1^st ANNUAL NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM AWARDS

A1 Best News Story - Print

MATTHEW GARRAHAN, Financial Times

2^nd Place: Nikki Finke, LA Weekly

A2 Best News Story - Television

JACOB H. SOBOROFF, Why Tuesday?

A3 Best News Story - Radio

DARBY MALONEY an MATT HOLZMAN, KCRW

“Film Piracy”

2^nd Place: Noe Tannigawa, Hawaii Public Radio

A4 Best News Story - Online

NIKKI FINKE, LA Weekly

B1 Best Feature Story - Print

MATTHEW BELLONI, Esquire Magazine

2^nd Place: Richard Tomlinson, Fergal O’Brien and Monee Fields-White, Bloomberg “Bono Inc.”

Honorable Mention: Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, “Bullets in His Head”

B2 Best Feature Story - Television

JEFFREY K. HOWARD, KCLV, Las Vegas

2^nd Place: Shawn Edwards and Russ Simmons, WDAF Fox4News, Kansas City

Honorable Mention: Sandie Newton, Mona Khanna, Billy Sexton and Daniel Penz. KTVT CBS-11 News

B3 Best Feature Story - Radio

QUEENA KIM and CHARLES SOLOMON, KPCC, “Bambi”

2^nd Place: Beth Accomando, PRI’s The World

Honorable Mention: Claude Brodesser-Akner, Matt Holzman andRay Guarna, KCRW

B4 Best Feature Story - Online

NIKKI FINKE, LA Weekly

2^nd Place: Sara Shereen Bakhshian, CW Network

Honorable Mention: Jacob H. Soboroff, Why Tuesday?

C1 Best Critic - Print

ELLA TAYLOR, LA Weekly

2^nd Place: Jason Bracelin, Las Vegas Review  Journal

Honorable Mention: Michael Sraqow, Baltimore Sun

C2 Best Critic - Television

SHAWN EDWARDS and RUSS SIMMONS, Fox4News, Kansas City

2^nd Place: Jeffrey K. Howard, KVBC, Las Vegas

Honorable Mention: Manny Dela Rosa, KMIR6NBC, Palm Desert

C3 Best Critic - Radio

JOE MORGENSTERN, KCRW

2^nd Place: Peter Noble-Kuchera, WFIU Public Radio, Indiana

Honorable Mention: James Taylor, KCRW

C4 Best Critic - Online

NIKKI FINKE, LA Weekly