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Wade H. McCree Awards for the Advancement
of Justice
The
McCree Awards recognize Michigan broadcast and print media journalists
who foster greater public understanding of the inherent values of our
legal and judicial system through their published materials.
To be eligible, written materials and radio/television broadcasts
must be published/aired between January 1 and December 31 of the given calendar year.
They must inform and educate citizens about the role of the law, the
courts, law enforcement agencies, and the legal profession in society.
They should also disclose practices in need of improvement and encourage
legal and legislative efforts to update and modernize our laws, courts,
and law enforcement agencies.
Print entries may consist of feature or news articles, interpretive
analyses, editorials, or combinations of these. In the broadcast category,
documentaries, educational or editorial programs may be submitted. Any
newspaper, internet or wire service, news syndicate, magazine, radio
station, legal publication, or network in Michigan or any of its employees
are eligible to enter. There is no charge for entering. The awards will
be presented in April in conjunction with the Michigan Journalism Hall
of Fame Induction Ceremony in East Lansing.
| Previous Winners |
| 2009 |
M.L. Elrick and Jim Schaefer – Detroit Free Press
Charlie Cain and Gary Heinlein – Detroit News
Sandra Svoboda – Metro Times
Honorable mention: Brian Dickerson (Detroit Free Press); George Hunter (Detroit News); and Brian McGillivary, Bill O'Brien, and Mike Tyree (Traverse City Record-Eagle) |
| 2008 |
Kathy Jessup, Chris Killian, Rebecca Pierce – Kalamazoo Gazette
Jim Schaefer, Joe Swickart, L.L. Brasier, Brian Dickerson, Suzette Hackney, John Wisely – Detroit Free Press
Honorable mention: Shantell M. Kirkendoll (Flint Journal) and Sandra Svoboda (Metro Times)
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| 2007 |
Jeff Gerritt – Detroit
Free Press
Curt Guyette – Metro Times
Matt Phillips and Charlie Langton – Sterling Heights Television
and the Macomb County Bar Association
Honorable mention: Todd Berg (Michigan Lawyers Weekly);
Ronald J. Hansen (Detroit News); and Judy Putnam (Booth Newspapers)
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| 2006 |
Norman
Sinclair, Ronald J. Hansen, and Melvin Claxton – Detroit
News
Matt Phillips and Charlie Langton – Sterling Heights Television
and the Macomb County Bar Association
Honorable mention: Jason Alley (Southgate News Herald);
David Ashenfelter (Detroit Free Press); Ken Kolker (Grand Rapids
Press); and Rosemary Parker, Ed Finnert, Barbara Walters, and Bill
Krasean (Kalamazoo Gazette)
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| 2005 |
David
Shepardson, Norman Sinclair, and Ronald J. Hansen – Detroit
News
Mark Albert – WWMT-TV Kalamazoo |
| 2004 |
Gregg
Krupa, Francis X. Donnelly, and John Bebow – Detroit
News
Matt Phillips, Charlie Langton, and Rick Troy – Sterling Heights
Television and the Macomb County Bar Association
Honorable mention: Nolan Finley, George Bullard,
and Shikha Dalmia (Detroit News); M.L. Elrick, Jim Schaefer, and
Ben Schmitt (Detroit Free Press); Stephen W. Huber (Oakland Press);
and Darryl Q. Tucker (Saginaw News)
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| 2003 |
Jack
Kresnak, David Zeman, and Ben Schmitt – Detroit Free
Press
William H. Dance – Detroit Legal News |
| 2002 |
David
Ashenfelter, Tamara Audi, Suzette Hackney, Jim Schaefer, Joe Swickard,
David Zeman, and Alison Young – Detroit Free
Press
Scott MacFarlane – WKBD/WWJ-TV Detroit |
| 2001 |
David
Ashenfelter, Suzette Hackney, and Joe Swickard – Detroit
Free Press
Ken Kolker and Gary Schroder – Grand Rapids Press
C. Jesse Green – Michigan Lawyers Weekly |
| 2000 |
David Ashenfelter – Detroit Free Press
Wayne Woolley and George Hunter – Detroit News
Bob Allen and Michelle Corum – Interlochen Public Radio |
| 1999 |
Scott
E. Aiken – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Scott Davis – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Ken Kolker – Grand Rapids Press |
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