From our hard-hitting investigative reporting to our unmistakable headlines, the staff at the New York Post has earned no shortage of awards and recognition. To celebrate the achievements of our reporters, illustrators, and photographers, we have compiled a list to showcase the dozens of honors and accolades awarded over the years. Behind our bold front pages stands a newsroom filled with extraordinary talent, grit and creativity.
Reporting
2025 Joe Marino, Larry Celona, Reuven Fenton, Kate Sheehy, Matt Troutman and Jack Morphet — 1st Place Crime Reporting: NYC Metro Newspaper for Luigi Mangione coverage (New York Press Club)
2025 Caitlin Doornbos — Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence (Newswomen Club of New York)
2024 Larry Brooks — New York Co-Sportswriter of The Year (National Sports Media Association)
2024 Miranda Devine — Inaugural Samizdat Prize (RealClear Foundation)
2023 Gabrielle Fonrouge — ‘Front Page Award’ for Investigative Journalism: ‘These NYPD officers got to keep their jobs despite arrests’ (Newswomen Club of New York)
2023 Michael Goodwin — Eric M. Breindel Integrity in Journalism Award (New York State Shields)
2022 Mike Vaccaro — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2021 Gabrielle Fonrouge — Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award: ‘Hero Of The Day’ (New York Press Club)
2019 Mike Vaccaro — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2019 New York Post Editorial — ‘Newspaper of Distinction: Division VI’ (The New York State Associated Press Association)
2019 New York Post Editorial — 1st Place for Editorial Writing: ‘Gun Control Works, So Do Something, Mr. President’ (NYSAPA)
2019 Susan Edelman — 1st Place for Investigative & Watchdog Reporting: ‘Faking The Grade’ (NYSAPA)
2019 Christopher Cameron — 1st Place for Arts/Entertainment Reporting: ‘Master of Deception’ (NYSAPA)
2018 Larry Brooks — Elmer Ferguson Award (Hockey Hall of Fame)
2017 Howie Kussoy — 1st Place for Sports Story: ‘A night out with Floyd Mayweather’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Joel Sherman — 1st Place for Sports Column: ‘This is baseball’s home run breaking point’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Melissa Klein & Isabel Vincent — 1st Place for Investigative/Enterprise Reporting: ‘Met Opera Conductor Accused of Sexual Misconduct’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Bruce Golding, Susan Edelman, & Yoav Gonen — 1st Place for Public Service: ‘Education Boondoggle’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Salena Zito — 1st Place Column: ‘Trump’s America’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Gabrielle Fonrouge — 1st Place for Feature Writing: ‘How Rikers Island Inmates Became Heroes’ (NYSAPA)Â
2017 Barbara Hoffman — 1st Place for Arts/Entertainment Writing: ‘The Warring Sides of Frank Lloyd Wright’ (NYSAPA)Â
2017 Kevin Dugan — 1st Place for Business Writing: ‘Securities-Based Loans Are Scaring Fiscal Experts’ (NYSAPA)Â
2015 Brian Costello — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2013 Mike Vaccaro — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2012 Mike Vaccaro — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2011 Joe Mollica, Jennifer Fermino, Larry Celona & Jamie Schram — 1st Place in Spot News Reporting: ‘Bloodshed at the Barber’s’ (NYSAPA)
2010 New York Post Editorial — 1st Place for Editorial Writing: ‘Doing right by NY schools’ (NYSAPA)
2010 Tom Namako — 1st Place for Beat Reporting: ‘Blame it on the train’ (NYSAPA)Â
2009 Phil Mushnick — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2008 Phil Mushnick — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2007 Phil Mushnick — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2004 Andrea Peyser — Columnist of The Year (NYSAPA)Â
2003 Andrea Peyser — 1st Place Columnist (NYSAPA)Â
2001 Rod Dreher — 1st Place for Best Column Writing (North Jersey Press Club)Â
2001 Phil Mushnick — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
2000 Phil Mushnick —  New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
1999 New York Post — 1st Place Spot News Reporting: ‘Final Act of Courage’ (Deadline Club, NYC Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists)
1997 Phil Mushnick — New York Sportswriter Of The Year (NSMA)
1991 Amy Pagnozzi — 1st Place Columnist (NYSAPA)Â
1991 Amy Pagnozzi — 1st Place Column Contest (National Society of Newspaper Columnists)
1991 Mark Kriegel — Top Honors for Sports (NYSAPA)
1990 Ann V Bollinger & Ransdell Pierson — 1st Place for In-Depth Reporting: ‘Children of the Damned’ (NYSAPA)
1978 Murray Kempton — Elected into American Academy and Institute of Art and Letters
1977 Ned Steele — 1st prize for Best Feature in North America ‘Is Queens Burning?’ (International Assn. of Fire Fighters)
1969 Judith Michaelson — ‘Front Page’ Award: ‘Wagner— a Muted Last Hurrah’ (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)
1969 Emily Genauer — ‘Front Page’ Award: ‘People of Harlem — Short changed again’ (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)
