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Print Dailies, Deadline News
1 Friendly Fire, Newsday Staff, Newsday
2 Murders in Medford, Newsday Staff, Newsday
3 2 employees, 2 customers killed in shooting at pharmacy in NY; 1 gunman sought, Francis J. Eltman, Associated Press
Print Weeklies, Deadline News
1 Home invasion sends cops on chase, Scott Brinton, David Weingrad, Deirdre Krasula, Herald Community Newspaper
2 Tim Gannon, Vera Chinese, Grant W. Parpan Riverhead News Review
3 Irene ravages the Bellmores, Scott Brinton, David Weingrad, Deirdre Krasula, Herald Community Newspapers
Online, Deadline News
1 Sachem Alums Survive Japanese Quake, Chris R. Vaccaro, Sachem Patch
2 Jennifer Gustavson, Northshoresun.com
3 Sachem Teachers Unite in Albany, Chris R. Vaccaro, Sachem Patch
Television, Breaking News
1 Erin Colton vs Hurricane Irene Erin Colton, Charles Malicki, Alain Tingue, News 12 Long Island
2 Accused killer: I’m sorry for woman’s death in motel, Tim Gannon, Vera Chinese, Grant W. Parpan, Riverhead News Review
Magazines, News
1 Red-Light Cameras: Saving Lives, Costing Drivers?, John Owens, Car & Travel
2 The Wet Hop Experiment: Blue Point’s Brew Artisans Make New, Niko Kronmydas, Long Island Pulse
3 Paramount Rising: Curating a Scene at Huntington’s Paramount Theater, Alan Semerdjian, LI Pulse Magazine
Online, Best News Blog
1 Long Island Now, Newsday.com/towns Staff, Newsday.com
2 Long Island Sound & Beyond, Lisa Heffernan, Long Island Pulse online
3 Young Island, Michael H. Samuels, Long Island Business News
Online, Best web site
1 Long Island Report, Jim Mancari, Fran Berkman, Prof. Kelly Fincham, Long Island Report
2 News 12.com, David Kirschner, Frank Pokorney, News 12 Interactive
3 LongIslandPress.com, Long Island Press Staff, Long Island Press Online
Online, Non-Deadline News
1 Being A Gay Christian Is No Oxymoron, Says Local Pastor, Katrina Foster Thomas McKee, Hamptons.com
2 Dispatches: Long Islanders Turning to Food Banks, Pam Robinson, Northport Patch
3 Police, teacher pension costs ballooning across LI, Newsday.com Staff, Newsday.com
Television, Non-Deadline News
1 Search for a Serial Killer Brian Jingeleski, Brian Endres, News 12 Long Island
2 Hangar 17: Lynbrook Remembers, Andrew Siff, Reporter, Michael DelGiudice, Photojournalist/Editor, WNBC-TV
3 Patchogue Plus Three: A Look Back at a Fatal Hate Crime Sam Lewis/ Metro Focus WLIW-21
Print Dailies, Non-Deadline News
1 Fat Cats: Hempstead Animal Shelter, Will Van Sant, Newsday
2 Oyster Pay, Paul LaRocco, Newsday
3 Prescription Drug Crisis, Newsday Staff, Newsday
Print Weeklies, Non-Deadline News
1 Nassau County Police Department Five-Part Investigative Series, Shelly Feuer Domash, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
2 How Team Mangano’s Proposal To Privatize The Nassau Sewage System Could Flush The County’s Future Down The Drain, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
3 Lots of luck, David Winzelberg, Long Island Business News
Online, Non-Local News/Feature
1 House Regret: Among Divorcing Couples, The House Is Now A Hot Potato, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, Forbes.com
2 Eco-Friendly Communities are Surprisingly Retro, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, Rusty Weston, editor, Yahoo.com
3 Urban Zen Fundraiser Supports Gifts Of Love For Haiti, Douglas Harrington, Hamptons.com
Television, Non-Local News/Feature
1 Music Comes From the Street, Andrew Siff, Reporter, Michael DelGiudice, Photojournalist/Editor, WNBC-TV
2 Chernobyl: A Million Casualties, Karl Grossman, Joan Flynn, Steve Jambeck, Enviro Closeup
