2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards dinner June 26, 2009, at Dole Ballrooms. Entries were judged by the Greater Oregon and Chincinnati chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. DAILY NEWSPAPERS D1 Business Reporting First Place Honolulu Advertiser Staff "Aloha Airlines" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Jaymes Song "Banking on Hawaii" The Associated Press Finalist Rick Daysog "Critics slam CEO Cole on Maui Land & Pine downsizing" The Honolulu Advertiser D2 Spot News Reporting First Place Staff "Blackout Edition" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Honolulu Advertiser Staff "Aloha Airlines: Sudden Departure" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Mary Vorsino, Dan Nakaso, William Cole "Rescue line problem cited before crash" The Honolulu Advertiser D3 General News/Enterprise Reporting First Place Honolulu Advertiser Staff "Child tossed from freeway overpass" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Will Hoover "Obama Slept Here" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Ferd Lewis "University of Hawaii Bowl Travel List" The Honolulu Advertiser D4 Feature Writing/Short Form First Place Jim Borg "The Real Indy" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Mark Niesse "Living with Lava" The Associated Press Finalist Michael Tsai Fighting for Life The Honolulu Advertiser D5 Feature Writing/Long Form First Place Kevin Dayton "Daysha's Diary" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Chris Hamilton "Kalaupapa" The Maui News D6 News Page Design First Place Curt Brandao "The Big Queasy" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Tressa Verber "People Who Made a Difference" The Maui News Finalist Mike Rovner/Charlene Robinson "Heco says outages impossible to stop" Honolulu Star-Bulletin D7 Feature Page Design First Place Russell McCrory "Daysha's Diary" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Russell McCrory "The war within" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Bryant Fukutomi, Betty Shimabukuro "A Fish Tale" Honolulu Star-Bulletin INTERNET I1 Online Spot News Reporting First Place Honolulu Advertiser.com "Blackout" The Honolulu Advertiser I2 Online General News Reporting First Place Honolulu Advertiser.com "Diabetes: Hawaii's Hidden Epidemic" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Audrey McAvoy "Leprosy Settlement" The Associated Press I3 Best Online Multimedia Presentation First Place Honolulu Advertiser.com "Crossing the Line: Abuse in Hawaii Homes" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Craig Gima "Cambodian teen (Sithan) returns home" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Jaymes Song, Kevin S. Vineys, Jae C. Hong, Lucy Pemoni "Obama Hoop Dreams" The Associated Press MAGAZINE M1 Business Reporting First Place David Choo "What Really Killed Aloha" Hawaii Business M2 Industry or Trade Reporting First Place Roland Gilmore "Rolling Sculptures" Hana Hou! Finalist Ronna Bolante "Hawaiian TM" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Liza Simon "Mother Nature's Son" Hana Hou! M3 Profile First Place Ronna Bolante "Peter the Prosecutor" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Julia Steele "Remembering the Games" Hana Hou! Finalist David Choo "Copy This" Hawaii Business M4 Feature Writing/Short Form First Place Dennis Hollier "Brotherly Biz" Hawaii Busienss Finalist Sherie Char "Remembering the Battle: A glimpse into the day that changed O'ahu forever" Hawai'i Magazine Finalist Sherie Char "NOAA Saves the Whales" Hawai'i Magazine M5 Feature Writing/Long Form First Place John Heckathorn "An Authentic Luau" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Paul Wood "Teaching Aloha" Hana Hou! Finalist Jason Ubay "Maui's Bumpy Road" Hawaii Business Finalist Julia Steele "The Channel Swimmers" Hana Hou! M6 Page Design First Place Kristin Lipman "Peter the Prosecutor" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Kunio Hayashi, Sergio Goes "The Channel