The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Community Journalist of the Year Award. Judges Dennis Joyce is the assistant metro editor of the Tampa Bay Times, Autumn Phillips is the executive editor of the Quad-City Times and Dennis Anderson is the executive editor of the Peoria, Ill. Journal Star. Community Journalist…
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,…
Winners: 2016 Arizona Press Club Spanish language award winners
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,…
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…
Winners of the 2015 Arizona Press Club Awards
The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Writing and Design Awards, recognizing excellence in Arizona journalism. Congratulations to the winners, the finalists, and everyone who entered this year’s contest! Virg Hill Journalist Of The Year Judges Jim Simon, managing editor, Seattle Times, and Chris Grygiel, Northwest News Editor, Associated…
Finalists announced in Press Club writing & design awards
The Arizona Press Club is pleased to announce the finalists in this year’s writing and design contest. The winners in specific categories will be named April 30, online at AzPressClub.org and at that day’s luncheon at the Society of Professional Journalists convention in Phoenix. Arizona Community Journalist Of The Year Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly Hank…
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…
2015 Sports POY
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