* First place for best graphic. The graphic, which illustrated high gas prices between Homer and Soldotna, was a joint effort of designers in the Homer News Production Department, including Production Supervisor Jody Mastey and Deb Purington.
Aaron Selbig
* Second place for best sustained coverage. This group of stories by Michael Armstrong, McKibben Jackinsky and Selbig featured the local angle to the 2008 presidential race.
* Second place for best Alaska outdoors story for all media. Jackinsky won this award for her story on how two videographers were using a new, high-tech camera to capture the behavior of brown bears in Hallo Bay.
* Second place for best use of stories and photos by a journalist. Jackinsky won this award for her "Take a Hike" story, which featured a hike from Anchor Point to Diamond Creek in Homer.
* Second place for best education reporting. Jackinsky won this award for her feature on students studying in Jakalof Bay.
* Third place for best sustained coverage. This group of stories by Armstrong and Jackinsky was for their work in covering the tragic crash of the Servant Air flight that left five dead.
* Third place for best sports news reporting. Selbig won this award for his story "Ski club working to preserve history, fun."
The Homer News also won second place in the best weekly category. The Homer Tribune took first place; the Anchorage Press took third.
Michael Armstrong
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* First place for best sports feature. Aaron Selbig won this award for his story on the struggles students in Voznesenka face if they want to continue playing hockey in high school.
* Second place for best columnist. Jackinsky won this award for her "Off the News Beat" columns. Wrote Judge Samantha Bennett, president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists of Jackinsky's work: "Written with a real sense of rhythm and harmony. A likable everyperson voice that isn't afraid to appear foolish but maintains a sense of perspective and humanity.
Wrote Judge Nigel Jaquiss, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his work at Willamette Week in Portland, Ore., on the Homer News' entries: "Nothing brings out the best in journalists like competition. In this year's entries, it's clear that the two weeklies going at each other in Homer elevate the work of both. Of all the entries, the News is the best designed. It also delivers deeply reported stories on local politics and crime that are buttressed with context, great quotes and an eye for detail that bespeaks strong editing."
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Homer News wins 10 awards for 2008 work
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