N EW Y ORK P RESS A SSOCIATION 2 0 1 6 B ETTER N EWSPAPER C ONTEST elebrating CCNewspaperelebrating Excellence N EW Y ORK P RESS A SSOCIATION 2 0 1 6 B ETTER N EWSPAPER C ONTEST AAnd the Winners Are … TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR PAGE 2...........Excellence Award Winners The Sag Harbor Express PAGE 3...........Top Five Newspapers PAGE 4...........Most Competitive Categories PAGE 5...........Rookie of the Year STUART C. DORMAN AWARD PAGE 6...........Winners Listing PAGE 7...........Writer of the Year Editorial Excellence PAGE 8...........Winners Listing The Sag Harbor Express PAGE 9...........Sports Writer of the Year PAGE 10........Winners Listing PAGE 11........Photographer of the Year JOHN J. EVANS AWARD PAGE 12........Winners Listing PAGE 13........Best Front Page Advertising Excellence PAGE 14........Winners Listing The Sag Harbor Express PAGE 15........Best Special Section Cover PAGE 16........Winners Listing PAGE 17........Best Sports Action Photo PAGE 18........Winners Listing 2016 WRITER OF THE YEAR 2016 ROOKIE REPORTER OF THE YEAR PAGE 19........Community Leadership Stephen J. Kotz Ben Strack PAGE 20........Winners Listing The Sag Harbor Express Oceanside / Island Park Herald PAGE 21........Overall Design Excellence PAGE 22........Winners Listing PAGE 23........Best Small Space Ad 2016 SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR 2016 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PAGE 24........Winners Listing Christopher Barca Jim MacLean PAGE 25........Graphic Illustration Queens Chronicle Scarsdale Inquirer PAGE 26........Winners Listing PAGE 27........Best Art Photo PAGE 28........Winners Listing OMMUNITY EADERSHIP PAGE 29........Dorman and Evans Awards C L PAGE 30........College Awards Lake Placid News — First Place PAGE 31........High School Awards PAGE 32........Photo Collage PAST PRESIDENTS’ AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE PHOTO CREDITS Shelter Island Reporter — First Place, Division 1 F RONT C OVER The Southampton Press - Eastern — First Place, Division 2 TOP - GIRL IN LIBRARY Ithaca Times — First Place, Division 3 Jim MacLean The Rivertowns Enterprise BOTTOM LEFT - GRADUATES IN HUDSON BEST FRONT PAGE Tim Lamorte The Rivertowns Enterprise Shelter Island Reporter — First Place, Division 1 BOTTOM RIGHT - POLITICAL DEMO The News-Review — First Place, Division 2 Donna Abbott-Vlahos Albany Business Review Chelsea Now — First Place, Division 3 The Sag Harbor Express — First Place, Division 4 B ACK C OVER TOP LEFT - “NIPPER” & ARNOFF Donna Abbott-Vlahos BEST EDITORIAL PAGE Albany Business Review The Southampton Press - Western — First Place 2ND LEFT - LIGHTENING STRUCK TREE Jim MacLean Williston Times — Second Place The Rivertowns Enterprise The Suffolk Times — Third Place 3RD LEFT - DOUBLE EXPOSURE Gay City News — Honorable Mention Tim Lamorte The Rivertowns Enterprise BOTTOM LEFT - OFF THE FIELD Tim Lamorte PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCELLENCE The Rivertowns Enterprise The East Hampton Press — First Place, Division 1 TOP RIGHT - ON STAGE Jim MacLean The Suffolk Times — First Place, Division 2 The Rivertowns Enterprise TOP CENTER - SIDEWALK Tim Lamorte OVERALL DESIGN EXCELLENCE The Rivertowns Enterprise Shelter Island Reporter — First Place, Division 1 MIDDLE CENTER - FAMILY BUSINESS SAVED Donna Abbott-Vlahos The Sag Harbor Express — First Place, Division 2 Albany Business Review BOTTOM CENTER - ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Tim Lamorte The Rivertowns Enterprise ADVERTISING EXCELLENCE 2ND RIGHT - BELLA FLEUR SHOPPE The News-Review — First Place Donna Abbott-Vlahos Albany Business Review — Second Place Albany Business Review The Wave — Third Place BOTTOM RIGHT - LONG JUMP Tim Lamorte The Southampton Press - Eastern — Honorable Mention 2 The Rivertowns Enterprise AAbout the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest … 184 newspapers submitted 2,957 entries. Participating newspapers competed for awards in 67 categories, and for Newspaper of the Year, the Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence and the John J. Evans Award for Advertising Excellence. 546 awards were presented during NYPA’s Spring Convention April 7th and 8th, 2017. 