Print Weeklies, Non-Local News/Feature
1 Gas Rush, Jaclyn Gallucci, Rashed Mian, Spencer Rumsey, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
2 Bullfighting, Christopher Twarowski, Timothy Bolger, Spencer Rumsey, Long Island Press
3 Mission Accomplished, News Staff, Long Island Press
Print Dailies, Non-Local News/Feature
1 For A Child Of War: Hope On LI, Martin C. Evans, Newsday
2 Memoirs Of A Genocide, Zachary R. Dowdy, Newsday
Magazines, Non-Local News/Feature
1 The Epic Underside of the Earth, Bruce Northam, LI Pulse Magazine
2 (Re) Introducing Nevis, Matt Kapelas, LI Pulse Magazine
Radio, Feature/Lifestyle
1 Food Day 2011, David North, WALK-FM
Television, Feature/Lifestyle
1 Fighting Spiri,t Virginia Huie, David Garden, News 12 Long Island
2 Long Island Passport, Carol Silva, David Garden, News 12 Long Island
3 Homeless Vet Burial, Christine Insinga, Jeffrey Henson, News 12 Long Island
Online, Feature/Lifestyle
1 Plainview Synagogue Restores Holocaust Torah, Joe Dowd, Plainview Patch
2 Meet Your Neighbors, Dave Paone (writer/photographer), Tara Conry (editor), Malverne-West Hempstead Patch
3 Driving Mrs. McCain: An Alaskan girl’s odyssey, Brittany Auger, Long Island Report
Print Dailies, Feature/Lifestyle
1 9/11 Family Keepsakes, Newsday Staff Newsday
2 Sisters Vs. Cancer, Jenna Kern-Rugile, Newsday
3 Grand Responsibility, Liza N. Burby, Newsday
Magazines, Feature/Lifestyle
1 Finance Rising: Once More Into the Breach, Nada Marjanovich, LI Pulse Magazine
2 Your Dollars for a Dream, Brian Kelly, LI Pulse Magazine
3 Balance, Reconciliation and the Search for the White Whale: The Architecture of Richard Meier, Alan Semerdjian, LI Pulse Magazine
Print Weeklies, Feature/Lifestyle
1 Twenty Years Of Torture, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
2 NYS Approves Same-Sex Marriage: But Does Long Island?, Spencer Rumsey, Lindsay Christ, Timothy Bolger, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
3 Quantah’s legacy, Peggy Spellman Hoey, Long Island Advance
Print Dailies, Arts
1 Just The Way He Is Glen, Gamboa, Newsday
2 Scrooge Bats 1,000, Steve Parks, Newsday
3 Facing The Music: LI Philharmonic Struggles To Survive Amid Debt, Cuts, Beth Whitehouse, Newsday
Print Weeklies, Arts
1 Rock On! Huntington’s Paramont Opens Its Doors This Week With A Star-Studded Lineup…, Dave Gil de Rubio, Long Island Press
2 Shooting For The Stars: The Long Island International Film Expo Gives Local Filmmakers The Spotlight, Michael Patrick Nelson, Long Island Press
3 Fire Island Dance Festival 17, Dan Evans, Fire Island Tide
Online, Arts
1 Snow White, Sandra Mardenfeld, Show Showdown
2 The Return of Twilight, Leora Arnowitz, Meghan Glynn, Jamshid Mousavinezhad, Newsday.com
3 Tiny Constructions – Playful and Poignant, Pat Rogers, Hamptons Art Hub
Television, Environment/Science/Health/Technology
1 Ride for Life, Elizabeth Hashagen, Brian Jingeleski, News 12 Long Island
2 LI Naturally, Mary Mucci, News 12 Long Island
3 Rapid Obesity, Shari Einhorn, David Garden, Marc Racenstein, News 12 Long Island
Online, Environment/Science/Health/Technology
1 Cornell Cooperative Extension Celebrates 20 Years At Southold’s Cedar Beach, Nicole A. Flotteron, Hamptons.com
2 Hempstead Lake Landfill?, Tara Conry (reporter/photographer/videographer), Tom Zweibel (videographer), Malverne-West Hempstead Patch
3 Karl Grossman: Long Islanders Beyond Nuclear, So Why Aren’t Our Federal Reps?, Karl Grossman, LIPolitics.com
Print Dailies, Environment/Science/Health/Technology
1 Health Columns, Delthia Ricks, Newsday
2 Jumping into Fitness, Liza N. Burby, Newsday
Print Weeklies, Environment/Science/Health/Technology
