February 2002
Judged by staff at the Times Beacon Record Newspapers

Spot News
1-Steve Warmowksi (Jacksonville Journal Courier, IL) "Snowbound Traffic Director"
2-Robert Sumner(The Herald News, IL) "Cat Rescue"
3-John Smierciak(Chicago Tribune, IL) "Firefighter Grits Teeth "

General News
1-Tina Yee (Des Moines Register, IA) "Poodle Coiffure"
2-Steve Kinderman(Eau-Claire Leader Telegram, WI) "Yellow Brick Plunge"
3-Greg Hess(Peoria Journal Star, IL) "Former Worker Ponders Options"

Sports
1-Marina Samovsky (The News Sun, IL) "Basketball Floor Scramble"
2-Dan Lassiter(The Janesville Gazette, WI) "Wrestler Strains for Pin"
3-Marina Samovsky (The News Sun, IL) "Cheer on her Rear"

Feature Single
1-Ray Rayburn (Northwest Herald, IL) "What, Me Worry"
2-Liz Wilkinson Allen (The Herald News, IL) "Branches and Bird"
3-Kerry Maloney(State Journal Register, IL) "Young Skater Yawns"

Feature Multiple
1-Sharon Cekeda (The Post Crescent WI) "2002 Sturgeon Season"
2-Sally Wahburn (The Sun, IL) "Swing Shift"
3-Chuck Cass(The Sun, IL) "Then and Now"

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