...sports news category with his story about Juneau's Chad Bentz making it to the major leagues. Former sports reporter and page designer Andrew Krueger took third place in the headlines category. And I-chun Che took third place in the long feature...

...served as weekend editor at the Empire since joining the news team in 2006. She previously worked as an arts reporter and page designer for the Homer Tribune on the Kenai peninsula. She previously worked as a copy editor at a daily newspaper in...