Monthly Archives: April 2015

Matthew Hansen of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald won for "To his left, a life of drugs; to his right, a chance to turn it around." a feature on a drug addict who turned to running triathlons to help set his life straight.

Chris Anderson of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune and Jesse Newell of the Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal are the co-winners of the Associated Press Sports Editors 2014 contest in Feature writing for the 30,001-75,000 circulation category.

D.C. Reeves of The Tuscaloosa News took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2014 contest for Features in the under 30,000 circulation category.

The agenda has been finalized for the Northeast Region’s spring meeting, Monday, April 13 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. There is no charge for...

Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2014 contest in the Explanatory category in the Over...

The team of Skyler Swisher, Annie Martin, Brian Linder and Chris Boyle took first place for their stories on inadequate tracking of concussions by a local school district.

John Lowe started preparing 16 years ago for what he calls the second phase of his life. The former Detroit Free Press sports writer began advising student journalists at the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper at the University of Michigan, in 1999. His love for working with students led him to retire last year after covering the Detroit Tigers for 28 seasons. He’s now a visiting professional at the University of Texas after giving a guest lecture there last year.

Nicholas Dettman of the West Bend (Wis.) Daily News took first place in Game Story in the under 30,000 circulation category. Read his work and the rest of the top 10 here.

Aaron Portzline team of The Columbus Dispatch took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2014 contest in the breaking news category in the 75,001-175,000 circulation category for his story on the bankruptcy of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Jack Johnson.

By John Bednarowski, APSE Fourth Vice President Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2014 contest in...