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2003 AWARDS COMPETITION
FOR THE BEST JOURNALISM IN ARIZONA
DESIGN
ELIGIBILITY
The contest is open to anyone who regularly works in the production of news for any Arizona newspaper, periodical or news service. Trade publications, student media and house organs do not qualify.
Entries must have been originally published in 2003. All entries must be produced for the editorial department of an Arizona publication, news Web site or wire service. Work produced for advertising, marketing or other departments is not eligible.
A majority of the stories in a series must have been published in the contest year. Online entries are eligible providing they were published under the auspices of an Arizona newspaper, periodical or news service. Stories that comprise a project can be reported and written by a single news outlet or by more than one Arizona media outlet — i.e., two newspapers within a chain — working together. Stories partially or fully reported or written by newspapers not based in Arizona are not eligible.
ENTRY FEES
• Dailies under 35,000 circulation and non-dailies under 75,000 circulation:
$10/person to enter the contest plus $5 for each entry.
• Dailies with circulation of 35,000 and over, non-dailies with circulation of 75,000 and over: $30/person to enter the contest plus $10 for each entry.
• Community Journalist of the Year: $10.
• Virg Hill Journalist of the Year, Photojournalist of the Year: $25.
• All payments must be postmarked by January 31, 2004. Unpaid or improperly submitted entries will be disqualified.
DEADLINE
Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2004.
Mail entries to: Arizona Press Club, PO Box 16427, Phoenix AZ 85011-6427
JUDGING
Entries will be judged by out-of-state journalists selected by the board of
directors. Judges’ decisions are final, unless winning entries do not conform
to rules. Criteria used in judging will include originality. Other factors to be
considered, in writing entries, include completeness and balance; in photo
entries, emotional and reflective quality; in design entries, balance and proportion;and in online entries, effective use of new communication tools.
AWARDS CEREMONY
Winners will be announced at the annual awards banquet, May 15 at the
Heard Museum in Phoenix.
GENERAL RULES
Ethics and disqualification
The Arizona Press Club promotes ethical journalism and recognizes
that contest rules cannot envision every potential breach of professional
standards. The club reserves the right to disqualify any entry or withdraw any award, based on ethical violations or violations of the rules as noted in the rules, as deemed by the board. Entries that do not conform to the rules will be disqualified. If an entry is disqualified, the prize will be awarded to the next place winner. Disqualified entrants will forfeit their entry fees.
Grievance policy
For problems, concerns and complaints about the contest, the contest chairperson shall notify the Grievance Committee, which is the president and executive officers. The committee will rule on the matter or forward it to the full Press Club board for final approval.
Disclaimer
The Arizona Press Club is not responsible for lost, mislaid or damaged entries but will take reasonable care processing the entries.
AWARDS
• If more than one person contributed to a winning entry, each person will receive a certificate and a share of the money.
• If there is a tie for first place, no second-place award is given. If there is a tie for second, no third-place award is given.
• First place is $100 and an award and a certificate.
• Second place is a certificate.
• Third place is a certificate.
ENTRY PROCEDURES
• Entries must be submitted exactly as they were published.
• Nominating letters will be allowed in the following categories only:
Deadline reporting, Virg Hill Award, Photographer of the Year, Don Bolles Award and Community Journalist of the Year.
• All entries must include a signed entry form. A form is on the inside back page of this brochure and may be copied. If more than one person contributed to an entry, only one of the entrants or a representative has to sign. List headlines completely to help identify entries.
• Enter as many times and in as many categories as desired. However, no story may be submitted more than once, except the Virg Hill Award, Community Journalist of the Year, Photographer of the Year and other exceptions as noted.
• Entries must be neatly packaged in an 81/2x11-inch file folder with a completed entry form stapled to the outside. Larger folders are allowed for Virg Hill entries. Do not staple the folder shut. Please do not use more than two staples to affix the entry form to the folder.
• Entries will not be returned.
CONTEST CATEGORIES
ART AND DESIGN QUESTIONS?
Contact Dennis Joyce at (520) 573-4224 or
F. ANY PUBLICATION — ART
Note: Graphics and illustration entries must include stories they accompanied.
F1. Graphics
Any informational graphics — such as maps, charts, graphs or tables — designed to tell a story or illustrate information in a story.
F2. Color illustration
Any art or illustration, other than photographs, designed to augment an article’s
impact.
F3. Editorial cartooning
Each cartoon is a single entry.
G. ANY PUBLICATION — NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE DESIGN
G1. Deadline design
A single page, from any section, in which all elements are built on a single shift.
