Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Call For Nominations

From Roy Peter Clark:

Chip Scanlan and I have been asked to do a third edition of the Bedford book: "America's Best Newspaper Writing." The first edition was a historical anthology of the best of the best from the ASNE Writing Awards competition and books.
This go-around, Chip and I would like to expand the pool of potential stories beyond ASNE winners. So we are looking to add about 15 stories from these categories:
deadline writing

local reporting and beats

business and explanatory

obituaries and funerals

crime and courts

opinion and persuasion

the profile and feature story

war and disaster
We are open to nominations from the readers of Gangrey. Please nominate one of your own stories, or one that stands out for you from another writer.
We are looking for newspaper stories only. It would be cool if the story won some award, but even that is not necessary. For example, I'm nominating Kelley Benham's obituary of Terri Schiavo. You can send your nominations to me at rclark@poynter.org, or hash them over on Gangrey. Thanks. – RPC

This go-around, Chip and I would like to expand the pool of potential stories beyond ASNE winners. So we are looking to add about 15 stories from these categories:

deadline writing

local reporting and beats

business and explanatory

obituaries and funerals

crime and courts

opinion and persuasion

the profile and feature story

war and disaster

We are open to nominations from the readers of Gangrey. Please nominate one of your own stories, or one that stands out for you from another writer.

We are looking for newspaper stories only. It would be cool if the story won some award, but even that is not necessary. For example, I'm nominating Kelley Benham's obituary of Terri Schiavo. You can send your nominations to me at rclark@poynter.org, or hash them over on Gangrey. Thanks. – RPC

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