The Associated Press Managing Editors presented its 2006 journalism excellence awards during the annual conference in New Orleans Oct. 25-28. Click on the links below to read the stories and see the entries themselves.

• McGruder Award: Rosenhause, Guam newsroom honored for diversity leadership

• Gulf Coast newspapers receive President's Award; other honors in APME contests

• AP coverage of Katrina wins news, photography awards

• Read the winning AP contest entries

• View the winning AP photo (this is a large powerpoint file, 19.9 megs, please allow time to download)

To see the 2006 APME winners, click the links below:

Public Service Awards:
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Blade of Toledo, Ohio
• The Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star

First Amendment Awards:
• The South Florida Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• The State of Columbia, S.C.
• The Galveston County (Texas) Daily News

International Perspective Awards:
• The Star Tribune of Minneapolis
• The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash.
• The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune

APMEOnline Convergence Awards:
• The Dallas Morning News and DallasNews.com
• The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y., and LoHud.com
• Culpeper (Va.) Star Exponent and StarExponent.com

Robert G. McGruder Diversity Leadership Awards:
• Sharon Rosenhause, managing editor, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Pacific Daily News, Guam

• 2006 Citations and Honorable Mentions are listed here.

To see last year's winners, click on the links below:

• Public Service Awards

2005 winners: Fort Lauderdale, Charleston, Marine Corps newspapers exhibit public service

• First Amendment Awards

2005 winners: Contra Costa, Bakersfield, Tuscaloosa earn First Amendment honors

• International Perspective Awards

2005 winners: Yakima, Wenatchee, Atlanta, Winston-Salem newspapers give international perspective

• APMEOnline Convergence Awards

2005 winners: Online convergence awards to Atlanta, Providence, Roanoke, Poughkeepsie

• Robert G. McGruder Diversity Leadership Awards

2005 winners: Honolulu, Sioux Falls papers honored for diversity leadership

• APME recognizes outstanding work by AP staff (2005)