Finalist: The Arizona Republic Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of the mass shooting that killed six and wounded 13, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, an exemplary use of journalistic tools, from Twitter to video to written reports and features, to tell an unfolding story.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 2012:
Staff
For its enterprising coverage of a deadly tornado, using social media as well as traditional reporting to provide real-time updates, help locate missing people and produce in-depth print accounts even after power disruption forced the paper to publish at another plant 50 miles away.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2012:
Staff of the Wisconsin State Journal
For its energetic coverage of 27 days of around-the-clock protests in the State Capitol over collective bargaining rights, using an array of journalistic tools to capture one breaking development after another.
The Jury
The Jury
Kathleen L. Best(chair )
managing editor
Nancy Barnes
editor and senior vice president
Josh Benton
director, Nieman Journalism Lab
David Joyner
vice president, content
Dan Shea
managing editor, news
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
No award
No award
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage, in print and online, of the shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for the suspect.
Staff
For its swift and sweeping coverage of a sex scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports.
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.
2012 Prize Winners
No award
No award
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