Each year the Headliners Foundation presents the Charles E. Green Awards in six select categories to the best print and broadcast journalists in the state. The print awards are presented in partnership with the Texas Managing Editors, and the broadcast awards are presented in partnership with the Texas Association of Broadcasters.
The Green Awards are part of the Foundation’s robust journalism awards program, which also includes the Showcase Awards for Enterprise and Innovation in Journalism. Through these contests, the Foundation awards $33,000 annually to Texas’ best journalists.
The Green Award for STAR PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR goes to Sam Owens from the San Antonio Express-News
The judge in this category remarked that “Sam Owens’ photographs bring us close. That’s what struck me as I looked at her portfolio of work from the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting. Her images stopped me with their intimacy. They drew me in and kept me there.” The judge also noted that “It’s not startling that her pictures evoke emotion, not with this subject matter. What’s notable is how Owens lures us to look close.”
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