The Hawaii Publishers Association proudly presents
the 25th Annual Pa'i Awards

April 8, 2010 The Pa'i Award Winners were announced. 
Congratulations to one and all!

Category 1 – Spot News Reporting
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “A New Day”
Second place – The Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Watada Discharged”
Third place – West Hawaii Today – “Enough Is Enough”

Category 2 – Editorial Feature
First place – Island Scene Magazine – “The Bonds That Tie”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “The Incredible Shrinking Sam”
Third place – Honolulu Magazine – “Who Is Robert Lee”

Category 3 – Editorial Enterprise Reporting
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Hybrid Buses Not Living Up To Promise”
Second place – Hawaii Tribune-Herald – “Parker Ranch Loses Millions”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Persistent Problem Stumps Chinatown”

Category 4 – Editorial Series
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Bad Blood: The Ambush Of Chosen Company in Afghanistan”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Man, Land and Sea”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Father Damien: Countdown To Canonization”

Category 5 – Editorial Opinion
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Call To Action, Public Housing”
Second place – Pacific Business News – “It’s Time To Take Back Honolulu’s Parks”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Teachers Furloughs Under Scrutiny”

Category 6 – Investigative Reporting
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Bad Blood: The Ambush Of Chosen Company in Afghanistan”
Second place – Honolulu Magazine – “Do Teachers Make The Grade? Gaming The System”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Isle Rail Enters Critical Year”

Category 7 – Editorial Column Department
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – Mark Platte
Second place – West Hawaii Today – Reed Flickinger
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Dave Reardon

Category 8 – Sports Reporting
First place – The Maui News – “We Just Say Remember”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Isles Still Close To Jones’ Heart”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “McMackin’s $1.1 Million Salary Under Fire In Hard Times”

Category 9 – Business & Industry Reporting
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “The Last Haul”
Second place – Pacific Business News – “New Drug Plan Puts Pressure On Small Hawai’i Pharmacies”
Third place – Pacific Business News – “Waikiki Visitors Noticing Homeless Colony”

Category 10 – Arts & Entertainment
First place – HiLuxury Magazine – “Renaissance Woman”
Second place – Hana Hou! – “Shooting The Curl”
Third place – Hana Hou! – “Bonanza”

Category 11 – Breaking Business News
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Maui Land Dropping Pineapple”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “The Last Haul”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Rich Claim 95% Of Tax Credits”

Category 12 – Editorial Cartoon
First place – Midweek – Roy Chang
Second place – Midweek – Dick Adair
Third place – Honolulu Weekly – John Pritchett

Category 13 – Sports Photography
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “High 5”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Gold Standard”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Kamehameha Clinches HHSAA Division”

Category 14 – Feature Photography – Coated Stock
First place – Hana Hou! – “Surf Summit”
Second place – The Kahala – “The Bishop”
Third place – Hawaii Business – “Egg-cellent Machinery”

Category 15 – Feature Photography – Newsprint
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Magic Moment”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Hello, From High Above Honolulu Harbor”
Third place – The Maui News – “Hangin’ Around To Help Cheer”

Category 16 – Spot News Photography
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “North Shore Bumper Cars”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “A Brotherhood Afloat”
Third place – Hawaii Tribune-Herald – “Man Pistol Whipped, Tied Up,”

Category 17 – Essay Photography – Coated stock
First place – The Kahala – “At The Breaking Point”
Second place – HiLuxury Magazine – “Diamond Desire”
Third place – Honolulu Magazine – “Close To You”

Category 18 – Essay Photography – Newsprint
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Honolulu Marathon”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Coming Clean”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Swell Day On North Shore”

Category 19 – Visitor Publication Photography
First place – Ola Grand Waikikian Life – “Kamaka Ukuleles”
Second place – Where GuestBook Oahu – “Life Aquatic”
Third place – Hana Hou! – “The Paddler”

Category 20 – Excellence in Design – Coated stock
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Second place – Hana Hou!
Third place – Ala Moana Magazine

Category 21 – Excellence in Design – Newsprint
First place – West Hawaii Today
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser

Category 22 – Excellence in Illustration – Coated stock
First place – Hawaii Business – “Mickey Checks In,”
Second place – Hawaii Business – “The Perfect Office”
Third place – Hawaii Business – “Amazing Business Tales”

Category 23 – Excellence in Illustration – Newsprint
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Totally Jazzed”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “2009:Year Of The Ox”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Chelsy Okuma: She’s Here, There And Everywhere”

Category 24 – Excellence in Cover Design
First place (Tie) – Island Style – Morris Visitor Publications
First place (Tie) – Hawai’i Tribune-Herald
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Category 25 – Excellence in Informational Graphics
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – ‘What Ails Our Reefs?”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Bad Blood: The Ambush Of Chosen Company in Afghanistan”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Missouri To Be Towed To Drydock”

Category 26 – Directories
First place – Maui Wedding Planner – Trade Publishing
Second place – Element Media – The Chamber Of Commerce Of Hawai’i 2009 – 2010 Business Networking Directory
Third place – Honolulu Magazine – 2010 Private School Guide

Category 27 – Program Booklet
First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Mackworld”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “MAHALO A Salute To America’s Armed Forces”

Category 28 – Trade Magazine
First place – Island Scene Magazine - HMSA
Second Place – Building Industry – Trade Publishing
Third Place – Hawaii Hospitality – Trade Publishing

Category 29 – Special Section Excellence
First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “50 - A Statehood Journey”
Second Place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Restoring Our Reefs”
Third Place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “The Obama Inauguration, January 20, 2009”

Category 30 – Visitor Publication Excellence – Over 500M p/yr
First place – Ala Moana Shopping Magazine – Pacific Basin Communications
Second place – Hana Hou! – Pacific Travelogue
Third place – The Best of Oahu – Morris Visitor Publications

Category 31 – Visitor Publication Excellence – Under 500M p/yr
First place – Kaua’i Gold – Spotlight Hawaii Publishing
Second place - Big Island Gold – Spotlight Hawaii Publishing
Third place – Where Maui – Morris Visitor Publications

Category 32 – Non-daily Newspaper Excellence
First place – Pacific Business News
Second place – Honolulu Weekly
Third place – Midweek

Category 33 – School Newspaper Excellence
First place – Ka Leo O Hawai’i, University of Hawaii Manoa
Second place – Ka’Ohana, Windward Community College
Third place – Kapi’o, Kapi’olani Community College

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