Top 5 winners and honorable mention selections in the multimedia categories for the 2012 APSE contest. Top entries in the writing and section categories previously were announced after judging in Orlando. Winners will be honored at the APSE summer conference in Detroit in June.
MULTIMEDIA Over 2 million unique visitors
Top 5
1. Hannah Fairfield and 12 others, The New York Times
2. Rachel Brady, Toronto Globe and Mail
3. Robert Cassidy and 8 others, Newsday
4. Nyier Abdou, Jackie Friedman and Saed Hinash, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
5. Xaquin G.V. and 9 others, The New York Times
Honorable mention
Alvin Chang, Matt Pepin, Mike Giesta, Boston Globe
Mahala Gaylor, Denver Post
Eric Seals and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press
McKenna Ewen and 7 others, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Craig Davis, Mike Stocker, Dana Williams and Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
MULTIMEDIA 500,000 to 2 million unique visitors
Top 5
1. Erin Chapin, Lauren Spuhler and Rachel Wise, Knoxville News Sentinel
2. Dan DeLuca, Kinfay Moroti, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
3. Erin Chapin, Knoxville News Sentinel
4. C.L. Brown, Michael Clevenger, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
5. Chris White, Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Honorable mention
Lauren Mariacher, Keith McShea, The Buffalo News
Katie Kunert, Mark Marturello, Randy Peterson and Todd Williams, Des Moines Register
Chris Pietsch, The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Dan DeLuca, Kinfay Moroti, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
John Clanton, Tulsa (Okla.) World
MULTIMEDIA Under 500,000 unique visitors*
Top 5
1. Stuart Palley, Emily Kaiser, (Columbia) Missourian
2. Stuart Palley, Parker Miles Blohm, (Columbia) Missourian
3. Dan Mott, Erick Ward, Les Johnson, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
4. Dan Mott, Christine Nikolich, Morgan Ellingson, Jason Pfrommer, Erick Ward and Les Johnson, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
5. Erick Ward, Les Johnson, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Honorable mention
John Sahly, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.)
Greg Brownell and staff, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)Chris Imperiale, Marty Myers, Ted Baird, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)
Ed Killer, Scripps Treasure Coast (Fla.) Newspapers
Anthony Bratina, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