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: Times/Review Newspapers — 700 POINTS THE SUFFOLK TIMES, THE NEWS-REVIEW, SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER The Press Newspaper Group — 375 POINTS THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS - EASTERN, THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS - WESTERN, THE EAST HAMPTON PRESS S.I. Communications — 200 POINTS THE RIVERTOWNS ENTERPRISE, THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER, THE RECORD-REVIEW Herald Community Newspapers — 170 POINTS BALDWIN HERALD, BELLMORE HERALD, EAST MEADOW HERALD, EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD, ELMONT HERALD, FIVE TOWNS HERALD, FRANKLIN SQUARE HERALD, FREEPORT - THE LEADER, ISLAND PARK HERALD, LONG BEACH HERALD, LYNBROOK HERALD, MALVERNE HERALD, MERRICK HERALD, NASSAU HERALD, OCEANSIDE HERALD, OYSTER BAY GUARDIAN, ROCKVILLE CENTER HERALD, SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN, VALLEY STREAM HERALD, WANTAGH HERALD CITIZEN, WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD, THE JEWISH STAR, THE RIVERDALE PRESS Ogden Newspapers — 155 POINTS ADIRONDACK DAILY ENTERPRISE, LAKE PLACID NEWS THE TOP FIVE — SINGLE FLAG NEWSPAPERS TOTAL CONTEST POINTS: The Sag Harbor Express — 415 POINTS Press-Republican — 230 POINTS The Daily Gazette — 160 POINTS TIE: Albany Business Review — 105 POINTS TIE: Epoch Times — 105 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL EDITORIAL CONTEST POINTS: The Sag Harbor Express — 320 POINTS The Suffolk Times — 190 POINTS The News-Review — 185 POINTS Shelter Island Reporter — 155 POINTS Press-Republican — 130 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL ADVERTISING CONTEST POINTS: The Sag Harbor Express — 70 POINTS NYNAME WINNERS Albany Business Review — 60 POINTS The Daily News — 185 POINTS Dan’s Papers — 50 POINTS Times Union — 170 POINTS TIE: Epoch Times — 40 POINTS Finger Lakes Times — 145 POINTS TIE: East Hampton Press — 40 POINTS The Daily Gazette — 100 POINTS TIE: The News-Review — 40 POINTS Watertown Daily Times — 85 POINTS 3 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:..............................................................................................Chris Knight, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Division 2:..............................................................................................................Frank G. Runyeon, City & State Division 3:..................................................................................................Chelsea Diana, Albany Business Review Division 4:.................................................................................................................Paul Squire, The Suffolk Times Division 5:...................................................................................................John Golden, The Village Times Herald Division 6:..............................................................................Michelle Trauring, The Southampton Press - Eastern C ATEGORY 3 0 — N EWS S TORY The quality of the entries in this category was outstanding — congratulations to: Division 1:.........................................................................................................Jim Kevlin, The Freeman’s Journal Division 2:..........................................................................................................Dan Miner, Business First of Buffalo Division 3:.......................................................................................................Denise A. Raymo, Press-Republican C ATEGORY 4 4 — F EATURE P HOTO ( S ) The judges had a particularly difficult time with this very competitive category — congratulations to: Division 1:......................................................................................Antonio Olivero, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Division 2:..................................................................................................Kyril Bronley, The East Hampton Press Division 3:..............................................................................................................Gabe Dickens, Press-Republican C ATEGORY 2 8 — I N -D EPTH R EPORTING Many fine examples of excellent research and writing — congratulations to: Division 1:..........................................................................................................................The Sag Harbor Express Division 2:.....Grant Parpan, Chris Lisinski, Nicole Smith, Rachel Young and Joseph Pinciaro, The Suffolk Times Division 3:............................................................Jimmy Lawton and Andy Gardner, North Country This Week Division 4:.................................................................................................................................Merrick Herald Life C ATEGORY 4 5 — S PORTS A CTION P HOTO ( S ) Catching the right image at the right time — congratulations to: Division 1:.................................................................................................Benjamin Patton, The Walton Reporter Division 2:....................................................................................................Jim MacLean, The Scarsdale Inquirer Division 3:..................................................................................................................Ed