The 2012 APME Journalism Excellence Awards honor superior journalism and innovation among newspapers, radio, television and online news sites across the United States and Canada. The awards seek to promote excellence by recognizing work that is well written and incisively reported and that effectively challenges the status quo.
This year, innovation-award categories have been added for radio, television and college students. In addition, the online convergence category has been retooled. The new digital storytelling award recognizes print-online combinations that draw on data visualization, social media, video and/or blogs in presenting a story.
Categories include:
- Sixth Annual Innovator of the Year Award. The winner will be awarded $1,000.
- (New) Innovator of the year awards for Television and Radio
- (New) Innovator of the year award for college students
- Third Annual Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism. The winner in each of two circulation categories will be awarded $2,500.
- 42st Annual Public Service Awards
- 42st Annual First Amendment Award and Citations
- 11th Annual International Perspective Awards
- Digital Storytelling and Reporting Awards (previously Online Convergence Awards)
All awards are presented for journalism published or launched between July 1, 2011, and April 30, 2012.
The deadline for entry is Tuesday, May 1.
The awards will be presented at the APME annual conference Sept. 19-21 in Nashville and linked on the APME website.
Entry fees are $50 for APME members and $100 for non?members.
For more information: http://www.apme.com/?page=2012_Contest
The 2012 APME Journalism Excellence Awards honor superior journalism and innovation among newspapers, radio, television and online news sites across the United States and Canada. The awards seek to promote excellence by recognizing work that is well written and incisively reported and that effectively challenges the status quo.
This year, innovation-award categories have been added for radio, television and college students. In addition, the online convergence category has been retooled. The new digital storytelling award recognizes print-online combinations that draw on data visualization, social media, video and/or blogs in presenting a story.
Categories include:
- Sixth Annual Innovator of the Year Award. The winner will be awarded $1,000.
- (New) Innovator of the year awards for Television and Radio
- (New) Innovator of the year award for college students
- Third Annual Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism. The winner in each of two circulation categories will be awarded $2,500.
- 42st Annual Public Service Awards
- 42st Annual First Amendment Award and Citations
- 11th Annual International Perspective Awards
- Digital Storytelling and Reporting Awards (previously Online Convergence Awards)
All awards are presented for journalism published or launched between July 1, 2011, and April 30, 2012.
The deadline for entry is Tuesday, May 1.
The awards will be presented at the APME annual conference Sept. 19-21 in Nashville and linked on the APME website.
Entry fees are $50 for APME members and $100 for non?members.
For more information: http://www.apme.com/?page=2012_Contest
