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N EW Y ORK P RESS A SSOCIATION 2 0 1 9 B ETTER N EWSPAPER C ONTEST elebrating CCNewspaperelebrating Excellence N EW Y ORK P RESS A SSOCIATION 2 0 1 9 B ETTER N EWSPAPER C ONTEST AAnd the Winners Are … TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR PAGE 2...........Excellence Award Winners The Independent PAGE 3...........Top Five Newspapers PAGE 4...........Most Competitive Categories PAGE 5...........Rookie of the Year STUART C. DORMAN AWARD JOHN J. EVANS AWARD PAGE 6...........Winners Listing Editorial Excellence Advertising Excellence PAGE 7...........Writer of the Year PAGE 8...........Winners Listing The Independent TIE — Dan’s Papers PAGE 9...........Sports Writer of the Year TIE — The Post-Standard PAGE 10........Winners Listing PAGE 11........Photographer of the Year PAGE 12........Winners Listing 2019 WRITER OF THE YEAR 2019 ROOKIE REPORTER OF THE YEAR PAGE 13........Best Front Page Hannah Dreyfus Annie McDonough PAGE 14........Winners Listing The Jewish Week City & State PAGE 15........Best Sports Action Photo PAGE 16........Winners Listing PAGE 17........In-Depth Reporting 2019 SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR 2019 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PAGE 18........Winners Listing PAGE 19........Community Leadership Mike MacAdam Christina Daly PAGE 20........Winners Listing The Daily Gazette Valley Stream Herald PAGE 21........Overall Design Excellence PAGE 22........Winners Listing PAGE 23........Best Small Space Ad COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PAGE 24........Winners Listing The Post-Standard — First Place PAGE 25........Innovative Ad Project PAGE 26........Winners Listing PAGE 27........Best Art Photo THOMAS G. BUTSON AWARD FOR IN-DEPTH REPORTING .....................Graphic Illustration PAGE 28........Winners Listing The Altamont Enterprise and County Post — First Place, Division 1 PAGE 29........Besst Spot News Photos Albany Business Review — First Place, Division 2 PAGE 30........Winners Listing The Red Hook Star-Revue — First Place, Division 3 PAGE 31........Dorman and Evans Awards The Independent — First Place, Division 4 PAGE 32........Winners Listing PAGE 33........Best Special Section Cover PAGE 34........High School Awards PAST PRESIDENTS’ AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE PAGE 35........College Awards PAGE 36........Photo Collage The Sag Harbor Express — First Place, Division 1 The Independent — First Place, Division 2 PHOTO CREDITS F RONT C OVER BEST FRONT PAGE TOP - BOY SCOUTS The Highlands Current — First Place, Division 1 Christina Daly North Salem News — First Place, Division 2 Valley Stream Herald The Independent — First Place, Division 3 BOTTOM LEFT - HARBOR DEBRIS The Record-Review — First Place, Division 4 Dana Shaw The Southampton Press - Eastern BOTTOM RIGHT - TRACK RUNNER EST DITORIAL AGE Jim MacLean B E P The Scarsdale Inquirer The East Hampton Press — First Place Shelter Island Reporter — Second Place B ACK C OVER The Altamont Enterprise and County Post — Third Place TOP LEFT - RED SKY FIREWORKS Christina Daly Valley Stream Herald PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCELLENCE MIDDLE LEFT - TILT-A-WHIRL The Independent — First Place Jim MacLean The Scarsdale Inquirer BOTTOM LEFT - GRADUATE AND CAP OVERALL DESIGN EXCELLENCE Tim Lamorte The Rivertowns Enterprise) The Independent — First Place, Division 1 TOP RIGHT - GOSPEL CROSS The Southampton Press - Eastern Edition — First Place, Division 2 Christina Daly Valley Stream Herald MIDDLE RIGHT - BEACHED WHALE ADVERTISING EXCELLENCE Dana Shaw The Southampton Press - Western Edition — First Place The Southampton Press - Eastern The Southampton Press - Eastern Edition — Second Place BOTTOM RIGHT - SCHOOL BUS STOP Dana Shaw Albany Business Review — Third Place 2 The Southampton Press - Eastern The Sag Harbor Express — Honorable Mention AAbout the 2019 Better Newspaper Contest … 173 newspapers submitted 2,918 entries. Participating newspapers competed for awards in 64 categories, and for Newspaper of the Year, the Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence and the John J. Evans Award for Advertising Excellence. 