I am pleased and proud to announce that the Pocono Record newsroom has won the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association’s Keystone Press Award Sweepstakes for the third year in a row!
The sweepstakes is awarded by circulation divisions on the strength of the number and placement of winning entries. First-place finishes get assigned a greater number of points than do second-place finishes and so on, and the points are then tallied to determine sweepstakes champs.
Our 2012 showing was impressive!
15: Total Awards
8: First-place finishes
5: Second-place finishes
2: Honorable mentions
What is striking is the range and depth of categories where we won. It proves – again – that we may be small, but we’re mighty!
1st Place Finishes
Ongoing News Coverage
Howard Frank, David Pierce and Andrew Scott for continuing coverage of the scandal that enveloped Middle Smithfield Township
Sports/Outdoor Column
Tom DeSchriver
Joe Paterno columns
Personality profile
Chad Smith
Timeless teacher, Nearing 90, Sarah Jones amazes students
News Beat Reporting
Andrew Scott
Collection of news beat stories from crime and courts
News Photo
Keith Stevenson
S’burg bridge is coming down
Sports Photo
Adam Richins
Stroke of genius
Page Design
Tom Ostrosky
Headline Writing
Tom Ostrosky
“Ice creams the Poconos,” “Something’s abyss in the roads”; “Mosquitoes gone viral: More West Nile-infected suckers found this year than in last decade.”
2nd Place Finishes
Special Project
Staff
Our Losses. Your Stories. We Remember: 9/11 10 Years Later
Rick Koval
Pocono Outdoors columns
Online Breaking News
John Misinco, Marta Gouger, David Kidwell and Andrew Scott
Fatal stabbing in Stroudsburg
Business or Consumer story
Marta Gouger
A new generation of generators
Photo story
Melissa Evanko
Picture-perfect day for a parade
Honorable Mention
Front Page Design
Andrea Higgins
Page Design
Andrea Higgins