1 Heating Up, Spencer Rumsey, Timothy Bolger, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
2 The Vaccine Machine, Jaclyn Gallucci, Long Island Press
Online, Business/Economic/Financial
1 Voters reject new Coliseum plan, Newsday.com, Newsday.com
2 Grape Growers Worry About 2011 Quality, Quanities, Alan Wax, Northport Patch
3 (Series) St. Anthony’s Balances Religiosity and Economics, Jason Molinet, Huntington Patch
Print Dailies, Business/Economic/Financial
1 Why We Pay And Pay, Tom Incantalupo, Ted Phillips, Newsday
2 From LI To China, James T. Madore, Newsday
3 Tax Hike on Firms, Ted Phillips, Newsday
Print Weeklies, Business/Economic/Financial
1 Moving targets, Claude Solnik, Long Island Business News
2 How’s Business?, Spencer Rumsey, Long Island Press
3 Missing The Bus, Spencer Rumsey, Long Island Press
Television, Business/Economic/Financial
1 Hidden Treasures, Antoinette Biordi, David Rahner, News 12 Long Island
2 The Download series, Andrew Ehinger, Matthew Lamattina, News 12 Long Island
3 LIRR Ticket Scofflaws, Jackie Lukas, Brian Jingeleski, News 12 Long Island
Radio, Editorial/Commentary
1 Same-Sex Marriage in New York, David North, WALK-FM
Online, Editorial/Commentary
1 Balancing Act: Get the U.S. out of the red, Opinion, Newsday.com
2 Opinion: Jubilation Over Death of bin Laden Turns to Tears, Maureen Rossi, Kings Park Patch
3 What A Disaster, Jaci Clement, JedMorey.com
Magazines, Editorial/Commentary
1 Setbacks are Inevitable: The Challenge Is In the Recovery, Dr. Fred Levine, LI Pulse Magazine
2 The Port Authority: No More Secrets, Car & Travel Staff
3 Long Island Keeps The Dead Alive, Drew Moss, LI Pulse Magazine
Print Dailies, Editorial/Commentary
1 Chasing mental illness – and feeling helpless, Anne Michaud, Newsday-Opinion
2 Put grocery wine sales back in cart, Linda Delmonico Prussen, Newsday
3 Technology and Evidence Can Catch Rapists, Jenna Kern-Rugile, Newsday
Online, General Interest/Humor Column
1 Rum Running, Bootleggers, Pirates And Prohibition On The East End Of Long Island, Nicole A. Flotteron, Hamptons.com
2 Alec Being Alec In The Dead Of Winter, Douglas Harrington, Hamptons.com
3 Bullying: How Dads Can Help their Children Confront the Situation, Michael A. Casano, www.liparentonline.com
Magazines, General Interest/Humor Column
1 Are ElectricsReally Ready for Prime Time?, Peter Crescenti, Car & Travel
2 PS1: Schoolhouse Art, Alan Semerdjian, LI Pulse Magazine
3 Catching Up With Carol: Will You Marry Me?, Carol Silva, Long Island Woman
Print Weeklies, General Interest/Humor Column
1 Yoga? You Go!, Judy Epstein, Port Washington News
2 Why Boats Sink in Spring, Jack Whitehouse, Fire Island Tide
3 Clever Mom!, Judy Epstein, Anton News
Print Dailies, General Interest/Humor Column
1 The Cash Before the Storm, Paula Ganzi Licata, Newsday
2 Touch of Calm in the Garden, Paula Ganzi Licata, Newsday
3 That Mitt’s gonna get prettier at closing time, Lane Filler, Newsday-Opinion
Online, Best Headline
1 Unhappy Ending for Two at Massage Parlor, Chris R. Vaccaro, Sachem Patch
Print Weeklies, Best Headline
1 As the police department ‘turns’, Peggy Spellman Hoey, Long Island Advance
Magazines, Best Headline
1 Let Congress Eat Cake, Kimberly S. Jones, LI Pulse Magazine
2 The Calorie Con Game: The Big Fat Lies of the Diet Industry, Janine Grant, LI Pulse Magazine
3 Balance, Reconciliation and the Search for the White Whale: The Architecture of Richard Meier, Alan Semerdjian, LI Pulse Magazine
Print Weeklies, Government/Politics
1 King’s Speech, Christopher Twarowski, Spencer Rumsey, Rashed Mian, Long Island Press
