The Deadline Club Awards honor the best in New York based journalism — printed, broadcast or otherwise distributed in 2006. The awards ceremony was on June 21, 2007.
1. The Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting
William Glaberson, The New York Times, Stories on
village and town court abuses
Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont, Steve
Stecklow, The Wall Street Journal, Stories on stock
options abuses
2. Beat
Reporting
Greg Jaffe, U.S. military beat, The Wall Street Journal
David Armstrong, medical/health beat, The Wall Street Journal
Michael Rothfeld, Nassau County government and political beat, Newsday
3. Feature
Reporting
Bryn Nelson, Newsday, “Saving Bobby”
Curtis Eichelberger, Bloomberg News, “Carson Palmer
Runs Again on Tendon of Woman Hit by Drunk Driver”
Joshua Prager, The Wall Street Journal, “A Chilling
Photograph’s Hidden History”
4. Spot News
Reporting
Staff, New York Daily News, “Cory Lidle Plane Crash”
Staff, Newsday, “Death of a Yankee”
Staff, New York Daily News, “The Death of Nixzmary
Brown”
5. Spot News Reporting
6. Reporting
Alex MacInnes, Herald News, “Cash Key to Promotions?”
“Prosecutors Probe Cop Hiring,” “Did Police Break
State Law?”
Pamela A. MacLean, National Law Journal, “Abuse
Unchecked: The Problem of Immigration Judges”
Tom Meagher, Herald News, Stories of affordable
housing manipulation
7. News, Series or Investigative
Reporting
Michael Smith and David Voreacos, Bloomberg News,
“The Secret War of Modern Slavery”
Margaret O. Kirk, Kelley Heyworth and Becky Batcha, Child Magazine, “Double Diabetes: A Crushing New Combo
Threatening Kids”
Andrea Rock and Marlys Harris, Consumers Union, “The
End of Privacy?” and “Your Privacy for Sale”
8. Feature Reporting
Adam L. Penenberg, Fast Company, “Revenge of the
Nerds”
Jennifer Gonnerman, New York, “A Hard-Earned Life”
David McClintick, Institutional Investor, “How Harvard
Lost Russia”
9. Web News Exclusive
Staff, The Journal News, U.S. Open coverage
Staff, Newsday, Cory Lidle crash
Michael Lewis, bigapplesoccer.com, “Running of the (Red) Bull”
10. News Blog
Editorial Staff, Herald News, Election day
Peter Lattman and Ashby Jones, The Wall Street Journal Online, Enron trial coverage
Staff, The Journal News, Storm coverage
11. Opinion Blog
12. Arts Reporting
Justin Davidson, Newsday, “The Emperor’s New Show”
Verne Gay, Newsday, “An Obsession Returns”
13. Business Feature
Robert D. Hof, BusinessWeek, “Virtual World, Real
Money”
Spencer E. Ante and Brian Grow, BusinessWeek, “Meet
the Hackers”
Paul Hemp, Harvard Business Review, “Avatar-Based
Marketing”
14. Business News, Series or Investigative
William Selway, Martin Z. Braun, Christine Richard,
Darrell Preston and David Dietz, Bloomberg News,
“Duping Main Street”
Brian Grow and Ben Elgin, BusinessWeek, “Click Fraud”
Michael J. Mantel, BusinessWeek, “What’s Really
Propping Up the Economy”
15. Opinion
Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg News, “Harvard Seeks One Star
Without Too Much Shine,” “German Smoking Ban Would End
a Vicarious Pleasure,” “Gas Tax Fans Invoke a Telling
Name for Road Hog”
Lawrence Levy, Newsday, “Hevesi drives himself into an
ethics jam,” “Hevesi should police himself and quit,”
“It’s time for Democrats to control character”
Phil Reisman, The Journal News, “Rooting for Albany to
soften eminent domain law,” “WWII memorial is honored
ground in Mamaroneck,” “Parcel of land at center of
storm”
16. Science, Technology, Medical or
Environmental Reporting
Spencer E. Ante, Brian Grow, BusinessWeek, “Meet the
Hackers”
George Anders and Barbara Martinez, The Wall Street
Journal, Stories on healthcare profits
Bryn Nelson, Newsday, “Saving Bobby”
17. Sports Reporting
Peter Keating, ESPN, The Magazine, “Big Headache”and
“Doctor Yes”
Pete Thamel, The New York Times, Stories on college
athletes
18. Spot News Photo
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images, Time, “Casualties of
Wartime”
Oded Balilty, Associated Press, “Power of One”
David Longstreath, Associated Press, “Earthquake
Survivor”
19. Feature Photo
Brent Stirton, Newsweek, “Healing War’s Wounds”
Saurabh Das, Associated Press, “Greeting Patrol”
Rafiq Maqbool, Associated Press, “Afghan Widows”
20. Sports Photo
Nic Bothma/EPA, Sports Illustrated, “Invincible
Spirit”
Oded Balilty, Associated Press, “Sumo Circle”
Ron Jenkins, Sports Illustrated, “Bat out of Hell”
21. Editorial Cartoon
22. Information Graphic
Rod Eyer, Newsday, “Flight 800″
John Cornell, Chris Brown and Aaron Porter, The
Journal News, “Why the Towers Fell”
Rod Eyer, Newsday, “Saving Bobby”
23. Page Design
Sean Noyce, Marge Hack, Claire Regan and Jan
Somma-Hammel, Staten Island Advance, “Civic Symbol
Turns 100″
Richard Loretoni, Newsday, “Moussaoui Tells America:
I’m Glad We Hurt You”
24. Spot News
Staff, CBS Radio News, Israel-Lebanon conflict
25. Feature Reporting
Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg News, “Two Moms of 9/11″
26. Series or Investigative Reporting
27. Spot News Reporting
28. Feature Reporting
Sandra King, New Jersey Network Public Television,
“Due Process”
Virginia Huie, Debi Gade and Dave Garden, News12 Long
Island, “Girl with the Apple”
Walt Kane and Anthony Cocco, News12 New Jersey,
“Amputee Firefighter”
29. Series or Investigative Reporting
William Weinbaum, ESPN, “Tillman’s Final Mission”
David Springer and
Frank Bruce, News12 Connecticut, “Hidden Gems”
30. Business Reporting
Allan Chernoff, CNN, “Haunted Condos”
31. Minority Focus
Andrea Elliott, The New York Times, “An Imam in
America”
Michael Frazier, Newsday, “Race in the Ranks”
Miriam Jordan, The Wall Street Journal, “Immigration
in America”
32. James Wright Brown Public Service Award
Staff, The New York Times, Stories on diabetes crisis
Jonathan Bandler and Ricky Flores, The Journal News,
“Prisoner Confesses to 1989 Slaying”
Michael Smith and David Voreacos, Bloomberg News, Expose on slavery in South America