Air Force Staff Sgt. Elton Price and Army Sgt. Angele Ringo garnered top individual honors in DoD's 1996 Thomas Jefferson journalism competition.
Price is a staff writer with the Space Observer, 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Second place in the print contest went to Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Chudy, a staff writer with the Everett Dispatch, Everett Naval Station, Wash.
Ringo works for Soldiers Radio and Television in Alexandria, Va. Air Force Sgt. Russell Barfield of Detachment 3, Air Force Pacific Broadcast Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, took second.
The American Forces Information Service sponsors the annual competition. Print judges were Chris Callahan, assistant dean, University of Maryland College of Journalism; USA Today sports reporter Roscoe Nance and John Robinson, editor of Defense Daily. Broadcast judges were Byron Knight, project executive with the Public Broadcast System; producer Chad Pergram of National Public Radio; and Alan Schaertel of Associated Press Radio News.
Newspapers
Large military funded newspapers
1st -- Okinawa Marine, Camp S.D. Butler, Japan.
2nd -- Wolf Pack Warrior, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.
Other military funded newspapers
1st -- On Guard, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
2nd -- 446th Associate Press, 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash.
Civilian enterprise (metro) newspapers
1st -- Compass, San Diego Navy Base.
2nd -- Scout, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Civilian enterprise (tabloid) newspapers
1st -- Kadena Shogun, Kadena Air Base, Japan.
2nd -- Pentagram, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington.
Magazine format newspapers
1st -- Leading Edge, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
2nd -- Marines West, 12th Marine Corps District, San Diego.
Writing
News Writing
1st -- Tech. Sgt. James Greeley (Air Force), RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom.
2nd -- Spc. Jon D. Tiller (Army), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Feature Writing
1st -- Lance Cpl. Rita Hernandez (Marine Corps), Camp Pendleton, Calif.
2nd -- Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Hart (Navy), USS John F. Kennedy.
Commentary Writing
1st -- Sgt. Lance Bacon (Marine Corps), Camp Lejeune, N.C.
2nd -- Staff Sgt. Mark Diamond (Air Force), Altus AFB, Okla.
Sports Writing
1st -- Petty Officer 1st Class Robert A. Benson (Navy), Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2nd -- Spc. Tom Findtner (Army), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Open Writing
1st -- Sgt. 1st Class Lawrence Lane (Army), Soldiers Magazine, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2nd -- Maj. Dorothy Baker (Air Force), Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Special Achievement in Print Media
1st -- Quantico Sentry, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Va.
2nd -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary L. Toms (Navy), USS Nimitz.
Still Photography/Graphics
Single or Stand-Alone Photos
1st -- Cpl. William Lisbon (Marine Corps), Parris Island, S.C.
2nd -- Cpl. Michael Rautio (Army), Camp Zama, Japan.
News, Feature or Sports Picture Stories
1st -- Spc. David Gillespie (Army), Seoul, South Korea.
2nd -- Petty Officer 1st Class Robert A. Benson (Navy), Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Photojournalism
1st -- Staff Sgt. John R. Borlik, Jr. (Army), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington.
2nd -- Tech. Sgt. James Greeley (Air Force), RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom.
Illustrative Art
1st -- Staff Sgt. Mark Boggess (Air Force), RAF Lakenheath, Great Britain
2nd -- Larry Parkhurst (Navy), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
Radio
Radio entertainment program
1st -- Southern Command Network, Panama
2nd -- Detachment 9, Air Force Broadcast Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
Radio, Feature, News or Sports Stories
1st -- Soldiers Radio and Television, Alexandria, Va.
2nd -- Detachment 1, Air Force Broadcast Squadron, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Radio Spot Production
1st -- Southern Command Network, Panama
2nd -- American Forces Network-LaMaddalena, Italy
Radio Information Program
1st -- Southern Command Network, Panama
Local Radio Newscast
1st -- American Forces Network-Bavaria, Vilseck, Germany
2nd -- Detachment 8, Air Force Broadcast Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy
Non-Local Radio Broadcast
1st -- American Forces Network Radio News, Frankfurt, Germany
2nd -- Senior Airman Joe Walker (Air Force), Air Force News Agency, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas
Television
Television News or Feature Stories
1st -- Gail McCabe, 21st Theater Army Area Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2nd -- Senior Airman Mark Pleasants (Air Force), Detachment 1, Air Force Broadcast Squadron, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Television Sports News or Feature
1st -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Beaghley (Navy), Far East Network, Iwakuni, Japan
2nd -- Gail McCabe, 21st Theater Army Area Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Television Spot Production
1st -- Detachment 1, Air Force Pacific Broadcast Squadron, Yokota, Japan
2nd -- Naval Media Center Broadcasting Detachment, Diego Garcia
Local Television Newscast
1st -- Detachment 8, Air Force Broadcast Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy
2nd -- American Forces Network-Naples, Italy
Television Information Program
1st -- Cliff Braverman (Army), Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Va.
2nd -- Detachment 3, Air Force Pacific Broadcast Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
Non-Local Television Newscast
1st -- American Forces Network-Europe, Frankfurt, Germany
2nd -- Air Force Television News, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas
Story by Master Sgt. Stephen Barrett, USA, American Forces Press Service