L-R: Neighb News Editor Beth David and reporter Jean Perry pose with the first place prize they received for government reporting at the New England Newspaper and Press Association journalism awards banquet on 4/30/22. Photo courtesy of NENPA.
The Neighb News won two awards in the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s Better Newspaper competition for journalism in the weeklies under 5,000 category, at the awards banquet on Saturday, 4/30/22. Editor Beth David and former reporter Jean Perry took first place for government reporting for their story, “Graves Named Interim TA Despite Concerns,” that ran on 1/14/21. “Fairhaven residents can thank Beth David for doing the work town officials should have done,” the judges wrote. “David dug into the shaky financial history of the interim town administrator with solid reporting and good writing. Bonus points for providing the full text of the subject’s full responses at the end of the story.”
Margie Green Joseph took a third place in the Feature Photo category for weeklies for her picture of a kiteboarder at Town Beach that ran on 10/8/20, with the headline “Taking advantage of a warm October afternoon.”
The competition drew nearly 2,000 entries that were published between 8/1/20 and 7/31/21. All results are available at nenpa.com
Margie Green Joseph poses with the third place award she received in the Feature Photo category at the New England Newspaper and Press Association journalism awards banquet on 4/30/22, for a photo that ran in the Neighb News. Photo by Beth David.
It’s always a good night when you get to play in the same sandbox as Peter Pereira, the multi (multi-multi) award winning photographer from the Standard-Times, our friendly competitors on the other side of the river, seen here with Margie Green Joseph, who won an award for her photograph that ran in the Neighb News, and posing for pics at the New England Newspaper and Press Association journalism awards banquet on 4/30/22. Photo by Beth David.
The sun sets as a kiteboarder lifts up from the water while taking advantage of a warm day in October on Saturday, 10/3/20, at West Island Town Beach in Fairhaven. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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