AltWeekly Awards
1996 Local Political Story Above 54,000
3rd Place: Outside the Fences by Caleb Hellerman, Jabari Simama, Greg Land and M. Rex Smith , Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
Honorable Mention: The Enemy Within
by Beth Hawkins, Desiree Cooper, Russ Bellant, Stewart Francke, Leah Samuel and Robert Downe
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Metro Times
1996 Local Political Story Below 54,000
1st Place: by David Martin, Edward Ericson, Jr., Michael Weber and Tracy Zollinger Turner , Columbus Guardian
2nd Place: Scary Monsters
by Barry Yeoman
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INDY Week
3rd Place: Voters Trump the No-Bid Game
by Bill Zlatos
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In Pittsburgh Newsweekly
Honorable Mention: Raiding the Electronic Neighborhood
by Randy Katz
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EveryBody's News
1996 Media Reporting/Criticism Above 54,000
1st Place: White Like Me by Michael McGettigan , Philadelphia Weekly
2nd Place:
by Jack Lessenberry
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Metro Times
3rd Place: When Going Out of Business is Good for Business
by Richard Meeker
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Willamette Week
1996 Media Reporting/Criticism Below 54,000
1st Place: Attack of the Journal Register Co. by Beverly Gage , New Haven Advocate
2nd Place:
by Mark Charisse
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Folio Weekly
3rd Place:
by Mimi Morris, Andrea Simakis and Michael Weber
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Columbus Guardian
1996 Music Criticism Above 54,000
1st Place: by Richard Meltzer , San Diego Reader
2nd Place:
by Bill Wyman
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Chicago Reader
3rd Place: Mixing the Body Electric: The Evolution of Detroit Techno
by Hobey Echlin
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Metro Times
1996 Music Criticism Below 54,000
1st Place: by Rafer Guzman , Pacific Sun
2nd Place: Reznor's Edge
by Hobey Echlin
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Orlando Weekly
3rd Place: Double Vision: Rob Hanna's Foolish Behavior
by R.V. Scheide
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Reno News & Review