Business journalists win APME awards

By Reynolds Staff on Aug 03, 2009 in Best Practices

Business journalists took some of the top awards for the Associated Press Managing Editors Association 2009 Journalism Excellence Awards.
The Seattle Times‘ “Culture of Resistance”, a piece the Reynolds Center interviewed business journalist Michael J. Berens about in June, received a Public Service Award from the APME. Berens and other Seattle Times staff exposed lacking infection control in Washington hospitals.
The Lexington Herald-Leader also won in the 40,000 to 150,000-circulation category for investigating how the Blue Grass Airport, the public library, the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Association of Counties were spending tax money. Make it Great blogger Rosland Gammon interviewed Sharon Walsh (the enterprise/projects editor heading the project) about the investigative process in July.
Winnners were selected in July at a meeting of APME’s association’s board of directors. The awards will be distributed during APME’s annual conference Oct. 28-30 in St. Louis.

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