Circulation Federation Newspaper Carrier of the Year Award

This annual competition rewards newspaper carriers for outstanding achievement at the local, regional and national levels. Three age groups are recognized: youth (up to age 18), adult (age 19-54) and senior (age 55 and older). All newspaper carriers with at least one year of service are encouraged to enter. Carriers will be judged based on a number of criteria, including route management, personal/scholastic/community service and letters of recommendation.

Entrants, who must be affiliated with an NAA member newspaper, submit an entry form, including a letter of recommendation from their supervisor. Entrants are judged on this form, which includes questions relating to route management and scholastic achievement/community service, as well as miscellaneous other personal information such as other awards and recognition received. One finalist in each age group at each newspaper is chosen to be forwarded to the appropriate sectional organization, which in turn selects and forwards a finalist in each category to NAA for final judging by a panel of industry leaders. Click here to download the entry form.

Past winners:

• 2007 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth Category: Bryan Brigadoi, Jr., Findlay ( Ohio ) Courier
  Adult Category: Kaarina Brodsky, Anchorage Daily News 
  Senior Category: Dan Yeto, North County Times , Escondido , Calif. 
• 2006 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth category: Shyam Sheth , The Times, Trenton, N.J.
  Adult category: Tabb Clements, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
  Senior category: Robert White, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
• 2005 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth category: Paul Moch, The Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune
  Adult category: Brenda Barnes, Sarasota (Fla.) Herald Tribune
  Senior category: Mary Ellen Mainier, Greensburg (Pa.) Tribune Review
• 2004 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth category (up to age 18): Brittany Selman, Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, Pa
  Adult category (19 to 54):        Gail Peedle, The Detroit News
  Senior category (age 55 and over):    Leon Geiger, Fort Worth Star Telegram
• 2003 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth category: MacKenzie Cotters, Beaver County Times, Beaver, Pa.
  Adult category: Lisa Bradley, Detroit News
  Senior category: Eulala Myre, The Paducah (Ky.) Sun.
• 2002 Carrier of the Year Award Winners
  Youth Category: Phillip Kirchner, Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster, Pa.
  Adult Category: Linda Porter, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz.
  Senior Category: Jerry Todd, The Ada (Okla.) Evening News.