Sure, the headline could be better, but there are six names and why show bias to the big guys, right?

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Print Over 100,000 Circulation
STEVE LOPEZ - Los Angeles Times

Print Under 100,000 Circulation
JEFFREY ANDERSON - Los Angeles Daily Journal

Television Anchor or Reporter
JORDI ORTEGA - KVEA Telemundo 52

Radio Anchor or Reporter
KITTY FELDE - KPCC 89.3 FM

Sports Anchor or Reporter
STEVE GRAD - KNX Newsradio

Photo Journalist or Designer
DON BARTLETTI - Los Angeles Times

Full List of winners with judge's comments and second-place finishers
Finalists
Los Angeles Press Club site

Observations: Lopez beat out his LAT colleague Sonia Nazario, who won the Pulitzer for crissake...But the judges really like Lopez: "His talent is really a lost art. This type of writing is what this nation needs more of."...The Times took home 14 awards, from Hilburn to Pucin, way more than anyone else. [Ed.: Actually, KPCC took home 12...] Names that also repeat on the list include the Daily Journal (we'd link more to them if it were possible), the Press Telegram, KTLA, Warren Olney and the Daily News....Matt Welch of L.A. Examiner.com got two for online columns he wrote on other sites...And we're not surprised to see Mark Lacter, editor of the L.A. Business Journal, win for his Comment columns. We've never met him, but he seems like a fine editor (see 2nd graf of the following item)...

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