Texas Managing Editors on Sunday announced its final winners and runners-up in the 2025 edition of the contest. Congratulations to the newsrooms recognized for their outstanding work last year. For first-round winners, click here.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1A
1st Place: Josh Edwards and Andrew Hodge – Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
2nd Place: Ruben Ibarra, Josh Havard, Lance Kingrey, Mike Zimmerman, Joel Andrews, Stacy Faison, Brock West – Lufkin Daily News
2A
1st Place: Richard Douglas, Eric Garcia, Jerry Prickett, Elliot Hemstreet, Joel Valley, Larry Causey, Nan Dickson, Earl Nottingham, Shawn Ankrom, Eric Drennan, Jon Brooks, Will Hopkins, Randy Ray, David Stone, Jeff Sebestyen – Temple Daily Telegram
2nd Place: Brandi D. Addison, Alex Driggars, Mateo Rosiles and Adam D. Young – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
3rd Place: Kevin Limiti – Killeen Daily Herald
3A
1st Place: Asher Lehrer-Small – Houston Landing
2nd Place: Staff – The Dallas Morning News
3rd Place: Sara DiNatale – San Antonio Express-News
Honorable Mention: Texas Tribune
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
1A
1st Place: Laura Dennis, Kim Smith – Odessa American
2nd Place: Ashley Brooking – Bay City Tribune with Southern, Inc.
3rd Place: Lani Sneed – Abilene Reporter-News
2A
1st Place: Emily Wolf, Toluwani Osibamowo – Fort Worth Report
2nd Place: Mateo Rosiles – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
3rd Place: Robert Moore – El Paso Matters
Honorable Mention: Elida S. Perez – El Paso Matters
3A
1st Place: Zach Despart, Yuriko Schumacher, Uriel García – The Texas Tribune
2nd Place: Yamil Berard – The Dallas Morning News
3rd Place: Caroline Ghisolfi, Amelia Winger, Matt deGrood – Houston Chronicle
Honorable Mention: Alison Young – Houston Landing
TEAM EFFORT
1A
1st Place: Stacy Faison, Josh Havard – Lufkin Daily News
2nd Place: Dalondo Moultrie, Felicia Frazar – Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
3rd Place: Staff – Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
2A
1st Place: Staff – Temple Daily Telegram
2nd Place: Cecilia Lenzen, Emily Wolf – Fort Worth Report
3rd Place: El Paso Matters, La Verdad, Lighthouse Reports –El Paso Matters
Honorable Mention: Staff – The Beaumont Enterprise
3A
1st Place: Zach Despart, Alejandro Serrano, Yuriko Schumacher, Uriel García, Berenice Garcia, Elijah Nicholson-Messmer, Jakob Maurer, The Texas Tribune; Perla Trevizo, ProPublica/Texas Tribune; Juan A. Lozano, Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press – The Texas Tribune
2nd Place: Houston Chronicle
3rd Place: Houston Landing
Honorable Mention: Austin American-Statesman
NEWSROOM OF THE YEAR
1A
1st Place: Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
2nd Place: Lufkin Daily News
3rd Place: Bryan-College Station Eagle
2A
1st Place: El Paso Matters
2nd Place: Fort Worth Report
3rd Place: Clute, The Facts
3A
1st Place: Houston Chronicle
2nd Place: The Dallas Morning News
3rd Place: San Antonio Express-News
