2019 APSE Results

Some still being announced. Congratulations to all who manage to produce quality content in this day and age of minimized resources, reduced staff, and constant dark clouds of negativity.

CATEGORY A
WEBSITE
TOP 10
The New York Times
USA Today
The Washington Post
The Philadelphia Inquirer
ESPN.com
The Kansas City Star
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Miami Herald
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Los Angeles Times
HONORABLE MENTION
The Arizona Republic
Yahoo Sports
Newsday
The Boston Globe
The Athletic
The Seattle Times
Omaha World-Herald
The Detroit News
Houston Chronicle
The Dallas Morning News

CATEGORY B
WEBSITE
TOP 10
The Charlotte Observer
The Courier-Journal
PennLive
The Indianapolis Star
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Advocate (Baton Rouge/N.O.)
The Commercial Appeal
The Oklahoman
Knoxville News Sentinel
Las Vegas Review-Journal
HONORABLE MENTION
Boston Herald
Lexington Herald-Leader
Naples Daily News
The Press Democrat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Providence Journal
South Bend Tribune
The Tennessean
Times Union (Albany, NY)
The Toledo Blade

CATEGORY C
WEBSITE
TOP 10
The Anderson Herald-Bulletin (IN)
Auburn Undercover
The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes Barre, PA)
Deseret News
Inside Carolina
Journal & Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Marin Independent Journal (CA)
The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
Sun Journal (Maine)
Victoria Advocate (TX)
HONORABLE MENTION
Casper Star-Tribune (WY)
The Janesville Gazette (IN)
The Topeka Capital-Journal
The Bryan-College Station Eagle (TX)
Burlington Times-News (NC)

CATEGORY D
SUNDAY
TOP 5
Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Columbia Missourian
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
Durham Herald-Sun
Marietta Daily Journal
HONORABLE MENTION
Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
Casper Star-Tribune
Williamsport Sun-Gazette

WEBSITE
TOP 10
Gamecock Central
The Daily News Journal
WyoSports
The Jackson Sun
Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)
Daily Record (Parsippany, NJ)
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA)
Columbia Missourian
News and Tribune (Jeffersonville, IN)
The Manhattan Mercury
HONORABLE MENTION
Santa Cruz Sentinel

 

A DIVISION
ACTION PHOTO
Joe Amon, ESPN.com
Michael Bryant, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic (image No. 32 in gallery)
Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Jose Fajardo, Mercury News / Bay Area News Group
José M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune
David Santiago, Miami Herald
Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle
Scott Varley , Southern California News Group
Randy Vazquez, Mercury News / Bay Area News Group

BREAKING NEWS
Christine Brennan, USA TODAY Sports
Chris Haynes, Yahoo Sports
Bob Hohler, Boston Globe
Brooks Kubena, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune
Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian, The Kansas City Star
Tariq Panja, The New York Times
T.J. Quinn and Arty Berko, ESPN.com
Charles Robinson, Yahoo Sports
Matt Stanmyre and Keith Sargeant, NJ Advance Media
Maria Torres and Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times

EXPLANATORY
Aaron Carter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Michael Casagrande, AL.com
Mirin Fader, Bleacher Report
Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN.com
Beth Kassab, Orlando Sentinel
Brooks Kubena, The Advocate | Times-Picayune
Bryce Miller, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Greg Riddle, The Dallas Morning News
Marc Stein, The New York Times
Kurt Streeter, The New York Times

FEATURE PHOTO
Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle
Jeff Curry, USA TODAY Sports
Jose Fajardo, Mercury News / Bay Area News Group
Thomas A. Ferrara, Newsday
Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman (photo 15 in gallery)
Heather Khalifa, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Karl Mondon, Mercury News / Bay Area News Group
Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic (image No. 45 in gallery)
Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune
Nick Wagner, Austin American-Statesman (first one under Wagner’s name)

FEATURE STORY
Kent Babb, The Washington Post
Scott Eden, ESPN.com
Andrew Joseph, For The Win
Andrew Keh and Lynsey Addario, The New York Times
Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN.com
Scott Miller, Bleacher Report
Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press
Mike Sielski, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Matt Stanmyre, NJ Advance Media
Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune

MULTIMEDIA
Dave Birkett, Ryan Ford, Chris Thomas, Ramon Padilla, Detroit Free Press
TJ Furman, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ben Golliver, Armand Emamdomeh, Virginia Singarayar, Tomasz Usyk, The Washington Post
Matt Stanmyre, NJ Advance Media
Staff, The Arizona Republic
Staff, ESPN.com
Staff, ESPN.com
Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Staff (The Lead Podcast), The Athletic
Brad Townsend, Damon Marx, John Hancock, Michael Hogue, Jose Rodriguez, The Dallas Morning News

