September 29, 2008
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<B>Providence Journal News Staff Wins 15 Regional News Awards</B>
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<p><strong>CONCORD </strong><strong>, N.H. </strong><strong></strong>The New England Associated Press News Executives Association (NEAPNEA) recently honored <i>The Providence Journal</i> with 15 awards in its annual writing, photo and design contest. </p><p>The award-winning work and contributors are listed here: </p><p><strong>First-Place Winners: </strong></p><ul><li>Staff Writer Tom Mooney in the Feature Story category, for &quot;From Tortola to R.I.&quot; which described how a lawyer pursued a civil court case against a man in the death of the man's wife </li><li>Staff Writer Karen Lee Ziner in the Beat Reporting category for her reporting on the illegal-immigration debate in Rhode Island </li><li>Staff Writer Lynn Arditi and Staff Photographer John Freidah in the Business/Consumer News category for their work on &quot;Borrowing Trouble,&quot; a series of stories on Rhode Island's foreclosure crisis </li><li>A team of Journal reporters in the Continuing Coverage category for their stories on the December 13, 2007 snowstorm </li><li>John Freidah in the Photo Story category for &quot;Foreclosed&quot; photos documenting Rhode Island's foreclosure crisis </li></ul><p><strong>Second-Place Winners: </strong></p><ul><li>Staff Photographer John Freidah in the Photo Story category for his &quot;Rough Seas,&quot; photos that accompanied a series by Journal writer Paul Davis on Rhode Island's troubled fishing industry </li><li>Photo Editor/Designer Ray Capobianco in the Sports Page Design category for &quot;Dateline Tokyo&quot; </li></ul><p><strong>Third-Place Winners: </strong></p><ul><li>Staff Writer Paul Davis in the Enterprise category for &quot;Rough Seas&quot; </li><li>Staff Photographer Gretchen Ertl in the Sports Features category for high school football coverage </li><li>Staff Photographer Frieda Squires in the Photo Story category for &quot;Pushed to the Limit&quot;, a series on the Navy's officer candidate school </li><li>Photo Editor/Designer David DelPoio in the Business Page Design category </li><li>Visual Technician Tom Murphy in the Informational Graphics category </li></ul><p><strong>Online Public Service Award Winner: </strong></p><ul><li>Staff Writer Mark Arsenault and Photographer John Freidah for the series &quot;Gay Evolution.&quot; </li></ul><p><strong>Online Special Section Award Winner: </strong></p><ul><li>Staff Writer W. Zachary Malinowski and Staff Photographer Kris Craig for the series &quot;The Gangs of Providence.&quot; </li></ul><p><strong><u>ABOUT THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: </u></strong></p><p>The Providence Journal is part of A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC). A. H. Belo, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished news and information company that owns and operates four daily newspapers and a diverse group of Web sites. </p><p>A. H. Belo publishes <i>The Dallas Morning News</i>, Texas' leading newspaper and winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes since 1986; <i>The Providence </i>(R.I.)<i> Journal</i>, the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the U.S. and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; <i>The Press-Enterprise</i> (Riverside, Calif.), serving southern California's Inland Empire region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize; and the <i>Denton Record Chronicle</i> in Texas. The company publishes various specialty publications targeting niche audiences, young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market. The company's partnerships and/or investments include Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H. Belo also owns direct mail and commercial printing businesses. </p><p>Additional information is available at <a href="http://www.ahbelo.com/">www.ahbelo.com</a>. </p>