Schneps Media newspapers win big at 2020 New
York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest
Schneps Media — the
parent company of
more than 70 publications
across New York
City, Long Island, Westchester
County and Philadelphia — is
proud to announce that its editors,
reporters, photographers,
graphics artists, web developers
and sales team achieved
new heights in the 2020 New
York Press Association Better
Newspaper Contest.
The annual awards, presented
during the New York
Press Association’s Spring
Conference in Albany, New
York, recognize outstanding,
high-quality journalism produced
by community newspapers
throughout the Empire
State.
Schneps Media newspapers
earned 49 awards in various
categories recognizing
outstanding editorial, graphic
and photographic content,
website development as well
as excellence in advertising.
It’s an all-time record number
of Better Newspaper Contest
awards for the media outlet,
and reflects the high-quality
work of its team of editors,
reporters, photographers,
graphic designers and salespeople
amid a trying 2020.
“I am bursting with pride
at the huge recognition of
our talented team, both writers
and artists, both digitally
and in print,” said Victoria
Schneps, president of Schneps
Media.
“We are so proud of our
team across all divisions of the
entire company,” said Joshua
Schneps, CEO of Schneps
Media. “These recognitions
prove what we already know
and appreciate: We have the
best team in the business!”
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.8 COM | APRIL 16-APRIL 22, 2021
QNS.com, the online home for The
Queens Courier, TimesLedger and
Ridgewood Times newspapers in
Queens, won First Place for Best News
Website. Queens Courier photographer
Dean Moses won third place for Best
Feature Photo, while Moses Angélica
Acevedo (Coverage of Business, Financial
& Economic News) and Jacob Kaye
(Best Online News Project) earned honorable
mentions.
Gay City News, which focuses on
LGBTQ issues in New York City and beyond,
won 12 NYPA Better Newspaper
Contest awards, including three First
Place prizes for Coverage of Crime/
Courts/Police, News Story and Special
Sections Glossy Niche.
amNewYork Metro, New York
City’s largest circulated daily newspaper,
took home two First Place prizes
in its first year of eligibility for the contest,
including Spot News Coverage and
Best Front Page.
The Brooklyn Paper won First
Place in News Series on how the
COVID-19 pandemic ravaged hospitals,
businesses and communities across
Brooklyn. Reporter Rose Adams won
the First Place in the Thomas Butson
Award for In-Depth Reporting for her
story on deaths at a Brooklyn nursing
home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dan’s Papers, the weekly newspaper
of the Hamptons, took home three
First Place awards in the prestigious
advertising categories of Best House
Ad, Best Large Space Ad and, for its Behind
the Hedges magazine, Best Real
Estate Home Section.
/QNS.com
