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Susan Steade wins DFMie for SEO headline writing

A headline penned by Susan Steade for an article about reports Manti Te'o had been complicit in a hoax.

Outlet: Bay Area News Group
Journalist: Susan Steade

Tags: SEO
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Susan Steade of the Bay Area News Group wins the DFMie for SEO headline writing.

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Tim O’Rourke chosen DFM Copy Editor of the Year

Headline: Tim O'Rourke
Outlet: Bay Area News Group
Journalist: Tim O'Rourke

Tags: copy editing
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DFMie judges chose Tim O’Rourke of the Bay Area News Group as Copy Editor of the Year.

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Denver Post Adds DFMie to Awards for Breaking News Coverage

The Denver Post staff, winner of the DFMie for breaking news coverage, among other awards.

Headline: Denver Post Coverage of the Aurora Theater Shooting
Outlet: Denver Post
Journalist: Denver Post Staff

Tags: breaking news
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Despite an outstanding year for breaking news coverage for many Digital First newsrooms, the least-surprising choice for a DFMie is in the breaking news category: The Denver Post adds a DFMie to the Pulitzer Prize and American Society of News Editors awards (and others) it won for coverage of the massacre at a theater in Aurora, Colo.

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Mile High Mamas wins DFMie as best community blog

Headline: Mile High Mamas
Outlet: Denver Post
Journalist: Mile High Mamas

Tags: blogging, engagement
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Mile High Mamas wins the DFMie for Community Blog, the only DFMie not awarded to a Digital First Media staff member.

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Peggy Fletcher Stack and Lee Davidson win DFMie for political journalism

Coverage of the 2012 campaign by Salt Lake Tribune reporters Peggy Fletcher and Lee Davidson earned the duo a DFMie for political journalism.

Headline: Mormon view on role of governing is distinct
Outlet: Salt Lake Tribune
Journalist: Peggy Fletcher Stack and Lee Davidson

Tags: political journalism
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Peggy Fletcher Stack and Lee Davidson of the Salt Lake Tribune win the DFMie for best political journalism for their coverage of the role Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith played in the 2012 presidential election.

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Tom Kelly IV wins DFMie for visual journalism

Tom Kelly IV was part of the Digital First team that joined the New Haven Register staff in covering the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. This photo was part of his winning entry for the DFMie for visual journalism.

Outlet: Daily Local News
Journalist: Tom Kelly

Tags: photojournalism
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Tom Kelly IV of the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pa., wins the DFMie for the best visual journalism of 2012.

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Martin G. Reynolds honored as Innovator of the Year

Martin G. Reynolds addresses graduates of the Oakland Voices program, which he had originally conceived and has continued to run. Reynolds was named Innovator of the Year for this and other efforts like it. (George Kelly/Bay Area News Group)

Headline: Oakland Voices
Outlet: Bay Area News Group
Journalist: Martin G. Reynolds

Tags: engagement
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Judges chose Martin G. Reynolds as Innovator of the Year for 2012 in Digital First Media newsrooms.

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Samantha Dellinger wins DFMie for best print front page

Headline: JoePa (1926 - 2012)
Outlet: York Daily Record
Journalist: Samantha Dellinger

Tags: graphic design, print
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Designer Samantha Dellinger of the York Daily Record wins the DFMie for best print front page for her cover on the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.

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York’s NewsVroom wins community engagement DFMie

Among the many people from the York Daily Record and York Newspaper Co. who helped conduct an array of NewsVroom events are, from left, Assistant Sports Editor Brittany Wilson, GameTimePA Editor Elizabeth Jones, Books Editor Sarah Chain, Smart magazine Editor April Trotter, Managing Editor Randy Parker, Graphic Artist Samantha Dellinger and Visual Editor Eileen Joyce.

Headline: NewsVroom
Outlet: York Daily Record
Journalist: York Daily Record

Tags: engagement
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Judges chose the York Daily Record’s NewsVroom as the best community engagement project of 2012.

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