PROJECTS
Jarrett Bell, Christine Brennan, Nate Davis, Jim Reineking and staff, USA TODAY Sports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ken Belson, Joe Drape, Bill Pennington, Michael Powell, Quoctrung Bui, The New York Times 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Vahe Gregorian, Sam Mellinger, Sam McDowell and Brooke Pryor, The Kansas City Star 1 2 3 4 5
Jeremy Hayes, Gordon Mack, Cliff Bogart and Jennifer Zahn, FloSports 1 2 3 4 5
Rick Maese, The Washington Post 1 2 3 4
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times 1 2 3 4 5 6
Staff, The Athletic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Staff, Chicago Tribune 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Staff, Star Tribune 1 2 3 4 5 6
Marc Topkin, John Romano, Martin Fennelly, Thomas Bassinger, Tampa Bay Times 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

VIDEO
Roberto Jose Andrade Franco, Steve Saldivar and Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein, Los Angeles Times
Staff, USA TODAY Sports
Ashleigh Joplin, The Washington Post
Armen Keteyian and Andrew Muscato, The Athletic
Armen Keteyian and Adam Berger, The Athletic
Mina Kimes and John N. Minton III, ESPN.com
Sarah Larimer, Allie Caren and Sarah Hashemi, The Washington Post
Greg Moore, David Wallace and Thomas Hawthorne, The Arizona Republic
Staff, Newsday
Staff, Yahoo Sports

 

B DIVISION
ACTION PHOTO
Albert Cesare, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Stuart Cahill, Boston Herald
Anne-Marie Caruso, Bergen Record (N.J.)
Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Nancy Lane, Boston Herald
Ian Maule, Tulsa World
Pat McDonough, The Courier Journal
Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean (No. 13 when you scroll down)
Danielle Parhizkaran, Bergen Record (N.J.)
Jenna Watson, IndyStar

BREAKING NEWS
David Cobb, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
Luke DeCock, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Dana Hunsinger Benbow, IndyStar
Kevin Duffy, Boston Herald
Adam Fisher, Naples Daily News
Kyle Neddenriep, IndyStar
John O’Connor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jason Orts, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Chris Tomasson, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Scott Wright, The Oklahoman

EXPLANATORY
Ryan Butler, Gambling.com Group
Dirk Chatelain, Omaha World-Herald
Luke DeCock, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Andy Larsen and Christopher Kamrani, The Salt Lake Tribune
Danielle Lerner, The Courier Journal
Brendan Marks, The Charlotte Observer
Mark Murphy, Boston Herald
Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tony Semerad and Christopher Kamrani, The Salt Lake Tribune
Charles Thompson, The Harrisburg Patriot-News/PennLive

FEATURE PHOTO
Chancey Bush, The Gazette
Chris Christo, Boston Herald
Ron Cortes, San Antonio Express-News
Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Michael Johnson, The Villages Daily Sun
Ian Maule, Tulsa World
Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean (second when you scroll down)
Jeff Siner, The Charlotte Observer
Matt Stone, Boston Herald
Alton Strupp, The Courier Journal (No. 7 image in gallery)

FEATURE STORY
Jonathan Alexander, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jim Ayello, IndyStar
Andrew Carter, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Scott Fowler, The Charlotte Observer
Mark Emmert, Des Moines Register
Chris Heady, Omaha World-Herald
Dana Hunsinger Benbow, IndyStar
Eric Kolenich, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Brendan Marks, The Charlotte Observer
Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune

PROJECTS
Erik Bacharach, Mariah Timms, Tommy Deas, Autumn Allison and Clevis Murray, The Tennessean 1 2 3 4 5
Jenni Carlson and Nathan Ruiz, The Oklahoman 1 2 3 4 5 6
Dirk Chatelain, Omaha World-Herald 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Guerin Emig, Tulsa World 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Gentry Estes, The Courier Journal 1 2 3 4
Ryan Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader 1 2 3 4 5 6
Brant James, Ryan Butler and Staff, Gambling.com Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dan Kane, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) 1 2 3 4 5
Eric Kolenich, Richmond Times-Dispatch 1 2 3
Nicholas Piotrowicz, Steve Junga, Mark Monroe, Kyle Rowland and Ashley Bastock, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MULTIMEDIA
Brent Briggeman, The Gazette
Eric Kolenich and Shelby Lum, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Michael Phillips, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nate Rau, Mike Organ, Ayrika Whitney and Ben Goad, The Tennessean
Tyler Riffle, Ralph Walter, Madison McCord, The Spokesman-Review

