PRESS CLUB OF LONG ISLAND - 2021 MEDIA AWARD RESULTS CATEGORY PLACEMENTS WORK INDIVIDUALS DIGITAL Best Use of Facebook 1st - News 12 Digital The New Normal Staff 2nd - Newsday Spotlighting Long Island's Iconic Restaurants Gabriella Vukeli, Susan Yale 3rd - Newsday Newsday Listening to Long Island Voices on the 2020 Presidential Election Best Use of Instagram 1st - News 12 Digital Caption videos Staff 2nd - James Lane Post @jameslanepost Jessica Mackin, Ty Wenzel 3rd - Newsday The future of Instagram: Reaching Gen Z with Gabriella Vukeli Reels Best Use of Newsletters 1st - Newsday Tracking the Coronavirus Anthony Bottan, Tara Conry, Doug Dutton, Erin Serpico 2nd - LIBeerGuide.com LIBeerGuide Brewsletter Bernie Kilkelly 3rd - The Weekly Dirt by Jessica The Weekly Dirt newsletter Jessica Damiano Damiano Garden Coach Best Social Media Campaign 1st - News 12 Digital The New Normal Staff 2nd - Newsday For Long Islanders, by Long Islanders: Providing Gabriella Vukeli, Newsday Staff community during an unsettling year Best Use of Social Media by an 1st - Newsday Daysi's Instagram Stories Daysi Calavia Robertson Individual 2nd - Newsday Joann Vaglica Instagram Joann Vaglica 3rd - Newsday Julia Elbaba's Instagram Stories, Reels, Julia Elbaba Instagram Lives Best Use of Social Media by an 1st - Newsday Personality-driven Instagram Stories Staff Organization 2nd - News 12 Digital News 12's Online Concert Series Staff 3rd - Newsday The Worst of Times for Small Businesses Gabriella Vukeli Best Use of Streaming Services 1st - News 12 Digital News 12 New York Staff Best Use of Twitter 1st - News 12 Digital News 12 Twitter Account Staff Best Use of YouTube 1st - News 12 Digital News 12 New York Staff Best Website 1st - Greater Long Island GreaterLongIsland.com Staff 2nd - News 12 Digital News12.com News 12 Digital 3rd - Newsday Newsday.com Newsday Staff Blog 1st - The Foggiest Idea The Foggiest Idea Richard Murdocco 2nd - News 12 Digital Social Justice News 12 Digital 3rd - FromLongIsland.com FromLongIsland.com Ann Parry Coronavirus 1st - WSHU Public Radio New Yorkers Prepare For COVID-19 Induced ShortageJ.D. OfAllen U.S. Organ Donors 2nd - Newsday Tracking the coronavirus on LI TC McCarthy, Matt Clark, Matt Cassella, Arthur Browne, Newsday Staff Interactive Presentation 1st - Newsday Sonny Franzese left a gruesome, glamorous trail forHeather nearly aDoyle, century Joe Diglio, Tara Conry, Sandra Peddie, Newsday Staff 2nd - Newsday Inside the Red Zone Staff 3rd - News 12 Digital Gilgo Beach: Unsolved Staff Investigative 1st - Newsday The Grumman Plume: Decades of Deceit James Stewart, Matt Cassella, Heather Doyle, Joe Diglio, Paul LaRocco, David M. Schwartz 2nd - News 12 Digital Team 12 Investigates: Leaving to Live Staff 3rd - Newsday They don't tell you anything, then your mother's Newsday Staff dead Multimedia Database 1st - Newsday LI Remembers Newsday Staff 2nd - News 12 Digital Our People Staff 3rd - Newsday Mobile party rentals on Long Island bring fun to Meghan Giannotta, Kristen Sullivan, Ian J. Stark your front door Race & Diversity 1st - Newsday Long Island's diverse Acts of Kindness Rachel Weiss Social Media Video 1st - Newsday His dog was dying. Flying overseas was his only hope.Gabriella Vukeli 2nd - News 12 Digital The Climb: Inside the Jones Beach Tower Greg Cannella User Engagement Campaign 1st - News 12 Digital News 12 Engage: The COVID Edition Staff 2nd - Newsday Tracking the Coronavirus: Newsday's daily text Gabriella Vukeli, Erin Serpico alerts 3rd - News 12 Digital Food Fight Christine McGrath, Erin Colton Website Home Page Design 1st - News 12 Digital News12.com Staff 2nd - Newsday Newsday.com Matthew Cassella, Anthony Carozzo, James Stewart, Newsday Staff 3rd - GreaterLongIsland.com GreaterLongIsland.com Staff NARRATIVE Arts 1st - Newsday A Rocky Horror cult film haven at Uniondale's MiniRafer Cinema Guzman 2nd - The Independant Eric Fischl And The Saints of Sag Harbor Bridget LeRoy 3rd - Dan's Papers All Eyes on Bonac Blind David Taylor Best Community Weekly Newspaper1st - The Express News Group The Sag Harbor Express The Express News Group Best Headline 1st - Newsday Pandemic is Last Straw for Some Living Paycheck-to-PaycheckJonalyn Schuon 2nd - The Fire Island News Diamonds on the Soul of Our Shores: The Story Shoshanna McCollum, Emma Boskovski of Fire Island Sand 3rd - Newsday 10 years. 10 bodies. 