APSE results

[Tommy_Dreamer]

No surprise to see my old shop (Augusta, Ga.) in the Top 10 for special sections. They're there every year and for good reason. They start work on it immediately after the most recent one is put out.

Am surprised to see them with an Honorable mention for Daily though, given that the Weekend Sports Editor is a complete fricking boob who alienates his staff with every word he speaks. And for that reason I'm not surprised to see not see them in the Sunday awards spot at all.

That being said, great job by the SE John Boyette and the rest of the people on the desk besides the one mentioned.

[Jeremy Goodwin]

For the winners, did your paper write a brief or article about your awards? If so, how was it played?

Here is how some papers announced the awards. Most just have a few graphs, say what articles won and maybe had a quote from the SE.
http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&ncl=delMHzDqWpVDi2MPEDBLOCyl_uKpM

[shotglass]

We've done nothing yet. With a new SE -- who was part of a victory or two himself at his former paper -- don't know how we'll play it. I'm kind of torn about trumpeting it.

[Fran Curci]

Wow, talk about self-serving. Top 20?

[Simon_Cowbell]

Wow, talk about self-serving. Top 20?

Of what???

38 papers?

Damn, that is awful.

[mediaguy]

There's nothing better than to see papers celebrate being honored for ranking in the top half of what they do. Getting an APSE honorable mention in the top group is like graduating in the top 55 percent of your class. Hey, congrats. Keep up the good work, newspapers!

[Jeremy Goodwin]

There's nothing better than to see papers celebrate being honored for ranking in the top half of what they do. Getting an APSE honorable mention in the top group is like graduating in the top 55 percent of your class. Hey, congrats. Keep up the good work, newspapers!

Take that C- and D students!

[Point of Order]

There's nothing better than to see papers celebrate being honored for ranking in the top half of what they do. Getting an APSE honorable mention in the top group is like graduating in the top 55 percent of your class. Hey, congrats. Keep up the good work, newspapers!

Better than the alternative.

[CUinthenewsroom]

For the winners, did your paper write a brief or article about your awards? If so, how was it played?

Here is how some papers announced the awards. Most just have a few graphs, say what articles won and maybe had a quote from the SE.
http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&ncl=delMHzDqWpVDi2MPEDBLOCyl_uKpM

We joked about putting it out on the front page last night after getting some section wins, but ultimately we had nothing this morning. Not sure if there will be something about it eventually, but I don't think so.

[Mizzougrad96]

I would give anything for the APSE judges to have ranked the big papers 1-38.

[Wonderlic]

I'll admit it. The year I got a second place was the year my boss was a judge. When the results came out I asked him what he judged and he was very vague, said something about major metros and that was it. Since I wrote much better stories that year than the one that won, I have to believe he judged my category.

Don't sell yourself short. Everyone has that tale to tell - about how the awesomest story he ever wrote got shut out, and then he won for something he considered middling. I placed this year in the category I'd have ranked third had I been ranking my chances in the three I entered.

Oh, and I basically had to explain to my editor what APSE is after I placed, so at least I know I won on my merits

Yeah, don't assume anything. I'm in the same boat as Waylon this year, having placed in a category I didn't think was my strongest while some of my "better" work was shut out. And we didn't have anyone in Vegas.

Maybe your boss was very vague about what he judged that year because half the time he was wasted in a casino.   

[imjustagirl]

Congrats to all the sj.com winners!!!

[Double Down]

Congrats to all the sj.com winners!!!

No outing!

 

[old_tony]

No winners in Milwaukee?

Honorable mention in section;
Tom Haudricourt (baseball guy) and Gary D'Amato (golf guy) in game story. Gary also won last year.

Didn't see the names. Haudricourt one of the all-time good guys in this business works his ass off.

Sorry if my pointing them out came off as snotty-sounding. The list was posted after your post. I should have pointed that out.

