Awards
State Awards
Arizona Press Club Awards – 1st Place, Health reporting
Second Chance
Published by Times Publications, July, 2009Judge's comments: Moving story that captures the hopelessness and hope, and unflinching love between a mother and her twin children, no matter the odds. Great storytelling, observational skills and ear for dialogue, mixed smoothly with important medical background. Obviously the reporter spent a lot of time with the family and it paid off. Great story.
Arizona Press Club Awards – 1st Place, Business reporting
Distressed Council
Published by Times Publications, April, 2009Judge's comments: Though many entries looked at the local impact of the global economic crisis, this piece distinguished itself by offering a riveting and original perspective. I was hooked by the shocking lede and impressed with the intimacy with which the rest of the story unfolded.
Arizona Press Club Awards – 3rd Place, Health reporting
Operative Fate
Published by Times Publications, May, 2008
Arizona Press Club Awards – 1st Place, Project reporting
Fast Times at Westwind Junior High
By Jimmy Magahern and Robert Nelson. Published by New Times, December 15, 2005
Arizona Press Club Awards – 3rd Place, Immigration reporting
Postcards From the Edge
Published by New Times, October 20, 2005
Arizona Press Club Awards – 3rd Place, Science, technology and medicine reporting
Geeks Gone Wild!
Published by New Times, August 14, 2003
Arizona Press Club Awards – 2nd Place, Music criticism
Mouf Wash
Published by New Times, March 6, 2003
Arizona Press Club Awards – 3rd Place, Music criticism
Mad Max
Published by New Times, May 22, 2003
Arizona Press Club Award – First Place for General Music Criticism/Review, 1987
Arizona Press Club Award – First Place for General Music Criticism/Review, 1985
National Awards
2006 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards - Second Place, Arts Feature, circulation 50,000 and greater
Big Cheese
Published by New Times, May 19, 2005
2006 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards - Second Place, Drugs Reporting, circulation 50,000 and greater
The Perfect Drug
Series reporting, awarded to Jimmy Magahern, Sarah Fenske, Robert Nelson, Paul Rubin and Joe Watson. Magahern and Nelson's story in series, "Fast Times at Westwind Junior High," published by New Times, December 15, 2005
Penney-Missouri Journalism Award – Finalist, Consumer Reporting, 1985
ASCAP – Deems Taylor Winner, Pop Articles
Ghost Radio
Published by New Times, September 18, 2003
WHAT THE JUDGES SAY:
"An example of a rare thing: a writer with flash and style, and with the discipline to make those attributes rather than smudging fingerprints.”
— Judge's comments, Arizona Press Club Award: First Place for General Music Criticism/Review, 1987
FIRSTS: Jimmy's first Arizona Press Club Award in 1985, taking First Place for General Music Criticism/Review, marked the first time an Arizona Press Club award was given for music journalism, and prompted the creation of the new category.