Winners for 2021 Excellence in Journalism contest announced
An outdoor event to celebrate the winners of our Excellence in Journalism contest is planned for Saturday, June 25, from noon-4 p.m. at the Ansonia Nature Center pavilion, 10 Deerfield Road, Ansonia. More details here.
Click here to see winners of this year’s college contest.
All Media Special Awards
First Amendment Award
First Place
A free press, a fair election; Good Morning Wilton; Heather Borden Herve
Stephen A. Collins
Public Service Award
First Place
Lost to abuse; Hearst CT Media; Clare Dignan,
Verónica Del Valle
Theodore Driscoll Award
for Investigative Reporting
First Place
Policing the police; Hearst CT Media; Bill Cummings
Arts & Entertainment
Hyperlocal
First Place
Conversations with the irrepressible Dolly
Curtis; Easton Courier; Jane Paley, Richard Falco
Second Place
Cultivating wellbeing, belonging, curiosity, and
empathy through art; East Haven Courier;
Pem McNerney
Third Place
Darien group uses art to paint picture of
equality; Darien Times; Susan Shultz
Regional A
First Place
Styx = grilled cheese; Waterbury Republican-American; Michael Chaiken
Second Place
Youth performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ aiming
to teach conflict resolution; New Haven
Register; Ben Lambert
Regional B
First Place
After BLM silencing, choral censorship battle
reaches national stage; Arts Paper;
Lucy Gellman
Second Place
Local artist remembered for making ‘community
beautiful’; Record-Journal; Devin Leith-Yessian
Magazine
First Place
An artist out of Aesop; WAG Magazine; Phil
Hall
Second Place
The Remains look back; Connecticut Magazine; Michael Catarevas
Broadcast
First Place
Ballet is for everyone; News 12; Annalisa
Klebers,Christopher Wood
Audio Storytelling
Hyperlocal
First Place
Navel gazing podcast: The Valley Indy’s
post-election autopsy; Valley Independent
Sentinel; Eugene Driscoll
Second Place
Navel gazing podcast: Lauretti, DOT Boss, VCOG
Rick talk multi-million dollar train station grant; Valley Independent Sentinel; Eugene Driscoll
Regional A
First Place
Looking for the Todt family; The Day; Taylor
Hartz, Sten Spinella, Peter Huoppi, Carlos Virgen
Second Place
We spoke to residents whose lives have been
forever changed by COVID-19. These are their stories.; Hartford Courant; Michael Hamad, Timothy Reck
Magazine
First Place
Author Dan Crowley & SCSU President Dr. Joe
Bertolino; Connecticut Voice; Christopher Byrne
Broadcast
First Place
Juveniles, joyrides, & justice; WNPR; Walter
Smith Randolph, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Jim Haddadin
Second Place
31st July 2021 Edition; Connecticut East This Week; Brian Scott-Smith
Third Place
2nd January 2021 Edition; Connecticut East This Week; Brian Scott-Smith
Breaking News
Hyperlocal
First Place
Ansonia police investigate shooting; city
researching surveillance system; Valley
Independent Sentinel; Eugene Driscoll,
Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Second Place
Derby police officer shoots person on Division
Street; Valley Independent Sentinel;
Eugene Driscoll
Regional A
First Place
Former Hartford police sergeant keeps teen from
jumping off Founders Bridge; Hartford
Courant; Christine Dempsey
Second Place
Opponents of mandatory vaccinations for public
school dominate hearing; Hearst CT Media;
Ken Dixon
Regional B
First Place
Flooding; New
Britain Herald; Justin Muszynski
Second Place
‘It’s really unreal:’ Wilbur Cross students
rattled after lockdown; Arts Paper;
Lucy Gellman
Broadcast
First Place
Eviction orders spiked in Connecticut when
federal moratorium lapsed; WNPR; Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Jim Haddadin, Walter Smith
Randolph
Second Place
A small jet crashes into a bulding in Farmington;
WTIC-AM; John
Silva
Third Place
Hurricane Ida cleanup; News 12; John
Craven, Mark Sogofsky
Business
Hyperlocal
First Place
Darien man’s cereal company gets nationwide
attention; Darien Times; Susan Shultz
Second Place
DeLauro visits downtown Branford merchants to
gauge recovery efforts; The Sound;
Pam Johnson
Regional A
First Place
‘There’s no one easy explanation’ why restaurant
workers left industry; The Day; Erica Moser
Second Place
The fourth estate’s future; Waterbury Republican-American; Michael Puffer
Third Place
Connecticut diners could expect to pay more for
menu items; Hartford Courant; Susan Dunne
Regional B
First Place
Newtown diner; News-Times; Rob Ryser
Second Place
Flip enriches middleman, burns tenants; New Haven Independent; Tom Breen
Third Place
