2024 Texas Managing Editors contest rules

Posted on December 18, 2023January 14, 2025 by txme

Texas Managing Editors / Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest

As we prepare to recognize the best Texas journalism and journalists of 2023, we need to make note of some important updates to the Texas Managing Editors (formerly Texas APME) / Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest. Please read carefully; the contest entry rules, deadlines and payment requirements have changed for the 2024 contest. Categories have not changed. A PDF version of the rules may be reviewed and downloaded here.

CONTEST PERIOD: Entries published between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023, are eligible. Continuous series or projects that began in 2023 and conclude by the UPDATED entry deadline of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 29, 2024, are allowed.

DEADLINE: Entries and entry fees will be accepted from Monday, Dec. 18, to Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Entries must be uploaded electronically by 11:59 p.m., Jan. 29, 2024. If fees are not paid, entries will not be considered.

HOW TO ENTER: We now require electronic filing for all contest entries. Printed newspapers will no longer be accepted. Instead, newspapers should submit PDFs or links to eEditions for the Newsroom of the Year and all other print categories. List staff members’ names as they should appear on awards. Enter the contest at https://tme-awards.spoffordfamily.com. Descriptions of the contest categories and rules are below.

Past Presidents

Posted on December 8, 2023December 12, 2023 by txme

1929-1950: James R. Record, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1950: Tanner T. Hunt, Beaumont Enterprise
1951: Charles A. Guy, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
1952: J.Q. Mahaffey, Texarkana Gazette and News
1953: Dwight Allison, San Antonio Light
1954: Harry Blanding, Temple Telegram
1955: Ray Parr, Amarillo Globe-News
1956: Roderick J. Watts, Houston Chronicle
1957: Bill Collyns, Midland Reporter-Telegram
1958: Felix R. McKnight, Dallas Times Herald
1959: Ed. N. Wishcamper, Abilene Reporter-News
1960: Bill Latham, El Paso Times
1961: John Ellis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1962: Dave Hoster, Victoria Advocate
1963: Charles O. Kilpatrick, San Antonio Express-News
1964: William C. Dozier, Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph
1965: Robert M. Jackson, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1966: Edwin D. Hunter, Houston Post
1967: Jack B. Krueger, The Dallas Morning News
1968: Joe Pickle, Big Spring Herald
1969: Clayte Binion, Houston Chronicle
1970: John L. Stallings, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1971: Don Boyette, Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
1972: Jack Douglas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1973: Dick Tarpley, Abilene Reporter-News
1974: Tom Simmons, The Dallas Morning News
1975: Bill Martin, San Angelo Standard-Times
1976: Everett Taylor, Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph
1977: John Anderson, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1978: Olin Ashley, Odessa American
1979: Jack Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1980: Fritz Wirt, Del Rio News-Herald
1981: Buster Haas, The Dallas Morning News
1982: Burle Pettit, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
1983: Kuyk Logan, Houston Post
1984: Jerry Huff, Amarillo Globe-News
1985: Phil Schoch, San Angelo Standard-Times
1986: John Moore, El Paso Times
1987: Dub Brown, Port Arthur News
1988: Jeff Bruce, Longview News-Journal
1989: Terry Scott Bertling, El Paso Herald-Post
1990: Tony Pederson, Houston Chronicle
1991: Ed Rademaekers, San Antonio Light
1992: Olaf Frandsen, Odessa American
1993: Paula Moore, El Paso Times
1994: Wanda Cash, Galveston County Daily News
1995: Mike Blackman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1996: Glenn Dromgoole, Abilene Reporter-News
1997: Nick Jimenez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
1998: Randy Sanders, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
1999: Sue Smith, The Dallas Morning News
2000: Tommy Miller, Houston Chronicle
2001: Carolina Garcia, San Antonio Express-News
2002: Carroll Wilson, Wichita Falls Times Record News
2003: Bob Moore, El Paso Times
2004: Terri Burke, Abilene Reporter-News
2005: Lois Norder, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
2006: Keven Ann Willey, The Dallas Morning News
2007: Brett Thacker, San Antonio Express-News
2008: Dave Berry, Tyler Morning Telegraph
2009: Kelly Brown, Bryan-College Station Eagle
2010-11: Leona Allen, The Dallas Morning News
2012: Shane Fitzgerald, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
2013: Yvonne Mintz, The Facts, Brazosport
2014: Diana R. Fuentes, San Antonio Express-News
2015-16: Dino Chiecchi, El Paso Times
2017-18: John Bridges, Austin American-Statesman
2019-21: Mede Nix, The Dallas Morning News
2021-22: Mary Ann Cavazos Beckett, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Headliners Foundation announces the Charles E. Green Awards

Posted on April 16, 2023December 8, 2023 by txme

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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