12 APRIL 11, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
A word of pride, and thanks to you all
The New York Press Association, a
statewide group whose members
include weekly media, hosted a
conference in Albany and our company
won 27 awards for excellence.
This was a banner year at the awards
for Schneps Media, which expanded
last year to become a powerhouse
with more than 70 publications. Our
editors, reporters, photographers
and designers took home 27 awards.
Schneps Media papers also scored the
most points of any New York City-based
chain.
These achievements are a great
refl ection of the hard work by those
involved in this team who produce
the best local news coverage for our
readers. It’s a source of pride for all
of us to work with such dedicated,
excellent journalists.
The Ridgewood Times and Times
Newsweekly took home a second-place
award in the Best Spot News Coverage
category. We earned the distinction
for coverage of a deadly standoff in
Maspeth and a tragic shooting on the
Ridgewood/Bushwick border.
The Queens Courier, our sister
paper, won the fi rst-place prize for Best
EDITORIAL
Ralph D’Onofrio, Cliff Luster, Victoria Schneps, Bob Brennan and Paul Schindler of Schneps Media at the New
York Press Association conference in Albany.
Spot News Coverage. Our reporters,
who are connected through QNS.
com, earned this distinction for their
coverage of two stories in particular:
a stabbing and lockdown at Benjamin
Cardozo High School in Bayside, and
a devastating, five-alarm fire that
destroyed a number of Sunnyside
businesses.
In preparing all of these stories,
we sought to deliver comprehensive
coverage of the incidents and the
aftermath that couldn’t be found
anywhere else. We were on the ground
at both locations, talking with those
aff ected and providing a real scope of
both situations.
None of this, of course, would be
possible without your continued
support. By reading our stories online
and picking up our newspaper every
week, you help advance the mission of
keeping local journalism strong, viable
and independent.
We want to especially thank our
online audience at QNS.com, who
continue to make ours the borough’s
leading news source online.
Remarkably, in March, an all-time
record 402,694 users generated 881,276
pageviews for our stories!
All of us at Schneps Media want to
thank our team for their amazing
efforts — and all of you for your
continued loyalty and dedication.
Know that in the years to come, we’ll
continue doing what we do best —
quality journalism.
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Co-Publishers
VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS
JOSHUA SCHNEPS
Editor-in-Chief
ROBERT POZARYCKI
Classifi ed Manager
DEBORAH CUSICK
Assistant Classifi ed Manager
MARLENE RUIZ
Reporters
EMILY DAVENPORT
MARK HALLUM
CARLOTTA MOHAMED
BILL PARRY
MAX PARROTT
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STORY:
‘It’s just very unnerving’; Bayside
residents stunned to learn eight sex
off enders were moved into hotel
SUMMARY:
Some Bayside residents are sounding
the alarm aft er learning that fi ve
registered sex off enders — three
who have off enses against children
— have allegedly moved into an area
motel.
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