Increased demand for bicycles, repairs fueled by
pandemic; Journal Inquirer; Matthew P. Knox
Magazine
First Place
Stopping embezzlement: How to protect your
business from the thief within; New Haven
Biz; Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Second Place
In the black; Today Magazine; Bruce Deckert
Third Place
New Haven-area manufacturers anticipate
long-term impacts — some positive — from supply chain crisis; New Haven Biz; Liese
Klein
Broadcast
First Place
Cannabis billboards; NBC 30; Katherine
Loy, Garett Allison, Jonathan Wardle
Second Place
The Porch; News 12; Mark Sudol, Mark Sogofsky
Third Place
Rein’s Deli dealing with kosher meat, worker
shortage; NBC 30; Caitlin Burchill, David Mulligan
Continuing Coverage
Hyperlocal
First Place
Water company controversy; Fairfield Citizen; Katrina Koerting
Second Place
Police, fire officials sex assault case; Shelton Herald; Donald
Eng, Brian Gioiele
Third Place
Coverage of controversy over proposed chicken
slaughterhouse approved in residential neighborhood; Easton Courier; Ann
Marie Somma, Kelly Wendt
Regional A
First Place
State lawmaker arrest; Connecticut Post; Brian Lockhart
Second Place
CNN staffer charged; Hearst CT Media; Tara O’Neill, Liz Hardaway, Peter Yankowski
Third Place
Covid and group homes; Hearst CT Media; Julia Bergman
Regional B
First Place
Inappropriate conduct in schools investigation;
Middletown Press; Cassandra Day, Adam Hushin
Second Place
Heat shut off; New Britain Herald; Erica Drzewiecki
Third Place
Grand Cafe occupation; Arts Paper; Lucy
Gellman
Magazine
First Place
Delicious; Seasons Magazine; Amy S. White
Broadcast
First Place
State trooper sentenced, resigns after 2019
drunk driving crash in cruiser; NBC 30;
Caitlin Burchill
Courts/Crime
Regional A
First Place
Hamden homicide victim was new father excited
for his upcoming high school graduation; New
Haven Register; Meghan Friedmann
Second Place
How the FBI ID’d a CT man in the U.S. Capitol
mob; Hearst CT Media; Dan Brechlin, Lidia Ryan, Bryan Haeffele
Regional B
First Place
She needs to come home; The Hour; Rich
Chumney
Second Place
Middletown mother of six fatally stabbed showed
strength in final moments, daughter says; Middletown Press; Cassandra Day
Magazine
First Place
On the trail of a killer; Connecticut Magazine; Erik Ofgang
Second Place
From Cuba to Connecticut; Today Magazine; Odalys
Bekanich
Broadcast
First Place
Car crime 2.0; NBC 30; Len Besthoff, Jonathan
Wardle, Jose Gomez
Second Place
Justice for Mari; News 12; Lauren Fabrizi, Keith
Sunthorn
COVID-Investigative
Regional A
First Place
A cancer patient was sent to prison for DUI. Two
months later, he was dead from COVID.; Connecticut
Mirror; Dave Altimari, Kelan Lyons
Second Place
COVID and Trump towns; Hearst CT Media; Jordan Fenster
Third Place
Griffin Health’s lucrative COVID testing
contracts; Connecticut Mirror; Dave Altimari
Regional B
First Place
After $2,774 COVID test, Dunner persists;
New Haven Independent; Tom Breen
Second Place
Are Danbury area political candidates
vaccinated?; News-Times; Currie Engel
Third Place
Effort to expand vaccine access continues in
Meriden amid challenges; Record-Journal;
Michael Gagne
Magazine
First Place
Business, interrupted: Insurance claims often
denied for pandemic-related business closures; New Haven Biz; Michelle Tuccitto
Sullo
Broadcast
First Place
Blue Hills FD PPP; NBC 30; Len
Besthoff, Jonathan Wardle
COVID-News
Hyperlocal
First Place
Ethics and responsibility — the social contract
of contact tracing after WHS outbreak; Good
Morning Wilton; Heather Borden Herve
Second Place
One year later–video interview with Wilton’s
(and CT’s) first COVID-19 patient, Chris Tillett; Good Morning Wilton; Heather Borden Herve
Third Place
Darien nurse beats COVID-19, returns to treating
pandemic patients; Darien Times; Susan Shultz
Regional A
First Place
COVID-19 long-haulers struggle with persistent
mental health issues; Hartford Courant;
Eliza Fawcett
Second Place
‘Barely a Band-Aid’: Experts say $600 stimulus
could be too little too late for struggling workers; New Haven Register; Brian Zahn
Third Place
Hill Health Center nurses make steep climb to
vaccinate seafarers; Connecticut Health
I-Team; Kate Farrish
Regional B
First Place
Local seniors struggle to schedule vaccinations,
face long wait times; Record-Journal;
Mary Ellen Godin
Second Place
Hunt for vaccines; News-Times; Currie
Engel
Third Place
Contact tracing — could it be telling us more?;
Record-Journal; Lauren Takores
Magazine
First Place
COVID shutdown; Today Magazine; Katherine Napier
