Best Newspaper Writer

If Stephen Cooke could change one thing about his job...he probably wouldn’t. “Nah, not really,” says Cooke. “It changes everyday anyway. Every day it’s a different artist, different movie. I don’t dream of too much.” Actually, the entertainment writer for The Chronicle Herald might make one slight adjustment—there are times when he’d like to do even more work. “In the last year or so, it seems like there’s so much going on around here, and such little space for me to get stuff in. That can get frustrating.” How’s that for job satisfaction?

1st runner-up Jon Bruhm

2nd runner-up Bruce Wark