February Best of the Month

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February Best of the Month Nominations

Congratulations to Carla Hinton, selected Best Overall for February. In hisnomination, Features Editor Matt Price wrote that Carla is always very focused onthe needs of the faith community, which is a huge art of our readershi. But shedoesn!t only ta"e time to hear concerns from the largest voices. #nyone with a

suggestion or concern on the religion beat gets an oortunity to share theirthoughts. Carla regularly attends events after hours and on wee"ends, if necessary,to "ee in contact with various faith grous. $ometimes, it!s not even for aarticular story, but %ust so that they will "now she is aware of their community. Inaddition, in February, she!s wor"ed e&tensively on the 'oliday (orshi )uide,sea"ing with a variety of contacts as she created a stand*alone section celebratingChristian and +ewish sring holidays.

'er willingness to connect with customers goes beyond her beat. One morning inFebruary, as the only reorter on hand, Carla was as"ed to tal" to a man who hadcome to the front door with concerns about his neighbors! otentially sying on him.Carla was attentive and resectful, and gave the man helful suggestions that

allowed him to have a ositive e&erience with he O"lahoman.

-For all she does to lift the image of he O"lahoman in ublic, I don!t believe anyonecarries the mantle of being customer focused better than Carla 'inton, Matt says.

Best Beat or Breaking News StoryFrom: Robby TrammellNominee: Randy EllisPage / 0 Multile fees, 1nes, bail charges add to %ail crowdinghtt233archive.newso".com3olive3aa3o"lahoman3$hared4iew.#rticle.as&5href67O8 9:F:;/id6#r;;?/@>s"6@/@EC#AA

Best Business Story or Business FeatureFrom: aula BurkesNominee: aula Burkes

+ust the "nowledge that he O"lahoman lanned to run a story on seniors strugglingto "ee u with the soaring remiums on their long term care olicies, I believe, ledthe state Insurance 7et. to announce its th inning decision to ca increases at /;ercent annually. I "now the coverage including videoD heled untold olicyholders

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weigh solutions to lower their remiums, including cutting bac" on bene1ts ** andalso gave numerous others ause before buying li"e insurance roducts.

(e easily received more than a doen emails and calls after this article and follow*u rade al" column ran. 'eres %ust one2 I really areciated your article in$undays aer regarding long term care. It is very helful to have a relevant story

resented as well as concise facts that could ta"e any of us a great deal of time tolocate on our own. #rticles such as this one are the reason I continue to subscribe tothe rinted newsaerG han" you for your s"illful, hard wor". Colleen (al"er, ::/:4ance 7r., Edmond, O8. H@;/@htt233newso".com3article3?=HH:A=Escalating long*term insurance cost has O"lahomans frustratedhtt233newso".com3article3?=HH:$eniors struggle to ay for constantly rising long*term care insurance

Best S!orts StoryFrom: "arla SmithNominee: #a$ob %nruhFeb. /:2 Once*dominant 7over ic"ing u ieces one month after school 1rehtt233newso".com3article3?=HA@@<

Best Feature StoryFrom: Matt ri$eNominee: Nathan o!!eathan steed out of his comfort one to write a really good feature story about arae survivor.htt233newso".com3unbro"en*survivor*o"lahoma*city*author*and*business*owner*addresses*rae*from*a*survivors*ersective*in*new*short*1lm3article3?=A;;:/

Best ro&e$t'Enter!rise'(n)"e!th StoryFrom: hil *+ConnorNominees: Matt atterson'Chris Casteel(ith Jhe Precinct,J Matt and Chris gave our readers an inside view of the :;/<rimaries through the eyes of voters in one O"lahoma City neighborhood. heac"age included dee, rich reorting, great story telling and great resentation.htt233newso".com3article3?=A//=;

Best ,at$hdog StoryFrom: Robby TrammellNominee: Randy EllisPlay 0 $tate agencies give raises desite e&ecutive order

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Best -ideoFrom: "a.id MorrisNominee: /reg Singleton)reg single*handedly wor"ed on a Chris Keen ro%ect for the 'eart Ball, to ravereviews from Keen and the #merican 'eart #ssociation. 'e cran"ed out a fooddocumentary on the side with 7ave Cathey that has been submitted to the

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deadCenter Film Festival. #nd he routinely goes on last*minute shoots withouthesitation.

Best Blog'So$ial Media E0ortFrom: hil *+ConnorNominees: "arla Sli!ke'Ti0any /ibson

7arla and iLany wor"ed tirelessly to build a new grahic dislay tool for trac"ingO"lahoma City homicides. Jhe new ma includes all homicides dating bac" to :;;Hand allows eole to search by race, gender, address, etc. he new tool alsoincludes three widgets that rovide readers a much richer and more information*ac"ed online e&erience and will also hel us in analying homicide data goingforward. his should rove an invaluable tool.htt233newso".com3homicides

Best ColumnFrom: "arla SmithNominee: Berry TramelFeb. /=2 Fuss over video bigger than %ust +oe Mi&onhtt233newso".com3article3?=A;H:/

Best "esign'(llustrationFrom: Su1anne /reenNominee: Su1anne /reenFor the centeriece illustration design for the story J# nerd in loveJ from 8enKaymonds Purely $ub%ective column.

his was a really fun illustration. he style of the iece was "et loose to mimic theage at which the story haened. Everything was hand drawn including theheadline tye to "ee the style layful and unolished. he color scheme wassimle only using red, the color of loveD to call out a few details without

bombarding the reader with too much traditional valentine art. he bac"ground ofthe image was intended to loo" li"e aged aer li"e a note saved for several yearsto lay oL the fact that this story haened in 8ens childhood. Overall there wereseveral details that came directly from the story to "ee the reader engaged withthe illustration as they read along, including the curly hair, thic" JnerdyJ glasses,and the little note folded origami style into its own enveloe. I thin" the simlicity of the illustration style was a big art of what made this such an eye catching design.

+udges also selected this because of the high uality of hand*drawn wor" donebefore deadline.

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From: "oug HokeNominee: aul Hellstern

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always done so with the utmost rofessionalism. I!m grateful for his diligence, andthin" he deserves the highest ossible recognition for his eLorts on behalf ofO"lahoman.com and ewsO8.com.

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