Author: Amy Silverman

We’re bringing back one of our favorite traditions at the Arizona Press Club — the Brick Wall and Sledgehammer awards! Nominations open this Sunday, June 1. The Brick Wall Award “honors” (with heavy sarcasm) the most secretive government agency or politician in Arizona. The ones who go above and beyond to dodge public records requests,…

The results are in With our sincerest apologies for the delay and a great deal of respect for all of the amazing journalism undertaken by so many Arizona reporters, photographers and editors, we’re proud to announce the complete list of winners of the Arizona Press Club’s 2023 journalism contest. Congratulations to all the winners and…

Submit your entries by Friday, August 23 We’ve extended the deadline for our 2023 journalism contest to Friday, August 23. Journalists are eligible to enter if they worked for an Arizona news outlet and produced content in a written, audio or visual format in 2023. Find full eligibility and rules at azpressclub.org/2024/07/24/the-2023-arizona-press-club-contest-is-now-open/. Enter at https://betternewspapercontest.com/login…

ARIZONA PRESS CLUB 2023 AWARDS COMPETITION FOR THE BEST JOURNALISM IN ARIZONA PART I THE RULES FOR WRITING/REPORTING, DESIGN, AUDIO, VIDEO AND PHOTOJOURNALISM ELIGIBILITY Journalists are considered members of the Arizona Press Club if they work in the production of news for any Arizona newspaper, online news site, periodical, newsletter, or news service whose primary…