Texas Association of Broadcasters

01/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/15/2025 10:59

Headliners Foundation Announces New $3,000 Award

posted on 1.15.2025

- Entry Call for Showcase Contest Now Open

The Headliners Foundation of Texas is issuing a call for entries for its annual Showcase Award contest to honor exceptional work by Texas-based journalists. The contest will recognize work produced from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The deadline for entries is Monday February 10, 2025.

The Showcase Awards, first introduced by the Foundation in 2013, recognize outstanding investigative journalism that has made a significant impact on Texas government, public policy, culture, or the conduct of a business, non-profit or other organization. With the addition of the Storytelling category in 2021, the contest now also recognizes compelling storytelling to shed new light on an aspect of Texas and Texans, including their evolving culture and history.

This year, the Foundation is proud to announce creation of the Burl Osborne Award, which honors the legacy of the former editor and publisher of the Dallas Morning News. This new Showcase Award category recognizes outstanding reporting on social justice and human rights.

The introduction of the Osborne Award infuses an additional $3,000 annually into the Showcase Award cash prizes, which now total $11,000.

There is no cost to enter the competition, and all prizes will be provided directly to individual journalists from the eight winning submissions.

Review contest rules and last year's winning entries

Key Facts:

About the Headliners Foundation

In 1983, the Headliners Foundation of Texas was formed as a tax-exempt organization to formalize the Headliners Club's awards program into an organization dedicated to promoting excellence in Texas journalism. In addition to the professional media contests, the Foundation awards scholarships promising student journalists from universities throughout the state and provides support to other organizations working to benefit the journalism community.