Inside the Bubble Washington Journalism Awards: Final Categories and Nominees
Finally, awards as petty and self-serving as the press corps they honor. Send completed ballots to. FAQ on awards (i.e., "Who the fuck are these people?") available tomorrow. Winners announced Friday.
Ballot after the jump.
•Sam Donaldson Award for Most Overrated
Elisabeth Bumiller (NYT)
Wendell Goler (Fox News)
David Gregory (NBC)
Norah O'Donnell (NBC)
John Roberts (CBS)
•Wire Service Award for Best WHC You've Never Heard of
Ken Herman (Austin American Statesman/Cox News)
David Gregory (NBC)
David Jackson (Dallas Morning News)
Olivier Knox (AFP)
•Best Hair
Dana Bash (CNN)
David Gregory (NBC)
Jennifer Loven (AP)
Terry Moran (ABC)
Norah O'Donnell (NBC)
•Worst Hair
Ken Bazinet (Knight-Ridder/NYDN)
Howard Fineman (Newsweek)
David Gregory (NBC)
John Roberts (CBS)
•Best Looking (Above the Neck)
Chris Cooper (WSJ)
David Gregory (NBC)
Terry Moran (ABC)
Norah O'Donnell (NBC)
•Best Looking (Below the Neck)
Terry Moran (ABC)
Scott Lindlaw (x-AP)
Norah O'Donnell (NBC)
David Gregory (NBC)
Tamara Lipper (Newsweek)
•Best to Sit Next to on the Bus (for less than 20 minutes)
Olivier Knox (AFP)
David Sanger (NYT)
David Gregory (NBC)
Ken Bazinet (Knight-Ridder/NYDN)
Bill Douglas (Knight-Ridder)
•Best to Sit Next to on the Bus (for more than 20 minutes)
Don Gonyea (NPR)
Jim Angle (Fox News)
Steve Holland (Rueters)
David Gregory (NBC)
Julie Mason (Houston Chronicle)
•Dana Milbank Award for Most Disliked by the WH
Helen Thomas (Syndicated)
John Roberts (CBS)
Terry Moran (ABC)
David Gregory (NBC)
•James Guckert Award for Most Liked by the WH (but not in that way)
Bill Sammon (WT)
Judy Keen (USAT)
Ken Herman (Austin American Statesman/Cox News)
Ann Compton (ABC)
Joseph Curl (WT)
David Gregory (NBC)
•Laziest
Elisabeth Bumiller (NYT)
David Gregory (NBC)
Ken Walsh (USN&WR)
•Monica Lewinsky Award for Biggest Suck-up
Joseph Curl (WT)
David Gregory (NBC)
Susan Page (USAT)
Judy Keen (USAT)
•Street Meat Award for Most Willing to Go on Cable
Michael Isikoff (Newsweek)
Howard Fineman (Newsweek)
David Gregory (NBC)
Ron Brownstein (LAT)
•Mike Allen Award for Hardest Working
Ed Chen (LAT)
Mike Allen (WP)
Terry Hunt (AP)
David Gregory (NBC)
Dana Bash (CNN)
Mark Knoller (CBS Radio)
•John King Award for Print Reporter Most Likely to Jump to TV
Jeff Zeleny (Chicago Tribune)
John Dickerson (TIME)
Elisabeth Bumiller (NYT)
David Gregory (NBC) (most likely to jump to Imus)
•Ken Herman Award for Most Likely to be Quoted by Colleagues
David Sanger (NYT)
Mike Allen (WP)
John Dickerson (TIME)
David Gregory (NBC)
Ken Herman (Austin American Statesman/Cox News)
•Best WHC to Get Drunk With in Waco
Dick Keil (Bloomberg)
Scott Lindlaw (x-AP)
Olivier Knox (AFP)
David Gregory (NBC)
•Biggest Diva
David Gregory (NBC)
Elisabeth Bumiller (NYT)
Dana Milbank (WP)
John Roberts (CBS)
David Sanger (NYT)
Jim Vandehei (WP)
•Most Likely to Get Facts Wrong
Dana Milbank (WP)
Elisabeth Bumiller (NYT)
David Gregory (NBC)
Peter Baker (WP)
Scott McClellan
•Most Likely to Get Facts Right
Terry Moran (ABC)
David Sanger (NYT)
Ken Fireman (Newsday)
David Gregory (NBC)
•"Have You Ever Made Any Mistakes" Award for Best Presser Questions
John Dickerson (TIME)
Mike Allen (WP)
John King (CNN)
Ken Herman (Austin American Statesman/Cox News)
David Gregory (NBC)
•Thankless Task Thank You Award for Best Pool Reports
Ken Herman (Austin American Statesman/Cox News)
David Gregory (NBC)
Joseph Curl (WT)
Dana Milbank (WP)
•Nicest
Dick Stevenson (NYT)
Mike Allen (WP)
Jennifer Loven (AP)
David Gregory (NBC)
Ed Chen (LAT)