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2011 FSNE Journalism Contest Results

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Newspapers with daily circulation of 125,000 or more

FSNE Gold Medal for Public Service
Staffs of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald

The Miami Herald

Haiti — Another Cruel Blow — Devastation and Desperation

Daily Deadline
First Place
Staffs of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald

The Miami Herald

Haiti — Another Cruel Blow — Devastation and . . . → Read More: 2011 FSNE Journalism Contest Results

Herald’s Jacqueline Charles is Hansell award winner

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jacqueline Charles

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles won a top award Thursday at the annual convention of Florida’s news publishers and editors for her coverage of last year’s Haitian earthquake and its aftermath.

Charles won the Paul Hansell Award, named in honor of a longtime Florida bureau chief for The . . . → Read More: Herald’s Jacqueline Charles is Hansell award winner

AP wins Polk Award for Gulf oil spill coverage

The Associated Press staff has won the George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting for its “colossal effort” covering the worst oil spill in U.S. history, said Long Island University, which oversees the awards.

The AP was the first news organization to report the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that caused the 206-million-gallon (780-million liter) spill . . . → Read More: AP wins Polk Award for Gulf oil spill coverage

St. Petersburg Times’ journalists win top investigative reporting honors

BY TIMES STAFF

Three St. Petersburg Times journalists have won a 2010 Investigative Reporters and Editors award for “Under the Radar,” their investigation into a bogus Navy veterans charity and its elusive founder.

Recently retired reporter Jeff Testerman, news researcher John Martin and former editor Richard Bockman are sharing the IRE award in the category for newspapers with . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times’ journalists win top investigative reporting honors

St. Petersburg Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Earn Honors in National Headliner Awards

St. Petersburg Times earns six honors in National Headliner Awards

The St. Petersburg Times has received six honors — including a first-place award for coverage of the deaths of two Tampa police officers — in the National Headliner Awards sponsored by the Press Club of Atlantic City.

The Times staff won in the spot news category for coverage . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Earn Honors in National Headliner Awards

2011 Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism

The Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism will be presented at the Florida Society of News Editors annual convention on June 30-July 1 in St. Petersburg. The contest is open to all individuals who write for a Florida newspaper. The winner receives $1,000.

The late Paul Hansell was a long-time Associated Press bureau chief . . . → Read More: 2011 Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism

2011 Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida

The Waldo Proffitt Award will be presented at the Florida Society of News Editors and the Florida Press Association annual convention on June 30-July 1 in St. Petersburg. The contest is open to all individuals who write for a Florida newspaper. The winner receives $1,000.

The award recognizes distinguished examples of daily and weekly newspaper reporting and . . . → Read More: 2011 Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida

Contest deadline update

The final deadline for the FSNE contest has been pushed back to Wednesday, . . . → Read More: Contest deadline update

Reminder: Contest deadline is Friday

The deadline for entries into FSNE’s 2011 journalism contest is Friday, Feb. 25.

For more information, . . . → Read More: Reminder: Contest deadline is Friday

St. Petersburg Times wins ASNE award

The American Society of News Editors recognized three Florida publications in its annual journalism contest.

Michael Kruse of the St. Petersburg Times won the Distinguished Writing Award for Nondeadline Writing.

Additionally, the staff of The Palm Beach Post were finalists for the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting, and Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune was . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times wins ASNE award