APSE results

I guess Hoppes' fool-proof plan didn't work, huh, conspiracy theorists? :

DAILY

OVER 250,000

TOP 10:
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Dallas Morning News
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
Miami Herald
New York Times
Rocky Mountain News
USA Today
Washington Post

HONORABLE MENTION:
Arizona Republic
Chicago Sun-Times
Denver Post
Detroit Free Press
Houston Chronicle
Minneapolis Star Tribune
New York Daily News
Newark Star-Ledger
Orlando Sentinel
Philadelphia Daily News

SPECIAL SECTIONS

40,000-100,000

TOP 10:
Arizona Daily Star
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Canton (Ohio) Repository
Colorado Springs Gazette
Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif.
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Register Guard, Eugene, Ore.
Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader

HONORABLE MENTION:
Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register
Idaho Statesman
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
North County (Calif.) Times
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

 

Another thing: Neither "breaking some fucking stories" nor winning APSEs will guarantee continued employment in this climate.

 

We didn't win! This whole thing is rigged ;D!

 

Congrats, Shottie.

 

Yay!

 

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.

 

Codas bulk up by curling an APSE plaque. Good work, Shotz!

 

Maybe we'll win special sections next year.

Oh wait, never mind.

 

The first rule of winning special sections is to publish a special section.

 

Well, my boss has told me this is our last year to submit dues due to cost-cutting measures. We've won a half-dozen first-place awards in state competition so if none of these (again) get a whiff of consideration, I won't attempt to fight the decision. I've long been convinced with smaller papers that if you don't catch a judge's eye with a national name as a source, you're screwed. Our only honorable mention award in 10 years proved it, and that article didn't win shit at the state level. I've also had a negative opinion about the rules of masking of identity of the paper in individual award contests. The mention of certain cities in your entries make identity an automatic giveaway in many cases. There's not too many Kalamazoos around, for example.

 

Congrats, shotster!

 

The staff is willing, but the newshole is weak.