Second Place
Sense of loss; Connecticut Magazine; Meg Weisberg
Broadcast
First Place
One year later: CT’s ‘patient zero’ reflects;
NBC 30; Heidi
Voight
Second Place
Therapy dog helps kids heal from pandemic;
NBC 30; Heidi
Voight, Gregg Monte
Third Place
Governor’s new COVID strategy; NBC 30; Nicholas
Doscher, Jamie Ratliff
COVID-Photo
Hyperlocal
First Place
A distanced show of support; Harbor News; Kelley
Fryer
Regional A
First Place
Getting vaccinated; New Haven Register; Arnold Gold
Second Place
Closing day; Hartford Courant; Mark Mirko
Third Place
Friendly hands; Hartford Courant; Mark Mirko
COVID-Series
Hyperlocal
First Place
COVID creativity; The Sound; Pem McNerney and Kelley
Fryer
Regional A
First Place
The lost year; The Day; Staff
Second Place
Connecticut’s uneven recovery; Connecticut Mirror; Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Kasturi Pananjady
Third Place
Reflect/rebuild; Hearst CT Media; Staff
Regional B
First Place
COVID-19 vaccine project; Record-Journal; Jareliz
Diaz, Mary Ellen Godin, Jesse Buchanan, Lauren Takores
Broadcast
First Place
The new normal; News 12; Chris Vaccaro, Kelly Drossel, Doug Geed, Erin Colton, Phil Dowling, Kevin Benjamin, Henry Salmaggi, Christine Amante, Sandrina Rodrigues, Christine McGrath, Shawn Brown, Elizabeth Hashagen
Second Place
The next normal CT; News 12; Mark Sudol, Mark Sogofsky
Data
Hyperlocal
First Place
Wiltons changing demographics: Census 2020
reveals more diversity, fewer children and lasting impact; Good Morning Wilton; Kathy Bonnist
Regional A
First Place
Women of color overrepresented in domestic
violence arrests, data show; Connecticut
Health I-Team; Lisa Backus
Second Place
Data show decrease in prison sex abuse reports,
survivor advocates say fear and ambivalence persist; Connecticut Health I-Team; W. Tanner Bryant, Jodie Mozdzer Gil
Third Place
COVID-19 risk level differs from town to town
based on how many people have been vaccinated; Hartford Courant; Tim Reck
Regional B
First Place
The highest-paid workers in north central
Connecticut towns do it with overtime; Journal
Inquirer; Eric Bedner
Broadcast
First Place
Failing foundations; News 12; News 12
Networks
Second Place
5 things to know about juvenile crime in
Connecticut; WNPR; Jim Haddadin
Diversity Coverage
Hyperlocal
First Place
Superintendent Harrison details difficult
decision to leave ER9 schools; Easton
Courier; Nancy Doniger, Richard Falco
Second Place
Sister, don’t give up; Trumbull Times; Don
Eng
Third Place
Fairfield group rebukes racist antagonists:
‘Never let them win’; Fairfield Patch;
Anna Bybee-Schier
Regional A
First Place
Deep roots drive Newhallville stakeholders to
advance neighborhood equity; Connecticut
Health I-Team; Sujata Srinivasan, Melanie
Stengel
Second Place
Targeting disparities in colorectal cancer
screening; Connecticut Health I-Team;
Elizabeth Heubeck
Third Place
UConn group, Connecticut photographer take on
anti-Asian violence and the fight against invisibility; Hartford Courant; Susan Dunne
Regional B
First Place
Danbury’s Hispanic population; News-Times; Julia
Perkins
Second Place
Fewer Black and Hispanic residents are getting
vaccines; Stamford Advocate; Verónica Del Valle
Third Place
From Jim Crow south to Connecticut, Meriden man
has spent lifetime battling racism; Record-Journal;
Jeffery Kurz
Magazine
First Place
MLK memorial; Today Magazine; Katherine Napier
Second Place
The secret lives of doctors: Dr. Marja Hurley,
the mentor; Connecticut Magazine; Theresa Sullivan Barger
Broadcast
First Place
Justice for all: Mental health in PD; News 12; Shosh
Bedrosian, John Dempsey, Frank Bruce
Second Place
1619 Project emails; NBC 30; Len
Besthoff, Jonathan Wardle
Editorial
Hyperlocal
First Place
GMW’s holiday message from the editor; Good Morning Wilton; Heather Borden Herve
Regional A
First Place
The history lessons taught on Jan. 6, 2021;
Hearst CT Media; John Breunig
Regional B
First Place
An insurrection that failed at the nation’s
Capitol; Record-Journal; Jeffery Kurz
Second Place
Connecticut Supreme Court takes a step backward;
Record-Journal; Glenn Richter
Editorial Cartoon
Regional A
First Place
Vaccine zeros; The Day; Jacinta Meyers
Regional B
First Place
COVID holidays; Record-Journal; Kevin Markowski
Second Place
Mill rate and pickleball; Record-Journal; Kevin
Markowski
Third Place
Community chest; Record-Journal; Justin Piccirillo
Education
Hyperlocal
First Place
Living the American dream, with help from SAE;
The Sound; Pam Johnson
Second Place