2 Nassau County Police Department Five-Part Investigative Series, Shelly Feuer Domash, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
3 The Trials Giving Steve Levy Nightmares/Steve Leaving & Inside The World Of Steve Levy/Levy’s Mess, Spencer Rumsey, Christopher Twarowski, Long Island Press
Print Weeklies, Photography News/Feature
1 Irene pummels South Shore, Peggy Spellman Hoey, Long Island Advance
Print Dailies, Photography News/Feature
1 Candle Light vigil For Car Crash Victim In East Quogue, Thomas A. Ferrara, Newsday
2 Inside Occupy Wall Street, Stone Grissom, David Garden, Marc Racenstein, News 12 Long Island
3 Marisa: A little girl’s fight to live, Alejandra Villa, Arnold Miller, Newsday.com
Online, Online Photograph
1 Iraqi 4-year-old on LI for facial surgery, J. Conrad Williams, Jamshid Mousavinezhad, Newsday.com
2 Tunnelvision: Inside The East Side Access Project, Jon Sasala, Rashed Mian, Spencer Rumsey,, Long Island Press Online
3 Huntington Football Beats Kings Park, 24-14, Jason Molinet, Huntington Patch
Magazines, Photography
1 Thrill of the Chase, Stephen Lang, LI Pulse Magazine
2 Robert Bruey: Southold’s Maine Man of Music, Kenny Janosick, LI Pulse Magazine
3 A True Force of Nature: Jack Licitra of Jack’s Waterfall, Kenny Janosick, LI Pulse Magazine
Online, Online Video
1 Marisa: A little girl’s fight to live, Alejandra Villa, Arnold Miller, Newsday.com
2 Father’s Day in Jail, Chris Ware, Newsday.com
3 LI residents try to rebuild after Irene, Chris Ware, Arnold Miller, Daryl Thomen, Newsday.com
Television, TV Photojournalism
1 Michael DelGiudice Composite, Michael DelGiudice, WNBC-TV
2 Search for a Serial Killer, Lauren Sivan, Debi Gade, News 12 Long Island staff, News 12 Long Island
3 David Garden Composite, David Garden, News 12 Long Island
Online, Special Multimedia Project
1 9/11 anniversary: A decade later, Newsday.com, Newsday.com
2 Tunnelvision: Inside The East Side Access Project, Spencer Rumsey, Rashed Mian, Jon Sasala, Long Island Press Online
3 Long Island same-sex couple’s journey to a wedding, Jessica Rotkiewicz, Newsday.com
Magazines, Opinion/Essay
1 Scandals: Of Vice and Men, Kimberly S. Jones, LI Pulse Magazine
2 Circumstance, Dylan Skolnick, LI Pulse Magazine
Television, Public Affairs
1 Fallen Heroes, News 12 Long Island Staff, Virginia Huie, News 12 Long Island
2 Inside Occupy Wall Street, Stone Grissom, David Garden, Marc Racenstein, News 12 Long Island
3 New Americans, Andrew Ehinger, David Garden, News 12 Long Island
Radio, Public Affairs
1 Influenza Forum, David North, WALK-FM
Online, Sports
1 Recruiting and National Signing Day coverage, Staff, MSGVarsity.com
2 Complete List: The 20 Greatest Athletes in area history, Joe Werkmeister, Grant Parpan, Bob Liepa, Mike Gasparino, North Shore Sun
3 Glenn Football: No Huddle, No Mercy, Jason Molinet, Northport Patch
Television, Sports
1 Sled Hockey, Christine Insinga, Brian Jingeleski, News 12 Long Island
2 The Beast Is Back, Greg Cergol, John Albertson, WNBC-TV
3 The Perfect Play, Kevin Maher, Daniel Scaturro, Daniel Jacobsen, News 12 Long Island
Print Dailies, Sports
1 ‘The System’ is thing for this team, James Crepea, MSGVarsity
2 School Of Hard Knocks, Tom Rock, Stephen Haynes, Newsday
3 Winning one for Lauren, James Crepea, MSGVarsity
Print Weeklies, Sports
1 Riverhead’s Humble Giant, Grant Parpan, Riverhead News Review
2 Diamonds Aren’t Forver, Jim Mancari, Long Island Press
3 N.Y. never saw a wrestler like Jantzen, Bob Liepa, Riverhead News Review
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Long Island Press
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