SUN Awards - Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Sun has received numerous accolades from a variety of media organizations in the paper's 58 year history.

Sun photographer recognized for photo essay on F Street: Monday, October 26, 2009; Las Vegas Sun; A photo essay by Sun photojournalist Leila Navidi has placed first in the Sun’s circulation category in Editor & Publisher Magazine’s 10th Annual News Photos of the Year Contest.

LasVegasSun.com wins award for general excellence: Sunday, October 4, 2009; Web site also honored for coverage of Las Vegas’ water shortage; By Sun Staff; Two of the online news industry's largest international organizations have come to the same conclusion: the Web site of the Las Vegas Sun is the best in its class.

Sun piles up awards in state newspaper contest: Sunday, September 20, 2009; The Las Vegas Sun has won 17 first-place awards in the Nevada Press Association’s 2008 Better Newspaper Contest, including for community service and freedom of the press. The results were announced Saturday night at an awards banquet at the Winnemucca Convention Center. The contest was judged by members of the Wyoming Press Association.

LasVegasSun.com a finalist for breaking news, general excellence awards: Tuesday, September 1, 2009; By Sun Staff; The Las Vegas Sun's Web site was named a finalist this week in three categories for international annual awards that honor online journalism and multimedia storytelling.

Sun named one of 10 U.S. papers ‘that do it right’: Tuesday, August 11, 2009; MEDIA:; The Las Vegas Sun has been named one of 10 U.S. newspapers “that do it right” by the media trade journal Editor & Publisher.

Water project earns Sun a national award: Saturday, August 8, 2009; MEDIA:; The Las Vegas Sun has won a national journalism award for its in-depth, multimedia study of the water crisis facing the Las Vegas Valley. The project, “Quenching Las Vegas’ Thirst,” won the Associated Press Managing Editors Association outstanding journalism award for online convergence. The competition was among the nation’s largest circulation newspapers.

Reporter, copy editor receive honors in national contest: Saturday, July 18, 2009; Sun Awards:; Two Las Vegas Sun journalists won awards this week from a newspaper industry association dedicated to excellence in feature writing. Reporter Abigail Goldman won first place for feature specialty reporting for her coverage of law enforcement, and copy editor John Paul McDonnall won first place in headline writing.

Sun earns 6 awards in Best of the West contest: Thursday, May 14, 2009; JOURNALISM AWARDS: Water series, graphics on worker deaths take first-place honors; By Sun Staff; The Las Vegas Sun has won six awards in the 2009 Best of the West competition, which honors the best journalism among newspapers in the 13 Western states.

LasVegasSun.com wins second straight EPpy Award for best news site in its class: Friday, May 8, 2009; JOURNALISM AWARD:; By Sun Staff; For the second consecutive year, the Las Vegas Sun has won an EPpy Award as the best overall newspaper-affiliated Web site in its class nationally.

Sun named best newspaper Web site: Thursday, May 7, 2009; Sun's history project also takes top honors in major awards ceremony; By Sun Staff; NEW ORLEANS -- Awards given to the best media-affiliated Web sites in the country are making a one-way trip to the desert.

Sun sweeps California/Nevada news contest: Wednesday, May 6, 2009; JOURNALISM AWARDS: Pulitzer-winning series leads pack of honorees; By Sun Staff; Stories on construction deaths on the Strip led the Las Vegas Sun’s sweep Tuesday of the top newswriting prizes in the Associated Press California/Nevada Newswriting and Photo Contest.

Sun sweeps newswriting prizes in Calif./Nevada contest: Tuesday, May 5, 2009; Associated Press; Alexandra Berzon and the staff of the Las Vegas Sun swept the top newswriting prizes in the Associated Press California/Nevada Newswriting and Photo Contest, celebrating the best print journalism of 2008 by AP member newspapers in the two states.

Sun wins the Pulitzer Prize: Tuesday, April 21, 2009; JOURNALISM’S HIGHEST AWARD: Worker safety coverage honored for public service; By Marshall Allen; The Las Vegas Sun on Monday won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service — journalism’s most prestigious award — for its investigation of construction deaths on the Las Vegas Strip and the failures of government, management and labor unions to protect workers. Judges singled out Sun staff writer Alexandra Berzon for “courageous reporting” in persevering against closed doors and intimidation. Berzon, 29, may have been the last Sun employee to learn of the award. When the prize was announced, Berzon was at a court hearing for a lawsuit about worker safety.

Sun’s Ron Kantowski honored for feature: Friday, April 3, 2009; Sun Award:; Las Vegas Sun; Las Vegas Sun sports writer Ron Kantowski has won an honorable mention for feature writing in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest.

Two reporters honored for coverage of health care: Friday, March 27, 2009; SUN AWARDS:; Las Vegas Sun; Sun reporters Marshall Allen and Alex Richards have won a national journalism award in a competition that recognizes excellence in the media’s coverage of health care issues.