Listed below are the 2016 winners for the Charles E. Green Awards for Excellence in Journalism, as awarded annually by the Headliners Foundation, in association with the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (TAPME) and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters (TAPB). Select the category you wish to inspect and you will access that winner’s entry materials, along with comment from the category judge(s) and the judge’s bio. Winners of previous contests can be accessed in the “Recent Contests” area to the right on this screen.
Contest Winners
Texas Associated Press Broadcasters (TAPB)
Best Television Reporter
Tara Mergener
KWTX-TV
BEST TELEVISION INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
“Border Splurge: Texas’ Billion-Dollar Drug War”
KXAN-TV, AUSTIN
BEST SPOT NEWS BY A TELEVISION STATION
KWTX-TV NEWS 10
KWTX-TV NEWS 10
BEST SPOT NEWS BY A RADIO STATION
WBAP 820 AM
WBAP 820 AM
BEST RADIO REPORTER
Matt Thomas
1080 KRLD AM
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (TAPME)
Star Investigative Report of the Year
“Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Kids Out of Special Education”
Brian Rosenthal, Susan Carroll Hem, St. John Barned-Smith
Houston Chronicle
Star Photojournalist of the Year
Smiley Pool
Smiley Pool
The Dallas Morning News
STAR OPINION WRITER OF THE YEAR
Daniel Walker
Daniel Walker
Vernon Daily Record
STAR REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Schwartz
Jeremy Schwartz
Austin American-Statesman
STAR BREAKING NEWS REPORT OF THE YEAR
“Death of a Jurist”
Staff Writers
San Antonio Express-News
Overall Excellence Across the Associated Press Organizations
JOINT COMPETITION: TAPB AND TAPME BEST ONLINE PACKAGE
“Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Kids Out of Special Education”
Rachael Gleason, Jordan Rubio, Brian Rosenthal and Marie De Jesús, photographer
Houston Chronicle