Swimmers" Hana Hou! Finalist Wes Funai "HI Life" Hawaii Business M7 Magazine Cover First Place Kristin Lipman "May 2008" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Kristin Lipman "March 2008" Honolulu Magazine Finalist Wes Funai "Real Estate" Hawaii Business NONDAILY NEWSPAPERS ND1 Bustness Reporting First Place Janis Magin "Ewa Beach 96706: Ground zero for foreclosures" Pacific Business News Finalist Linda Chiem "Illegal workers booted, but what of their bosses?" Pacific Business News Finalist Chad Blair "Hard feelings linger in Times dispute" Pacific Business News ND2 General News/Enterprise Reporting First Place Linda Chiem, Cynthia Gibson "Hawaii women's pay lags" Pacific Business News Finalist Chad Blair "Fuel prices swell shipping costs" Pacific Business News Finalist Linda Chiem "Judge quits law to gain appointment" Pacific Business News ND3 Feature Writing First Place Joe Udell "Tracing an Indelible Mark" The Hawai'i Herald Finalist Jim Kelly "George Mason Obituary" Pacific Business News Finalist Joe Udell "Into the Tokyo Abyss" The Hawai'i Herald ND4 Community Reporting First Place Christine Cabalo "Give trees a chance" Hawaii Marine Finalist Louise Rockett "Funding for West Maui Advocacy Center in jeopardy" Lahaina News Finalist J.M. Buck "Power Play" Big Island Weekly ND5 Page Design First Place Christine Cabalo "Semper Fu: Instructors tackle new MCMAP skills" Hawaii Marine Finalist Ruben Duldulao "9-19 PBN Page 1" Pacific Business News OPEN PRINT P1 Column Writing/News First Place Teresa Dawson "Board Talk" Column Environment Hawai'i Finalist June Watanabe "Kokua Line" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Erika Engle "The Buzz" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P2 Column Writing/Features/Sports First Place Robert Collias "Between the Lines" The Maui News Finalist Ferd Lewis "Bittersweet Sugartime, An August to Remember The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Norm Bezane "Beyond the Beach" Lahaina News P3 Government Reporting First Place Laurie Au "Mayor's backers get big rail jobs" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Ken Kobayashi "Reasonable Clout" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Richard Borreca, Laurie Au "Last-minute decisions set off political flurry" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Honolulu Advertiser Staff "Election 2008" The Honolulu Advertiser P4 Breaking News First Place Honolulu Advertiser staff "Aloha Airlines" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Honolulu Advertiser Staff "Child tossed from freeway overpass" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Staff "Aloha Airlines (Also ATA Airlines) Shutdown" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P5 Health Reporting First Place Craig Gima "Like being reborn" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Christie Wilson, Will Hoover, Dan Nakaso "Diabetes: Hawaii's Hidden Epidemic" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Joan Conrow "Our Disappearing Nurses" Honolulu Magazine P6 Sports Reporting First Place Brian McInnis "Taylor joined by loved ones on birthday" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Brad Sherman "Return Game" The Maui News Finalist Jaymes Song "Shane Victorino" The Associated Press P7 Arts and Entertainment Writing First Place Joleen Oshiro "Inside Bhutan to find Buddha & Bhutan's sacred treasures" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Joe Udell "Tracing an Indelible Mark" The Hawai'i Herald" Finalist Mike Gordon "A Tale of Kaiulani" The Honolulu Advertiser P8 Editorial Opinion First Place Advertiser Editorial and Opinion Staff "Oahu's rail transit" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Patricia Tummons "Navy Harms Marine Mammals" Environment Hawai'i Finalist David Bock "No bailouts for Aloha or ATA" Hawaii Tribune-Herald Finalist A. Kam Napier "Passive Aggressive" Honolulu Magazine P9 Editorial Cartoon First Place Corky Trinidad "Obama & King