APSE results

[spankys]

SPECIAL SECTIONS

UNDER 40,000 SPECIAL SECTIONS

TOP 10:
Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
Beaver (Pa.) County Times
Bellingham (Wash.) Herald
Bristol (Va.,) Herald Courier
Daily Herald, Provo, Utah
Island Packet, Hilton Head, S.C.
Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram
Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y.
Sauk Valley (Ill.) Newspapers
Tucson Citizen

HONORABLE MENTION:
Anniston (Ala.) Star
Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Casper (Wyom.) Star-Telegram
Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram
Jersey Journal
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Naperville (Ill.) Sun
News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

 

[Drip]

Giving a top 10 to Tucson was a nice touch.

 

[JackReacher]

Giving a top 10 to Tucson was a nice touch.

As long as it earned it, yes.

 

[Drip]

Giving a top 10 to Tucson was a nice touch.

As long as it earned it, yes.

I'm sure it was.

 

[spankys]

SPECIAL SECTION Under 40 judge: Dave Rasbach Bellingham Herald

Winner: TOP 10: Bellingham (Wash.) Herald

im guessing there are some steps taken to make this not shady, like he leaves the room, but how awkward?

"Welp, here's my section...see you guys in a fewww minutes"

congrats to all of the top 10!

 

[thegrifter]

i hear there was another shortage of judges, so that could be the reason. wouldn't surprise me.

 

[tenacious_g]

The Citizen has been a Top 10 daily something like seven of the last eight or eight of the last nine years. Had a nice little streak end last year. The paper has some special section awards from the past and several writing awards through the year's, too.

Even though the paper doesn't shut down until March 21, the Citizen can take some pride in whatever Heath Ledger/posthumous awards it gets in this last hurrah.

 

[luckyducky]

SPECIAL SECTION Under 40 judge: Dave Rasbach Bellingham Herald

TOP 10: Bellingham (Wash.) Herald

Huh. Well that answers my question of 'how??'

 

[WaylonJennings]

What a bunch of teases :)

 

[brettwatson]

What's the over-under on how many plaques KC wins. And will the new rules prevent Jumpin' Joe Posnanski from winning in "game story" again?

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

SPECIAL SECTIONS

UNDER 40,000 SPECIAL SECTIONS

HONORABLE MENTION:
Anniston (Ala.) Star
Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
Casper (Wyom.) Star-Telegram
Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram
Jersey Journal
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Naperville (Ill.) Sun
News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

It's Casper Star-Tribune, not Star-Telegram.

 

[Q-Bert]

The new "rules" did not stop me from trying to cherry-pick categories. Again. Although it will surely backfire. Again.

 

[silvercharm]

I'm more curious, how many papers entered this year? I know of several that didn't pay dues, because it's just not in the budget. And others had to have said, is this really worth my time given the industry?

 

[Football_Bat]

SPECIAL SECTION Under 40 judge: Dave Rasbach Bellingham Herald

TOP 10: Bellingham (Wash.) Herald

Huh. Well that answers my question of 'how??'

FWIW, judges do not get to grade their own divisions.

Now David has been around APSE for a couple of years and may have built up a good rep to score well in the judging, but it's well deserved.

 

[hwkcrz1]

Congrats to everyone who won.

 

[WaylonJennings]

I'm more curious, how many papers entered this year? I know of several that didn't pay dues, because it's just not in the budget. And others had to have said, is this really worth my time given the industry?

Yeah, why would anyone want to feel good about themselves right now? Better to sit around and mope and hold a big pity party ...

 

[ServeItUp]

If the Herald entered the special section I think it did, it didn't need Dave's judging to win. It still looks fishy, though.

 

[spup1122]

40-100,000 EXPLANATORY

Eric Branch, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Bob Heist, Lafayette (La.) Daily Advertiser
Brian Hiro, North County Times
Sal Interdonato, Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record
Rob Moseley, Eugene Register Guard
Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal
Brian Rosenthal and Steven M. Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star
Paul Suellentrop, Wichita Eagle
Allen Vaughan, Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader
Dan Wiederer, Fayetteville Observer

 

[tang451]

OK, so a friend of mine is on this list....what does this mean for, um, him?

 

[The Good Doctor]

OK, so a friend of mine is on this list....what does this mean for, um, him?

That you ... um ... he gets to put it on his resume.