SUN Awards - Las Vegas Sun News

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

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.

Sun wins national award for construction deaths reporting: Friday, March 13, 2009; The Las Vegas Sun has won the Roy W. Howard public service award for stories and editorials revealing that poor safety practices and lax government oversight were significant factors in a string of construction deaths on the Las Vegas Strip.

Sun’s worker death stories among national standouts: Sunday, February 22, 2009; AWARDS:; Sun reporter's body of work on construction deaths in Las Vegas was one of the finest examples of “local accountability reporting” last year, according to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Stimulus money issues more than just: How much?: Tuesday, February 17, 2009; By David McGrath Schwartz, Cy Ryan; The biggest job in Carson City this week is decoding the federal economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and figuring out how much money Nevada will get — and what strings are attached.

2008 Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest winners: Monday, September 29, 2008; The following are the results of the Nevada Press Association 2008 "Better Newspaper Contest" announced Saturday night in Mesquite at the newspaper organization's annual convention.

The Sun wins 14 first-place press association awards: Sunday, September 28, 2008; JOURNALISM: Reporters Marshall Allen, Michael Mishak recognized as outstanding journalist, best young journalist; The Las Vegas Sun has won 14 first-place journalism awards in the Nevada Press Association’s 2007 Better Newspaper Contest, including freedom of the press and outstanding journalist, which was earned by reporter Marshall Allen.

Las Vegas Sun Web site wins award for General Excellence: Monday, September 15, 2008; By Sun Staff; The Las Vegas Sun brought an award from the nation's capital to the desert this past weekend.

Sun wins award for top newspaper Web site: Friday, May 16, 2008; Honor comes only 4 months after launch; The Las Vegas Sun’s Web site has been named as the top newspaper Web site of its size in the country.

Sun journalists win Best of the West awards: Friday, May 9, 2008; Three Las Vegas Sun journalists have won awards in the 2008 Best of the West contest, recognized as the most prestigious journalism contest spanning the 13 Western states.

Associated Press recognizes Sun with public service award, 4 others: Wednesday, April 16, 2008; The Las Vegas Sun has won five awards, including the Fairbanks Public Service Award and first places for reporter Marshall Allen for investigative reporting and feature writing, in the 2007 Associated Press California-Nevada Newswriting and Photo contest.

Sun staff members recognized by peers: Tuesday, March 11, 2008; Las Vegas Sun; Nine Sun journalists have won accolades from their peers across the country for excellence in health coverage, business reporting, illustrations, design, photography or online videography.

Among national peers, Sun reporter is tops: Thursday, February 14, 2008; Stories tell how Congress affects Southern Nevada; Las Vegas Sun; Lisa Mascaro, the Sun’s Capitol Hill correspondent, has been chosen by her peers as the nation’s top congressional correspondent.