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GSABJ announces winners for 2007 awards
SHREWSBURY – The Garden State Association of Black Journalists
announced today the winners of the 2007 Journalism awards contest.
The Star-Ledger of Newark led the way with five winners in the print
categories and the Record of Hackensack had the second-most winners
with two. The Asbury Park Press in Neptune and the Jersey Journal in
Jersey City each had an individual winner.
News 12 New Jersey in Edison swept the television categories and the
Trentonian’s
L.A. Parker was selected as GSABJ’s Journalist of the Year.
“This year’s entries strongly exemplified well-written and well-produced
stories about the lives of African-Americans living in New Jersey,” said
GSABJ president Sherlon Christie, a sports reporter at the Asbury Park Press
in Neptune.
PRINT
Journalist of the Year
L.A. Parker, Trentonian
Breaking News,
Jonathan Casiano, Kevin Dilworth, Brad Parks and Jonathan Schuppe, The Star-Ledger,
Orange Cop Shooting
Criticism
Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, Manufacturing Ideas: Artist William Pope’s
Black Factory engages audiences
Commentary
Lawrence Aaron, The Record, Beating Back the Expectation of Failure
Editorial
Joan Whitlow, The Star-Ledger, Crying Out for Murdered Kids
Profile
Barry Carter, The Star Ledger, Finding Strength Without Kiernan (Orange Police
Detective)
Community Impact
Paul Johnson, The Record, Stories from Black History Month: Health, College,
Education Wealth and Slave Ancestry.
Feature
Karyn D. Collins, Asbury Park Press, HIV On Rise For Women.
Business
Jarrett Renshaw, The Jersey Journal, One Old-timer Standing Her Ground
Sports
Kevin Manahan, The Star-Ledger, For Rutgers’ Rice, One Painful Loss
TELEVISION
Profile
John Bathke & Ed Hannon, News 12 New Jersey, “On the Scene: Life
Under Glass”
Feature
Della Crews, News 12 New Jersey, Spotlight New Jersey, NJ PAC “Wachovia
Jazz for Teens”.
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