Arizona Republic’s Nicole Carroll named National Press Foundation’s ‘Editor of the Year’
October 26 2017 - 2:33PM
Business Wire
Today, the National Press Foundation has announced Nicole
Carroll, Vice President/News and Editor of The Arizona Republic and
azcentral.com, has won the prestigious Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor
of the Year Award.
Carroll, who has been with the Republic since 1999, most
recently led the NETWORK’s groundbreaking project, ‘The Wall,’
which combined exceptional news reporting and emerging technologies
to document the impact of the proposed border wall between the
United States and Mexico. In her current role, Carroll oversees
Arizona’s largest news team. In the past five years, the
Republic/azcentral.com has twice been named a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News (2012, 2014). Carroll also is
the Southwest Regional Editor for the USA TODAY Network, overseeing
newsrooms in New Mexico and Utah.
“We are so delighted and so proud for this recognition of
Nicole’s great work and impact as a journalist and newsroom
leader,” said Maribel Perez Wadsworth, SVP and Chief Transformation
Officer, Gannett. “Nicole is a passionate advocate for her
community and as such is driven to push the boundaries of
storytelling, leveraging new tools and platforms to ensure the
important work we do connects and resonates with the audiences we
serve, while delivering on the highest standards of our craft.”
The National Press Foundation established the Editor of the Year
Award in 1984 to “recognize significant achievements that enhance
the quality of journalism in the United States. It recognizes
imagination, professional skill, ethics and an ability to motivate
staff — qualities that produce excellence in media and represent
the highest standards of journalism.”
The National Press Foundation judges described Carroll as
embodying “the spirit and courage that defined the legendary
Benjamin C. Bradlee…Carroll knows her community intimately. When
death threats arose after the Republic’s editorial board endorsed a
Democrat for president, Carroll herself went to a Trump rally to
brave the harassment hurled at her staff. She channeled the “Build
the wall” chants into exemplary multi-platform journalism – “The
Wall: Unknown Stories, Unintended Consequences”-- which mapped
every mile of the U.S.-Mexico border and educated readers about the
issues and challenges of a wall.”
Carroll will receive her award at the annual NPF awards dinner
on February 15, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
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