The Shirley Povich Center and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland won first place in the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division D Projects category for reporting on the rise of sports betting on college campuses.
APSE contest winners will be honored at the 2024 APSE Summer Conference banquet at the Marriott South Park in Charlotte on June 22. Registration for the conference will open soon.
The staff of the Povich and Howard centers will receive a plaque. The second- through seventh-place finishers will receive frameable certificates.
Contest chair Dan Spears and APSE officers Naila-Jean Meyers, Paul Barrett and Ed Reed prepared the entries.
Contest results: Sections, digital, video | Writing and photography
In February, judges at the APSE Winter Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and remote judges around the country selected a top seven, with each judge ranking the entries in order from 1 to 7. The final seven were given to a second judging group, which ranked the entries 1 to 7 in the same fashion. The final rankings are determined by tallying the ballots.
The top seven are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses, along with links to the winning entries.
The contest is open to APSE members. Click here to join.
1. Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism (University of Maryland)/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism: Staff (3) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
2. Daily Record (Rockaway, N.J.): Jane Allison Havsy, Mitsu Yasukawa, Anne-Marie Caruso (2) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
3. Capital Gazette (Annapolis, Md.): Bill Wagner, Katherine Fominykh 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
4 (tie). Amarillo Globe-News: Hart Pisani 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
4 (tie). Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader: Wyatt Wheeler 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
6. Athens Banner-Herald: Marc Weiszer 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
7. Mansfield News Journal: Jake Furr 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
