October 2002
Judged by staff at the Herald Bulletin, IN

Spot News
1-Jeffrey Machtig (The Sheboygan Press, WI "I-43 Pile-up"
2-Robert Sumner (The Herald News, IL) "Bird's Eye View"
3-Sharon Cekeda (The Post Crescent, WI) "Head On Collision"

General News
1-John Badman (The Telegraph, IL) "Painful Memories"
2-Josh Ritchie (The Pantagraph, IL) "Scarecrow Stuff"
3-Steve Warmowski (Jacksonville Journal Courier, IL) "Training to Save Lives"

Sports
1-Steve Warmowski (Jacksonville Journal Courier, IL) "IC Guts One Out"
2-Chuck Cass (The Sun, IL) "Where Did it Go"
3-Steve Warmowski (Jacksonville Journal Courier, IL) "Hands on the Ball"

Feature Single
1-Chris Curry (Peoria Journal Star, IL) "Big Ass Bass"
2-Andrew Loehman (The Gazette, IA) "A Touchy Situation"
3-Jim Bowling (The Telegraph, IL) "Greenhouse Plastic"

Feature Multiple
1-Juli Leonard (Northwest Herald, IL) "A Circus Life"
2-Marianne Mather (The Courier News, IL) "End of the Line"
3-Ivan Kashinsky (Telegraph Herald ,IA) "Growing Family"

 

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