[SockPuppet]

Congrats to David Ubben of the Columbia Missourian. He was listed in Explanatory Writing in U 40,000. Considering he's a college kid going up against pros, let's give him the SportsJournalists.com Rookie Of The Year.

Also, being a top 10 secition in the biggest category is like being the world's tallest midget. Dallas Morning News effing sucks and it made the top 10. A weak field of competition.

[Inky_Wretch]

When somebody from Scripps shows up to accept the RMN's awards, I hope they're booed by the SEs in attendance.

I'd do it myself, but there ain't no way my company is paying for a convention this year. And as much as I love Pittsburgh, I'm not paying my own freight for it either.

[fleaflicker]

Also, being a top 10 secition in the biggest category is like being the world's tallest midget. Dallas Morning News effing sucks and it made the top 10. A weak field of competition.

Second that, Puppet...wouldn't it have taken the large-category section judges far less time just to name the couple of papers that ranked sub-top 20??

[Drip]

No winners in Milwaukee?

Honorable mention in section;
Tom Haudricourt (baseball guy) and Gary D'Amato (golf guy) in game story. Gary also won last year.

Didn't see the names. Haudricourt one of the all-time good guys in this business works his ass off.

Sorry if my pointing them out came off as snotty-sounding. The list was posted after your post. I should have pointed that out.

No worries.

[redsox99]

Our congrats also to David Ubben, who we dubbed "The Microwave" when he was a high school freelancer for us. Kid has a tremendous future ahead of him. In what, I'm not sure considering the state of our business.

[Moderator1]

I had a tremendous future behind me.

[Jeremy Goodwin]

I don't know David, but I'll add some congrats to anyone who came through the Missourian.

[YaBBforum]

The top five finalists in the writing categories will be posted on the APSE website – apse.dallasnews.com – by April 1.

Does this mean last year's winners will ever be posted? Ever?

This was never done. They should have whatever of last year's winners they are going to get. For goodness sake, get them up. Then this year's winners (by April 1).

Somehow, I am not filled with confidence that this will be done by April 1. A shame, because we would all love to read the winners. And that includes last year's, too.

[Wonderlic]

The top five finalists in the writing categories will be posted on the APSE website – apse.dallasnews.com – by April 1.

Does this mean last year's winners will ever be posted? Ever?

This was never done. They should have whatever of last year's winners they are going to get. For goodness sake, get them up. Then this year's winners (by April 1).

Somehow, I am not filled with confidence that this will be done by April 1. A shame, because we would all love to read the winners. And that includes last year's, too.

What you quoted is not about posting the stories. It's about the rankings of this year's 1 through 5 and honorable mentions.

However, I agree with you that the winning stories from last year really ought to be posted and should have been a long time ago.

[WaylonJennings]

The top five finalists in the writing categories will be posted on the APSE website – apse.dallasnews.com – by April 1.

Does this mean last year's winners will ever be posted? Ever?

This was never done. They should have whatever of last year's winners they are going to get. For goodness sake, get them up. Then this year's winners (by April 1).

Somehow, I am not filled with confidence that this will be done by April 1. A shame, because we would all love to read the winners. And that includes last year's, too.

What you quoted is not about posting the stories. It's about the rankings of this year's 1 through 5 and honorable mentions.

However, I agree with you that the winning stories from last year really ought to be posted and should have been a long time ago.

Every single year is a complete patchwork. Around the beginning of the decade, it's like they just stopped trying to get the stories up there. And you can learn a ton from those stories - they way they're written, reported and so forth. Posting the stories can only serve as a great instructional tool for young - and older - journalists. Check out the Pulitzer Prize site. Not to compare the APSEs to the Pulitzers, but we could learn something about professional presentation of award-winners from that site.

The APSEs should be about honoring the work, not just the writers. A list of names just doesn't cut it for me. Get the stories up.

[printdust]

But that would require work, wouldn't it?  Makes me wonder with what, eight board members?

I don't understand it either.