Thanks to the hard work of longtime ACES member and contributor Alex Cruden, the following lists all past winners and recipients. We hope to expand this list with biographical information and photos in the near future. The years are listed during which the work was done; each prize was announced in the following year.
Robinson Prize
2005 — Paul Soucy, USA Today
2006 — Tim Lynch, Los Angeles Times
2007 — Adam Smith, The Augusta Chronicle
2008 — Michael Roehrman, The Wichita Eagle
2009 — Beth Blair, Boy Scouts of America
Glamann Award
2007 — Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
2008 — Merrill Perlman
2009 — University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute
Headline prizes
2000
Division A (open) — Missy Prebula, Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
Division B (papers over 250,000 circulation) — Gina Nania, The Charlotte Observer; Joel Pisetzner, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.); Jake Vest, Orlando Sentinel
Division C (125,000-250,000) — Don P. Brown, The Daily Oklahoman; honorable mention to Karen Yurconic, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
Division D (50,000-125,000) — Tom Wilk, Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, N.J.)
Division E (smaller) — no winner; honorable mention to Lisa McLendon, Denton Record-Chronicle
2001
Division A (hard news) — Martin D. Bennett, New York Daily News; honorable mention to Paul Lefton, Orlando Sentinel
Division B (papers over 250,000) — Bill Chronister, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), and Michelle Maltais, Los Angeles Times; honorable mentions to Marc Olson, Los Angeles Times; Amy Richards, The Plain Dealer; Chris Zang, The Baltimore Sun, and Leila A. Merrill and Sarah Hanan, each of The Dallas Morning News; special citation to Martin D. Bennett, New York Daily News
Division C (midsize papers) — Pamela B. Nelson, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.); honorable mentions to Nicole Villalpando, The Austin American-Statesman; Wendy Fawthrop, The Seattle Times; Linda H. Lamb, The State (Columbia, S.C.); Mark Murphy, Syracuse Post-Standard; Elizabeth Gelgud, The Charlotte Observer, and Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Division D (smaller papers) — Tom Paquin, The Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wis.); honorable mentions to Brian Hershberg, Courier-Post (Cherry Hills, N.J.) and Susan McNally-Worrell, Skagit Valley Herald (Mount Vernon, Wash.)
Division E (student publications) — Mary Haley, Southern Connecticut State University
2002
Division A (hard news) — Judy Cramer, Los Angeles Times, and Susan Waggener, Lexington Herald-Leader; honorable mentions to David Breen, Orlando Sentinel, and Peggy Boss Barney, The Salt Lake Tribune
Division B (papers over 250,000) — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times; honorable mentions to Ted Scala, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland); Chad Lorenz and Jennifer Balderama, each of The Washington Post; and Mike Davis, Betty Baboujon, and Samantha Bonar, each of the Los Angeles Times
Division C (papers 100,000-250,000) — Peter Donahue, The Providence Journal; honorable mentions to Sarah Lindner, The Austin American-Statesman; Peter Parisi, Washington Times, and Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Division D (papers under 100,000) — Michael Roehrman, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle; honorable mentions to Tom Wilk, Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, N.J.); Debbie Sprong, The Elkhart (Ind.) Truth; Melissa Murdza, Stars and Stripes, and Tom Paquin, The Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wis.)
Division E (student publications) — Mary Haley, Southern Connecticut State University
2003
Division I (papers over 100,000 circulation) — Jim Webster, St. Petersburg Times; award of excellence (honorable mention) to Sarah Lindner, The Austin American-Statesman
Division II (papers 50,000-100,000) — Vic Odegar, The Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise; honorable mention to Tim Murphy, The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.)
Division III (papers under 50,000) — Matt Ochsner, Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune; honorable mention to Barbara Kerr Page, Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune
Division IV (student publications) — no winner
Division V (staff category) — Los Angeles Times; honorable mention to the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader
2004
Division I (papers over 250,000 circulation) — Liz Miniet, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; award of excellence (honorable mention) to Mark Chamberland, Denver Post
Division II (papers 100,000-250,000) — Drew McQuade, Philadelphia Daily News; award of excellence to Nicole Villalpando, The Austin American-Statesman
Division III (papers 50,000-100,000) — Steve Byers, The Huntsville (Ala.) Times
Division IV (papers under 50,000) — Dalton Tomlin, Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle; award of excellence to Barbara Kerr Page, Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune
Division V (staff category) — The New York Times; award of excellence, Tampa Tribune
Division VI (student publications) — Anna Holland, Iowa State Daily; award of excellence to Stephanie Miller, Columbia Missourian
2005
Division I (papers over 250,000) — Laura Dominick, Los Angeles Times; award of excellence (honorable mention) to Jim McNett, The (Portland) Oregonian
Division II (papers 100,000-250,000) — Peter Donahue, The Providence Journal; award of excellence to Joshua Beach, The Seattle Times
Division III (papers 50,000-100,000) — Steve Byers, The Huntsville (Ala.) Times; award of excellence to Jeff Verbus, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Division IV (papers under 50,000) — Tracy Cox, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Division V (staff category) — The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash.; award of excellence to The Washington Post
Division VI (student publications) — Lauren Raab, The (UCLA) Daily Bruin; award of excellence to Zachary Dillon, The Daily Bruin
2006
Division I (papers over 250,000) — Rachel Dunn, Los Angeles Times; award of excellence (honorable mention) to Bill Walsh, The Washington Post
Division II (papers 100,000-250,000) — Peter Donahue, The Providence Journal; award of excellence to Rebecca Young, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Division III (papers 50,000-100,000) — Michael Roehrman, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
Division IV (papers under 50,000) — Jim Thomsen, Kitsap (Wash.) Sun; award of excellence to Barbara Kerr Page, Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune
Division V (staff category) — Minneapolis Star Tribune; award of excellence to The New York Times
Division VI (student publications) — Lauren Raab, The (UCLA) Daily Bruin
2007
Division I (papers over 250,000) — Gregory Cowles, The New York Times
Division II (papers 100,000-250,000) — Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-Journal; award of excellence (honorable mention) to Panfilo Garcia, The Austin American-Statesman
Division III (papers 50,000-100,000) — Michael Roehrman, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle; award of excellence to Ashley Winchester, Connecticut Post
Division IV (papers under 50,000) — Gary Housey, West Paterson (N.J.) Herald News
Division V (staff category) — The New York Times; award of excellence to the Los Angeles Times
Division VI (student publications) — Katie Michael, University of Oregon, Daily Emerald; award of excellence to Audrey Kuo, UCLA, Daily Bruin
2008
Division I (papers over 250,000) — Jim Webster, St. Petersburg Times
Division II (papers 100,000-250,000) — Monica Cardenas, Austin American-Statesman; honorable mention to Peter Donahue, Providence Journal
Division III (papers 50,000-100,000) — Michael Roehrman, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle; award of excellence to Tom Wilk, Cherry Hill (N.J.) Courier-Post
Division IV (papers under 50,000) — Niko Dugan, Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette
Division V (staff category) — Los Angeles Times (Laura Dominick, Rachel Dunn, Amy Hubbard, Jennifer Karmon, Jim LaVally, Richard Nelson, Jessica Parks, David Shear, Ed Silver, Eldes Tran); award of excellence to the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette (Steve Buttry, Jeana Lewie, Rae Riebe, Scott Wingert)
Division VI (student publications) — Audrey Kuo, UCLA, Daily Bruin