Knuckles Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Corky Trinidad "Poor John" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Corky Trinidad "Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P10 Illustration First Place Kunio Hayashi, Christopher Earle, Samuel Lee "Mapping the Void" Hana Hou! Finalist Manny Pangilinan "Sustaining Hawaii" Honolulu Weekly Finalist Bryant Fukutomi "Hawaii on Tap" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P11 Informational Graphic First Place Martha Hernandez "When Pedestrians Die" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Minette McCabe "UH Stadium" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Dave Swann "How Hawaii gets its gasoline" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P12 News Photography First Place Bruce Asato "He Was Our Friend" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Dennis Oda "Obama Comes Home" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Amanda Cowan "Man dead after police shooting" The Maui News P13 Feature Photography First Place Kunio Hayashi, Neil Kirk "Town and Country" Hana Hou! Finalist Matthew Thayer "Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy" The Maui News Finalist Matthew Thayer "A Grammy Party String-Along" The Maui News P14 Sports Photography First Place Eugene Tanner "University of Hawaii Warriors Perform Their Haka" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Matthew Thayer "Daniel Chopra" The Maui News Finalist Jeff Widener "Air Bourne" The Honolulu Advertiser P15 Photo Essay First Place Sergio Goes "HI Life" Hawaii Business Finalist Kunio Hayashi, Sergio Goes "On One Breath" Hana Hou! Finalist Jamm Aquino, George F. Lee, Dennis Oda, Jay Metzger "Lights Out" Honolulu Star-Bulletin P16 Special Section First Place Kevin Dayton, Jeff Widener, Russell McCrory "Daysha's Diary" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Mike Rovner, Charlene Robinson "Left in the Dark" Honolulu Star-Bulletin Finalist Christie Wilson, Dan Nakaso, Will Hoover, Jon Orque, Christine Strobel "Diabetes: Hawaii's Hidden Epidemic" The Honolulu Advertiser P17 Investigative Reporting First Place Ilima Loomis "Gleam Off Maui Gold" The Maui News Finalist Rick Daysog "Tourism chief sends racist, sexist e-mails" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Ferd Lewis, Stephen Tsai, Rick Daysog "UH bowl trip payback" The Honolulu Advertiser P18 Public Service Reporting First Place Rob Perez, Kevin Dayton, Jeff Widener "Crossing the Line: Abuse in Hawaii Homes" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Rob Perez "When Pedestrians Die" The Honolulu Advertiser Finalist Susan Essoyan "Justice for All" Honolulu Star-Bulletin RADIO R1 General News/Enterprise Reporting First Place Heidi Chang "Barack Obama's Hawaii Roots" Voice of America, Weekend America Finalist Ben Markus "Foster Care in Hawaii" Hawaii Public Radio Finalist Kayla Rosenfeld "Gender & Math Series" Hawaii Public Radio R2 Feature Reporting First Place Wayne N. Yoshioka "Remember Sergeant Rafael Peralta, USMC" Hawaii Public Radio Finalist Heidi Chang "Kealii Reichel (Global Hit)" Public Radio International's The World STUDENT S1 News Writing The awards for this category are being withheld pending an investigation. TELEVISION T2 Business Reporting First Place Pamela Young "You Can Bet on It" KITV T3 General News/Enterprise Reporting First Place Mari-Ela David, Tracy Arakaki "Mapunapuna Flooding" KHNL News 8/K5 News Finalist Leland Kim, Edward Matthews Jr. "Generations of Pioneers" KHNL News 8 T4 Feature Reporting First Place Pamela Young, Oscar Betham "Mixed Plate: Pacific Parade" KITV Finalist Leland Kim "Headstone Heroes" KHNL News 8 Finalist Gary Sprinkle "Heart Beat to Heart Break" KITV T8 Series Reporting/Documentary/Special News Program First Place Pamela Young "Mixed Plate in Macau" KITV Finalist Gary Sprinkle "Humpbacks in Hawaii" KITV T9 Public Service Reporting First Place Leland Kim "Hawaii's Crisis II" KHNL News 8 Finalist Pamela Young, Oscar Betham "Tagaloa's Footsteps" KITV