Wilton keeps Warriors name; Wilton Bulletin; J.D. Freda
Third Place
ER9 boards of education approve DEI surveys;
Easton Courier; Ann Marie Somma and Nancy Doniger
Regional A
First Place
Critical race theory has proved divisive. What
is it?; The Day; Erica Moser
Second Place
English learners and pandemic; Connecticut Post; Cayla Bamberger
Third Place
Like you ‘lost a piece of you’: Pandemic forces
CT students to apply to college with leaner resumes; New Haven Register; Brian Zahn
Regional B
First Place
You go into a panic; The Hour; Emily
Morgan
Second Place
Co-op gets into its back-to-school rhythm;
Arts Paper; Lucy Gellman
Third Place
I lived through hell; Stamford Advocate; Ignacio Laguarda
Magazine
First Place
Simple as ABC; Today Magazine; Bruce Deckert
Second Place
Back to school out and proud; Connecticut Voice; Dawn Ennis
Third Place
Yale’s $7B capital campaign reflects shifts in
nonprofit fundraising focus; New Haven
Biz; Liese Klein
Broadcast
First Place
As new school year begins, some
immunocompromised families feel left behind; WNPR; Walter Smith Randolph
Second Place
Girls future firefighter camp; NBC 30; Nicholas
Doscher, Jamie Ratliff
Third Place
Remote learning:
The student perspective; NBC 30;
Len Besthoff, Jonathan Wardle, Sarah Willson
Feature Photo
Hyperlocal
First Place
Snow day; The
Source; Kelley Fryer
Second Place
Children enjoying ride at Easton Fireman’s
Carnival; Easton Courier; Richard Falco
Third Place
A grand finale in Guilford; Guilford Courier; Wesley Bunnell
Regional A
First Place
Bird conservation; New Haven Register; Arnold Gold
Second Place
Whale yoga; The Day; Sarah Gordon
Third Place
Spaw treatment; The Day; Sean D. Elliot
Regional B
First Place
Tropical Storm Elsa leaves flooding, hazards on
local roads; Record-Journal; Aaron Flaum
Second Place
Beyond the branches; Record-Journal; Dave
Zajac
Third Place
Fall foliage in the park; Record-Journal; Aaron
Flaum
Magazine
First Place
Ghostly glitterati; Seasons Magazine; Stan Godlewski
Second Place
Still-life dancer; Connecticut Voice; Stan Godlewski
Third Place
Paddle on; Seasons Magazine; Stan Godlewski
Feature Story
Hyperlocal
First Place
After 70 years in limbo, Seymour soldier
accounted for; Valley Independent
Sentinel; Eugene Driscoll
Second Place
Megan Leubner: Crisis hero award winner; North Haven Courier; Jason J. Marchi
Third Place
Sign of spring: Darien roadside tradition takes
on added meaning this year; Darien Times;
Susan Shultz
Regional A
First Place
Escapes from Afghanistan, coordinated from a
home office in Connecticut; Connecticut
Mirror; Mark Pazniokas
Second Place
Alzheimer’s wedding; Hearst CT Media; Andrew DaRosa
Third Place
Good times and bad at the Lighthouse Inn;
The Day; John
Ruddy
Regional B
First Place
A rare glimpse of redemption; CTNewsJunkie; Lisa
Backus
Second Place
7 years later; News-Times; Rob Ryser
Third Place
Everything she did in the community was light:
Activist Maia Leonardo passes on at 28; Arts
Paper; Lucy Gellman
Magazine
First Place
The last of the Connecticut River watermen;
Estuary Magazine; David Holahan
Second Place
The founder; Connecticut Magazine; Rand Richards
Cooper
Third Place
The fabulous ’70s decade of after dark magazine;
Connecticut Voice; Frank Rizzo
Broadcast
First Place
Girl whisperer; News 12; Suzanne Goldklang, Frank
Bruce
Second Place
From prison to Trinity College; WFSB; Audrey
Russo
Third Place
One more chat with dad; News 12; Sean
McCabe
General Column
Hyperlocal
First Place
Buy Nothing Facebook groups build connection
during trying times; Valley Independent
Sentinel; Jodie Mozdzer Gil
Second Place
Winter weather report: Hot with a chance of
boiling over; Easton Courier; Richard Lechtenberg
Regional A
First Place
Enriching the rich; Connecticut Mirror; David Holahan
Second Place
MLK in CT and the continuing story of
segregation; Hearst CT Media; Hugh Bailey
Third Place
Let freedom ring?; Connecticut Mirror; David Holahan
Regional B
First Place
Critical race theory is our modern-day
‘Crucible’; CTNewsJunkie; Barth Keck
Second Place
Trump threw away his legacy on human trafficking;
Norwich Bulletin; Chandra Bozelko
Third Place
Is my son OK?; News-Times; Sandra Diamond Fox
Magazine
First Place
War torn; Connecticut
Magazine; Ron Farina
Second Place
Our storied collections; Connecticut Magazine; Albie Yuravich
Third Place
Running for my life; Connecticut Magazine; Joseph M. Korzon
Government
Hyperlocal
First Place
Citizen complaint sparks heated debate about
police records in Old Saybrook; Harbor
News; Eric O’Connell
