Monday, April 10, 2006

Non-Wedding-Related News: We ROCK.

The annual New York Press Association conference was held this past weekend; Metroland won NINE awards, including FOUR in first-place! That's the most we've ever won in the years we have been a NYPA member.

First Place awards:

Writer of the Year (Rick Marshall) (Congratulations RICK!!!)
Coverage of Agriculture
Coverage of Education
Coverage of the Environment

Second Place awards:

Overall Design Excellence
Rookie Reporter of the Year (David King) (Congratulations David!!!)
Coverage of Religion

Third Place awards:

Past Presidents’ Award for General Excellence
Coverage of Business/Financial/Economic News

Also:

Metroland finished fifth in total contest points for single-flag newspapers.



You can read the write-ups of the winners here.

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