69th Annual NAREE Journalism Contest Deadline: March 1, 2019

NAREE's 68th Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition Entry Deadline Extended to March 7, 2018

The National Association of Real Estate Editors — NAREE — has extended the deadline to enter its annual real estate journalism competition from March 1 to March 7.

NAREE's prestigious journalism competition is open to reporters, columnists, editors and freelancers covering commercial and residential real estate, mortgage finance, sustainable development and related fields of real estate, including home building and design.

The competition is for work published or aired in 2017.


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NAREE’s 66th Annual Real Estate Journalism Award Winners Announced

NEW ORLEANS - (June 10, 2016) The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) today announced the winners of its 66th Annual Journalism Awards, recognizing excellence in reporting, writing and editing stories about residential and commercial real estate. Josh Salman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, received NAREE’s Platinum Award for Best Individual Entry. The President’s Gold Award for Best Freelance Collection went to Ken Harney of the Washington Post Writers Group. Ralph Bivins of Realty News Report, earned the Silver Award and Eugene Meyer, freelance writer, New York Times, took the Bronze. Konrad Putzier of The Real Deal was the Gold Award Winner of the Ruth Ryon Award for Best Young Journalist for reporters 30 years old and younger. Nick Nehemas, Miami Herald, won the Silver Award in the Young Journalist category. The Bronze Award went to Greg Vellante, TecHome Builder. NAREE presented the awards June 10, 2016, at its 50th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference at Harrah’s Hotel in New Orleans. A panel of expert judges from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University selected all award winners. Professor Emeritus Patrick S. Washburn, a former news reporter and editor, chaired the panel.

Click here for the PDF of this year's winners with judges comments.

NAREE Board Elected in San Diego; Two New at-Large Members Appointed 

A new NAREE Board of Directors has been sworn-in for 2016. Steve Brown, who covers real estate for the Dallas Morning News, is NAREE's new president. A deeply experienced NAREE volunteer, Steve has served three different stints on the board over the years. Steve and the other members of the board were officially affirmed at the NAREE officer installation dinner on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the Harbor House in San Diego.

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NAREE's 66th Annual Real Estate Journalism Contest Adds Categories 

Several new categories for NAREE's 66th annual real estate and home and design journalism competition have been added. New award categories for individuals include the splitting of the Best Collection of Work Category into Best Residential Collection and Best Commercial Collection and the Best Design Story into Best Interior Design Story and Best Architecture Story.

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