Texas Managing Editors

AAA Star Photojournalist of 2021 Stuart Villanueva / The Galveston County Daily News

Here are the 2022 TME Star Award winners

Our final awards will be presented Sunday at noon.

 

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Stacy Faison, Lufkin Daily News

2nd Place: Jillian Smith, Jeanette Nash, Kerrville Daily Times

3rd Place: Cheryl Donatto, Baytown Sun

Honorable Mention: Dylanne Weese, Abilene Reporter-News

 

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Artie Phillips, Killeen Daily Herald

2nd Place: Louis San Miguel, Laredo Morning Times

3rd Place: Tucker Stephenson, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

Honorable Mention: Bradley Allerton, Victoria Advocate

 

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Tom Fox, Houston Chronicle

2nd Place: Jeff Meddaugh, Dallas Morning News

3rd Place: Adrian Alvarez, San Antonio, Express-News

STAR BREAKING NEWS REPORT OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Felicia Frazar, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

2nd Place: Brittany Barclay, Lufkin Daily News

3rd Place: Matt Hollis, Baytown Sun

Honorable Mention: Laura Dennis, Kim Smith, Odessa American

 

STAR BREAKING NEWS REPORT OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Eric E. Garcia, Christian Betancourt, Shane Monaco, Temple Daily Telegram

2nd Place: Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times

3rd Place: Tamara Diaz, The Victoria Advocate

Honorable Mention: Chase Rogers, Ashlee Burns and Angela Piazza Corpus Christi Caller-Times

 

STAR BREAKING NEWS REPORT OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Staff, Houston Chronicle

2nd Place: Staff, Texas Tribune

3rd Place:  Domingo Ramirez, Jessika Harkay, James Hartley, Eleanor Dearman, Kaley Johnson, Emerson Clarridge, Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Honorable Mention: Guillermo Contreras, Emilie Eaton, Billy Calzada, San Antonio Express-News

 

STAR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Amber Gaudet, Denton Record-Chronicle

2nd Place: Jess Huff, Lufkin Daily News

3rd Place: Amber Gaudet, Denton Record-Chronicle

Honorable Mention: Jess Huff, Lufkin Daily News

 

STAR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Trace Harris, José Mendiola, Galveston County Daily News

2nd Place: Victoria Rossi, Robert Moore, Molly Smith, Danielle Prokop, Cindy Ramirez, El Paso Matters

3rd Place: René Kladzyk, El Paso Matters

Honorable Mention: Molly Smith, El Paso Matters

 

STAR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF THE YEAR

TEXAS MANAGING EDITORS 2022 3A

1st Place: Perla Trevizo, Lomi Kriel, Jolie McCullough, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Keri Blakinger, Marilyn Thompson, James Barragán, Davis Winkie, Texas Tribune

2nd Place, Caroline Ghisolfi, Tony Plohetski, Nicole Foy, Austin American-Statesman

3rd Place: Vianna Davila, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, Texas Tribune

Honorable Mention: Kaley Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

 

STAR ONLINE PACKAGE OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Laura Dennis, Kim Smith, Royal McGregor, Odessa American

2nd Place: Amber Gaudet, Denton Record-Chronicle

3rd Place: TCU 360 Staff, The Daily Skiff, TCU

 

STAR ONLINE PACKAGE OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Ryan Henry, Emily D’Gyves, Brownsville Herald

2nd Place: Staff, El Paso Times

3rd Place: Leigh Munsil, Blanca Méndez, San Antonio Report

Honorable Mention: Staff, El Paso Matters

 

STAR ONLINE PACKAGE OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Staff, Houston Chronicle

2nd Place: Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest, Perla Trevizo, Chris Morran, Texas Tribune

3rd Place: Staff, San Antonio, Express-News

Honorable Mention: Staff, Texas Tribune

 

STAR OPINION WRITER OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: David Bloom, Baytown Sun

2nd Place: Greg Jaklewicz, Abilene Reporter-News

3rd Place: Jeff Pownall, Lufkin Daily News

 

STAR OPINION WRITER OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Carlos Rodriguez, Brownsville Herald

2nd Place: Michael A. Smith, Galveston County Daily News

 

STAR OPINION WRITER OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Josh Brodesky, San Antonio Express-News

2nd Place: Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman

3rd Place: Ryan Sanders, Dallas Morning News

 

STAR PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Ronald W. Erdrich, Abilene Reporter-News

2nd Place: Josh Edwards, Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

3rd Place: Joel Andrews, Lufkin Daily News

 

STAR PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Jason Fochtman, Conroe Courier

2nd Place: Angela Piazza, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

3rd Place: Annie Rice, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

 

STAR PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Sam Owens, San Antonio Express-News

2nd Place: Tom Fox, Dallas Morning News

3rd Place: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

 

STAR REPORTER OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Kim Smith, Odessa American

2nd Place: Amber Gaudet, Denton Record-Chronicle

3rd Place: Jess Huff, Lufkin Daily News

Honorable Mention: Haeven Gibbons, The Daily Skiff, TCU

 

STAR REPORTER OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Chase Rogers, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

2nd Place: Raquel Torres, San Antonio Report

3rd Place, Valerie Gonzalez

 

STAR REPORTER OF THE YEAR  3A

1st Place: Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman

2nd Place: Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle

3rd Place: Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Honorable Mention: Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune

 

CELESTE WILLIAMS STAR SPORTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR 1A

1st Place: Micah Pearce, The Daily Skiff, TCU

2nd Place: Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle

3rd Place: Lee Scheide, Odessa American

 

CELESTE WILLIAMS STAR SPORTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR 2A

1st Place: Travis Brown, Bryan-College Station Eagle

2nd Place: Sam Fowler, The Victoria Advocate

3rd Place: Garrett Kroeger, Laredo Morning Times

Honorable Mention: Thaddeus Imerman, Killeen Daily Herald

Mike Forman, The Victoria Advocate

 

CELESTE WILLIAMS STAR SPORTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR 3A

1st Place: Danielle Lerner, Houston Chronicle

2nd Place: Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle

3rd Place: Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News

Honorable Mention: Michael Gehlken, Dallas Morning News

Cedric Golden, Austin American-Statesman

 

MICHAEL BRICK STORYTELLING AWARD

1st Place: Kelsey Bradshaw, Austin American-Statesman

2nd Place: Nancy Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio, Express-News

3rd Place: Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle

Honorable Mention: Sharon Grigsby, Dallas Morning News

 

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