487 awards were presented during NYPA’s Spring Conference March 27th and 28th, 2020. The entries were judged by members of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. The winners were determined based on the following point system: EACH FIRST PLACE AWARD..................................20 POINTS EACH SECOND PLACE AWARD..............................10 POINTS EACH THIRD PLACE AWARD................................5 POINTS THE TOP FIVE — GROUP OR CHAIN NEWSPAPERS TOTAL CONTEST POINTS: The Express Newspaper Group — 605 POINTS Sag Harbor Express, The Southampton Press - Eastern, The Southampton Press - Western, The East Hampton Press Times/Review Newspapers — 320 POINTS The Suffolk Times, The News-Review, Shelter Island Reporter Johnson Newspaper Corporation — 235 POINTS Watertown Daily Times, The Daily News, Livingston County News, Register-Star, Daily Mail Herald Community Newspapers — 230 POINTS Baldwin Herald, Bellmore Herald Life, East Meadow Herald, Franklin Square Herald, Freeport Herald Leader, Glen Cove Herald Gazette, Hempsted Beacon, Long Beach Herald, Lynbrook East Rockaway Herald, Malverne West Hempstead Herald, Merrick Herald Life, Nassau Herald, Oceanside Island Park Herald, Oyster Bay Guardian, Rockaway Journal, Rockville Center Herald, Sea Cliff Glen Head Herald Gazette, Seaford Herald Citizen, South Shore Record, Valley Stream Herald, Wantagh Herald Citizen, The Jewish Star, The Riverdale Press, Uniondale Beacon TIE — Schneps Community News Group — 125 POINTS Astoria Times, Bay News Bayside Times, Bronx Times Reporter and Bronx Times, Brooklyn Graphic, The Brooklyn Paper, Caribbean Life, Chelsea Now, The Courier Sun, The Extra Courier, Downtown Express, El Correo de Queens, The Flushing Times, Forest Hills / The Western Courier, Gay City News, Healthwise Magazine, Long Island Press, Manhattan Express, Mill Basin Courier, North Shore Towers Courier, Northeast Courier, Noticia, Park Slope Courier, Queens Business Today, Queens Courier, Queens Family, Ridgewood Times and Times Newsweek, The Villager Express, The Ledger, The Villager (NYC) TIE — Ogden Newspapers of New York — 125 POINTS Adirondack Daily Express, Lake Placid News THE TOP FIVE — SINGLE FLAG NEWSPAPERS TOTAL CONTEST POINTS: The Independent — 310 POINTS The Post-Standard — 205 POINTS Albany Business Review — 180 POINTS Dan’s Papers — 135 POINTS The Highlands Current — 125 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL EDITORIAL CONTEST POINTS: The Independent — 260 POINTS The Southampton Press - Eastern Edition — 150 POINTS East Hampton Press — 120 POINTS Albany Business Review — 110 POINTS The Sag Harbor Express — 95 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL ADVERTISING CONTEST POINTS: TIE — Dan’s Papers — 80 POINTS NYNAME WINNERS TIE — The Post-Standard — 80 POINTS The Post-Standard — 80 POINTS The Suffolk Times — 55 POINTS Register-Star — 35 POINTS Southampton Press - Eastern Edition — 50 POINTS TIE — Finger Lakes Times — 20 POINTS Amherst Bee — 45 POINTS TIE — Times Union — 20 POINTS The Village Times Herald — 40 POINTS TIE — Rome Daily Sentinel — 20 POINTS TIE — Watertown Daily Times — 10 POINTS 3 TIE — The Citizen — 10 POINTS AAbout the Competition … C ATEGORY 3 1 — F EATURE S TORY Congratulations to the first place winners in the most competitive category in the contest! Division 1:................................................................... Roger Hannigan Gilson, The Other Hudson Valley Division 2:................................................................. The Altamont Enterprise and Albany County Post Division 3:................................................................................ Michael DeMasi, Albany Business Review Division 4:.................................................................................. Brian Marschhauser, TheYorktown News Division 5:......................................................................................... Mallory Diefenbach, The Daily News Division 6:.................................................................................................. Kayla Breen, Press-Republican C ATEGORY 3 0 — N EWS S TORY The quality of the entries in this category was outstanding — congratulations to: Division 1:.............................................................................. Natalie Muster, Warsaw’s Country Courier Division 2:................................................................. Valerie Gordon, The Southampton Press - Western Division 3:............................. Kirstyn Brendlen, Michael Hinman, Heather J. Smith, The Riverdale Press Division 4:........................................................................................... Benjamin Fang, Queens Examiner Division 5:............................................................................................. Claude Solnik, Long Island Press C ATEGORY 4 2 — F EATURE P HOTO ( S ) The judges had a particularly difficult time with this very competitive category — congratulations to: Division 1:................................................................................................... Sarah Eames, The Daily Star Division 2:............................................................................ Jim Franco, Colonie-Loudonville Spotlight Division 3:.................................................................................... Julia Hopkins, Watertown Daily Times C ATEGORY 3 2 — B EST N EWS OR F EATURE S ERIES Many fine examples of excellent research and writing — congratulations to: Division 1:........................................ Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong and Chip