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Winning
heads
from some familiar faces
Two repeat
champions were among the five
individual winners in the ACES headline contest
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| Jim Thomsen
(Kitsap, Wash., Sun) receives his plaque and $500 check from
ACES board member Paula Devlin for winning Division I (50,000-circulation
or under) of the 2006 ACES headline contest. The results were
announced April 19 at the opening session of the ACES national
conference in Miami. |
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| Peter Donahue of The
Providence Journal and Lauren Raab of the UCLA Daily Bruin
also won their divisions in 2005, and Donahue was a 2002 winner. |
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Three past winners, including two repeat champions, were
among the winners in the 2006 ACES headline contest.
Peter Donahue of the Providence Journal in Rhode Island won Division
II (100,001 to 250,000 circulation) for the second consecutive year
and became the first three-time winner in the seven-year history
of the contest. He also won in 2002.
Lauren Raab of the The Daily Bruin at the University of California
at Los Angeles captured the student division for the second year
in a row.
Michael Roehrman of the Wichita Eagle, who won his division in
2002, returned to the winner's circle with a first place in Division
III (50,001 to 100,000).
A total of $2,250 in cash prizes was awarded in the contest,
along with plaques and certificates. Results were announced during
the opening session of the ACES national conference in Miami on
April 19.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune had the top entry in the staff category,
and The New York Times was runner-up.
Other individual winners were Rachel Dunn of the Los Angeles Times
in Division I (newspapers with circulations of 250,001 or more and
all non-newspapers) and Jim Thomsen of the Kitsap (Wash.) Sun in
Division IV (50,000 or less). Dunn's Los Angeles Times colleague
Laura Dominick won Division I in 2005.
Barbara Kerr Page of the Albuquerque Tribune won the award of excellence
in Division III, marking the third time in contest history she has
been a runner-up. (The other years were 2003 and 2004). Awards of
excellence also were given to Bill Walsh of the Washington Post
in Division I and Rebecca Young of the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune in
Division II.
The winners of Divisions I through IV received $500 checks and
plaques, and the student winner received $250 and a framed certificate.
A plaque and individual framed certificates were awarded to the
winning staff. All runners-up received framed certificates.
Each division had its own set of judges. Headlines published from
Dec. 1, 2005, to Nov. 30, 2006, were eligible.
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| Headline
contest honorees who attended the opening session are, from
left, Rachel Dunn (Los Angeles Times), Jim Thomsen (Kitsap, Wash., Sun) and
Bill Walsh (Washington Post). |
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| Bill Walsh
(Washington Post) leaves the stage looking pleased with his
award of excellence in the big-circulation division. |
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2006 ACES
HEADLINE
CONTEST
RESULTS
AT A GLANCE
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all the headlines and judges' comments
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DIVISION I
(250,001 or more and non-newspapers)
Winner: Rachel Dunn, Los Angeles Times
Award of excellence: Bill Walsh, Washington Post
DIVISION II
(100,001-250,000)
Winner: Peter Donahue, Providence (R.I.) Journal
Award of excellence: Rebecca Young, News Tribune,
Tacoma, Wash.
DIVISION III
(50,001-100,000)
Winner: Michael Roehrman, Wichita Eagle
Award of excellence: none
DIVISION IV
(50,000 or under)
Winner: Jim Thomsen, Kitsap (Wash.) Sun (Portfolio
A)
Award of excellence: Barbara Kerr Page, Albuquerque
Tribune
DIVISION V
(staff)
Winner: Minneapolis Star
Tribune (Michiela Thuman, Courtnay Peifer, Barbara
Haugen, Nan Williams, Holly Collier, Steve Fisher, Vince Tuss,
Bob Kyle)
Award of excellence: The
New York Times (Portfolio A)
(Jeanne Pinder, Jean Rutter, Lisanne Renner, George Kaplan,
Marlene Bagley, Harvey Dickson, Hubert Herring, Jake Doherty,
Kyle Massey, Ron Wertheimer, Eric Nagourney)
DIVISION VI
(students)
Winner: Lauren Raab, Daily Bruin, University of California
at Los Angeles
Award of excellence: none
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