APSE judging thread

100,000-250,000

DAILY SECTIONS

Charlotte Observer, Columbus Dispatch, Detroit News, Hartford Courant, Palm Beach Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Raleigh News and Observer, Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Seattle Times.

Honorable Mention

Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald, The Record (Bergen, N.J.), Cincinnati Enquirer, Florida Times-Union, San Antonio Express-News, The State (Columbia, S.C.), Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tampa Tribune, Tulsa World, Westchester Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.

SUNDAY SECTIONS

Charlotte Observer, The State (Columbia, S.C.), Hartford Courant, Palm Beach Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Raleigh News and Observer, St. Paul Pioneer Press, San Antonio News-Express, Seattle Times, Tampa Tribune.

Honorable Mention

Asbury (N.J.) Park Press, Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald, Austin American-Statesman, The Record (Bergen N.J.), Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Louisville Courier-Journal, Nashville Tennessean, Omaha World Herald, Tulsa World.

SPECIAL SECTIONS

Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Hartford Courant, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier-Journal, Palm Beach Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The State (Columbia, S.C.), Westchester Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.

Honorable Mention

Austin American-Statesman, Buffalo News, Charlotte Observer, Los Angeles Daily News, The Oklahoman, Omaha World-Herald, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Seattle Times, Tacoma News-Tribune.

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250,000 AND ABOVE

DAILY SECTIONS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, USA Today, Washington Post.

Honorable Mention

Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Boston Globe, Indianapolis Star, Miami Herald, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, New York Daily News, Orange County Register, Rocky Mountain News, San Diego Union-Tribune.

SUNDAY SECTIONS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Orlando Sentinel.

Honorable Mention

Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Newark Star-Ledger, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, New York Daily News, Washington Post.

SPECIAL SECTIONS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, Washington Post.

Honorable Mention

Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Indianapolis Star, Miami Herald, Newark Star-Ledger, Philadelphia Daily News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Jose Mercury News, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

 

Kudos Moondoggy. And congrats to all of the above folks, including some co-workers and a favorite columnist (ducky=John Canzano fangirl).

 

Is the small paper Borges related to Ron?

 

am I seeing things, or is the Cincy Post really under 40,000 circulation?

 

Congrats to all the winners, especially the young folks in the smaller categories. Like them or not, smaller paper winners have just gotten a big boost toward landing that next gig. I know how much winning in the past has helped me.

I only have one real bitch about the contest. I just find it curious when columnists win in the game story category. Maybe they're true bylined gamers from the Olympics, but my opinion is that if your picture runs next to it, it ain't a gamer.

I wasn't a winner, but my section did all right. So that's a good thing.

 

OK Milo, maybe you can write both columns. ;D First place in Colorado, now an APSE Top 10. Congratulations.

Congrats to all the other winners, too.

I'll have to heed Lynn Hoppes' advise and get my "failure" of an ass back up and maybe get lucky next year.

 

Frank, I concede most points to you.

On this, maybe you'd better leave the subject to those who actually deal in the genre.

 

I heard that Gannett papers did not attend the judging. Can anybody confirm that? Were there any? Just a handful?

 

USA Today was in the house, I am told.

 

The 100-250K column field is stronger than the one for the bigger papers, I'm thinking.

 

You would have lots of ammo entering into that argument (Calkins, Fennelly and O'Connor is a hell of a threesome just off the top).