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The ASNE Awards

Published: September 25, 2001
Last Updated: January 05, 2006
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The ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards and Jesse Laventhol Prizes are designed to foster, recognize, and reward excellence in writing in daily newspapers, eligible news services and ASNE member publications. The Community Service Photojournalism Award recognizes a body of work that contributes to an improvement or heightened awareness in the community through photography.

  • Letter from the president and Awards Board chair
  • 2006 Awards Brochure — Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2006
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Online Entry Form — After completing be sure to print this form out to include with your application materials

    The work of past winners:

    2005 winners: The Washington Post, Dexter Filkins, Babita Persaud, M.J. Wilde, Helen O'Neill, David Barham, Alana Baranick and Carol Guzy
    2004 winners: The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Anthony Shadid, S. Lynne Walker, Dan Neil, Cathy Frye, Mark Mahoney, Tommy Tomlinson and Brian Vander Brug
    2003 winners: Dan Barry, Jonathan Tilove, Michael Kelly, Amy Ellis Nutt, David Barham, Andrew Malcolm, James Smith, Ted Jackson and The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
    2002 winners: Ellen Barry, Jim Dwyer, J. Albert Diaz, Anne Hull, N.R. Kleinfield, Steve Lopez, John McCormick, The Wall Street Journal
    2001 winners: John Beale, Steven Erlanger, Tom Hallman Jr., Stephen Henderson, Stephen Magagnini, Leonard Pitts, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
    2000 winners: Michael Dobie, Dianne Donovan, Leonora Bohen LaPeter, Cynthia Tucker, Mitchell Zuckoff, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times,
    1999 winners: DeNeen L. Brown, Mirta Ojito, Bartholomew Sullivan, Bailey Thomson, J. Peder Zane and The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
    1998 winners: Justin Davidson, Ken Fuson, Stephen Hunter, Michael J. Jacobs, John J. Keller and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Award for Editorial Leadership

    Created in 2001 to recognize leaders who make a major difference on behalf of American newspapers. Nominees can be top editors, assignment editors or people from outside the newsroom who have championed great journalism during their careers.

    Look for a call for nominations in December.

    Robert G. McGruder Awards for Diversity Leadership

    This award is given in partnership with the Associated Press Managing Editors and the Freedom Forum and is managed by the Freedom Forum. The announcement of the winners is made at the annual APME conference. Two awards are given annually -- one for newspapers with a circulation of up to 75,000; one for newspapers with more than 75,000 circulation.

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