Advertiser receives 15 Pa'i awards
Advertiser Staff
The Honolulu Advertiser won 15 awards yesterday in the Hawai'i Publishers Association annual Pa'i Awards contest, including seven first-place awards, more top awards than any other publication in the state.
The awards were for work published in 2002.
Investigative reporter Jim Dooley won two first-place awards, one for his report on tax breaks given to the producers of "Blue Crush," and the other for his stories detailing pressure placed on clients of the Fresh Start halfway house. Dooley also received a second-place award in the investigative reporting category for his stories about irregularities in the management of the state Housing and Community Development Corp.
The Advertiser business staff won two first-place awards, one for a special report on the economic aftermath a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, and the other for coverage by Susan Hooper of the collapse of merger talks between Hawaiian and Aloha airlines.
In sports news photography, Jeff Widener won first place for coverage of the Honolulu Marathon. Deborah Booker won first place in the newsprint essay photography category for her work on the life of North Shore surfers.
Managing editor David Montesino received the first-place award for cover design for his design of the front page on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Other awards The Advertiser received were second and third place in spot news coverage; second place, editorial series, Jan TenBruggencate; third place, editorial column, Lee Cataluna; second place, business and industry reporting, Susan Hooper; second place, feature photography on newsprint, Eugene Tanner; third place, design, David Montesino; second place, illustration, Martha Hernandez.
Here is the full list of awards presented by the association:
• Spot news reporting: 1. Maui News 2. The Advertiser. 3. The Advertiser
• Editorial feature: 1. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 2. Maui News 3. Star-Bulletin
• Editorial enterprise: 1. The Advertiser 2. Hawaii Tribune Herald 3. Lahaina News
• Editorial series: 1. Star-Bulletin 2. The Advertiser 3. Star-Bulletin
• Editorial opinion: 1. West Hawaii Today 2. West Hawaii Today 3. Lahaina News
• Investigative reporting: 1. The Advertiser 2. The Advertiser
• Editorial column: 1. Honolulu magazine 2. Star-Bulletin 3. The Advertiser
• Sports reporting: 1. Honolulu magazine 2. Star-Bulletin 3. Maui News
• Business and industry reporting: 1. The Advertiser 2. The Advertiser 3. Building Industry magazine
• Arts and entertainment: 1. Maui No Ka Oi 2. Hana Hou magazine 3. Hana Hou magazine
• Breaking business news: 1. The Advertiser 2. Star-Bulletin 3. West Hawaii Today
• Sports news photography: 1. The Advertiser 2. Star-Bulletin 3. Maui News
• Feature photography coated stock: 1. Honolulu magazine 2. Network Media 3. Hana Hou magazine
• Feature photography news-print: 1. Hawaii Tribune Herald 2. The Advertiser 3. Star-Bulletin
• Spot news photography: 1. Star-Bulletin 2. Maui News 3. Star-Bulletin
• Essay photography coated stock: 1. Spirit of Aloha 2. Network Media
• Essay photography newsprint: 1. The Advertiser 2. North Hawaii News
• Visitor publication photography: 1. Network Media 2. Pleasant Hawaii (This Week) 3. Hana Hou magazine
• Design (coated stock): 1. Honolulu magazine 2. Network Media 3. Kaua'i Visitors Bureau
• Design (newsprint): 1. Star-Bulletin 2. Star-Bulletin 3. The Advertiser
• Illustration (coated stock): 1. Bess Press 2. Hana Hou magazine
• Illustration (newsprint): 1. Star-Bulletin 2. The Advertiser 3. Star-Bulletin
• Cover design: 1. The Advertiser 2. Network Media 3. Anaka Productions
• Best visitor publication (under 500,000 circulation): 1. Media Hi 2. Network Media 3. Media Hi
• Best visitor publication (over 500,000 circulation): 1. Hana Hou magazine 2. The Best of O'ahu
• Informational graphics: 1. Star-Bulletin 2. Star-Bulletin 3. Star-Bulletin
• Editorial cartoon: 1. Honolulu Weekly 2. Honolulu Weekly 3. Midweek
• Directories: 1. Network Media 2. Spirit of Aloha 3. Media Hi
• Program booklet: 1. Obun (Cherry Blossom Festival) 2. This Week (Aloha Festivals) 3. Honolulu magazine (BIA)
• Trade magazine: 1. Media Hi 2. Media Hi 3. Building Industry
• Best non-daily newspaper: 1. Midweek 2. Honolulu Weekly 3. O'ahu Island News