0 arrests. Gabriella Vukeli, Heather Doyle, Mandy Hofmockel Best Magazine 1st - Newsday FeedMe Staff 2nd - The Express News Group The Express Magazine The Express News Group Staff 3rd - Shema Magazine Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Shema Magazine Sheri ArbitalJacoby, Len Schiff, Stu Botwinick Business 1st - Newsday The PPP James T. Madore 2nd - Newsday "Rise of the 'Last-Mile' Warehouse" James T. Madore 3rd - Newsday COVID-19 is costing hospitals billions David Reich-Hale Breaking News 1st - Merrick Herald Comprehensive coverage of Black Lives Matter protestsScott Brinton, Andrew Garcia, Alyssa Seidman, Bridget Downes, Ronny Reyes, Darwin Yanes, Christina Daly 2nd - Patch.com Christmas Day Blaze Ravages Long Island Church Peggy Spellman Hoey 3rd - The East Hampton Star Not Guilty! Former East Hampton CVS Manager Taylor K. Vecsey Is Cleared on All Counts Column 1st - Massapequan Observer Long Island Living Paul DiSclafani 2nd - Merrick Herald Three Columns Scott Brinton 3rd - Long Island Woman Catching Up With Carol Carol Silva Coronavirus 1st - Newsday In Crisis, care and tragedy on LI Jim Baumbach, Matt Clark, Paul LaRocco, Sandra Peddie, David M. Schwartz 2nd - Herald Community Newspaper Glen Cove Hospital Coverage Laura Lane 3rd - The East Hampton Star Saying Goodbye From a Safe Social Distance Taylor K. Vecsey Crime & Justice 1st - News 12 Digital Gilgo Beach: Unsolved Staff 2nd - Long Island Press LI's Human Trafficking Crisis Thrives in Shadows Maureen Ledden Rossi 3rd - Newsday A way back: Safe Harbor helps inmates prepare Joe Dziemianowicz for life on the outside Editorial/Commentary 1st - Blank Slate Media It's A Story As Clear as Black and White Judy Epstein 2nd - Long Island Press Media Blaming: Not a Coronavirus Cure Timothy Bolger 3rd - Karl Grossman "Give Light And The People Will Find Their Own Karl Grossman Way" Education Reporting 1st - Campus News Reaching Out to At-Risk Students Dave Paone 2nd - Stony Brook Magazine A Faculty Perspective on How 2020 Will Change Liza Burby Us 3rd - The Long Island Advocate Freeport High tackles online obstacles Damali Ramirez Entertainment 1st - Newsday When The Boss played CW Post Dave Criblez 2nd - Newsday An Anne Frank Moment Mary Gregory 3rd - Long Island Weekly Two Great Tastes That Go Together Dave Gil De Rubio Environment 1st - The Long Island Advocate Climate change affecting more than humans on LongPriscila Island Korb 2nd - News 12 Digital Battleground: The Sunrise Fire of 1995 Staff 3rd - Newsday The Grumman Plume: Decades of Deceit Paul LaRocco, David M. Schwartz, Jeffrey Basinger Food and Beverage 1st - Newsday How 2 LI restaurants are beating the odds of survivalScott Vogel 2nd - Newsday Why Long Islanders love their bacon, egg and Corin Hirsch cheese sandwiches 3rd - Newsday LI's best pizza Erica Marcus Government & Politics 1st - The Fire Island News Islip Explores Outsourcing Atlantique Marina OperationsLaura Schmidt Health 1st - The Well by Northwell The Immunity Series: Sheri ArbitalJacoby 2nd - Long Island Woman The Future of Fitness: Long Island Pros and Elyce Neuhauser Participants Speak 3rd - The Well by Northwell Plant-Based Eating For Better Family Health Sheri ArbitalJacoby History 1st - Newsday History in Plane Sight John Hanc 2nd - Newsday Treasures from the deep: Divers discover a Civil Bill Bleyer War-era shipwreck off LI coast 3rd - Dan's Papers Mansions of the Guilded Age: Opulence Finds a Jessica Mackin New Home Humor 1st - The Independant Love Spells Are For The Birds Heather Buchanan 2nd - Massapequan Observer A Few Hours at the DMV Paul DiSclafani 3rd - Blank Slate Media A Look On The Lighter Side: "My home is outed Judy Epstein by Zoom at every click" In-Depth Report/Series 1st - The East Hampton Star Son Gets 30 Years, Mother Speaks Out - Three PartTaylor Series K. Vecsey 2nd - News 12 Digital Gilgo Beach: Unsolved Staff 3rd - The Long Island Advocate The Opioid Epidemic on Long Island Claire Blaha, Robert Traverso, Angelo Vansant, Alexandra Whitbeck, Annemarie LePard Investigative 1st - Newsday In Crisis, care and tragedy on LI Jim Baumbach, Matt Clark, Paul LaRocco, Sandra Peddie, David M. Schwartz 2nd - Newsday The Grumman Plume: Decades of Deceit David M. Schwartz, Paul LaRocco, Jeffrey Basinger 3rd - News 12 Digital Team 12 Investigates: Leaving to Live Staff Lifestyle Feature 1st - Newsday Rooted in Faith: Religious groups' gardens feed moreJessica than Damiano the soul 2nd - Newsday Pandemic Family Stress: Making It Work When Liza Burby Grown Kids Move Back Home 3rd - Newsday A dog's (great) life Scott Vogel Neighborhood/Community 1st - Newsday After losing her husband to COVID-19, animal loverRachel keeps Weiss pet pantry going 2nd - Newsday LI boy with hemophilia couldn't play soccer Rachel Weiss during pandemic. His coaches found a way 3rd - Dan's Papers Harvesting Hope In Hard Times Jessica Mackin Non-Local News/Feature 1st - News 12 Digital The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos: 1 Year Later Staff 2nd - The Independant Feeding Ourselves: Victory Gardens Return Bridget LeRoy 3rd - Nassau Herald We knew we were the lucky ones' Jeffrey Bessen Profile 1st - Newsday American Gangster Sandra Peddie, Bobby Cassidy, Raychel Brightman,