Second Place
Easton to increase security at the polls
following breach; Easton Courier; Nancy Doniger, Ann Marie Somma
Third Place
Proposed zoning bills reveal political divide in
Darien; Darien Times; Susan Shultz
Regional A
First Place
Ned Lamont’s year in the shadow of COVID;
Connecticut Mirror; Mark Pazniokas
Second Place
Old Saybrook releases $190,000 settlement
records days before FOI hearing; New
Haven Register; Meghan Friedmann
Third Place
Trump supporters missing from State Capitol as
anticipated protest fizzles; Hearst CT
Media; Ken Dixon
Regional B
First Place
Latest clash in Stamford mayoral race; Stamford Advocate; Brianna Gurciullo
Second Place
State reps get personal as CROWN Act passes
house; Arts Paper; Lucy Gellman
Third Place
Anti-mask disruption; News-Times; Currie
Engel
Broadcast
First Place
Sedition hunters; NBC 30; Len Besthoff, Jonathan
Wardle, Lorraine Roe
Second Place
Helping firefighters with cancer; News 12; John
Craven, MarkSogofsky
Headline
Hyperlocal
First Place
Headllines from the sound; The Sound; Pam
Johnson
Regional A
First Place
Hot dog days of summer; red zone blues; vaccine
boost; New Haven Register; Susan Nusbaum
Second Place
Ruddy headlines; The Day; John Ruddy
Third Place
Water logged; hail to the Yalies; open bar;
New Haven Register; Susan Nusbaum
Regional B
First Place
Haze, companies, spirit; News-Times; Lynn
Schnier
Second Place
Organ tranplant / Sweet dreams satisfied / Full
STEAM ahead; Greenwich Time; Ashley Winchester
Third Place
Prayer, fishing, noise; News-Times; Lynn
Schnier
Magazine
First Place
War torn; The dark of light; The mother of all
voices; Connecticut Magazine; Albie Yuravich
Second Place
Down south for the count; Off the beaten paths;
Goose is cooking; Connecticut Magazine;
Greg Moody
Health
Regional A
First Place
Medical providers are taking nature therapy
seriously; Connecticut Health I-Team;
Jenifer Frank
Second Place
For some transgender people, pandemic paves path
to transition; Connecticut Health I-Team;
Carol Leonetti Dannhauser
Third Place
Yale Study links housing instability and risky
sexual behaviors; Connecticut Health
I-Team; Kate Farrish
Regional B
First Place
Undercounted; News-Times; Currie Engel, Shayla
Colon
Second Place
Artists team up to “vacúnate Fair Haven”;
Arts Paper; Lucy Gellman
Third Place
Officials: In Northwest CT, ‘There aren’t a lot
of resources’ to address rural health care needs; Register Citizen; Emily M. Olson
Magazine
First Place
Since the lockdown, drinking among women is a
growing health problem; Connecticut
Magazine; Theresa Sullivan Barger
Second Place
Concussion symptoms can be devastating. But what
happpens when they won’t go away?; Connecticut
Magazine; Theresa Sullivan Barger
Third Place
Helping teens find their authentic selves;
Connecticut Voice; Jane Latus
Broadcast
First Place
Help coming for undocumented immigrants trapped
in Connecticut hospitals; WNPR; Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
Second Place
Therapy dog helps kids heal from pandemic;
NBC 30; Heidi
Voight, Gregg Monte
Third Place
Bringing mommy home to die; News 12; Frank
Recchia, Lori Golias
Humorous Column
Hyperlocal
First Place
The great silverware caper of 1908; Easton Courier; Bruce
Nelson
Second Place
It’s weird to be normal; Guilford Courier; Julianna Gribbins
Regional A
First Place
Happy to be taken for a ride; Hearst CT Media; John Breunig
Second Place
Miss Misinformation pageant; Connecticut Mirror; David Holahan
Third Place
The secret language of autism; Hearst CT Media; John Breunig
Regional B
First Place
My beef with Mr. Harding; Record-Journal; Glenn
Richter
Second Place
Is it me, or is it … ? Oh, it’s me; Record-Journal; Glenn
Richter
Magazine
First Place
Final thoughts; Seasons Magazine; Matthew Dicks
Second Place
Adventures with the weed; Connecticut Magazine; A. H. Saxon
In-Depth
Hyperlocal
First Place
Superintendent Harrison details difficult
decision to leave ER9 schools; Easton
Courier; Nancy Doniger, Richard Falco
Second Place
They helped us, now we can help them; North Haven Courier; Pem McNerney
Regional A
First Place
From Kabul to New Haven: 30 hours to freedom;
The Day; Taylor
Hartz
Second Place
‘A record of rejection.’ State batting away one
group’s onslaught of election fraud claims; Hearst CT Media; Ken Dixon
Regional B
First Place
Stop pointing fingers, we all lost Afghanistan;
Greenwich Time; David Rafferty
Second Place
Train station passes; The Hour; Abigail
Brone
Magazine
First Place
Submarine down!; Connecticut Magazine; Michael J.
