Asbury Park Press
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett Company |
| Publisher | Thomas M. Donovan |
| Editor | Hollis R. Towns |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | 3601 Highway 66 Neptune, New Jersey 07754 United States |
| Circulation | 91,000 Daily 136,000 Sunday (March 2013) |
| Website | APP.COM |
The Asbury Park Press is a daily newspaper in Monmouth and Ocean counties of New Jersey and has the third largest circulation in the state. Its investigative staff, led by editor Paul D'Ambrosio, has been awarded numerous national honors in journalism, including the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, two the Associated Press Managing Editors' Award for Public Service, the National Headliner Award for Public Service and two National Headliner Awards for Best Series (large papers). The Press' investigative team was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. The newspaper was also the home to editorial cartoonist Steve Breen when he won the Pulitzer Prize in that category in 1998.
Gannett purchased the paper in 1997.
In 2004 the story "Profiting from Public Service" by Paul D'Ambrosio, Jason Method, James W. Prado Roberts, Alan Guenther, Jean Mikle and staff won the Farfel Prize for excellence in investigative reporting which was the inauguration of this award. It also won The National Headliner Award for public service, the SPJ/SDX National Award for public service in the large papers category, and the APME Public Service Award for large papers.
National award for Excellence in Economic Reporting
National SDX/SPJ Award for Public Service
Best of Gannett, Public Service Award, large publication division
NYC Deadline Club Awards - Best newspaper reporting, up to 100,000 circ.
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