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Time to Shine: Texas Journalism Awards Open for Entries

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It’s time to celebrate the best journalism and journalists of 2024!

Here’s what you need to know:

  • Updated Website: Head to the Texas Managing Editors (TME) (formerly Texas APME) / Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest website for all the details: tmeawards.org.
  • Review the Rules: Be sure to read the contest entry rules, deadlines (entry fees due January 27th!), and payment requirements carefully. Entries without paid fees will not be considered.
  • Support a Great Cause. Your entry fees go towards two important initiatives:
    • The annual TME conference, which offers journalists across the country insight into the latest industry developments
    • The Buster Haas Minority Internship Program, which places interns at Texas newspapers for 10-week summer experiences. The program aims to increase diversity in newsrooms by providing valuable opportunities for aspiring journalists.
  • Opportunities for Your Newsroom:
    • Newspapers interested in hosting an intern or those seeking more information about the program can contact us!
  • Save the Date!
    • Join us for the annual convention and awards dinner in San Antonio on April 25-27th. Details coming soon at texasmanagingeditors.org.

We look forward to recognizing your outstanding work!

Register now for 2022 convention in Irving

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Registration is now open for our Texas APME convention in Irving April 29-May 1.

We’ve lined up a weekend of fun, food, fellowship, education and awards presentations for journalists across Texas.

The $250 registration fee pays for our costs to put on the convention, with the rest going to the Texas APME’s Buster Haas minority internship and scholarship program.

Make your reservations now at the NYLO in Irving by calling 972-373-8900 and ask for the Texas AME convention rate of $109 per night.

 

2022 Texas Association of Managing Editors contest rules

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Texas Association of Managing Editors/Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest

It’s contest time again. Here are the deadlines, rules and categories for the 2022 Texas Association of Managing Editors/Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest. Please take a close look because categories and descriptions have changed from 2021.

CONTEST PERIOD: Entries published between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021, are eligible. Continuous series or projects that began in 2019 and conclude by the 11:59 p.m. Jan. 21, 2022 entry deadline are allowed.

DEADLINE: Entries must be uploaded electronically no later than 11:59 p.m., Jan. 21, 2022.

HOW TO ENTER: We require electronic filing for contest entries except for printed newspapers that are part of the Newsroom of the Year category. Except as specified in the category descriptions, entries may consist of the digital and/or print version of a story; both or either versions may be submitted. List staff members’ names as they should appear on awards.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal mistakenly left out of 2024 TME Contest Awards

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Last month, the Texas Managing Editors honored the best journalism in Texas at our annual conference in Temple.

To our dismay, those awards did not account for entries from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, one of our valued 2A members.

Adam Young, editor of the Avalanche-Journal, alerted us of the omission after the “publication wasn’t recognized by the TME for the first time in recent memory, perhaps ever.”

He told us the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s contest fee was paid through PayPal and Texas Managing Editors contest coordinators acknowledged the publication’s submission in January.

We deeply regret this error and sincerely apologize to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal staff. During the contest entry period, our contest site’s domain abruptly shut down and we had to temporarily stage the site with a new host. We thought we captured all of the entries, but now we know we didn’t. We wholeheartedly apologize.

We are committed to ensuring such an egregious mistake doesn’t get repeated. Going forward, our all-volunteer board vows to triple-check that paid fees and submissions match before sending entries out of state for judging. The integrity of this contest is of utmost importance to all of us.

TME announces final award winners

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Texas Managing Editors released the final award winners for this year’s contest on the last day of the conference. Congratulations to everyone who did amazing work last year. Find the complete list of winners and runners-up here. 

Community Service

1A

First place: Nicole Bradford and Josh Edwards, Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

Second place: Stacy Faison, Valerie Reddell, Jeff Pownall, Lance Kingrey, Joel Andrews, James Bennett and Mike Zimmerman, Lufkin Daily News

Honorable mention: Matt Hollis, Chuck Chandler, Carol Skewes and Dave Rogers, The Baytown Sun

2A

First place: Lauren Villagran, Omar Ornelas, Aline Simerman, Rafael Carranza and Daniel Gonzalez, El Paso Times

Second place: Angela Saavedra, El Paso Matters

Third place: Mike Copeland, Carl Hoover, Christopher De Los Santos, Kourtney David, Matt Kyle, Matthew Stottlemyre and J.B. Smith, Waco Tribune-Herald

Honorable mention: Dave Miller, Paul Bryant, David A. Bryant, Jacob Brooks, Emily Hilley-Sierzchula and Jana Lynn Kilcrease, Killeen Daily Herald

3A

First place: Andrea Ball, Caroline Ghisolfi, Carol Motsinger and Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle 

Second place: Anna Bauman, Sam González Kelly, Anastasia Goodwin and Megan Menchaca, Houston Chronicle

Third place: Mizanur Rahman, Maria D. De Jesús, Tim Carlin, Annie Stuckey, Yin Yin Chan, Matt Schwartz and Antranik Tavitian, Houston Landing

Freedom of Information

1A

First place: Dalondo Moultrie, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Second place: Kim Smith, Odessa American

Third place: Andrew Hodge, Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

Honorable mention: Valerie Reddell, Lufkin Daily News

2A

First place: Chase Rogers, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Second place: Paul Bryant, Jacob Brooks and Emily Hilley-Sierzchula, Killeen Daily Herald

Third place: Victoria Rossi, El Paso Matters

3A

First place: Andrea Ball, Caroline Ghisolfi, Carol Motsinger and Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle;  Lomi Kriel, Lexi Churchill, Jinitzail Hernandez, Zach Despart, Perla Trevizo, Jessica Priest and Uriel J. Garcia, Texas Tribune

Second place: Kate McGee and James Barragán, Texas Tribune

Third place: Céilí Doyle, Monroe Trombly, Angelica Perez, Danya Pérez and Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Landing

Honorable mention: Alex Stuckey and Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Landing

Team Effort

1A

First place: Josh Edwards, Nicole Bradford and Andrew Hodge, Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

Second place: Kim Smith and Laura Dennis, Odessa American

Third place: Felicia Frazar and Dalondo Moultrie, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Honorable mention: Stacy Faison, Gary Stallard and Greg Weatherbee, Lufkin Daily News

2A

First place: Lauren Villagran, Omar Ornelas, Aline Simerman, Rafael Carranza and Daniel Gonzalez, El Paso Times

Second place: Haley Samsel, Rachel Behrndt, Juan Salinas II, Fort Worth Report; Tracy Idell Hamilton and Andrea Drusch, San Antonio Report

Third place: Staff, El Paso Matters

Honorable mention: Christopher De Los Santos, Matt Kyle, Kourtney David and Carl Hoover, Waco Tribune-Herald

3A

First place: Sig Christenson and Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News

Second place: Ryan Autullo, Tony Plohetski, Nate Chute, Bridget Grumet, John Moritz and Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman

Third place: Anna Bauman, Sam Gonzalez Kelly, Anastasia Goodwin, Megan Menchaca, Sarah Smith and Hannah Dellinger, Houston Chronicle

Honorable mention: Staff, Dallas Morning News; Emerson Clarridge, Harrison Mantas, Amanda McCoy, Gabe Trevino, Abby Church and Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Staff, San Antonio Express-News

Newsroom of the Year

1A

First place: Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

Second place: Lufkin Daily News

Third place: Abilene Reporter-News

2A

First place: El Paso Times

Second place: Valley Morning Star

Third place: El Paso Matters, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

3A

First place: Dallas Morning News

Second place: Houston Chronicle

Third place: San Antonio Express-News

Submit 2025 contest entry fees here.