INDIANAPOLIS — Collated results from 2010 APSE contest judging at the National Sports Journalism Center on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for the over 175,000 circulation category as well as for Investigative Reporting, which is an open circulation class. Sections are not individually ranked. Final rankings for the writing categories will be announced on the APSE website in April.
DAILY SECTION
Top 10
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Dallas Morning News
Denver Post
Detroit Free Press
Los Angeles Times
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New York Times
USA Today
Washington Post
Honorable Mention
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Houston Chronicle
Indianapolis Star
Kansas City Star
Miami Herald
New York Daily News
Newark Star-Ledger
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer
St. Petersburg Times
SUNDAY SECTION
Top 10
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
Dallas Morning News
Denver Post
Indianapolis Star
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
New York Daily News
San Francisco Chronicle
St. Petersburg Times
Honorable Mention
Baltimore Sun
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit Free Press
Miami Herald
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New York Times
Newark Star-Ledger
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Seattle Times
SPECIAL SECTION
Top 10
Boston Globe
Dallas Morning News
Denver Post
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Orlando Sentinel
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Times
Washington Post
Honorable mention
Chicago Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit Free Press
Miami Herald
Minneapolis Star Tribune
New York Daily News
Newsday
Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
St. Petersburg Times
BREAKING NEWS
Top 10
The Baltimore Sun, Candus Thomson
Chicago Tribune, Brian Hamilton, Stacy St. Clair and Serena Maria Daniels
Houston Chronicle, Moises Mendoza and Sam Khan Jr.
Los Angeles Times, Bill Dwyre and Gary Klein
Miami Herald, Adam H. Beasley, James H. Burnett III, Siobhan Morrissey
New York Daily News, Bill Madden
St. Petersburg Times, Joey Knight
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), Matthew Stanmyre and Jackie Friedman
USA Today, Erik Brady
Washington Post, Mike Wise, Michael Lee, Michael Wilbon, Howard Kurtz
COLUMN WRITING
Top 10
The Arizona Republic, Paola Boivin
Boston Globe, Dan Shaughnessy
CBSSports.com, Ken Berger
CBSSports.com, Gregg Doyel
Detroit Free Press, Mitch Albom
The Indianapolis Star, Bob Kravitz
Kansas City Star, Sam Mellinger
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), Steve Politi
Washington Post, Sally Jenkins
Washington Post, Mike Wise
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Top 10
Baltimore Sun, Candus Thomson
Boston Globe, Peter Abraham, Amalie Benjamin, Sean Smith, Chad Finn, Diago Fujiwara and Javier Zarracina
Dallas Morning News, Mark Dent and Brandon George
Denver Post, Ryan Casey
Detroit Free Press, Shawn Windsor, Mark Snyder, Jo-Ann Barnas, John Lowe
Kansas City Star, Kent Babb and Blair Kerkhoff
Kansas City Star, J. Brady McCollough
Philadelphia Daily News, Mark Kram
The Seattle Times, Geoff Baker
USA Today, Steve Wieberg
FEATURE WRITING
Top 10
Baltimore Sun, Childs Walker
Boston Globe, Kevin Paul Dupont
Kansas City Star, Kent Babb
Miami Herald, Linda Robertson
New York Daily News, Wayne Coffey
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), Steve Politi
Toronto Globe and Mail, Hayley Mick
Yahoo! Sports, Dan Wetzel
Yahoo! Sports, Adrian Wojnarowski
GAME STORY
Top 10
Houston Chronicle, Dale Robertson
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Phil Miller
New York Times, Greg Bishop
New York Times, Joe Drape
Newsday, Mark Herrmann
Seattle Times, Larry Stone
Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), Andy McCullough
Yahoo! Sports, Steve Henson
Yahoo! Sports, Jeff Passan
Yahoo! Sports, Dan Wetzel
PROJECT REPORTING
Top 10
Boston Globe, Stan Grossfeld
Chicago Sun-Times, Rick Telander
Dallas Morning News, Brandon George, Mark Dent, Rainer Sabin and Matt Wixon
Detroit Free Press, Jo-Ann Barnas and Kevin Bull
Louisville Courier-Journal, Jennie Rees
Miami Herald, Greg Cote, Jeff Darlington, Susan Miller Degnan, Joseph Goodman, Israel Gutierrez, Barry Jackson and Michelle Kaufman
New York Times, Alan Schwarz
Philadelphia Inquirer, Ashley Fox and Mike Jensen
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Tom Powers, John Shipley, Brian Murphy, Kathie Jenkins, Tom Webb, Belinda Jensen, Rick Shefchik, Ross Raihala, Amy Carlson Gustafson and Joe Soucheray
USA Today, Bob Nightengale
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
(Open circulation class)
Top 10
Birmingham (Ala.) News. Jon Solomon and Marie Leech
Boston Globe. Bob Hohler and Shira Springer
Chicago Tribune. Jared Hopkins
Indianapolis Star. Mark Alesia, Tim Evans and Heather Gillers
Kansas City Star. Blair Kerkhoff, Michael Mansur, J. Brady McCollough, Mike McGraw, Mark Morris, Tony Rizzo, Judy Thomas and Mara Rose
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.). Andy Curliss, Robbi Pickeral and Ken Tysiac
The News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.). Gerald Witt
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. Izzy Gould
USA Today. Steve Berkowitz, Jodi Upton, Jack Gillum and Michael McCarthy
Yahoo! Sports. Charles Robinson, Dan Wetzel and Bryan Fischer
