Print Honorees

The Los Angeles Times for a portfolio of work, represented at the workshop by Linda Richardson for "Going Back to Find Lavinia," her poignant first-person journey in search of her great, great grandmother. Other Times honorees are "Crossing Over" by J.R. Moehringer; "Islands of the Mind" by David Ferrell and Robert Lee Hotz; and a series of articles on Latinos by Hector Tobar.

The Hartford Courant Staff, for an 18-month exploration into the fatal shooting by police of Aquan Salmon, a 14-year-old African American robbery suspect and the impact that incident had on racial relations in the community.

Newhouse News Service Washington Bureau, and reporter Jonathan Tilove for a portfolio of work that reveals an uncanny eye for stories that open up the diversity that tells America's stories, from race and ethnic issues to political affiliations and religious differences.

The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington, for "School Colors," an illuminating five-day series by the paper's education team on the racial climate in five area highs schools, told through the voices of the students.

The New York Times race series. Special recognition to Charles LeDuff and Mirta Ojito for two remarkable stories – LeDuff's portrait of a slaughterhouse in South Carolina and Ojito's description of Miami through its black and white Cuban communities.

Audra D.S. Burch for her insight into the pop cultural world through her "Social Studies" columns in The Miami Herald.

Carmen Duarte for "Mama's Santos: An Arizona Life," a revealing 36-part series in the Arizona Daily Star on the history of immigration in Tuscon told through the eyes of Duarte's mother and family.

Allie Shah, reporter, and Rita Reed, photographer, of The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis for "Tug of War, " the story of the challenges faced by two Muslim teenage girls and how they adapt their religion and culture to life in an American high school.

Stephen Magagnini for "Orphans of History" in the Sacramento Bee. A two-time workshop honoree, Magagnini won the American Society of Newspaper Editor's distinguished writing award for diversity based on his series on the Hmong and their attempts to cope with American culture while trying to retain their own identity.

Barry Yeoman for a two-part series, "Walking Home," in The Independent, a weekly in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Yeoman is honored for his riveting portrayal of the lives, loves and tragedies within a rural Baptist congregation with a growing Latino population.

Television Honorees

ABC's 20/20 for "Family Secret, " a documentary by producer Alice Pifer, and correspondent Lynn Sherr on the journey Jill Atkin Sim took to discover the history of "passing" as white by her family.

ABC Nightline correspondent John Donvan and producer Mary Claude Foster for a portfolio of work, highlighted by "Asian Fears," on the discriminatory treatment faced by Asian-Americans in the aftermath of several high-profile news stories.

CNN for "Cry Freetown," winner of the 2001 silver baton DuPont-Columbia Award for excellence in broadcast journalism. Producers Ron McCullagh, Nick Hayes and photojournalist Sorious Samura for an unrelenting documentary on the horrors of civil war in Sierra Leone.

NBC's Dateline for "Web of Hate," reported by Tom Brokaw and produced by Rebecca Haggerty, on the proliferation of hate web sites. Brokaw's use of young voices from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism adds a unique and illuminating dimension to how the Internet can draw unsuspecting students to this world of hate and discrimination.

ESPN for "One Word," an in-depth report produced by Jonathan Ebinger and correspondent Bob Ley for their "Outside the Lines" sports news show. The duo was honored for its honest and revealing examination into the racial division in a Florida town, sparked by an insensitive remark by a white high school football coach toward a black player.

KRON, San Francisco. Producer Craig Franklin and reporter Pam Moore for "Color Blind," a two-party story on a Stanford University study on how the brains of whites and blacks compute racial identity. This is Franklin's second citation.

News Hour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, for "Angel Island," by Spencer Michels on the relative obscurity of the immigration entry point for most Asians coming into San Francisco and the efforts being made to restore it as a West Coast immigration landmark.

WCCO-TV for "Access Denied," an undercover investigation by producer Paula Engelking, reporter David Schechter, and photojournalist Garrett Young into the discrimination against blacks by a city night club based on their dress.