GENEVA — For the second year in a row, the New York State Associated Press Association has honored the Finger Lakes Times as a Newspaper of Distinction. The Times repeated in the Under-25,000 Circulation category. The Observer Dispatch of Utica, Albany Times Union, and Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester also were judged as the best newspapers in their respective circulation categories. In addition, the Times was honored with two first-place, one second-place and two third-place in writing categories, awards that had been announced previously. Managing Editor Chuck Schading, Life by the Lakes editor and writer Susan Clark Porter and “Going the Distance” columnist J. Scott Porter made the trip to the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse Wednesday night to accept the honors at the association’s annual banquet and awards ceremony. The entire news product, print and digital, was judged in the Newspaper of Distinction competition. The NYSAPA program is one of the oldest and most competitive journalistic competitions for daily newspapers in the state. More newspapers were entered in the Under-25,000 division than any other. This year’s contest was judged by panels of journalists from out of state. The association’s top honors — Newspapers of Distinction, Mike Hendricks Young Journalist of the Year and the Cromie and Kolenberg awards for photography — were announced last night. Here’s a look at the other awards won by the Times: • BUSINESS/FINANCE: Reporter Jim Miller won first place for his three-part series, “Finger Lakes Economy 2013: Where We Were, Where We Are and Where We’re Going.” The series, which ran from March 31 to April 2, focused on the lingering affects of the Great Recession. • SPORTS COLUMNS: Executive Editor Mike Cutillo won first place for “The night the Soviets came,” a July 22, 2012, column focusing on a little known but nationally significant basketball game — Team USA lost to the Soviet Union 83-82 — played at Canandaigua Academy in 1971. In the same category, Scott Porter took third place for his regular running column, “Going the Distance,” which appears the second and fourth Mondays of each month in the Times. • BRIGHTEST HEADLINE: Managing Editor Chuck Schading took second place for “One hail of a day,” the headline for a May 22 story about a severe storm in the area that included strong winds and golf-ball-sized hail. • ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT WRITING: Reporter/editor Susan Clark Porter won third place for “A fond farewell,” a June 17, 2012, Life by the Lakes story about the retirement of longtime Waterloo dance teacher Marietta Strally.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:55:56 +0000
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