alexa schirtzinger

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, 2013

• William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award (awarded to Santa Fe Reporter)

New Mexico Press Association, 2013

• 1^st, feature story*: “Character Driven,” by Enrique Limón
• ^2nd, investigative reporting: “The Year in Closed Government,” by SFR News Staff
• 2^nd, news writing*: “A Higher Power,” by Justin Horwath and Joey Peters
• 2^nd, best news coverage: SFR Staff
• 2^nd, sports writing: “Blood Sport,” by Joey Peters

Association of Alternative Newsmedia, 2013

• 1^st, cover design* (circ. under 50,000): The Year in Closed Government, End of Days, and Welcome to the Mitt Show, by John Lang

Association of Alternative Newsmedia, 2012

• 1^st, feature story* (circ. under 50,000): “Undercover,” by Sharyn Jackson
• 3^rd, public service reporting (under 50,000): ongoing reporting on Santa Fe Public Schools, by Wren Abbott Alexa Schirtzinger

New Mexico Press Women, 2012

• 1^st, enterprise reporting: “Welcome to Madrid,” by Alexa Schirtzinger
• 1^st, investigative reporting: ongoing coverage of Santa Fe Public Schools, by Wren Abbott and Alexa Schirtzinger
• 1^st, ongoing coverage (of New Mexico’s largest wildfire), by Wren Abbott, Joey Peters and Alexa Schirtzinger (sample stories here, here and here)
  

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2011

• 1^st, innovation/format busting (circ. under 50,000): “Anatomy of a Downfall,” by Alexa Schirtzinger (print layout by Larry Kohr)
• 3^rd, multimedia (all publications): for 2010 elections coverage by Julia Goldberg and Alexa Schirtzinger

Columbia University, 2008

• Baker Award for Magazine Journalism (for a story on immigrant remittances)

*Denotes an award for a story I edited, and/or for the paper as a whole.