Honored by National Newspaper Association
The Highlands Current on (Monday) July 15 won 18 awards from the National Newspaper Association for work published in 2023.
The Current was among 92 newspapers in 32 states to receive recognition. The weekly has won 127 NNA awards since 2016.
Among all papers, The Current won second place for best headlines. Among smaller papers, Brian PJ Cronin and Michael Turton won first place for both agricultural and environmental coverage for Dire Warmings, a look at the effect of climate change on local crops.
Among smaller papers with circulations of at least 3,000, Joey Asher won second place for his sports column, Trout Still Live in Clove Creek; Leonard Sparks won second in breaking news for Train from Poughkeepsie to Croton in Eight Hours; Cronin took third among serious columns for The Buried Streams of Beacon; and The Current won third for local news coverage.
Among small non-daily papers, Jeff Simms won first place for education reporting for Confusion in the Classroom and Pierce Strudler received second for best small ad for “Get It Done Now.”
Among non-daily papers with circulations of 4,000 to 5,999, Alison Rooney won first place in feature stories for Born to Be Wild; Simms, Cronin and Sparks won first for reporting on local government for Beacon: Then, Now and How; Asher took second for his business story, Can Everyone Shop Main Street? and Strudler won third for front-page design.
The paper also received honorable mentions in the serious column, sports photo, investigative story and sports story categories, and for its website.
In addition, Cronin was a finalist in the annual column contest organized by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors for “The Buried Streams of Beacon.”
