2000 Editorial Contest |
| Newspapers
of the Year Six newspapers won Newspaper of the Year Awards based on scoring the most points among all the competing newspapers in their circulation division. The Baltimore Sun, Division A The Capital, Annapolis, Division B Carroll County Times, Westminster, Division C Howard County Times, Columbia, Division D Baltimore Jewish Times, Division E The Legal Times, Washington, D.C., Division F |
James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award The second Freedom of Information Award, presented to the newspaper judged to have made the best effort last year to gain access to public records, pursue open meetings or address other FOI issues, was won by the Carroll County Times of Westminster. |
| Category | Winner |
| 1. Editorial | Gerald J. Fischman The Capital Division B: Dailies from 30,000 - 75,000 |
| 2. Local Column | Mark Powell The Delmarva Farmer Division E: Non-dailies from 10,001 - 20,000 |
| 3. Spot News | April Capochino, Carl Hamilton, Scott Goss,
Cory Penn, Dawn Mensch, Adelma Gregory, Matt Given, Jeff Gentry The Cecil Whig Division C: Dailies under 30,000 |
| 4. General News Story | Michael Leahy, Michael Lutzky The Washington Post Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 5. Continuing Coverage | Bryan P. Sears, Jean A. Flanagan The Avenue Division D: Non-dailies over 20,000 |
| 6. Series | Scott Shane The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 7. Investigative Reporting | Cheryl L. Allison Bowie Blade-News Division D: Non-dailies over 20,000 |
| 8. Feature Story | David Finkel The Washington Post Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 9. Local Government | Walter F. Roche, Jr., David Nitkin The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 10. State Government | Karen Buckelew The Daily Record Division C: Dailies under 30,000 |
| 11. Public Service | Jim Haner The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 12. General News Photo | Sherry Di Bari Laurel Leader Division D: Non-dailies over 20,000 |
| 13. Spot News Photo | Pete Hammond Howard County Times Division D: Non-dailies over 20,000 |
| 14. Feature Photo | Tim Tadder Baltimore Messenger Division E: Non-dailies from 10,001 - 20,000 |
| 15. Photo Series | Algerina Perna The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 16. Sports Photo | Stephen Cherry Maryland Times-Press Division F: Non-dailies from 10,000 and under |
| 17. Sports Story | Martin Frank The News Journal Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 18. Sports Feature Story | Joe Gross The Capital Division B: Dailies from 30,000 - 75,000 |
| 19. Sports Column | Michael Wilbon The Washington Post Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 20. Editorial Cartoon | Mike Jenkins The Montgomery Journal Division B: Dailies from 30,000 – 75,000 |
| 21. Business/ Economic |
Tom Pelton, Kurt Streeter The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 22. Medical/Science | Douglas Birch The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 23. Religion | Rob Hiaasen The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 24. Education | Linda Perlstein The Washington Post Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 25. Special Sections | Sports Staff, Special Sections Staff The Washington Times Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 26. Headlines | Josh Cooley Silver Spring Gazette Division E: Non-dailies from 10,001 - 20,000 |
| 27. Page 1 Design | Ryan Harpster, Darrell Kepler The Herald-Mail Division B: Dailies from 30,000 - 75,000 |
| 28. Feature/News Page Design | Robyn Katz, Ilene Winn-Lederer Baltimore Jewish Times Division E: Non-dailies from 10,001 - 20,000 |
| 29. Sports Page Design | Jason Levine The News Journal Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 30. Informational Graphics/General | Erick Sahler The Daily Times Division C: Dailies under 30,000 |
| 31. Informational Graphics/Sports | Bonnie Berkowitz, Patterson Clark The Washington Post Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |
| 32. Art or Illustration | Jerry Jackson The Baltimore Sun Division A: Dailies over 75,000 |