VIDEO
Autumn Allison, The Tennessean
Ed Godfrey, Joe Mussatto and Dave Morris, The Oklahoman
Ron Kantowski and Rachel Aston, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Katie Klann, The Gazette
Brian Linder, Mark Pynes and Salim Michel Makhlouf, The Harrisburg Patriot-News/PennLive
Calvin Mattheis, Knoxville News Sentinel
Mykal McEldowney, IndyStar
Andy Morrison, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Olivia Reiner, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mackenzie Salmon, Clarion Ledger

 

C DIVISION
ACTION PHOTO
Pete Cihelka, The Free Lance-Star
Gary Cosby Jr., Tuscaloosa News
Andrew Dye, Winston-Salem Journal
Katherine Jones, Idaho Statesman
Woody Marshall, News & Record
Brian Miller, Tallahassee Democrat
Dennis Nett, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman
Annie Rice, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Adam Sparks, Auburn Undercover

BREAKING NEWS
Michelle Breidenbach and Nolan Weidner, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Douglass Dowty and Sarah Moses Buckshot, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Adam Fisher, The News-Press
Jordan Guskey, The Star Press
Sean Hammond, Northwest Herald
Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman
Brian Miller, Tallahassee Democrat
Adam Regan, The News-Press
Kellis Robinett, The Wichita Eagle
Ryan Wood, Green Bay Press-Gazette

EXPLANATORY
Sammy Batten, The Fayetteville Observer
Chris Carlson, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Taylor Eldridge, The Wichita Eagle
Sean Hammond, Northwest Herald
Eric Hansen, South Bend Tribune
Ethan Joyce, Winston-Salem Journal
Andrew Ramspacher, The State (Columbia SC)
Kellis Robinett, The Wichita Eagle
Mike Waters, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Ryan Wood, Green Bay Press-Gazette

FEATURE PHOTO
Gary Cosby Jr., Tuscaloosa News
Andrew Dye, Winston-Salem Journal
Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune
Taya Gray, The Desert Sun
Woody Marshall, News & Record
Mike Morones, The Free Lance-Star
Darin Osw, Idaho Statesman
Annie Rice, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Scott Schild, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Dave Scherbenco, Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice

FEATURE STORY
Nick Alvarez, The News-Press
Ben Breiner, The State (Columbia SC)
Bob Gillespie, The State (Columbia SC)
Lee Horton, Sun Journal
Andrew John, The Desert Sun
Joey LoMonaco, The Free Lance-Star
Nate Mink, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Ben Portnoy, Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Peter Scamardo, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Ryan Wood, Green Bay Press-Gazette

GAME STORY
Donnie Collins, The Scranton Times-Tribune
Conor Foley, The Scranton Times-Tribune
Mike Forman, Victoria Advocate
Tom Noie, South Bend Tribune
Scott Petrak, The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
Ben Portnoy, Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Shad Powers, The Desert Sun
Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman
Kellis Robinett, The Wichita Eagle
Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald

MULTIMEDIA
Taylor Eldridge, The Wichita Eagle
Ben Jones, Tuscaloosa News
Ethan Joyce and John O’Neal, Winston-Salem Journal
Brandon Marcello, Auburn Undercover
Staff, The Fayetteville Observer

PROJECTS
Donnie Collins, The Scranton Times-Tribune 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
John Dell, Patrick Ferlise and Jay Spivey, Winston-Salem Journal 1 2 3 4
Joey LoMonaco, Mike Morones and Pete Cihelka, The Free Lance-Star 1 2 3 4
Nate Mink, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard 1 2 3 4
Adam Regan, David Dorsey, Ed Reed, Kinfay Moroti and Andrea Melendez, The News-Press 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

VIDEO
Brian Achtaz, Pensacola News Journal
Nick Alvarez and Amanda Inscore, The News-Press
Brent Axe, Dennis Nett, N. Scott Trimble, Christa Lemczak, Lauren Long, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Travis L. Brown, The Bryan-College Station Eagle
Matt Bufano, Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice
Russ Dillingham, Sun Journal
Tim Dominick, The State (Columbia SC)
Annie Rice, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Mike Waters, Dennis Nett and Lauren Long, Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard
Anthony Zilis, The Champaign News-Gazette

