Two Globe writers were finalists in national editors' competition
Two writers for The Boston Globe were among the finalists chosen by the American Society of Newspaper Editors for distinguished writing and photography awards for 2006, ASNE is set to announce today.
Don Aucoin of the Living/Arts section was chosen as one of three finalists in the Outstanding Writing on Diversity category for stories on the lives of blacks and Hispanics in Boston today, in the ''How We Live Here" series.
Top honors in that category went to Phuong Ly of The
In the Editorial Writing category, the Globe's Susan Trausch was designated a finalist for a collection of essays exploring the mysteries and mundane aspects of everyday life.
Mike Trimble of the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle won first prize in the category.
Works by all the winners and finalists will appear in a collection titled ''Best Newspaper Writing 2006," to be published by the Poynter Institute of St. Petersburg, Fla. Each winner receives $2,500.
For winners in two Deadline Reporting competitions, each gets a $10,000 cash award given in memory of a former Philadelphia news excutive, Jesse Laventhol, who worked for The Bulletin, The Public Ledger, The Inquirer, and The Record from 1918 to 1937.
Writers for the Los Angeles Times took top prize in the category of Deadline News Reporting by a Team, while a reporter for the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, John Simerman, won for Individual Deadline Reporting.
Nicholas D. Kristof, a writer for the op-ed page of The New York Times, was selected for Commentary/Column Writing, and Jim Sheeler of the Rocky Mountain News won in the Nondeadline Writing competition.
The other winners for 2006 were Bob Paynter and Sandra Livingston of The Cleveland Plain Dealer in the category of Local Watchdog Reporting, and Todd Heisler of The Rocky Mountain News won for Community Service Photojournalism.
Almost 600 entries were submitted for this year's awards, which cover work in 2005. Prizes will be handed out on April 27 in Seattle at ASNE's convention.
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