San Angelo Standard-Times wins awards at 2021 Texas APME contest

SAN ANGELO — The San Angelo Standard-Times earned quite a few awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors this week for its work in 2021.

The Standard-Times, part of the USA Today Network, competed in opposition to Texas newspapers within the Class AA division — the second-smallest of 4 divisions — within the APME contest. Contest entries have been judged by journalists from outdoors the state.

The awards have been introduced Sunday, May 1, 2022.

The Standard-Times had a complete of 15 honors throughout news, sports activities, images and on-line classes, together with three Star awards.

Here’s a glance at the work that received awards:

Business Reporting

First Place: John Tufts

Judges Comments: Great job recognizing and explaining a novel answer as a nursing scarcity and a pandemic ravage the nation. Perhaps, as one supply famous, hospitals must spend money on nurses and never machines, however robots can clearly assist. This is a nicely written, solidly reported, attention-grabbing learn.

See the work:Robot nurse assistants are becoming a member of Texas hospitals amid healthcare employee scarcity

News Photography

First Place: Colin Murphey

Judges Comments: The drama and emotion within the faces of the rescue crew make this photograph. The pictures is tightly cropped, eliminating extraneous components that may detract from the important dramatic components. Well completed!

Star Reporter of the Year

First Place: John Tufts 

Judges Comments: John Tufts’ journalistic expertise are evident not solely in his depth of reporting and readability of writing, but in addition within the spectacular breadth of subjects he lined in 2021. From the tragic native impression of Covid-19 to the marvels of latest cutting-edge medical know-how to an inside investigation into police misconduct, John approaches the topic at hand with readability, integrity and compassion. The Caleb Wallace characteristic was particularly poignant, as John wove a household’s heartbreaking private story along with the pandemic’s broader implications for the group.