 

D DIVISION
ACTION PHOTO
Mike Daly, Shasta County Sports
Kyle Dawson, Aiken Standard
Tony Hord, Shasta County Sports
Jason Malmont, The Carlisle Sentinel
Cayla Nimmo, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
Tristen Rouse, Columbia Missourian
Andrew Shurtleff, The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Anthony Stalcup, Marietta Daily Journal
Artie Walker, Jr., Aiken Standard

BREAKING NEWS
Ryan Black, The Manhattan Mercury
Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News
Gabe DeArmond and Mitchell Forde, PowerMizzou.com
Bennett Durando, Columbia Missourian
John Harvey, The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Davis Potter, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World
Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald
Don Williams, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Steve Wiseman, The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.)

EXPLANATORY
Jake Adams, The Carlisle Sentinel
Ryan Black, The Manhattan Mercury
T.J. Holmes, Shasta County Sports
Julie Jag, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Cecil Joyce, Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Eli Lederman, Columbia Missourian
Joseph Spears, Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Pete Tobey, The Post-Star
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald

FEATURE PHOTO
Michael Cummo, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Kyle Dawson, Aiken Standard
Josh Galemore, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
Joshua L. Jones, Athens Banner-Herald
Mike Karas, Daily Record (Rockaway, N.J.)
Hillary Tan, Columbia Missourian
Joe Ullrich, News and Tribune
Artie Walker, Jr., Aiken Standard
Zack Wajsgras, The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
David Yeazell, Florence Morning News

FEATURE STORY
Jon Blau, The Herald-Times
Justin Driggers, Florence Morning News
Bennett Durando, Columbia Missourian
Travis Lazarczyk, Kennebec Journal
Matthew Rios, Columbia Missourian
Mitch Rupert, Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Matt Schuckman, Quincy Herald-Whig
Matt Tait, Lawrence Journal-World
Justin Toscano, The Manhattan Mercury
Greg Woods, The Manhattan Mercury

GAME STORY
Jake Adams, The Carlisle Sentinel
Ryan Black, The Manhattan Mercury
Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News
Kyle Dawson, Aiken Standard
T.J. Holmes, Shasta County Sports
Josh Needelman, The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Carlos Silva Jr., Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Aaron Williams, Shasta County Sports
Ellis L. Williams, The Post-Star

MULTIMEDIA
Ryne Dennis and Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald
Davis Potter, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
Emmalee Reed, Liam Quinn, Nick Kelly and Bennett Durando, Columbia Missourian
Brett Vito and Jeff Woo, Denton Record-Chronicle
Aaron Williams, Shasta County Sports

PROJECTS
Christina Long and staff, Columbia Missourian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mallory Merda and Jake Adams 1 2 3 4 5 6
Staff, Shasta County Sports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Henry Queen, McClain Baxley, Christian Knox, Prince Robinson and John Bednarowski, Marietta Daily Journal 1 2 3 4 5 6
Steve Wiseman and staff, The Durham Herald-Sun 1 2 3 4 5

VIDEO
Michael Cummo, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Craig Pearson and Elizabeth DePompei, News and Tribune
Jonas Pope IV, The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.)
Hillary Tan, Julia Hansen and Elliot Bauman, Columbia Missourian
Sydney Walton and Jacob Moscovitch, Columbia Missourian

 

For the life of me, I don't understand why the person in charge of the APSE Twitter account is taking pictures of their computer screen when announcing the latest finalists. Really no excuse for not having clean screenshots in 2020.

 

I think they heard you

 

Maybe it's just a coincidence!

 

It remains incredibly frustrating that freelance and unaffiliated writers, in a time when staffs have dwindled to zero, can't either join the organization or submit for awards. That really should be changed.

 

Become an APSE member | APSE - Associated Press Sports Editors

APSE has a writers' wing with its own membership rate -- regardless of your organization's affiliation, or lack of any affiliation. There are recurring discussions about the role of writers, educators, and even non-traditional editors within APSE. There are usually non-editors at the annual convention, as well as at regional events.

 

The amount it costs to join the organization is ridiculous. They have one or two events a year and these awards. Last year, the region I am apart of didn't even have a regional meeting. I just don't see the point to being apart of the organization. It's just a line on the resume.

 

When did that change? As recently as last year I was told unaffiliated writers could not join and could not submit.