The Atlanta Press Club will present an Award of Excellence in the following categories:
• Print Reporting – divided into distribution over 100,000 and less than 100,000
• Television reporting – divided into local and national news
• Radio Reporting
• Online/multi-media – entries should be material originally published on a website
• Photojournalism
• Opinion – media from news, feature, sports, blogs, etc. are eligible for this award

When appropriate, separate awards will be given for news and feature stories for each of the above categories excluding the award for opinion. There will only be one award in this category. The Press Club has the right to not present an award in a specific category.

The Atlanta Press Club will also select an overall Journalist of the Year from the nominations to receive a $1000 prize in addition to the Award of Excellence for his or her specific journalism category.

Anyone is eligible to nominate a journalist for an Award of Excellence and journalists are able to self-nominate. All journalists who either work for Atlanta news outlets or who are based in Atlanta are eligible for an Award of Excellence for their appropriate category and for the Journalist of the Year award. (Please note members of the Atlanta Press Club board of directors are not eligible to win.)

The Journalist of the Year selection committee will choose the finalists in each category. Journalists on the Atlanta Press Club’s board of directors and members of the selection committee will vote on the winners. The judges evaluate the finalists’ work on the basis of exclusivity, timeliness, demonstrated reportorial skill and impact. The finalists for the Awards of Excellence will be recognized at an upcoming Atlanta Press Club event where the winners of each category will be announced as well as the overall Journalist of the Year.

NOMINATION INFORMATION – DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2010
To nominate a journalist for an Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence, please send a letter of recommendation that includes:
• The nominee's name and news organization
• The category: print, television, radio, online/multi-media, photojournalism, opinion
• Clarify if it is a news or feature story
• A brief narrative explaining why the reporter deserves an Award of Excellence. If there is a specific story, package or photo that you’d like to nominate, please describe it in your letter. Please be sure to address how the nominated body of work meets the judging criteria: exclusivity, timeliness, demonstrated reportorial skill and impact.

After receiving the nomination letter, the Press Club will contact the nominated journalist to request clips of the stories or photographs that led to the nomination.

Please email or mail nominations to: lstrauss@atlpressclub.org or
Lauri Strauss
The Atlanta Press Club
34 Broad Street, 18th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Nominations will not be accepted after midnight on March 31, 2010. If you have questions, please contact Lauri Strauss at the email above or by calling 404-523-1318.