G2. Non-deadline design
A single page not built on deadline from any section.
G3. Multiple-page/special section design
A double truck or other multiple-page design from any section or a special section that contains editorial rather than advertorial content and is produced by the editorial rather than the advertising or marketing staff. Note: Individual pages and/or double trucks from a special section entered in this category also may be entered in the non-deadline design category.
G4. Magazine design
Treatment of a single article.
G5. Magazine cover
Black and white or color cover.
G6. Design portfolio
Up to six examples of a designer’s work, one of which can be a multiple-page design or a project or series. Body of work judged for content, usefulness, structure and organization, storytelling, clarity, creativity, impact, detail and use of resources. Page entered in the design portfolio also may be entered in other categories.
H. ANY PUBLICATION — ONLINE
Entries must include a specific, active URL for a live or archived story. Entries must be available online for three months after the date of submission
H1. Creative use of medium
Use of content, design, navigation, multimedia, interactivity, personalization
and community in providing service to users. Three entries, each
consisting of a story, a series, a package or an information application.
H2. Breaking news
Each entry may be a single story, a package or an information application
published during a single midnight to midnight cycle. Entrants may
include a letter of not more the 250 words explaining the deadline circumstances under which the work was produced.
ARIZONA’S TOP JOURNALISTS AWARDS OF 2003
VIRG HILL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
• AWARD: $250
• ENTRY FEE: $25
This award, the Press Club’s most prestigious, is named after Virg Hill, a popular political columnist and reporter for The Phoenix Gazette. Hill died of a heart attack while covering the Arizona House of Representatives in January 1969 at the age of 62. Because of his wit, he was often sought as an after dinner speaker. The award was created in December 1969.
The Virg Hill Award goes to the writer or editor who, in the opinion of the judges, has done the best work during 2003. The winner will be selected by
three out-of-state judges.
• Entries shall include at least five and no more than eight main stories (sidebars may also be included and do not count as part of the total).
• Up to two of those stories may have a double or multiple byline. All others must have a single byline.
• Entries may include a letter of no more than 250 words explaining the obstacles overcome in reporting one or all of the stories in the entry.
• Entrants must submit FOUR COPIES OF THE COMPLETE PACKAGE, including stories, letters and explanations. One copy goes to each judge,
and the fourth is kept by the board.
• The winner will receive $250, award and certificate; first runner up and second runner up will receive a certificate.
PAST WINNERS OF THE VIRG HILL AWARD
2002 – Susan Carroll, Tucson Citizen
2001 - Amy Silverman, New Times
2000 - Laura Laughlin, New Times
1999 - Amy Silverman, New Times
1998 - Terry Greene Sterling, New Times
1997 - Paul Rubin, New Times
1996 - Tony Ortega, New Times
1995 - John Dougherty, New Times
1994 - John Dougherty, New Times
1993 - Mark Flatten, Tribune Newspapers
1992 - John Dougherty, Tribune Newspapers, Southwest Sage
1991 - Chuck Kelly, Randy Collier, The Arizona Republic
1990 - Cathryn Creno, The Arizona Republic
1989 - Terry Greene, New Times
1988 - Deborah Laake, New Times
1987 - Terry Greene, New Times
1986 - Paul Rubin, New Times
1985 - Jane Kay, Arizona Daily Star
1984 - Ray Ring, Arizona Daily Star
1983 - Charles Bowden, Tucson Citizen
1982 - Jana Bommersbach, New Times
1981 - Jon Kamman, Arizona Daily Star
1980 - Bob Lowe, Clark Hallas, Arizona Daily Star
1979 - Jerry Seper, The Arizona Republic
1978 - John S. Long, Arizona Daily Star
1977 - Tom Kuhn, The Arizona Republic
1976 - Robert J. Early, The Arizona Republic
1975 - Alex Drehsler, Arizona Daily Star
1974 - Lois Boyles, The Phoenix Gazette
1973 - Don Bolles, The Arizona Republic
1972 - Gene McLain, KTAR-TV
1971 - Albert J. Sitter, The Arizona Republic
1970 - Bill Sherman, KTAR-TV
1969 - Walter W. Meek, The Arizona Republic
ARIZONA PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
• AWARD: $250
• ENTRY FEE: $25
The Arizona Photojournalist of the Year Award is a portfolio competition featuring material published in Arizona in 2003. Photographers will be judged for
technical excellence, style and originality and photojournalistic reporting. POY is intended to reward photojournalists for their versatility in covering the people,
issues and daily occurrences that reflect their communities.
