Asbury Park Press


The Asbury Park Press is a daily newspaper in Monmouth and Ocean counties of New Jersey and has the third largest circulation in the state. Its investigative staff, led by editor Paul D'Ambrosio, has been awarded numerous national honors in journalism, including the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, two the Associated Press Managing Editors' Award for Public Service, the National Headliner Award for Public Service and two National Headliner Awards for Best Series. The Press investigative team was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.
The newspaper was also the home to editorial cartoonist Steve Breen when he won the Pulitzer Prize in that category in 1998.
Gannett purchased the paper in 1997.

Awards

The Press has a history of winning national awards for its public service and investigative reporting, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Cartooning in 1998 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Public Service Gold Medal in 2010.
Award yearStory/stafferNational award
2019"," by Andrew Ford, Kala Kachmar, Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Alex Gecan and Ken SerranoEdward R. Murrow Award, Investigative Reporting, digital news site under 2.5 million unique visitors/month
2019"Protecting the Shield, by Andrew Ford, Kala Kachmar, Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Alex Gecan and Ken Serrano, American Bar Association; , best newspaper story, under 100,000 circ.; NABJ, investigative reporting under 100,000; USA TODAY Network, Public Service Award, finalist
2019"Protecting the Shield" selected stories by Andrew FordLivingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalists
2018"," Shannon Mullen, Payton Guion for investigations, under 150K; - Winner, newspaper reporting under 100,000; Goldsmith Award, finalist; ASNE Local Accountability, finalist; Investigative Reporters and Editor, Print/Online Division IV, finalist; USA TODAY Network, Public Service Award, finalist
2017"," Brian Johnston - Mid-Atlantic chapter, Human Interest Feature
2017"," Andrew Ford - Best newspaper reporting, under 100,000 circ.
2017"," Kala KachmarLivingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalist
2016 by Todd B. BatesNational Association of Black Journalists,
2016Hollis R. Towns

2016 by Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Todd B. Bates, Bob Jordan, Michael Symons, Kala Kachmar, Shannon Mullen, Ken Serrano and Michael Diamond






2016 by Shannon Mullen


National Headliner Awards/Series writing, under 100,000 - third place
2016"Monmouth County Tax Assessment" by Susanne Cervenka
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalist
2015 by Ken Serrano and Brian Johnston


2015 by staff
2014 by Dustin Racioppi and Amanda Oglesby
2013 by Staff






2013 by Shannon Mullen, Ken Serrano, Margaret Bonafide and Todd B. Bates
2012 by Shannon Mullen
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2011 by Paul D'Ambrosio, Shannon Mullen, Christopher Schnaars, Jean Mikle, Todd B. Bates and Andrea Clurfeld;
2011 by Kirk Moore, Todd B. Bates with graphics by Jeff ColsonGeneroso Pope Award for best local coverage within the New York metropolitan area; APME Public Service Award, medium newspapers, finalist; Best of Gannett Public Service, second place; Online News Association Public Service Award.
2010 by Paul D'Ambrosio, Shannon Mullen, Jean Mikle, Todd B. Bates and Andrea Clurfeld; ; APME Public Service Award, medium newspapers; ; Best of Gannett Community Conversation Award
2009"A Troubled Diagnosis" by Alan Guenther
2007 created by Paul D'AmbrosioKnight News Innovation Award, EPpy Awards, finalist; Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation – Crowdsourcing, notable entry
2006"New Jersey's Pension Peril" by Michael L. Diamond, Nicholas Clunn, Eileen Smith, Peter N. Spencer, Ken Tarbous, Rob Jennings, Alan Guenther, Jonathan Tamari and Paul D'Ambrosio
2005Corruption editorials by Randy BergmannScripps Howard Walker Stone Award
2004 by Paul D'Ambrosio, James W. Prado Roberts, Jason Method, Alan Guenther, Jean Mikle, Erik Schwartz, and GNJ staff; Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting; The National Headliner Award for Public Service; SDX Award for Public Service; APME Award for Public Service; Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, finalist; The Worth Bingham Prize, honorable mention; The Scripps Howard Award for Public Service, finalist; The IRE Award, finalist; Deadline Club Public Service, finalist
1998Stephen P. Breen, 10 cartoons