Bielawa
Second Place
Invisible empire: The history of the KKK in Connecticut;
Connecticut Magazine; Christopher Hoffman
Third Place
From Vietnam to snow patrol; Today Magazine; Bruce
Deckert
Broadcast
First Place
East Windsor officer goes over the line; NBC 30; Len
Besthoff, Jonathan Wardle
Second Place
Connecticut remembers 9/11, 20 years later;
NBC 30; Heidi
Voight, Lorraine Roe, Jon Wardle, Thea DiGiammerino, Keisha Grant, Kevin
Nathan, Len Besthoff, Dan Corcoran, Dominique Moody, Katherine Loy
Third Place
Book sales and borrowing rise during COVID;
NBC 30; Nicholas
Doscher, Jamie Ratliff
Infographic Design
Regional A
First Place
Chaos at the Capitol; Hearst CT Media; Bryan Haeffele, Ian Murren
Second Place
Winds of change; The Day; Scott Ritter
Third Place
How much water do we use?; Hearst CT Media; Bryan Haeffele
Regional B
First Place
UConn women in the Final Four; Journal Inquirer; Hollister Breslin
Infographic Reporting
Regional A
First Place
The language of the pandemic; The Day; Maria
Reagan, Timothy Cotter
Second Place
2021 Connecticut town-by-town municipal election
results; Hartford Courant; Tim Reck
Investigative
Hyperlocal
First Place
Fairfield PD captain resigns after internal
affairs probe: report; Fairfield Patch;
Anna Bybee-Schier
Regional A
First Place
‘This will all be underwater’: As climate change
arrives in CT; Hartford Courant; Eliza Fawcett, Alex Putterman
Second Place
Rising seas; Hearst CT Media; Jordan Fenster
Regional B
First Place
Emails reveal debate over LGBTQ video in
Southington; Record-Journal; Jesse Buchanan
Second Place
How $100M+ flowed to megalandlords; New Haven Independent; Tom Breen
Magazine
First Place
Face to face with the greatest generation;
Today Magazine; Bruce Deckert
Broadcast
First Place
Failing foundations- crumbling conditions;
News 12; Shosh
Bedrosian, Christopher Wood, Frank Bruce
Second Place
Brewery surveillance video shows trooper’s
actions before drunk driving crash in Southbury; NBC 30; Caitlin Burchill
Third Place
As sperm donation demand increases, some seek
donors on social media; NBC 30; Caitlin Burchill, David Mulligan
Leisure
Hyperlocal
First Place
Sunday nature walk: Summer’s end; Easton Courier; Tomas
Koeck
Regional A
First Place
C’est magnifique!; The Day; Kristina
Dorsey
Second Place
They can chicken out; Connecticut Post; Ashley Winchester
Third Place
Ultimate New Haven pizza guide; Hearst CT Media; Leeanne Griffin
Regional B
First Place
Christmas Eve tradition declines; Feast of the
Seven Fishes less important for Italian-Americans; Journal Inquirer; Tim Leininger
Second Place
Returning to movie theaters; New Britain Herald; Erica Drzewiecki
Third Place
Who has the best fast-food chicken sandwich? JI
reporters rate seven of them; Journal
Inquirer; Tim Leininger
Magazine
First Place
Chef Danilo Mongillo reopens Strega, bringing
his across-the-Atlantic delights to Milford; Connecticut Magazine; James Gribbon
Second Place
The taste of home: the surprising vineyards of
the Connecticut River Valley; Estuary
Magazine; Eric D. Lehman, Amy Nawrocki
Third Place
The incredible shrinking lawn: How to create a
nature-friendly yard; Connecticut
Magazine; Theresa Sullivan Barger
Broadcast
First Place
Homegrown cannabis in CT; NBC 30; Len
Besthoff, Jonathan Wardle
Second Place
Road trip Norfolk; News 12; Lori
Golias
Third Place
Lasagna with love; News 12; Suzanne
Goldklang, Christina Alaio
Local Reporting
Hyperlocal
First Place
Still seeking justice for family lost on 9/11;
Easton Courier; Nancy Doniger
Second Place
A difficult day for Branford; The Sound; Pam
Johnson, Kelley Fryer
Third Place
He could have died; New Canaan Advertiser; Grace Duffield
Regional A
First Place
In Hamden and New Haven, ex-offenders fight
violence on the front lines; New Haven
Register; Meghan Friedmann
Second Place
Homemade guns are showing up more at Connecticut
crime scenes, police say; Hartford
Courant; Christine Dempsey
Third Place
CT town at forefront of national debate over
facial recognition tech; New Haven
Register; Meghan Friedmann
Regional B
First Place
Everything she did in the community was light:
Activist Maia Leonardo passes on at 28; Arts
Paper; Lucy Gellman
Second Place
Local residents denounce riots; The Chronicle; Michelle
Warren
Magazine
First Place
Peace, comfort dogs, and joy; Seasons Magazine; Renee DiNino
Second Place
Coyotes calling; Today Magazine; Samantha Lewis
Broadcast
First Place
History is worth saving; News 12; Shosh
Bedrosian, Christopher Wood, John Dempsey, Christina Alaio
Second Place
‘Every kid deserves a chance to play’: Windsor
honors coach lost to COVID-19; NBC 30;
Heidi Voight, Gregg Monte
Third Place
Same spot at the table; News 12; Lauren
Fabrizi, Frank Bruce
News Photo
Hyperlocal
First Place
A day to remember: Guilford observes 20th
anniversary of 9/11; Guilford Courier;
Wesley Bunnell
Second Place
Girl with flag at Memorial Day Parade; Easton Courier; Richard
Falco
Regional A
First Place
Tree lighting; New Haven Register; Arnold Gold
Second Place
Standing for liberty; The Day; Sean D.
