It’s early summer, which brings us steamy weather, outdoors activities and, if you’re a journalist in Pennsylvania, the year’s most anticipated press awards.
This week, we learned that TheBurg received 26 individual and group Keystone Media Awards, a peer-reviewed contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA) Foundation. This year, PNA received 1,513 entries from 119 news organizations throughout Pennsylvania, with entries judged by working journalists in other states.
Our awards were the most we’ve ever received in a single contest. They cover a wide range of areas, including reporting, writing, photography, illustration and design and include the prestigious “Sweepstakes” award for the best performance statewide in our category. Earlier this year, TheBurg also won the “Sweepstakes” award in the PNA Foundation’s annual advertising contest.
But let us delay no further. As I have in previous years, I have all the winners listed below, with links so you can see what the judges deemed to be some of the best work done statewide in 2024. In some cases, we’re sharing just a sample of the entry, which included multiple stories in the submission.
REPORTING/WRITING AWARDS
News Beat Reporting: First Place, Maddie Gittens, Business Beat (2 of 5 submitted stories shown below)
News Feature Story: First Place, Diane McCormick
News Feature Story: Honorable Mention, Diane McCormick
Business or Consumer Story: First Place, Diane McCormick
Business or Consumer Story: Maddie Gittens, Honorable Mention
Editorial Writing: Lawrance Binda, First Place (3 editorials)
Column Writing: First Place, Lawrance Binda (3 columns)
Column Writing: Honorable Mention, Lawrance Binda (3 columns)
Personality Profile: Honorable Mention, Diane McCormick
Lifestyle/Entertainment Beat: First Place, Gina Napoli (2 of 5 submitted stories shown below)
Lifestyle/Entertainment Beat: Honorable Mention, Bob MacGinnes (2 of 5 submitted stories shown below)
Headline Writing: Lawrance Binda, First Place, Second Place and Honorable Mention (4 of 12 winning headlines shown below)
Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Second Place, Diane McCormick, Molly Pavlovich, Maddie Gittens & Stuart Landon (2 of 5 submitted stories shown below)
Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Honorable Mention, Alex Hayes, Maddie Gittens & Jolie Lloyd (2 of 5 submitted stories shown below)
ART/DESIGN AWARDS
Graphic/Photo Illustration: First Place, Rich Hauck
Graphic/Photo Illustration: Second Place, Rich Hauck
Graphic/Photo Illustration: Honorable Mention, Rich Hauck
Photo Story/Essay: First Place, Wesson Radomsky
Photo Story/Essay: Honorable Mention, Emmitt Dwight McKell
News Page Design: First Place, Meg Caruso (3 designs)
News Page Design: Honorable Mention, Mary McMillen
Feature Page Design: First Place, Meg Caruso (3 designs)
Feature Page Design: Second Place, Meg Caruso (3 designs)
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