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The First Minnesota Communityand Ethnic Media Awards
Honoring Excellence in Grassroots Journalism
December 5, 2008Twin Cities Media Alliance
The First Minnesota Ethnic and Community Media Awards
Presented by the Twin Cities Media Alliance and New America Media
Edited by Sarah E. Bauer
..:: Many Thanks to our Generous Sponsors ::..
Minnesota Press
Brant Houston
Knight Chair in Investigative &Enterprise ReportingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The First Minnesota Ethnic and Community Media Awards
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Introduction
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About the WinnersBest In-Depth Coverage
7Anna Pratt, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - First Place“Striving for Inclusion” Series8Jeremy Stratton & Liz Riggs, The Bridge - Second PlaceSeward Neighborhood Series10Wameng Moua, Hmong Today - Third Place“Are Hmong Schools Making the Grades?”
Arts & Culture
13Anne Holzman, Korean Quarterly - First Place“Standing at the Edge of Asian-American Theater”15Anna Otieno, Mshale - Second Place“Runway Africa”16Wameng Moua & Louisa Schein - Third Place“Hmong Actors Making History” Series
Global/Local Connections
18David Zander, Asian Pages - First Place“The Other Face of Bhutan”19Issa A. Mansaray, The African News Journal - Second Place“Minnesota’s Lonely Elders”20Martha Vickery, Korean Quarterly - Third Place“Korean Studies from the Ground Up”24Lisa Steinmann, Park Bugle - Honorable Mention“Volunteering Matters” featuring Fritz Morlock
Community Service
25Lauretta Dawolo Towns, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - First Place Three-part series on the Service Employees International Union strike26Natalie Zett, The Park Bugle - Second Place“Catholic Charities opens new facility”28Martha Vickery, Korean Quarterly - Third Place
“Teens take a stand against human trafcking”
29Anna Pratt, The Bridge Newspaper - Honorable Mention“Framework for the future, or failure?”
Commentary/Editorial Writing
31Matthew Little, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - First Place“Obama authenticates hope of 1965 Voting Rights bill”32Ron Edwards, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - Second Place“Why Blacks are not allowed to command”33Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota - Third Place“Why we take a stand on anti-immigration language”34The Bridge Newspaper - Honorable Mention“In our own words...” Column
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