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Awards & Recognition
Village Voice Media — 2009
AAN AltWeekly Awards

First Place, Editorial Layout
Darrick Rainey; LA Weekly
"Death of a Hollywood Beauty"
June 19, 2008

Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout
Jasmine Hobeheidar, Peter Storch; Phoenix New Times
"Green Fatigue"
April 17, 2008

Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout
Ivylise Simones; Village Voice
"Prodigy's 25th Hour"
February 6, 2008

Third Place, Editorial Layout
Howard Huang, Ivylise Simones; Village Voice
"The Ultimate Re-Vamping"
March 5, 2008

First Place, Cover Design
Pam Shavalier; Miami New Times
"Drop Dead Sexy"
November 20, 2008
"I'm HIV Positive"
February 14, 2008
"Share the F*&%ing Road"
January 31, 2008

Third Place, Cover Design
Tom Carlson; Riverfront Times
"Lip Service"
November 16, 2006
"The Veep Fair"
October 1, 2008
"Cougar Heaven"
July 16, 2008

Third Place, Cover Design/Less than 50,000 circulation
Rob Williams; Nashville Scene
"Reckless Love"

Best of Nashville

"Getting Jacked"

First Place, Illustration
Brian Stauffer; Riverfront Times
"7-Up vs. Coke"
February 6, 2008

Second Place, Illustration
Christian Northeast; Village Voice
"A Wing and a Prayer"
July 24, 2008

Second Place, Photography
Jennifer Silverberg; Riverfront Times
"Princess"

"D.I.Y."

"Mistress"

"Fist City"

"Thousand Dollar Baby"

"Lip Service"
November 16, 2006
"Life is Short"

"It Girls"

"Fighter"

Third Place, Arts Criticism
Scott Foundas; LA Weekly
"The Visitor"
April 10, 2008
"Diary of the Dead"
February 14, 2008
"Benjamin Button"
December 25, 2008

Honorable Mention, Arts Criticism
Ella Taylor; LA Weekly
"Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"
July 10, 2008
"Waugh adn Remembrance"
July 24, 2008
"From Reverence to Rape"
December 25, 2008

Second Place, Arts Criticism
J. Hoberman; Village Voice
"Deep Freeze"
June 12, 2008
"What We Learned About the Election in this Summer's Movies"
September 18, 2008
"Kill One for the Gipper"
January 24, 2008

First Place, Arts Feature
Nancy Rommelmann; LA Weekly
"No Exit Plan"
February 21, 2008

Third Place, Arts Feature
Jason Harper; The Pitch
"A Picture of Hope"
November 6, 2008

Second Place, Column
Jim Schutze; Dallas Observer
"Eat My Dirt"
August 21, 2008
"What's in a Nombre"
July 31, 2008
"No Nature for Old Men"
April 17, 2008

Honorable Mention, Column
Gustavo Arellano; OC Weekly
"Ask a Mexican!"

First Place, Column
Sarah Fenske; Phoenix New Times
"Sarah Fenske in Dogged Pursuit"
May 8, 2008
"The Pete Singer Conundrum"
April 24, 2008
"Globe High School"
February 7, 2008

First Place, Column-Politcial
Tom Robbins; Village Voice
"Eliot Sptizer Goes Down"
March 13, 2008
"Bloomberg's Term Limits Coup"
October 29, 2008
"Bloomberg's Velvet Coup"
October 23, 2008

Honorable Mention, Feature Story
Margaret Downing; Houston Press
"Mental Anguish"
May 8, 2008

Honorable Mention, Feature Story
Barry Isaacson; LA Weekly
"From Silver Lake to Suicide"
October 23, 2008

First Place, Feature Story
Joel Warner; Westword
"Father of Invention"
July 10, 2008

First Place, Feature Story
Joel Warner; Westword
"The Good Soldier"
March 20, 2008

Third Place, Food Writing
Rachel Hutton; City Pages
"Manny's Attempts to Raise the Steaks"
October 30, 2008
"Honeycrisp's Patent"
October 2, 2008
"Spam: It's Not Just for Inboxes"
December 4, 2008

First Place, Food Writing
Jonathan Gold; LA Weekly
"A Proper Brasserie"
September 19, 2008
"Keep on Trucking"
January 24, 2008
"Breaking Free"
February 7, 2008

Second Place, Food Writing
Kristen Hinman; Riverfront Times
"The Pope of Pork"
November 26, 2008

Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting
Deirdra Funcheon; Broward-Palm Beach New Times
"To Hug a Porcupine"
June 26, 2008

First Place, Investigative Reporting
John Dickerson; Phoenix New Times
Prescription for Disaster series

Second Place, Investigative Reporting
Jared Jacang Maher; Westword
"State of Emergency"
June 5, 2008

Second Place, Media Reporting/Crticism
Michael Roberts; Westword
"The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"
December 11, 2008

First Place, News Story/Long Form
Ashley Harrell; SF Weekly
"Snitch"
May 21, 2008

Second Place, News Story/Long Form
Sean Gardiner; Village Voice
"Missing in Action"
May 8, 2008

First Place, News Story/Short Form
Beth Walton; City Pages
"Holly Collins Returns"
September 25, 2008
"Local Couples Fight for Gay Rights"
November 27, 2008
"Midwest Oil Mining a Crude Idea"
December 4, 2008

Second Place, News Story/Short Form
Francisco Alvarado; Miami New Times
"Voter Fraud Ahead"
October 30, 2008
"Burn, Baby, Burn"
May 22, 2008
"Killers in the Can"
May 8, 2008

First Place, Election Coverage
Matt Snyders; City Pages
"Dozens of Journalists Arrested at RNC"
September 11, 2008
"Police Raid Anarchist Homes"
September 4, 2008
"Moles Wanted"
May 22, 2008

Second Place, Election Coverage
Amy Silverman; Phoenix New Times
"Love the War, Neglect the Warrior"
October 16, 2008

Third Place, Election Coverage
Wayne Barrett; Village Voice
"The Book of Sarah (Palin)"
October 9, 2008

Third Place, Innovation/Format Buster
Roy Edroso; Village Voice
"Blogosphere Guide"
April 15, 2008

Second Place, Public Service
Craig Malisow; Houston Press
"Selling You"
July 17, 2008

First Place, Music Criticism
Rob Harvilla; Village Voice
"A Running Diary of Hip-Hop Superfest Rock the Bells"
August 5, 2008
"Ride the Plastic Lightening"
September 17, 2008
"Why Chinese Democracy's Fine Print is Way More Fun than the Record Itself"
November 26, 2008

Third Place, Music Criticism
Pete Freedman; Dallas Observer
"Swagger Like Us"
November 27, 2008

Third Place, Cartoon
Kenny Be; Westword
Worst Case Scenario/Hip Tip

Honorable Mention, Cartoon
Dwayne Booth; LA Weekly
Mr. Fish

Third Place, Special Section
Staff; City Pages
Comix Issue

First Place, Special Section
Staff; LA Weekly
LA People 2008

Honorable Mention, Special Section
Staff; Village Voice
Best of NYC

First Place, Blog
Staff; Houston Press
Hair Balls



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