Elliot
Third Place
Visiting firebrand; The Day; Sean D.
Elliot
Regional B
First Place
Funeral of Officer Benjamin Lovett; Journal Inquirer; Jim Michaud
Non-Page 1 Layout
Regional A
First Place
9/11; Hearst
CT Media; Bryan Haeffele
Second Place
From beyond the grave; Waterbury Republican-American; Bill O’Brien
Third Place
The 14th Regiment, Connecticut; Waterbury Republican-American; Jim Flynn
Regional B
First Place
UConn basketball preview; Journal Inquirer; Hollister Breslin
Second Place
Celebrating 150 years; New Britain Herald; James Drzewiecki
Magazine
First Place
Off the beaten paths; Connecticut Magazine; Greg Moody
Second Place
Home & design guide; Connecticut Magazine; Alyson Moschcovich
Third Place
The Remains look back; Connecticut Magazine; Greg Moody
Page 1 Layout
Regional A
First Place
Pandemic deaths leave an irreplaceable void;
The Day; Scott
Ritter
Second Place
When the dream came to CT; Hearst CT Media; Sue Nusbaum
Third Place
Big blaze, big loss, big art; Waterbury Republican-American; Jim Flynn
Regional B
First Place
Funky, diverse; Greenwich Time; Susan Nusbaum
Second Place
Bonded by tragedy; News-Times; Lynn
Schnier
Magazine
First Place
River’s realty enriches valley; Today Magazine; Bruce
Deckert
Second Place
Connecticut Magazine 50th anniversary cover;
Connecticut Magazine; Ryan Olbrysh
Third Place
Fame and the Forrest Gump effect; Today Magazine; Bruce
Deckert
Photo Essay
Hyperlocal
First Place
The Easton Fireman’s Carnival is in town!;
Easton Courier; Richard Falco
Second Place
Easton celebrates Memorial Day; Easton Courier; Richard
Falco and Kelly Wendt
Regional A
First Place
Tropical Storm Henri in CT; Hearst CT Media; Staff
Second Place
Bone finder; Hearst CT Media; Patrick Sikes
Third Place
Danbury Mall shooting; Hearst CT Media; Liz Hardaway, Peter Yankowski, Tara O’Neill, Sandra Diamond Fox, H. John
Voorhees III, Patrick Sikes, Nicole Funaro, Lidia Ryan
Regional B
First Place
Mad science; Greenwich Time; Susan Nusbaum,
Christian Abraham
Second Place
Wadin’ and shadin’; Stamford Advocate; Susan Nusbaum, Christian Abraham
Third Place
Independence through art; Stamford Advocate; Susan Nusbaum,Christian Abraham
Magazine
First Place
Between two worlds; Seasons Magazine; Stan Godlewski
Second Place
Pilobolus dance; Connecticut Voice; Stan Godlewski
Third Place
The egg & I; Seasons Magazine; Mary Quinn
Religion
Hyperlocal
First Place
In search of grace; Easton Courier; Jane
Paley
Second Place
What it takes to get through the darkest of dark
times; The Sound; Pem McNerney
Regional A
First Place
Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe; Waterbury Republican-American; Jay Dunn
Second Place
Farewell, Father Joe; Waterbury Republican-American; Tracey O’Shaughnessy
Third Place
For Old Lyme minister, it’s social justice and
more; The Day; Elizabeth Regan
Regional B
First Place
Kapelye conjures Hanukkah miracles on Tower Lane;
Arts Paper; Lucy Gellman
Second Place
Queer And Christian: Children of God find the
light; Arts Paper; Leah Andelsmith
Third Place
A tinge of racial or religious fear; The Hour; Abigail
Brone
Magazine
First Place
Have faith: How LGBTQ+ clergy are welcoming us
home for the holidays; Connecticut Voice;
Dawn Ennis
Second Place
Going where the spirit leads; WAG Magazine; Phil
Hall
Broadcast
First Place
Exorcism in Stamford; News 12; Sean
McCabe, John Dempsey
Reporting Series
Hyperlocal
First Place
Students help beloved counselor find kidney
donor — right in town; Good Morning
Wilton; Kathy Bonnist, Heather Borden
Herve
Second Place
Making music; Valley Courier; Rita Christopher
Regional A
First Place
Lost to abuse; Connecticut Post; Clare Dignan,
Verónica Del Valle
Second Place
Planning for a changing climate; Connecticut Mirror; Jan Ellen Spiegel
Third Place
Fish tales: Life on the sea; The Day; Joe
Wojtas, Greg Smith, Erica Moser
Magazine
First Place
MLK’s vision; Today Magazine; Bruce Deckert,
Naviah Barrow, Katherine Napier, Lisa G. Samia, Sarah Thompson, Terri
Wilson
Broadcast
First Place
Back to in-person school: How the pandemic is
affecting Connecticut education; WNPR;
Walter Smith Randolph, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas,
Jim Haddadin
Second Place
Connecticut remembers 9/11, 20 years later;
NBC 30; Heidi
Voight, Lorraine Roe, Jon Wardle, Thea DiGiammerino, Keisha Grant, Kevin
Nathan, Len Besthoff, Dan Corcoran, Dominique Moody, Katherine Loy
Sports Column
Regional A
First Place
A daughter’s promise; Hearst CT Media; Jeff Jacobs
Second Place
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey’s COVID comments
ignorant and dangerous; Hearst CT Media;
Jeff Jacobs
Third Place
Like father, like son, both knew UConn football
was a challenge Jim Mora couldn’t resist; Hartford Courant; Dom Amore
Regional B
First Place
Gildea, Strand shared a special bond; The Chronicle; Mike
Sypher
Second Place
Rich kids sports offer road to Ivies; Greenwich Time; David
Rafferty
Third Place
When it comes to sports gambling, the game is
rigged; Greenwich Time; David Rafferty
Sports Feature
Hyperlocal
First Place
She just wanted to play; Valley Courier; Pem
McNerney
Second Place
Remembering Newington co-op’s historic 5 OT win;
CollinsvillePress.com; Gerry deSimas, Jr.
