The Arizona Press Club is proud to announce the statewide winners of the 2016 Writing Awards. The Don Bolles Award for Investigative Reporting Judge Dee Hall is the co-founder of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. First: Caitlin Schmidt, Arizona Daily Star Comments: “This story involved true shoe leather investigative reporting. It started out as…
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Maria Camou named Arizona Designer of the Year
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…
Stephenson named Arizona’s Virg Hill Journalist of the Year
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,…
Announcing the annual Sledgehammer & Brick Wall award winners
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…
Winners: 2016 Arizona Press Club photo awards
Two Arizona Republic photographers took home top honors in the Arizona Press Club’s 2016 Photojournalism Awards. Michael Chow was named News Photographer of the Year and Patrick Breen was awarded Sports Photographer of the Year, with the award for Photograph of the Year also going to Chow. Courtney Pedroza of Arizona State University was named…
Big 3: Press Club award finalists announced
Congratulations to the finalists for the top annual awards from the Arizona Press Club! The finalists for this year’s Big Three categories are (in alphabetical order): Arizona Community Journalist Of The Year Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly Hank Stephenson, Arizona Capitol Times Murphy Woodhouse, Nogales International Arizona Designer Of The Year Aliya Mood, Arizona Republic Claudia…