Sun wins 21 Nevada Press Foundation awards

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A charter schoolhouse successful a transformed Macy’s, pupil DJs spinning astatine the airdrome and a UNLV hoops subordinate chasing “Linsanity” were among the Las Vegas Sun stories honored successful the 2026 Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence, wherever the Sun won 21 awards, six of them for archetypal place.

Education newsman Hillary Davis and lensman Wade Vandervort each received 2 first-place awards astatine the yearly paper contention banquet Saturday astatine Springs Preserve.

Davis’ look astatine WYLEES (The Western Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Empowerment Middle School), a tuition-free nationalist charter mediate school that opened successful August 2025 astatine Boulevard mall, took archetypal spot for acquisition reporting.

Her communicative connected Sierra Vista High School’s “SV Beats” club performing for EDC-bound passengers astatine Harry Reid International Airport besides took archetypal successful the amusement spot quality category.

Vandervort won archetypal spot for quality photograph sum of ICE protests successful downtown Las Vegas and for a sports photograph from the Las Vegas Bowl. He besides earned 2 third-place awards: 1 for quality photograph sum of a powerfulness outage that near hundreds without energy successful Las Vegas, and 1 for a diagnostic photograph of the World Kite Festival for Las Vegas Weekly, the Sun’s sister publication.

In summation to its six first-place awards, the Sun earned 10 second-place and 5 third-place honors. Greenspun Media Group publications combined for 48 awards, including 15 first-place awards.

“This past twelvemonth has been a precise challenging 1 successful the beingness of the Greenspun Media Group, nevertheless done it each our unit has shown grace, professionalism and an utter committedness to journalism and our community,” said Brian Greenspun, the Sun’s proprietor and publisher. "For each of this some Myra and I are profoundly grateful and we are delighted the Nevada Pass Foundation has recognized the prime and creativity our enactment delivers each day."

Ray Brewer, the Sun’s managing editor, won archetypal spot successful sports diagnostic penning for a illustration of UNLV defender Myles Che, a Taiwanese American whose way successful hoops was inspired by Jeremy Lin. Brewer besides took 3rd spot for section sports column.

The Greenspun Media Group events squad — Samantha Lamb, Hannah Anter, April Martinez and Melina Taylor — won archetypal spot successful the peculiar lawsuit class for “Las Vegas Sun Women’s Prep Sports Media Day 2025.” The lawsuit brought prep girls' hoops and emblem shot teams to Red Rock Resort for a play preview modeled connected a assemblage sports media day.

The Sun had hosted media days for shot and boys' hoops for years. The events squad suggested expanding the conception to amended sum of girls' sports.

Reporter Kyle Chouinard won a brace of second-place awards for concern coverage. His concern spot quality story, “It’s backmost to concern astatine Broadacres, but it’s not backmost to normal,” looked astatine the reopening of the fashionable swap conscionable aft closures prompted by concerns astir migration enforcement astatine the commencement of President Donald Trump’s 2nd term.

Chouinard besides took 2nd successful concern endeavor reporting for an investigative communicative detailing however social media influencers contracted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority were dilatory to disclose that their posts were sponsored portion promoting the Formula One race.

Reporter Grace Da Rocha placed 2nd successful amusement spot quality for her sum of a Westgate enactment for Taylor Swift fans celebrating the merchandise of “The Life of a Showgirl.” Photographer Steve Marcus took 2nd successful sports photograph for his representation of Charles Oliveira defeating Max Holloway astatine UFC 326, and the events squad took 2nd for the Sun Standout Awards, the Sun’s champion successful preps awards show.

The Sun besides took 2nd for its editorial page. Greenspun placed 2nd successful section column, and Justin Hager was 2nd successful editorial writing.

The transcript table took location 2 second-place awards: John Taylor for header penning and Dave Mondt for leafage 1 design.

Da Rocha took 3rd spot successful wellness reporting for a communicative connected the rise of vaping among young teens successful Nevada, adjunct sports exertion Case Keefer was 3rd successful sports endeavor reporting for sum of UFC brag Dana White’s debut arsenic a boxing promoter, and lensman Christopher DeVargas took 3rd successful diagnostic photograph for an representation connected backing cuts for uncommon diseases.

Las Vegas Weekly won 22 awards, including 7 first-place honors.

Gabriela Rodriguez won 2 first-place awards. Her first-time homebuyers guide, “The imagination of owning a location successful Las Vegas is possible,” won archetypal successful assemblage service, and “Community comeback: Leaders of the Historic Westside bespeak connected its past and imagination of its future” won archetypal successful sum of underserved communities. She besides placed 2nd successful amusement diagnostic communicative for “Inside the DIY satellite of Las Vegas’ all-ages euphony scene.”

Geoff Carter won archetypal successful creation and civilization commentary. He besides placed 2nd successful explanatory journalism for a communicative connected however autonomous vehicles and teledriving whitethorn soon alteration however radical get astir Las Vegas, and 3rd successful illustration for a communicative connected the female concern owners down the Arts District’s bars, restaurants, shops and galleries.

Tyler Schneider won archetypal successful wellness reporting. He added 2 third-place awards: 1 successful sum of underserved communities for a communicative connected the Historic Westside’s caller library, and 1 successful biology reporting for a communicative connected a monolithic caller excavation that highlights Nevada’s spot astatine the halfway of the U.S. lithium push.

Amber Sampson won 3 awards. She placed 2nd successful creation and civilization commentary and 2nd successful wellness reporting for a communicative connected Las Vegans teaming up to bring Narcan grooming to vicinity bars. She besides took 3rd successful sports diagnostic penning for a communicative connected however the Las Vegas Aces’ occurrence and popularity bespeak the maturation of women’s sports.

Shannon Miller placed 2nd successful diagnostic penning for “Showgirls are forever: How the icon endures successful Vegas shows, popular civilization and beyond,” and 3rd for a communicative connected Native Americans successful Southern Nevada gathering for the aboriginal portion keeping traditions alive.

Brock Radke took 3rd successful food/dining penning for a communicative connected Carmine’s Pizza Kitchen celebrating 50 years successful Las Vegas.

On the plan side, Corlene Byrd won archetypal spot arsenic outstanding graphic designer, and the Las Vegas Weekly Design Team won archetypal for wide plan and 3rd for leafage one/cover design.

Christopher DeVargas placed 2nd successful aggregate photograph effort oregon assemblage for “Fallout: New Vegas.”

The events squad won archetypal spot successful peculiar lawsuit for Las Vegas Weekly’s Best of Vegas 2025 and 3rd for Vegas Inc Women Inspiring Nevada 2025.

Las Vegas Magazine won 5 awards, including 2 first-place honors.

Em Jurbala won archetypal spot successful peculiar task for “Plenty of Play” and 2nd successful the aforesaid class for “What’s Your Sign?”

Photographer Christopher DeVargas won archetypal successful representation for his representation of Kaskade and 3rd successful the aforesaid class for “Meet the DJs of ‘Bob Marley Hope Road.’”

The events squad placed 2nd successful peculiar lawsuit for the Las Vegas Magazine Hall of Fame 2026.