APSE Judging Thread

Riddick · Mar 9, 2010

Is it me, or are there a lot of new names on the writers list? Most times the list seems somewhat familiar.

JayFarrar · Mar 9, 2010

The awards this year seem more interesting for who isn't there.
In my area, a fairly consistent APSE winning writer, wasn't honored, on the other hand, he's in law school and out of the newspaper business.
I suspect that's true for a lot of folks and that's why a whole host of new names are popping up.
As far as the section awards go, seems like the smaller Gannett papers swung and missed of course the same is true for larger papers as well. Indy was the only big paper I saw win a top 10.

Riddick · Mar 9, 2010

Des Moines did pretty well, but that's about it.

Sic semper tyrannis · Mar 9, 2010

Moderator1 said:

Interesting. That SE must not have worked for the chain I did.
I never once put in an expense for a meal that big and I spent a shitload of time on the road. Never put one in as an SE either, nor did any of my writers. I would have loved to hear an explanation for that had something come across my desk.

I suppose some newspapers even a few years ago could have been so reckless with their money. Can't imagine that now.

Biggest meal I ever expensed was 90 bucks and that was with company permission when a bunch of us were on a 10-day roader that kept us away from home on 12/31/1999.

I wasn't an SE long but I never went to judging or the convention. Not knocking those who do. It just didn't interest me at a time when I was trying to figure out what I could cover with the money I was alloted. Had I been an SE 10 years earlier, I'm sure I would have felt differently.
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Biggest meal I ever expensed was for 700 euros, in advance of Athens Olympics. Took our "team" out for a hell of a night, a prethanks for all the hours and effort they were going to put in.
Was pre-approved to do so by EiC
The goodwill that bought was worth the dough.
I never expensed a meal that didn't include someone on my staff - frankly, didn't do a lot of those.
In the grand scheme of budgeting, a meal here, beer there, is a drop in the bucket. But it goes a long way when "the boss" reaches for the check and says "I got it."
I know that because I've had my bosses do the same, and perhaps this is stupid, but its a way to tell someone they are valued enough to spend some money on just to enjoy a small luxury.

Magic In The Night · Mar 9, 2010

JayFarrar said:

As far as the section awards go, seems like the smaller Gannett papers swung and missed of course the same is true for larger papers as well. Indy was the only big paper I saw win a top 10.
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I believe Detroit got top top for Sunday sections.

Lollygaggers · Mar 9, 2010

More results:

40,000-100,000
PROJECTS

Top 10

Gene Sapakoff, Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
Gentry Estes and Mike Herndon, Mobile (Ala.) Press Register
Brandt Merritt, The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger
Scott M. Johnson, The Everett (Wash.) Daily Herald
David Teel and Dave Fairbank, Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
Stu Whitney, Mick Garry, Terry Vandrovec, Matt Zimmer, Maggie Stehr and Mike Klinski, Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader
Chris Beaven, Joe Frollo, Todd Porter, Josh Weir, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Bob Flounders, Roxanne Moses, David Bohr, Rod Frisco, James Phillips, Andrew Shay, John Tuscano, Jeremy Elliott, David Rung, Michael Bullock and David Jones, Harrisburgh (Pa.) Patriot-News
Annabelle Tometich, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Todd M. Adams and Dan Wiederer, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer

UNDER 40,000
FEATURE STORIES

Top 10

Jim Owczarski, Aurora (Ill.) Beacon News
Rob Schultz, Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
Alex Matthews, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star
Rick S. Alvord, Longview (Wash.) Daily News
Tony Blasi, Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal
Corey Mitchell, Saginaw (Mich.) News
Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.)
Jeff Breer, Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)
Tony Baranek, Southtown Star (Tinley Park, Ill.)
Dave Zeitlin, West Chester (Pa.) Daily Local News

imjustagirl · Mar 9, 2010

Lollygaggers said:

More results:

40,000-100,000
PROJECTS

Top 10

David Teel and Dave Fairbank, Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
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Congrats to the Daves, who are great writers and better people.

slappy4428 · Mar 10, 2010

Somebody's dream was deferred ....