Third Place
Being grateful a key for Helstein during
pandemic; Greenwich Sentinel; Paul Silverfarb
Regional A
First Place
NFA senior Valeria Yraita-Zevallos draws
strength from the women who raised her; The
Day; Vickie Fulkerson
Second Place
UConn’s top 5; Hearst CT Media; David Borges
Third Place
The Equus Effect, an experiential equine program;
Hartford Courant; Lori Riley
Regional B
First Place
‘Big Guy’ leaves a lasting legacy; The Chronicle; Mike
Sypher
Second Place
Preparation, practice have helped Nick Grosso
get to the NCAA tournament; Connecticut
Wrestling Online; Gerry deSimas, Jr.
Third Place
A guardian over all of us; Record-Journal; Bryant
Carpenter
Magazine
First Place
Okwandu relishes recollection of UConn title;
Today Magazine; Nishant Gopalachar
Second Place
Raising the game; Seasons Magazine; Andrew Kelsey
Third Place
The beloved Hartford Whalers: A team that
continues to inspire to this day; Seasons
Magazine; Dennis House
Broadcast
First Place
Adaptive blind baseball; NBC 30; Matt
Finkel
Second Place
Grandma Marge; News 12; Marissa Alter, Jim Mennino
Third Place
A perfect game; NBC 30; Matt Finkel
Hyperlocal
First Place
Avon stops Lewis Mills to win CCC Tier 4 title
and secure a playoff berth; CollinsvillePress.com;
Gerry deSimas, Jr.
Second Place
Avon beats Wallingford to win first American
Legion baseball state championship; CollinsvillePress.com;
Gerry deSimas, Jr.
Third Place
Hand defeats Guilford 43-18, qualifies for
playoffs; The Source; Dean Bibens
Sports News
Regional A
First Place
Bueckers will get paid; Hearst CT Media; Paul Doyle
Second Place
Covid lab at UConn; Hearst CT Media; Mike Anthony
Third Place
UConn pitcher Justin Willis, family survived
harrowing escape from collapsed condos in Surfside, FL; Hartford Courant; Dom Amore
Regional B
First Place
Coventry’s Prior has plenty in reserve; Journal Inquirer; Adam Betz
Second Place
UConn offer serves as motivation for Windsor
football senior Samuels; Journal Inquirer;
Kyle Maher
Broadcast
First Place
Play like Danni; News 12; Marissa Alter, Jim Mennino
Second Place
UHart moves to Division III; NBC 30; Matt
Finkel
Sports Photo
Hyperlocal
First Place
A flat out; The Sound; Kelley Fryer
Regional A
First Place
Out of the box; The Day; Sean D. Elliot
Second Place
Sweet leap; Hartford Courant; Mark Mirko
Third Place
Pass defended; The Day; Sean D. Elliot
Regional B
First Place
Interference; Record-Journal; Dave Zajac
Second Place
Manchester beats Peabody; Journal Inquirer; Jim Michaud
Third Place
Endzone elation; Record-Journal; Dave Zajac
Video Storytelling
Hyperlocal
First Place
‘Modified and totally not normal’ Barlow Palooza;
Easton Courier; Nancy Doniger, Richard Falco, Tomas Koeck
Second Place
Mr. Pompa’s surprise: Days before kidney
transplant, more GOOD news for beloved WHS counselor; Good Morning Wilton; Heather Borden Herve
Regional A
First Place
Died in Salisbury Prison; Waterbury Republican-American; Lee Lewis, Martin Begnal
Second Place
Dog delivers paper in Mystic; The Day; Peter
Huoppi
Third Place
The secret to finding a parking spot in Mystic;
The Day; Peter
Huoppi, Rick Koster
Broadcast
First Place
Adaptive blind baseball; NBC 30; Matt
Finkel
Second Place
In my heart; News 12; Mark Sogofsky
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