Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2024

SUN Awards

  • The 2023 Las Vegas Sun Standout Awards at the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa, Monday May 23, 2023.
    Sun seeks athlete nominations for annual Standout Awards
    The Las Vegas Sun is seeking nominations for the Sun Standout Awards, our annual sports awards show May 20 at the South Point Showroom.
  • Liberty High School freshman Melvin Whitehead III poses in his bedroom Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Whitehead, a wrestler and football player, works out at 4 a.m. before going to school.
    Liberty’s freshman state champion a candidate for Rising Star at awards show
    The garage door opens at the Whitehead house in the wee hours in the morning. It’s pitch black at 4 a.m., with moon and the street lights brightening the southeast Henderson neighborhood. Melvin Whitehead III is determined to get a training session ...
  • Las Vegas Sun Managing Editor Ray Brewer congratulates Rising Star winner Jade Hardy from Coronado during the Sun Standout Awards ceremony at South Point on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
    Nominations now open for Sun Standout Awards
    Modeled after ESPN’s ESPY Awards, the annual black-tie-optional event honors top games, moments, teams and players from high schools in Southern Nevada. Awards include Male and Female Athlete of the Year, Scholar Athlete of the Year and Citizen of the Year.
  • Eldorado High School teacher Shana Stott gets a hug from graduating senior Ruben Cano in her classroom Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Stott is an Eldorado alumna who has taught at the school for more than 20 years.
    Unsung hero wears many hats at Eldorado: Teacher, mentor, mom
    For the teens she mentors, especially the athletes, Shana Stott is more than an educator — she’s a mom. If it weren’t for Stott passionately cheering from the bleachers, they’d have no one else at the game. “Every game or activity, a kid needs someone there to …
  • Art Plunkett, who played at UNLV and with the New England Patriots, is retiring as athletic director at Las Vegas High School. He’s also a finalist for the Unsung Hero Award at tonight’s Sun Standout Awards show.
    Unsung Hero nominee found true calling as Las Vegas High coach
    Art Plunkett is retiring next week and is moving to the Pacific Northwest. He is one of five finalists for the Unsung Hero award during tonight’s Sun Standout Awards at the South Point. The award is designated for someone who who works behind the scenes to …
  • Las Vegas Weekly, VEGAS INC websites take top honors
    The websites for Las Vegas Weekly and VEGAS INC have taken top honors in Editor & Publisher’s prestigious EPPY Awards. The sites were awarded EPPYs in the categories of
  • The Greenspun Media Group logo is displayed at the GMG offices in Henderson, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.
    Las Vegas Weekly, VEGAS INC websites are finalists in EPPY Awards
    Two Greenspun Media Group websites have been named finalists for Editor & Publisher’s EPPY Award, the top honor in online journalism. The sites ...
  • Arturo Martinez-Sanchez kisses the gravesite of his wife, Yadira, and daughter, Karla, who are buried together at Woodlawn Cemetery in Las Vegas, on Feb. 10, 2013.
    Sun series ‘Grace Through Grief’ wins prestigious national Dart Award
    Last year, the Las Vegas Sun presented a series that followed the family of Arturo Martinez-Sanchez as they rebuilt their lives after the killings of Arturo's wife and daughter. Today, the Sun was awarded...
  • Arturo Martinez-Sanchez walks with his two sons, from left, Alejandro, 5, and Cristopher, 9, during a press conference at his gym, Real KO Boxing Club, in North Las Vegas July 12, 2012. Martinez-Sanchez's wife and 10-year-old daughter were beaten to death in their home in April 2012; Martinez-Sanchez was hospitalized with severe head injuries from the attack.
    Las Vegas Sun, Weekly websites win elite online journalism awards
    The websites of the Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Weekly were recognized Wednesday for excellence in online journalism by industry trade journal Editor & Publisher.
  • Best sports photo: Sam Morris, for this photo of UNLV'sl Mike Moser fighting for position on the court during the Rebels' Mountain West Conference Tournament championship game against New Mexico on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the Thomas & Mack Center. New Mexico won 63-56.
    Greenspun Media Group takes most honors in Nevada Press Association contest
    The Greenspun Media Group, which publishes the Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Weekly, VEGAS INC and Las Vegas Magazine, was recognized Saturday as the top media organization in the state by the Nevada Press Association. At the organization’s annual awards presentation, the publications garnered 96 awards ...
  • The Sun, LV Weekly, VEGAS INC snag nearly 100 awards in Nevada press contest
    The Sun, LV Weekly, VEGAS INC snag nearly 100 awards in Nevada press contest
    The Sun’s yearlong project chronicling efforts to improve Clark County’s most-troubled public schools has been named the best story of the year by the Nevada Press Association. Judges said the project, “The Turnaround: Inside Clark County Schools,” “is what newspapers were meant to do.” They congratulated the paper for applying long-form storytelling to a digital format, and using videos and graphics, to offer a broad review “of complex matters that are at the core of the public interest.” “If more newspapers emulated the Sun, our republic would be well served,” judges concluded.
  • Mark Melligen, right, of the Philippines takes a punch from Gabriel Martinez of Mexico during their 10-round welterweight fight at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Feb. 19, 2011. Melligen went on to win the fight by unanimous decision.
    Sun’s website named best in the country; photographer’s sports photo also honored
    A national media organization has named LasVegasSun.com the best newspaper website in the country, marking the fourth year out of the past five that the Sun’s webpage has won national honors from its peers for its online presentation of news.
  • Sun’s Demirjian earns national award for congressional coverage
    Karoun Demirjian, the Sun’s Capitol Hill correspondent, was named by her peers Wednesday night as the nation’s top regional correspondent covering Congress. The honor, the David Lynch Memorial Regional Reporting Award, is given by the Washington Press Club Foundation to a newspaper reporter whose work provides an understanding of the inner workings of Congress and explains how its actions affect a local community.
  • ‘Do No Harm’ headlines 34 awards for Las Vegas Sun
    The Nevada Press Association on Saturday honored the Las Vegas Sun with 34 awards, including 14 first-place prizes involving investigative projects, feature writing, opinions and design, as well as for serving the community and upholding freedom of the press.
  • Sun’s ‘Do No Harm’ hospital series garners new acclaim
    The Las Vegas Sun’s series on hospital care continued its run of accolades Monday, honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting while also receiving the top journalism award from the National Institute for Health Care Management.
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