New York Press Association (NYPA)

For work published in 2022

NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

AMONG ALL PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Advertising Excellence, to Michele Gedney
■ 1st Place, Environmental Coverage, to Brian PJ Cronin
■ 1st Place, Historical, Anniversary and Progress Editions, to Chip Rowe and Leonard Sparks, for Always Present, Never Seen
■ 1st Place, Coverage of Religion, to Brian PJ Cronin for The Challenge for Churches
■ 1st Place, Local Business Support Campaign, to Teresa Lagerman, for Ice Cream Passport
■ 2nd Place, Photographic Excellence
■ 2nd Place, Photographer of the Year, to Ross Corsair
■ 2nd Place, News Web Site
■ 2nd Place, Advertising Media Kit
■ 3rd Place, Coverage of Health, Health Care & Science
■ 3rd Place, Coverage of Diversity
■ 3rd Place, Podcast
■ Honorable Mention, Sports Coverage, to Skip Pearlman

Topfield Center
In a photo by Leonard Sparks recognized by the NYPA, Ailee Debberman gets a nuzzle from Duke, one of the therapy horses at the Topfield Center in Philipstown.

AMONG SMALLER PAPERS

■ 1st Place, News Story to Jeff Simms for an article about a Beacon police officer killed 100 years ago
■ 1st Place, Coverage of Education
■ 1st Place, News or Features Series, for Always Present, Never Seen
■ 2nd Place, Column, to Brian PJ Cronin for Out There
■ 2nd Place, Small Ad, to Pierce Strudler
■ 2nd Place, Feature Photo, to Leonard Sparks (above)
■ 3rd Place, General Excellence
■ 3rd Place, Investigative/In-Depth Reporting, to Jeff Simms, for Are the Kids Alright?
■ 3rd Place, Picture Story, to Valerie Shively for her photo essay on the Wee Play sale
■ Honorable Mention, News or Features Series, to Jeff Simms for Are the Kids Alright?

Click here for previous NYPA awards (2013-2021)

National Newspaper Association (NNA)

For work published in 2022

AMONG ALL PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Community Service, for Always Present, Never Seen
■ 1st Place, Best Use of Ad Color, to Pierce Strudler for pie-contest ad
■ 2nd Place, Headline Writing, to the staff
■ 2nd Place, Video Journalism, to Ross Corsair, for Chakra’s Garden

AMONG SMALLER PAPERS

■ 1st Place, Local News Coverage (3,000 to 5,999)
■ 1st Place, Special Section (3,000 to 9,999), for Always Present, Never Seen
1st Place, Feature Series (less than 6,000), for Always Present, Never Seen
3rd Place, Sports Feature (3,000 to 9,000), to Joey Asher, for The Future of Football

AMONG WEEKLIES

■ 1st Place, In-Depth Series (3,000 to 9,000) for Always Present, Never Seen
■ 1st Place, Education Story (less than 6,000) to Jeff Simms for Are the Kids Alright?
■ 2nd Place, General Excellence (3,000 to 5,999)
■ 2nd Place, Feature Profile (4,000 to 5,999) to Michael Turton for Something You Don’t Know About Me: Jay Brennan
■ 3rd Place, Front-Page Design (4,000 to 5,999) to Pierce Strudler
■ 3rd Place, Reporting on Local Government (4,000 to 5,999) to Jeff Simms for Beacon’s Paper Streets
■ Honorable Mention, In-Depth Series (3,000 to 9,000) to Brian PJ Cronin for Trails (Too) Well Traveled
■ Honorable Mention, Feature Photo (4,000 to 5,999) to Ross Corsair (below)

Fall Fest

Click here for previous NNA awards (2016-2021)

New York News Publishers Association (NYNPA)

For work published in 2022 (papers less than 10,000 circulation)

Best Headline, to Chip Rowe, for Weatherman Could Not Have Predicted This
Best Beat Reporting, to Brian PJ Cronin for environmental coverage
Best Sportswriting, to Joey Asher, for The Future of Football
Best Page Design, to Pierce Strudler
Best Community Service, to the staff for Always Present, Never Seen
Best Reader Promotion, to Teresa Lagerman, for Halloween costume contest

Click here for previous NYNPA awards (2017-2021)

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

Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)

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

■ 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 (papers 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

News Leaders Association

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

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 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