'perfect'
Penn State storms back to win last‐second thriller in Ireland
Chrome's luster lost; Trainer calls reaction to loss at Belmont Stakes 'sour grapes'
This baseball man was about a lot more than the game; A four‐day Irish blur in the name of Penn State football and blood pudding; We can all learn from Neil Klinedinst, the ultimate Susquehannock fan
It takes awhile, but accreditation secured; Fascinated, but mystified, by curling; The Olympic spirit is alive and well
Steve Navaroli
From A to Z: The YAIAA year in review for 2013‐14; Central York's Brad Livingston is a rare breed of coach; Ron Miller leaves a legacy to remember
Frank Bodani
James Haggerty
Penn State's Pete Curkendall and his wife give love and their lives to a family of 'underdogs'
Scranton marked a turning point
David Bruce
Late Erie woman’s colorful life a mystery
Frank Bodani
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
Ford Turner, Jamie Klein
John Dudley, Mike Copper, Tom Reisenweber
Beth Hudson
Ford Turner
York Daily Record/Sunday News
York Daily Record/Sunday News
First Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
Honorable Mention
Erie Times‐News
3
Entry Title
Unwanted horses
2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
News Feature Story
News Feature Story
News Feature Story
Personality Profile
Personality Profile
Personality Profile
Business or Consumer Story
Business or Consumer Story
Business or Consumer Story
News Beat Reporting
News Beat Reporting
News Beat Reporting
Feature Beat Reporting
Feature Beat Reporting
Feature Beat Reporting
Award
First Place
Organization
Reading Eagle Company
Second Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Honorable Mention
Erie Times‐News
First Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
Honorable Mention
Reading Eagle Company
First Place
Reading Eagle Company
First Place Reading Eagle Company
Second Place The Times‐Tribune
Erie Times‐News
First Place Reading Eagle Company
Second Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Honorable Mention
Entry Title
The pain that won't end
Mike Argento
Ed Palattella, Chris Sigmund
Mike Argento
David Singleton, Terrie Morgan‐Besecker Tom Wolf's Election Day
Bottoms up: Local market for liquor licenses goes through roof
Invisible among us
Who is Eric Matthew Frein?
Ford Turner
Her comforting calamity
Liam Midgail‐Smith
Wish you were here
Jason Brudereck, Anthony Orozco
New fuel for Berks' economic engine
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
The Times‐Tribune
Honorable Mention
Credits
Ford Turner
James Haggerty
Dairy Departure
Ford Turner
Jim Lockwood
Heroin's tight grip on Berks; The heartache of heroin; Her comforting calamity; Immensity of drug crisis aired; Sharing their pain so others may gain; Heroin antidote doubles in price
Scranton beat: Jim Lockwood
Dana Massing
Will changes save schools?; We are a people; Young faith; Archives to honor nun; Faithful ready to Rock the Lakes; Faith in action
Don Botch
Rebecca Hanlon
Erie Times‐News
Jennie Geisler
4
From me to you; Straight from the heart; Taylor Swift superstar; Ataloft rising; Darkness and light; The day Pickfest came to town
Health beat
Super Party, Cruciferous Craze, Golden Opportunity, Love‐vocados, Recipe for Memories, Craving Crowley's
2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
Sports Beat Reporting
Sports Beat Reporting
Sports Beat Reporting
News Photo
News Photo
Award
First Place
Organization
Mike Drago
Joby Fawcett
Scholastic Sports: Joby Fawcett
Matt Smith
Distraught mother at scene of fatal car accident
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Paul Kuehnel
Body of boater found
The Times‐Tribune
Bucks County Courier Times
The Intelligencer
Jake Danna Stevens
Kim Weimer
Rick Kintzel
Guilty
Catching Some Air
Water wars
Reading Eagle Company
Harold Hoch
Full moon on the rise
Butch Comegys, Michael J. Mullen
Burying Cpl. Dickson
Chris Dunn
Forever her child
Lehigh Valley Media Group/The Express‐Times
Photo Story/Essay
Photo Story/Essay
First Place The Times‐Tribune
Second Place York Daily Record/Sunday News
Sports Photo
Front Page Design
Front Page Design
Brad Wilson
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
The Times‐Tribune
Lehigh Valley Media Group/The First Place Express‐Times
Feature Photo
Photo Story/Essay
Sports Photo
Sports Photo
Honorable Mention
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
First Place
Second Place
Entry Title
Best on the mat; Pius X trio shows no signs of stage fright; PA predictions and pairings; Wait over for unbeaten 'Liners; 'Liners invade and conquer; History lesson spans 65 years
Will Mifflin still be the one in BFL1?; 50 fantastic facts about the streak; RHS ready for some playoff football; Oh, brother: Keith last of the Millers; Saints in good hands; Strength borne out of adversity
Second Place
Honorable Mention
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
News Photo
Feature Photo
Feature Photo
Credits
York Daily Record/Sunday News
The Times‐Tribune
Bucks County Courier Times
Kate Penn, Jason Plotkin, Paul Kuehnel, Chris Dunn Tom Wolf campaigns on Election Day
Jason Farmer
Two‐run homer
Chloe Elmer
Great save
Reading Eagle Company
Bucks County Courier Times
Reading Eagle Company
Natalie Kolb
Bill Tull
Grant Mahon
5
Friday Knights player consoles boy Front page design/Bill Tull
Grant Mahon ‐ Feb. 14; Nov. 5; March 6
2015 Professional Keystone Press Awards
Division II ‐ Multi‐day Publications ‐ 40,000 to 74,999 circulation
Category Name
Front Page Design
Page Design
Page Design
Page Design
Headline Writing
Headline Writing
Headline Writing
Graphic/Photo Illustration
Graphic/Photo Illustration
Graphic/Photo Illustration
Video Story
Video Story
Video Story
Award
Honorable Mention
Organization
Lehigh Valley Media Group/The Express‐Times
Credits
James Moening
First Place Bucks County Courier Times
Second Place Bucks County Courier Times
Honorable Mention
Reading Eagle Company
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
First Place
Second Place
Honorable Mention
First Place
Entry Title
Man vs. deer hunt; Not immune to fear; Tree tops
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Bucks County Courier Times
The Times‐Tribune
Morgaine Ford‐Workman Page design/Morgaine Ford‐Workman
Deb Ungerman
Page design/Deb Ungerman
Leah Fassnacht ‐ March 16, E1; March 6, D1; Leah Fassnacht
March 2, E1
Shake the salt habit; This beautician is a beast; Kathy Folk
Halloween unmasked
Joe Healey Headline Writing ‐ Joe Healey An email from (redacted); Nothing to fear but Mike Argento
Ebola itself; When art imitates life ‐‐ or art
Tom Raski
Graphic/Tom Raski
Kevin O'Neill
The Arctic
Reading Eagle Company
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Bob Schneider
Kate Penn
Reading Eagle Company
The Times‐Tribune
Second Place Reading Eagle Company
Honorable Mention
Bucks County Courier Times
6
Lauren Little, Ben Hasty
Just desserts
Back to Boston
After months of therapy, Derrick Redcay returns home to cheers
Chuck Thomas
Eat This ‐ Vault Brewing Co.