NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Award Winners

NLGJA Journalist of the Year Award:

-- First Place Presented to Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle
-- Second Place Presented to Richard Lacayo, TIME Magazine
-- Third Place Tie Presented to Andrew Sullivan, TIME Magazine and John Cloud, TIME Magazine

Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media:

-- First Place Presented to John Caldwell, The Advocate
-- Second Place Presented to Todd Henneman, The Advocate
-- Third Place Presented to Eric Jansen, "Out in the Bay," KALW Radio, San Francisco

NLGJA Excellence in News Writing Award:

-- First Place Presented to "Court Voids Vows," Peter Wong, Beth Casper, Gabriela Rico, Tara McLain & Dana Haynes, Statesman Journal
-- Second Place Presented to "The Governor's Secret Life," John Cloud, TIME Magazine
-- Third Place Presented to "An Affair to Regret," Michael Isikoff, Evan Thomas, Karen Breslau & Debra Rosenberg, Newsweek

NLGJA Excellence in Feature Writing:

-- First Place Presented to "Gay in East Texas," Johnny Johnson, The Daily Sentinel
-- Second Place Presented to "Love Conquers Law," Jean Scheidnes, Austin American-Statesman
-- Third Place Presented to "Gay in Jamaica," Jeff Stratton, New Times Broward/Palm Beach

NLGJA Excellence in Writing Award Opinion/Editorial:

-- First Place Presented to "If at First You Don't Succeed," Andrew Sullivan, TIME Magazine
-- Second Place Presented to "Being Gay in America After Nov. 2," Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service
-- Third Place Presented to "Editor's Letter 05.05," Walter Armstrong, POZ Magazine

NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in Radio:

-- First Place Presented to "In Limbo: Gay Palestinians," Eric Beauchemin, Radio Netherlands
-- Second Place Presented to "A Community Divided," Sarah Varney, The California Report/KQED-FM
-- Third Place Tie Presented to "Connection Between Methamphetamine Use and Unprotected Gay Sex," Janet Domowitz, Joe Neel & Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio and to "Vox Humana: Love Exile on the Road," David Swatling, Radio Netherlands

NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in Television (Network & Top-5 DMA's):

-- First Place Presented to "The Mirror," Ted Koppel, Tom Bettag, Ron Ladd, Dan Morris, & Eric Wray, ABC News, Nightline
-- Second Place Presented to "Discharging Gays: Give me a Break!" Iman Hobbs, Kristina Kendall, Martin Phillips, Dori Rosenthal & John Stossel, ABC News, 20/20
-- Third Place Presented to "Brother & Sister," Elizabeth Vargas, Alan B. Goldberg, Terri Lichstein, David Sloan & Deborah Apton, ABC News, 20/20

NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in Television (DMA 6-plus):

-- First Place Presented to "Finding Donna," Brian Robertson & Laural Porter, KGW-TV, Portland, Oregon
-- Second Place Presented to Ken Miguel Composite, Ken Miguel, KGO-TV, San Francisco
-- Third Place Presented to "Smith-Mark Family," Josee M. Lapointe, The Needham Channel

NLGJA/RTNDA Excellence in Online Journalism Award:

-- First Place Presented to "Playing the Culture Card" & "Nader Was Right," Eleanor Clift, Newsweek.com
-- Second Place Presented to "Jeannette's Story," Melinda Henneberger, Newsweek.com
-- Third Place Presented to "Dear Dinah ... Inside the 15th Annual Dinah Shore Weekend," Julie Albertson, TheDesertSun.com

NLGJA Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award:

-- First Place Presented to "Medicine Without Doctors" & "The New Face of AIDS," Geoffrey Cowley & Andrew Murr, Newsweek
-- Second Place Presented to "AIDS in India," Brenda Wilson, Gary Covino, Fred de Sam Lazaro & Joe Neel, National Public Radio
-- Third Place Presented to "Lost in Paradise," Austin Bunn, POZ Magazine

NLGJA Excellence in Student Journalism Award:

-- First Place Presented to "Regulating Love: The Fight Over Gay Marriage," Steven Valentino, Making Contact, National Radio Project
-- Second Place Presented to "Michael Jackson is not the Right Focus for LKI" & "GOP Nightmare: When queer is, well normal," James Kirchick, Yale Daily News
-- Third Place Presented to "Here Come the Brides," Jes Burns, Etude Journal of Literary Nonfiction.