Pulitzer Prize for Public Service: Empire: The Alaska Teamsters Story (1976)
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service: A People In Peril (1989)
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photogtaphy (finalist): Exxon Valdez oil spill coverage (1990)
Sigma Delta Chi, Public Service Award, 1989
Sigma Delta Chi (regional), Overall excellence in journalism award, 1993
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
* Public Service Prize, 1976
* Public Service Prize, finalist, 1989
Associated Press Sports Editors
*Best Sunday section, top ten, 1993
*Best special sections, honorable mention, 1993
*Best special sections, top ten, 1994
*Best daily sections, honorable mention, 1993
Investigative Reporters & Editors
* National award of excellence, 1986, 1990
* National award of excellence and Gold Medal, 1989
Roy W. Howard Award for Public Service (Scripps Howard) 1989
National Headliner Awards, 1989 (People in Peril),
*Third Place, Opinion category, 1994
Sydney Hillman Award, 1989
Champion Media / Dartmoth Award (business writing) 1983
Society of Newspaper Design
*Gold Awards, 1994
* Silver Awards, 1987, 1990, 1994
*Bronze Awards, 1994
* Awards of excellence 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,93,94
Society of Publication Designers
*Silver Medal, 1994
*Merit Award, 1994
L.A. Society of Illustrators
*Gold Medal, 1994
National Press Photographers Association
* Special Section Photo Editing, first place, 1988
* Best Use of Pictures, national runner-up, 1986, 1988
* Regional Photographer of the Year, runner-up, 1986, 87, 88
* Regional newspaper of the Year, 1986, 1993
Pictures of the Year
*Angus McDougall Award for overall excellence in editing, 1993
*First Place, Team editing, 1993
*First Place, Best use of photographs, 1993
Joseph Costa Award (courtroom photography) 1989
AP Sports Editors Association national awards
* Best special section, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989
* Best Sunday Section 1985
* Best enterprise reporting, 1986
* Best feature writing, 1988
* Best sports news coverage, 1989
* Best event coverage, 1989
The Sporting News, selected for "Best Sports Stories," 1987, 1988
National Sportswriters and Sportscasters
*Sportswriter of the Year (Lew Freedman) 1994
ASNE Distinguished Writing Award, 1987
WomenSports Foundation, national print winner, 1984
National Basketball Writers
*First Place, '92-'93 season, 1993
Best of the West
* Best illustration, 1989
* Best editorial, 1990
Blethen Award (best in Pacific Northwest)
* First place, 1988
* Runner-up, 1981
Education Writers Award
*First place, breaking news, 1993
*First place, opinion, 1994
Television Listings Awards (first annual competition)
*Best Quarterfold TV Book, regional third
National DART Foundation Award for coverage of violence, 1994