1969 Marvin Smilon — Page One Award for Local Reporting (New York Newspaper Guild)
1968 Nancy Hicks — John B. Russwurm Award (New York Urban League)
1968 Barbara Yuncker — ‘Front Page’ Award’ (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)
1967 Barbara Yuncker — Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award
1964 Fern Marja Eckman — Feature Writing Award (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)
1963 Alfred G. Aronowitz — Best Feature Article ‘A Fireman Dies in the Line of Duty’ (Uniformed Fireman’s Assn.)
1960 Fern Marja Eckman — Lasker Foundation AwardÂ
1959 William Haddad — George Polk Memorial Award
1956 Fern Marja Eckman — Feature Writing Award (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)Â
1956 Fern Marja Eckman — George Polk Memorial Award
1955 Fern Marja Eckman — Page One Award for Best Metropolitan Writing (New York Newspaper Guild)
1953 Joseph Kahn — Adolf Mayer Award
1951 Fern Marja Eckman — George Polk Memorial Award
1951 Fern Marja Eckman — Feature Writing Award (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)Â
1949 Fern Marja Eckman — Feature Writing Award (New York Newspaper Women’s Club)Â
1944 Earl Wilson — Best Domestic Columnist (National Headliners Award)
1943 Sylvia Porter — Best Business/Financial Reporting (National Headliners Award)
Headline Writing & Front Page Awards
2019 Bryan Erickson — 1st Place for ‘News Full Page Design’ for ‘De Blasio’s Presidential Obituary’ Front Page (NYSAPA)
2018 Harry Shuldman — 1st Place Headling Writing for ‘Chris Crispy’ (NYSAPA)
2012 Deborah Pines — 1st Place Headling Writing for ‘This is Your Captain Freaking’ (NYSAPA)
2011 Paul McPolin — Best Front Page Award: ‘Bad Habit’ (New York Press Club)
2010 Jon Blackwell — 1st Place Headling Writing for ‘I’m the Pop, Says the Weasel’ (NYSAPA)
2004 Dawn Eden, with William Kirkham & Barry Gross — 1st Place Headline Writing for ‘Hurt in Line of Doody‘ (NYSAPA)
Photojournalism
2025 James Keivom — Best in Show (New York Press Photographer’s Association)
2024 James Keivom — 1st Place, News Picture Story for ‘Drug Epidemic in the Hub’ (NYPPA)Â
2024 James Keivom — 1st Place, ‘Carl Thusgaard Memorial’ Award for ‘Migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico Border’ (NYPPA)Â
2023 Robert Sabo — Anthony J. Causi Sports Photographer of the Year (NYPPA)Â
2022 Robert Sabo — Anthony J. Causi Sports Photographer of the Year (NYPPA)
2019 William Farrington — AP Bruce Cromie Award for ‘Jeffrey Epstein Suicide’ (NYSAPA)
2015 Chad Rachman — 1st Place, Face of New York for ‘Afternoon Delight’ (NYPPA)Â
2012 Chad Rachman — 1st Place, Face of New York for ‘New Year Crowd’ (NYPPA)Â
2001 Bolivar Arellano — NYSAPA Photo Contest: 1st Place for ‘Jumping’ (NYSAPA)
1991 Michael Norcia — Bernard J. Kolenberg Best Photo Award (NYSAPA)
1990 Osman Karakas — Best News Photo (NYSAPA)Â
1988 Arty Pomerantz — 1st Place in Spot News Photo (NYSAPA)
1985 Neil Schneider — 1st Place in Spot News Press Photo (NYSAPA)
Videojournalism
2016 Heather Hauswirth, Steven Greenstreet, & Michael Gray for Best Investigation Series: The Banker Suicides (YouTube Streamy Awards)
News Presentation, Illustration & Graphic Design
2019 Harrison Goodman — 1st Place for Feature or Sports Full Page Design for ‘Yankee Home Runs’ (NYSAPA)
2017 Ana Gioia — 1st Place for Illustration or Graphic (NYSAPA)
2017 Ana Gioia — 1st Place for News Full Page Design for ‘Hurricane Harvey’ (NYSAPA)Â
2012 Beth Allison, Nichole Faux, Serena French, Jessica Hober, & Sarah Horne — 1st Place for Spot News Presentation, Non-Spot: ‘Alexa, December 7’ (NYSAPA)
2010 Ana Gioia — 1st Place for Graphics (NYSAPA)
2007 Ana Gioia — 1st Place for 1st Place for Informational Graphics (NYSAPA)