OVER 250,000
COLUMN WRITING

Top 10

Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News
Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune
Tim Sullivan, San Diego Union-Tribune
Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
Bernie Milkasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg Times
Dave Hyde, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post

eyecu · Mar 10, 2010

imjustagirl said:

Lollygaggers said:

More results:

40,000-100,000
PROJECTS

Top 10

David Teel and Dave Fairbank, Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
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Congrats to the Daves, who are great writers and better people.
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hear hear.

Simon_Cowbell · Mar 10, 2010

Sic semper tyrannis said:

Moderator1 said:

Interesting. That SE must not have worked for the chain I did.
I never once put in an expense for a meal that big and I spent a shitload of time on the road. Never put one in as an SE either, nor did any of my writers. I would have loved to hear an explanation for that had something come across my desk.

I suppose some newspapers even a few years ago could have been so reckless with their money. Can't imagine that now.

Biggest meal I ever expensed was 90 bucks and that was with company permission when a bunch of us were on a 10-day roader that kept us away from home on 12/31/1999.

I wasn't an SE long but I never went to judging or the convention. Not knocking those who do. It just didn't interest me at a time when I was trying to figure out what I could cover with the money I was alloted. Had I been an SE 10 years earlier, I'm sure I would have felt differently.
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Biggest meal I ever expensed was for 700 euros, in advance of Athens Olympics. Took our "team" out for a hell of a night, a prethanks for all the hours and effort they were going to put in.
Was pre-approved to do so by EiC
The goodwill that bought was worth the dough.
I never expensed a meal that didn't include someone on my staff - frankly, didn't do a lot of those.
In the grand scheme of budgeting, a meal here, beer there, is a drop in the bucket. But it goes a long way when "the boss" reaches for the check and says "I got it."
I know that because I've had my bosses do the same, and perhaps this is stupid, but its a way to tell someone they are valued enough to spend some money on just to enjoy a small luxury.
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You guys are already on a working vacation.

Sickening.

How about the motherfuckers who have to stay in the normal hellhole they work at for 45-50 hours a week, week after week?

Where is the $1500 dinner night for them?

Pathetic.

playthrough · Mar 10, 2010

This is the APSE Judging Thread thread (if that makes sense). If someone wants to start a new thread debating the pros/cons, highs/lows and protocols of dining on the company dollar, be my guest. But let's stick with the original topic here; a lot of people still care.

nietsroob17 · Mar 10, 2010

Looks like 9 papers came through with the APSE Triple Crown...

2010 APSE WINTER JUDGING CONVENTION
Kansas City Star, Dallas Morning News among nine papers to win Triple Crown

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Nine newspapers won the coveted Triple Crown in the Associated Press Sports Editors’ writing and section contests that ended Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star and the Dallas Morning News, competing in the over-250,00 circulation division, won Top 10 recognition for their daily, Sunday and special sections. Joining them were: the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and New Orleans Times-Picayune in the 100,000-250,000 category; The State (Columbia, S.C.) and the North County Times (Escondido, Calif.) in the 40,000-100,000 circulation division; Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News in under-40,000; and the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World and the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal in under-20,000.

In addition to the section awards, the nation’s best sports writing was recognized. The Top 10 in each writing category was announced in Kissimmee.

Three news organizations won six writing awards apiece in the largest-circulation category: the Washington Post, the San Diego Union-Tribune and YahooSports. This year was the first that general interest sports web sites such as YahooSports were allowed to enter the contest.

In the 100,000-250,000 circulation category, The Salt Lake Tribune, Detroit News and the Palm Beach Post each won five writing awards.

The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer and North County Times (Escondido, Calif.) each took four writing awards in the 40,000-100,000 category. The Glens Falls Post-Star led the Under-40,000 category with six writing awards.

The top five finalists in the writing categories will be announced on the APSE website – apsportseditors.org – by April 15. Winners will receive their awards in June at the APSE convention in Salt Lake City.
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