Contest

Here are the winners in the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest, which was judged by members of the Arizona Newspapers Association. The awards were presented during a banquet on Sept. 24 at the CasaBlanca in Mesquite. Jump to   Intermediate   Community   Urban Weeklies   Magazines (The winners are in …

Urban Daily, Urban Weeklies,Magazines Bethany Barnes Las Vegas Review-Journal From the nomination: Bethany Barnes gets things done. In the past year, Barnes delivered articles that: • Forced the state to fix a broken system that unjustly kept prison inmates locked up — at  taxpayer expense — well beyond their release …

Story of the Year Jackie Valley Las Vegas Sun Children In Crisis Judge’s comments: Jackie’s ‘Children in Crisis’ series sheds light on a troubling issue: the number of children struggling with mental health problems and the difficulties families face trying to get their children help. As I read this series …

Tara Addeo The Record-Courier Tara Addeo has always been a winner. During her three years with The Record-Courier she has demonstrated a high level of leadership, determination and positivity. Tara heads ups the local F.E.A.T. (Families for Early Autism Treatment) organization along with running their yearly fundraiser. She is also …

We received 1,446 entries for the 2016 Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, down a bit from past years. That’s not surprising, as we pared a couple of categories and replaced a few. The last few years we’ve averaged about 1,550 entries. Now that the deadline for submissions has passed, what …

Among all the individual awards at the annual Nevada Press Association convention, one of the most important and prestigious of our honors sometimes gets overlooked. The award — for community service — recognizes the effort that newspapers and their staffs make to be leaders and contributors, whether it be for …

This award goes to journalists who have been in the profession less than five years. It recognizes their outstanding work, and is intended to encourage them to remain in the business. Urban dailies Bethany Barnes Las Vegas Review-Journal Through a series of hard-hitting articles published over the course of the …

  Urban 1. Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Hazardous waists, Taming of the achoo, Wrappers’ delight 2. Steve Bornfeld, Las Vegas Re- view-Journal If you can’t stand the wheat, get into the kitchen; Well done, readers, on making rare steak suggestions; Man who cried Wolfgang 3. Brad Bynum, Reno News …