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The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce that Maria Camou of the Arizona Daily Star has been named 2016’s Arizona Designer of the Year. Judge Andrea Zagata, a page designer for the New York Times, said of Camou, “this designer has a clear voice. I see intelligent photo editing and clean design free of…
The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Virg Hill Journalist of the Year Award. Judges Michael LaForgia, investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times, George Papajohn is associate managing editor for investigations of the Chicago Tribune and Angie Muhs is executive editor and vice president of the State Journal-Register,…
Journalists from the Arizona Daily Star’s La Estrella de Tucsón took first place honors in two out of the three Spanish-language award categories in the Arizona Press Club’s 2016 Writing and Design competition. Curt Prendergast and Perla Trevizo were awarded first place in Spanish-language news reporting, for their series on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Ernesto Portillo,…
The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce that Hank Stephenson, of the Arizona Capitol Times, is the winner of the 2016 Sledgehammer Award for his efforts to expose the truth. Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller and former state legislator David Gowan are both winners of the 2016 Brick Wall Award, which is reserved for…
1st Place Sports Photographer of the Year- Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic 2nd Place Sports Photographer of the Year- Christian Peterson/Getty Images 3rd Place Sports Photographer of the Year- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star AoE- Chris Coduto/ICON Sportswire
Spot News 1st Place- ‘Giving Comfort’ Alfredo Araiza/Arizona Daily Star 2nd Place- ‘Tree Down’ Ben Moffat/ASU 3rd Place- ‘Dog rescued from fire’ Oscar Perez/Casa Grande Dispatch General News 1st Place- ‘Murder Scene’ Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star 2nd Place- “Prayer” Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star Star 3rd Place- “Flash Flood” Michael Chow/Arizona Republic AoE- “Emus” Alfredo Araiza/Arizona Daily Star…
1st Place Photographer of the Year- Michael Chow/Arizona Republic 2nd Place Photographer of the Year- Mark Henle/Arizona Republic 3rd Place Photographer of the Year- Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star AoE Photographer of the Year- Nick Oza/Arizona Republic Community Photographer of the Year- David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune College Photographer of the Year- Sean Logan/ASU Runner-up CPOY- Courtney Pedroza/ASU