The Denver Press Club, in association with the Rocky Mountain News and the University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication, presents the Al Nakkula Award each year to a reporter for outstanding accomplishment in police reporting.

Recipients of the “Nak” Award are honored at a reception in their honor at the Press Club.

More about the Nakkula Award on the CU School of Journalism site.

Al Nakkula Award Winners

2009: Karyn Spencer, Omaha World-Herald

2008: Jonathan Schuppe, Newark Star-Ledger

2007: Robert Rogers, San Bernadino Sun

2006: John Diedrick, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

2005: Amber Hunt Martin, Detroit Free Press

2004: Del Quentin Wilber, Baltimore Sun

2003: Stacy Finz, San Francisco Chronicle

2002: Stephanie Warsmith, Akron Beacon Journal

2001: Brigid O’Malley, Naples Daily News

2000: Tom Searls, Charleston Gazette

1999: Sean Gardiner, Florida Times-Union

1998: Mark Truby, The Huntington Herald-Dispatch

1997: Andy Furillo, The Sacramento Bee

1996: Pamela Hill, Northwest Arkansas Times

1995: Melvin Claxton, Virgin Islands Daily News

1994: William Hermann, The Arizona Republic

1993: J.D. Mullane, Bucks County Courier Times

1992: Scott Bowles, The Detroit News

1991: Diana K. Sugg, The Sacramento Bee