Advertiser wins 6 first-place awards

Advertiser Staff

The Honolulu Advertiser won 16 awards yesterday in the Hawai'i Publishers Association's Pa'i Awards contest for work published in 2003, including six first-place awards.

Sports writer Ann Miller took two first-place awards for her coverage of golf phenom Michelle Wie — in the editorial feature and sports reporting categories.

Staff writer Mike Gordon's series, "Suffering in Silence: Hawai'i's Elderly Victims," took first place in the investigative reporting category. Investigative reporter Jim Dooley won third place for his story on Honolulu police whistleblower Kenneth Kamakana.

First-place honors in editorial series went to the Big Island bureau's Kevin Dayton for his "Children of Ice." Capitol Bureau reporter Lynda Arakawa won second place for her stories on the state Supreme Court.

In editorial enterprise, Capitol Bureau reporter Gordon Pang took first place for his story on the criticisms of University of Hawai'i President Evan Dobelle.

The Advertiser's design staff won first place in the design (newsprint) category for its coverage on Iraq. The staff also took third place for its "We Got Him" design upon the capture of former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein.

The Advertiser also won second place in spot news coverage; second and third place, business and industry reporting, Andrew Gomes and Will Hoover; third place, feature photography (newsprint), Jeff Widener; second place, cover design, Nick Gervais; third place, illustration, Martha Hernandez; and third place, informational graphics, Hernandez.

Here is the full list of awards.

• Spot news reporting: 1. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 2. The Advertiser. 3. Maui News.

• Editorial feature: 1. The Advertiser. 2. Honolulu Weekly. 3. Maui News.

• Editorial enterprise reporting: 1. The Advertiser. 2. Midweek. 3. Star-Bulletin.

• Editorial series: 1. The Advertiser. 2. The Advertiser. 3. Star-Bulletin.

• Editorial opinion: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. Star-Bulletin. 3. Honolulu Magazine.

• Investigative reporting: 1. The Advertiser. 2. Honolulu Magazine. 3. The Advertiser.

• Editorial column: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. Star-Bulletin. 3. Hawai'i Business.

• Sports reporting: 1. The Advertiser. 2. Midweek. 3. Island Scene.

• Business and industry: 1. Hawai'i Business. 2. The Advertiser. 3. The Advertiser.

• Arts and Entertainment: 1. Honolulu Magazine. 2. Hana Hou. 3. Star-Bulletin.

• Breaking business news: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. West Hawai'i Today. 3. Star-Bulletin.

• Sports news photography: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. Star-Bulletin. 3. Maui News.

• Feature photography coated stock: 1. Honolulu Magazine. 2. Hawai'i Hotel Network. 3. Hana Hou.

• Feature photography newsprint stock: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. Midweek. 3. The Advertiser.

• Spot news photography: 1. Maui News. 2. Hawai'i Tribune Herald. 3. Maui News.

• Essay photography coated stock: 1. Hawai'i Hotel Network. 2. Spirit of Aloha.

• Essay photography newsprint stock: 1. Maui News. 2. Star-Bulletin.

• Visitor publication-photography: 1. Hana Hou. 2. Media Hi Inc. 3. Hawai'i Hotel Network.

• Design coated stock: 1. Honolulu Magazine. 2. Honolulu Magazine. 3. Hawai'i Hotel Network.

• Design newsprint: 1, The Advertiser. 2. West Hawai'i Today. 3. The Advertiser.

• Illustration coated stock: 1. Island Scene. 2. Honolulu Magazine.

• Illustration newsprint: 1. Star-Bulletin. 2. Star-Bulletin. 3. The Advertiser.

• Cover design: 1. Guest Informant. 2. The Advertiser. 3. Network Media (The Island of Outrigger).

• Visitor publication under 500,000 circulation: 1. Official Aloha Maps (Media Hi). 2. Media Hi (Island of Aloha Vacation Planner). 3. Guest Informant.

• Visitor publication over 500,000 circulation: 1. Network Media (The Best of O'ahu). 2. Spirit of Aloha. 3. O'ahu Gold (Spotlight Hawai'i).

• Informational graphics: 1. Media Hi (Official Aloha Maps). 2. Star-Bulletin. 3. The Advertiser.

• Editorial cartoon: 1. Honolulu Weekly. 2. Star-Bulletin.

• Directories: 1. Honolulu MagazineiPrivate Schools. 2. Media HiiVacation Planner. 3. Obun Hawai'i Japanese Chamber directory.

• Program booklet: 1. Obun Hawai'i.

• Trade magazine: 1. Trade Publishing. 2. Media Hi (Sales Planner).

• Best non-daily newspaper: 1. Pacific Business News. 2. Maui Weekly. 3. Midweek.

• Best school newspaper: 1. Kalamalama. 2. Ka Leo O Hawai'i.