• Aportfolio may consist of any number of individual entries from the E classification, but no more than 40 images, and prepared according to the general
rules. Photos entered in a previous year’s competition and photos republished from a prior year are not eligible. Only four entries within the portfolio can
be unpublished.
• Portfolios must contain images representing at least five of the nine categories in the E classification, with at least one news photo (E1 or E2) and one picture
story (E5). A picture story counts as one entry.
• Each portfolio must have a separate sheet(s) of captions corresponding to the order and labeling of images. Proof of publication is not necessary, but
entrants must be prepared to show proof if challenged. Unpublished images must be clearly labeled.
• The winner will receive $250, award and certificate; first runner up and second runner up will receive a certificate.
PAST ARIZONA PHOTOJOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR
2002 – Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic
2001 - Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic
2000 - Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic
1999 - Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic
1998 - Mona Reeder, The Arizona Republic
1997 - Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic
1996 - David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star
1995 - Timothy Archibald, New Times
1994 - Timothy Archibald, New Times
1993 - Randy Reid, The Phoenix Gazette
1992 - David McIntyre, The Phoenix Gazette
1991 - David McIntyre, The Phoenix Gazette
1990 - Mark Henle, The Phoenix Gazette
1989 - Jon Gipe, New Times
1988 - Peter Schwepker, The Arizona Republic
1987 - Peter Schwepker, The Arizona Republic
1986 - Jon Gipe, New Times
1985 - Ken Akers, The Arizona Republic
1984 - Ron Medvescek, Arizona Daily Star
1983 - Mari A. Schaefer, Tucson Citizen
1982 - Ken Akers, The Arizona Republic
1981 - Peter Schwepker, The Arizona Republic
1980 - Peter Schwepker, The Arizona Republic
1979 - Tim Koors, The Phoenix Gazette
1978 - Joe Vitti, Arizona Daily Star
COMMUNITY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
• AWARD: $250
• Entry fee: $10
The Community Journalist of the Year Award is given to the writer or editor of a weekly or small publication who, in the opinion of the contest judge, has done
the best work in 2003 to enhance the goals of the journalism profession and the quality of life in the community.
• Entries will be judged for such qualities as versatility, initiative, tenacity and an overall knowledge of the profession.
• Entries should include no more than 12 samples of the entrant’s work, such as news and feature stories, photographs, page designs and editorials. Entries
also should include a letter of no more than 250 words explaining the qualities of the individual. Nominees may nominate themselves.
• The winner will receive $250, award and certificate; first runner up and second runner up will receive a certificate.
PAST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR
2002 – Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly
2001 - Bob Svejcara, Northwest Explorer
2000 - Monica Alonzo-Dunsmoor, Daily News-Sun
1999 - Patrick Cavanaugh, Northwest Explorer
1998 - RuthAnn Hogue, Surprise Today
1997 - Anne Ryman, Paradise Valley Independent
1996 - Anne Ryman, Paradise Valley Independent
1995 - Jeff Ofstedahl, Echo Magazine
1994 - Angela Gonzales, The Business Journal
1993 - Anne Ryman, Sun Cities Independent
1992 - Michael Hart, Glendale Star
ENTRY FORM
Category Name and Number_______________________________ Date published _________________________________________
Headline or entry title____________________________________
Name ________________________________________________ Publication ____________________________________________
Home Phone ___________________ Cell phone_______________
Business phone _______________E-mail____________________
Eligibility Certification
I certify that I am eligible for membership in the Arizona Press Club and have paid all applicable entry fees. NOTE: Journalists
who work in the production of news for any Arizona newspaper, periodical or news service are eligible Press Club members.
Signature __________________________________________________ Date ___________
(To be filled out by publication; choose one)
1. Dailies under 35,000 circulation and non-dailies under
75,000 circulation.
A. No. of people entering ________ x $10 = $____________
B. No. of regular entries _________ x $5 = $_____________
C. Virg Hill/POY ($25), Comm Journalist ($10) $_________
D. Total due (A+B+C): $____________________________
2. Dailies with circulation of 35,000 and over, nondailies
with circulation of 75,000 and over.
A. No. of people entering ________ x $30 = $___________
B. No. of regular entries _________ x $10 = $___________
C. Virg Hill/POY ($25), Comm Journalist ($10) $________
D. Total due (A+B+C): $___________________________
Entries and full payment must be sent to the Arizona Press Club, postmarked by Jan. 31, 2004. Mail to:
Arizona Press Club
P.O. Box 16427
Phoenix AZ 85011-6427
This year’s Arizona Press Club awards banquet will be
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