Arizona Newspaper Association honors Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic and its staff won 26 Arizona Newspaper Association awards, including daily Arizona Newspaper of the Year, at the 77th annual fall convention Saturday night.
Reporter Michael Kiefer won daily Story of the year for his article on a modern-day Tempe Bonnie and Clyde convicted of a series of bank heists. Kiefer and Anne Ryman won a Freedom of Information Award for their story detailing the shooting of four Northern Arizona University students by a fellow student in October. The reporters used records and videos acquired from more than a dozen public record requests to tell a detailed story of what actually happened that night. Three students were injured and Colin Brough died.
The Arizona Newspaper Association, a non-profit representing more than 115 Arizona newspapers, was established in 1930.
Other Arizona Republic reporters and photographers took home the following awards:
- Best Sustained Coverage, Brandon Loomis for "As the River Runs Dry."
- Investigative Reporting, Rob O'Dell and Craig Harris for "Public Disservice."
- Best Sports Story, Jeff Metcalfe for "The Long Road to Recovery" and "A Lifelong Basketball Dream Changes in a Flash."
- Best Feature Story, Kiefer for "Bonnie and Clyde for the Millennials."
- Enterprise Reporting, Kiefer, "Sheriff Joe Arpaio."
- Enterprise Reporting, Kiefer and Ryman, "NAU Shooting."
- Enterprise Reporting, Rebekah L. Sanders, "The Congresswoman."
- Best Column, Analysis or Commentary, Laurie Roberts.
- Best Column, Feature or Criticism, Dominic Armato, "Introducing Dominic Armato."
- Best Multimedia Storytelling, Loomis and David Wallace, "As the River Runs Dry."
- Best News Photograph, Michael Chow, "12 Dead in Flooding on Utah-Arizona Border."
- Best Sports Photograph, Rob Schumacher, "The Devil's Cup."
- Best Sports Photograph, David Kadlubowski, "Packers Touchdown Catch."
- Best Feature Photograph, Schumacher, "Inverted Umbrella."
- Best Feature Photograph, Wallace, "Melting Glacier."
The Arizona Republic news staff won awards in the categories of General Excellence, Reporting and News Writing Excellence, Departmental News and Copywriting Excellence, Page Design Excellence, Editorial Page Excellence, Special Section - Newspaper Supplement or Magazine and Newspaper Online Site.