Winners in the TBABJ's 2008 Griot Drum Journalism Awards

These are the Tampa Bay area journalists honored in the TBABJ's fourth annual Griot Drum Awards for quality coverage of issues relating to people of color. These winners were announced at the Griot Drum Awards and Scholarship Banquet, held Nov. 20 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg.

TELEVISION
TV1- Spot News
First Place: "Dr. MLK Parade," ABC News.

TV2-Non-Deadline Reporting
First Place: "Freedom Riders," Dennis Hollingsworth, WTSP-TV 10.
Second Place: "HIV Affects Community," Susan Casper & Matt McGlashen, WFTS-TV
Third Place: "Artist Paints History," Matt McGlashen, Ginny Diaz & Brendan McLaughlin

TV3-Investigative/Series
First Place: "Taking Action Compilation" by Matt McGlashen and Jackie Callaway.

TV5-Community/Public Affairs
First Place: A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins, segment profiling John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil, WEDU-TV.

TV6- Documentary
First Place: "Central Avenue Remembered," WEDU-TV.

PRINT -Over 100,000 circulation
P1-Deadline/Spot News Reporting
First Place: "Jury spares Steele's life" by Jamal Thalji, Molly Moorhead and Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Second Place: "Apartment Fire" by Carrie Pratt, St. Petersburg Times

P2-Investigative Reporting
First Place: "A Chase, an outcry, then shots in the dark" by Tom Lake, Molly Moorhead, Jamal Thalji, Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Second Place: "Costly Mistakes" by Thomas Lake, St. Petersburg Times

P3-Features
First Place: "Mom's Call to Action" by Sara M. Hoye,: Mom's Call to Action, The Tampa Tribune.
Second Place: "In Defense of his Confederate Pride" by Stephanie Garry, St. Petersburg Times
Third Place: "A Man of Action" by Michelle Bearden, The Tampa Tribune

P4-Community/Public Affairs:
First place: "Fraternizing with the enemy" by Rodney Thrash, St. Petersburg Times.
Second Place: "In the mix" by Sarah M. Hoye, The Tampa Tribune
Third Place: "Video shows CW at its worst" by Demorris Lee, St. Petersburg Times

P6- Sports Feature
First Place: "A Question of Loyalty" by Anwar Richardson, The Tampa Tribune.
Second Place: "Family Blessings" by Nicholas Williams, The Tampa Tribune.

PRINT - Under 100,000 circulation
PP2-Investigative Reporting
First place: "American Recession, Black Depression: What Must We Do?" by Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.

PP3-Features
First Place: "United Front" by Wade Tatangelo, Creative Loafing.
Second Place: "Here Comes the Neighborhood" by Alex Pickett, Creative Loafing
Third Place: "Revving up interest in new invention" by Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier

PP4- Community/Public Affairs
First Place: "Complete System's Failure" by Jenise Morgan, Florida.

PP6-Sports Feature
First Place: "New name, same winning spirit" by Charles Cherry II, Florida.

PP7- Commentary
First Place: "Black colleges deal with 'mission creep'" Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.

PP8- Criticism
First place: "Numbers Man" by Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing.

PHOTO
P1-Deadline/Spot News
First Place: "Relatives devastated" by Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.

P2-Features First Place: "Comfort" by Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times.
Second Place: "Friends" by Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times
Third Place: "Prayer Services" by Carrie Pratt, St. Petersburg Times

P3-Sports News
First Place: "Strong Finish" by Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.

P4-Sports Feature
First Place: "Athlete of the Year" by Fred Bellet, The Tampa Tribune.
Second Place: "Muddcat" by Fred Bellet, The Tampa Tribune

P6-Graphic or Photo Illustration
First Place: "A Night on the Town" by Lara Cerri.

P7-Photo Illustration
First Place: "The Iraq War: What would MLK say?" by Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Second Place: "Happy Workers" by Carrie Pratt, St. Petersburg Times

NEW MEDIA
NM1- Best Multimedia News Story
First Place: "In the Mix" by Sarah M. Hoye, The Tampa Tribune.
Second Place: ""An Anthem Story" by Joseph Brown III, The Tampa Tribune