Our Awards

New York Press Association (NYPA)

For work published in 2024

AMONG ALL PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Graphic Illustration, to Deb Lucke, for The New Improved Anopheles Mosquito
■ 1st Place, Media Kit/Sales Collateral, to Michele Gedney, Pierce Strudler, Lauren Cook
■ 1st Place, Audience Development Promotion, to Emily Hare and Eleanor Hare, for Ice Cream Passport
■ 1st Place, Video, to Erin Holton, Facundo Martinez and Sofia Milojevic for A Mother’s Fight for Bridge Barriers
■ 2nd Place, Overall Design Excellence, to Pierce Strudler
■ 3rd Place, Solutions Journalism, to Brian Cronin for Talking Trash, Part III
■ 3rd Place, Editorial Cartoon, to Clay Jones for How Do You Feel About Surveys?

AMONG SMALLER PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Column, to Michael Turton for Reporter’s Notebook
■ 1st Place, Sports Feature, to Joey Asher for Reporter’s Notebook: Jogging with Jimmy
■ 1st Place, Feature Story, to Brian PJ Cronin, for Out There: Pond Rock
■ 1st Place, Feature Photo(s), to Ross Corsair, for Planet Parties
■ 2nd Place, House Ad/Ad Campaign, to Pierce Strudler
■ 3rd Place, Column, to Joey Asher, for Reporter’s Notebook
■ 3rd Place, Coverage of Education, to Jeff Simms, Joey Asher and Leonard Sparks
■ 3rd Place, Picture Story, to Ross Corsair, for Planet Parties
■ 3rd Place, Small Ad, to Pierce Strudler, for Creative Organizing
■ 3rd Place, House Ad/Ad Campaign, to Lauren Cook, Emily Hare and Pierce Strudler

Click here for previous NYPA awards (2013-2023)

National Newspaper Association (NNA)

For work published in 2024

AMONG ALL PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Video Journalism, to Erin Holton, Facundo Martinez and Sofia Milojevic for A Mother’s Fight for Bridge
■ 1st Place, Website

AMONG LARGER PAPERS

■ Honorable Mention, Sports Column (3,000+), to Joey Asher, for Converting a Pickleball Snob

AMONG SMALLER PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Environmental Story (less than 6,000), to Brian PJ Cronin for Talking Trash, Part 1
■ 1st Place, Performing Arts Story (less than 5,000), to Brian PJ Cronin, for Free Pipe Organ
■ 2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon (less than 5,000), to Clay Jones for How Do You Feel About Surveys?
■ 2nd Place, Performing Arts Story (less than 5,000), to Joey Asher, for Nancy Dolin in a Rock ‘n Roll Grandma
■ 2nd Place, Obituary Tribute (less than 5,000), to Jeff Simms, for Clara Lou Gould, Longtime Mayor of Beacon, Dies at 97
■ 3rd Place, Performing Arts Story (less than 5,000), to Alison Rooney, for T is for Trombone
■ 3rd Place, Feature Series (less than 6,000), to Joey Asher, for The Good Death
■ Honorable Mention, Health Story (less than 6,000), to Leonard Sparks for Local Sewage Tests High for COVID Virus

AMONG WEEKLIES

■ 1st Place, Business Story (2,000 to 3,999) to Leonard Sparks for Who Will Watch the Kids?
■ 1st Place, In-Depth Series (3,000 to 9,999) to Brian PJ Cronin, for Talking Trash
■ 2nd Place, In-Depth Series (3,000 to 9,999) to Joey Asher, for Modern Immigrants
■ 2nd Place, Feature Photo (2,000 to 3,999) to Ross Corsair, for Martial Art
■ 2nd Place, Color Ad (less than 5,000) to Pierce Strudler, for Spring Thrift Sale
■ 3rd Place, Front-Page Design (2,000 to 3,999) to Pierce Strudler
■ Honorable Mention, Reader-Generated Campaign, for Baby and Dog
■ Honorable Mention, Informational Graphic (2,000-3,999) to Pierce Strudler, for By the Numbers
■ Honorable Mention, Sports Photo (3,000 to 4,999) to Ross Corsair, for Talking Baseball (below)

Click here for previous NNA awards (2016-2023)

New York News Publishers Association (NYNPA)

For work published in 2024 (newspapers less than 10,000 circulation)

