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
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)
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