AltWeekly Awards
2006 Investigative Reporting Below 50,000
2nd Place: The Road to Meadville series by Donna Ladd , Jackson Free Press
3rd Place: All Shook Up
by Cara Degette
,
Colorado Springs Independent
Honorable Mention: Beat by the System
by Susan Clark Armstrong
,
Folio Weekly
2006 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 50,000
1st Place: Deadline Hollywood by Nikki Finke , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: Press Clips
by Sydney H. Schanberg
,
The Village Voice
3rd Place (tie): Knight Riddance
by Bob Norman
,
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
3rd Place (tie): "Pulitzer's Pain" and "Pulitzer's Gain"
by Chad Garrison and Malcolm Gay
,
Riverfront Times
Honorable Mention: We've Got Issues
by Chris Potter
,
Pittsburgh City Paper
2006 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 50,000
1st Place: "Dollars or Sense?" "What Next?" and "(Tele)Vision Quest" by Krestia DeGeorge , City Newspaper
2nd Place: "The 'Perception' of the Ledger," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Sensational Suburban Legends"
by Todd Stauffer
,
Jackson Free Press
3rd Place: "Paxton May Have Overpaid," "Rock Talk Is History at WRDU," and "Big Cable"
by Fiona Morgan
,
INDY Week
Honorable Mention: Feeding Frenzy
by Leigh de Armas
,
Orlando Weekly
2006 Music Criticism Above 50,000
1st Place: "Keeping Up With the Joneses," "Incorrect Change," and "Principle Playa" (PDF) by Sarah Godfrey , Washington City Paper
2nd Place: "The New Mythology," "The Real Y'Alternative," and "No Sympathy for the Devils"
by Kandia Crazy Horse
,
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)
3rd Place: "The Titmaster Tommy Lee," "Race Against Rockism" and "Powerpop for Now People"
by Rob Harvilla
,
East Bay Express
Honorable Mention: "Out of the Woods," "Country Sucks?" and "Informed Regret"
by Chris Herrington
,
The Memphis Flyer
2006 Music Criticism Below 50,000
1st Place: J Spot by Jonanna Widner , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: "Spring Forward," "Worth the Wait," and "All the Right Moves"
by John Brodeur
,
Metroland
3rd Place: Boys, Express Yourselves
by Stephen George
,
LEO Weekly
Honorable Mention: "It's Saturday Night," "Best of the Wurst," and "Classical for a Dummy"
by Frank De Blase
,
City Newspaper