■ Best Feature Writing, to Joey Asher, for Modern Immigrants
■ Best Business Reporting, to Leonard Sparks, for Who Will Watch the Kids?
■ Best Investigative Reporting, to Richard Kreitner, for Wildfires: What Are the Risks?
■ Best Column, to Brian PJ Cronin, for Out There
■ Best Sports Column, to Joey Asher, for Reporter’s Notebook
■ Best Community Service, to Brian PJ Cronin, for Talking Trash
■ Best Page Design/Presentation, to Pierce Strudler
■ Best Feature Photography, to Ross Corsair, for Martial Art (below)

Click here for previous NYNPA awards (2017-2023)

Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)

For work published in 2023-24 (Small Newsroom)

■ Finalist, Explanatory Journalism, to Brian PJ Cronin for Talking Trash

For work published in 2020-21 (Medium Newsroom)

■ Finalist, Community Champion Award, for Student Journalists Program

Local Independent Online News (LION)

For work published in 2022-23 (Medium Publications)

■ Winner, Outstanding Coverage, to Brian PJ Cronin for Trails (Too) Well Traveled

For work published in 2019-20 (Small Publications)

■ Finalist, Investigative Report, to Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong and Chip Rowe for Secret Putnam

For work published in 2018-19 (Small Publications)

■ 1st Place, Investigative Report, to Chip Rowe for The Extremist Next Door

International Society of Family History Writers and Editors

■ Honorable Mention, Best Genealogy Column, 2017, to Valerie LaRobardier, for Family Trails: Do You Have an ‘Indian Princess’?

International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors

■ Winner, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2024, to Joey Asher for Learning Too Late
■ Finalist, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2023, to Brian PJ Cronin for The Buried Streams of Beacon
■ Finalist, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2022, to Leonard Sparks for The COVID Shrug
■ Finalist, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2021, to Chip Rowe for The Meeting Before the Meeting
■ Finalist, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2020, to Jeff Simms for Are We That Far Apart?
■ Finalist, Golden Quill Editorial Contest, 2019, to Chip Rowe for Why I Flipped on Secrecy

James Beard Foundation Awards

■ Finalist, Best Food-Related Column, 2013, to Celia Barbour for Mouths to Feed

Journalists Association of New York

For work published in 2022 (newspapers less than 75,000 circulation)

■ 1st Place, Headline Writing, to Michael Turton for The Long and Winding Code
■ 1st Place, Sports Photo, to Skip Pearlman
■ 2nd Place, Column, to Michael Turton for Reporter’s Notebook
■ 2nd Place, Spots News Coverage, to Michael Turton, Chip Rowe and Leonard Sparks for stories about the local aspects of the fall of Afghanistan
■ 2nd Place, Feature Photo, to Ross Corsair
■ 2nd Place, General Excellence

McCommons Award for Distinguished Community Journalism

For work published in 2021, from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia

■ Brian PJ Cronin, for Hunger in the Highlands

News Leaders Association

■ Finalist, First Amendment Award, 2019, to Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong and Chip Rowe for Secret Putnam

New York Emmy Awards

For work produced in 2024

■  Finalist, Societal Concerns – News (Single Shift), to Erin Holton, Facundo Martinez and Sofia Milojevic for A Mother’s Fight for Bridge Barriers

Society for Features Journalism

For work published in 2022

■ 2nd Place, Inclusion and Representation in Features (under 90,000), for Always Present, Never Seen
■ Honorable Mention, Feature Series (under 90,000), to Brian PJ Cronin for The Challenge for Churches

Society of Professional Journalists, New York City chapter (Deadline Club)

For work published in 2024

■ Winner, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Joey Asher, for Modern Immigrants

For work published in 2023

■ Winner, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Jeff Simms, Brian PJ Cronin and Leonard Sparks, for Beacon: Then, Now and Now

For work published in 2022

■ Winner, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Brian PJ Cronin, for The Challenge for Churches

■ Finalist, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Brian PJ Cronin, for Travels (Too) Well Traveled

For work published in 2021

■ Finalist, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Brian PJ Cronin, for Sundown at Indian Point

For work published in 2020

■ Finalist, Reporting by Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000, to Brian PJ Cronin, for The Fading Forest

For work published in 2019

■ Finalist, Local News Reporting, to Chip Rowe for The Extremist Next Door