Philadelphia City Paper - Awards

Awards

In 2012, City Paper won six Keystone Press Awards, awarded by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

• First Place: Investigative Reporting, circulation 10,000 and over

Isaiah Thompson for Why is Harry Bennett Dead?

• Second Place: Series, circulation, circulation 10,000 and over

Isaiah Thompson and Anthony Campisi for The Abandoned City series

• First Place Personality Profile, circulation 10,000 and over

Josh Middleton for Preaching Out

• First Place News Photo, circulation 10,000 and over

Neal Santos for Safe Haven

• Second Place News Photo, circulation 10,000 and over

Neal Santos for Down and Out

• First Place Page Design, circulation 10,000 and over

Reseca Peskin, Alyssa Grenning and Allie Rossignol for The Green Line, Posh Spice and Naked City

In 2011, City Paper won two Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards

• First Place: Arts Feature, circulation 50,000 and over

Holly Otterbein for The Island

• First place: Food Writing, circulation 50,000 and over

Drew Lazor for Minette Men, Here Come The Rooster and Waiting For Good Dough

Also in 2011, City Paper was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards:

• Excellence in Non-Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)

Ralph Cipriano for The Billion-Dollar Boondoggle

In 2010, City Paper won six Newspaper of the Year (NOY) awards, including the prestigious newspaper of the year honor:

• First Place: Newspaper of the Year (Non-Daily)
• First Place: News Writing Excellence
• First Place: Layout & Design
• First Place: Editorial/Opinion Page Excellence
• Second Place: Best Use of Photography
• Second Place (tie): Special Section
• Second Place (tie): Advertising Excellence

Also in 2010, City Paper won six Keystone Press Awards, awarded by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association:

• First Place: Investigative Reporting

Isaiah Thompson for Steamrolled

• First Place: Special Projects

Brian Howard for The Big Vision Issue

• First Place: Sports Story

E. James Beale for The Prospect

• First Place: Personality Profile

Carolyn Huckabay & Neal Santos for She's On a Mission

• First Place: Feature Beat Reporting

Trey Popp for Food Beat

• Second Place: Specialty Award for Distinguished Writing

Isaiah Thompson for Cop Detect; Believe It or Not; Meet Your New Neighbor

In 2009, City Paper won three Newspaper of the Year (NOY) awards:

• First Place (tie): General and Departmental News Coverage
• First Place: Advertising Excellence
• Second Place: Layout & Design

In 2008, City Paper won three Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards:

• First Place: Editorial Layout, circulation 55,000 and over

Reseca Glasser for "Truth in Prints"

• First place: Photography, circulation 55,000 and over

Michael T. Regan for "Stenton Avenue Reprise"

• Second place: Media Reporting/Criticism, circulation 55,000 and over

Doron Taussig for "The Deluge"

Also in 2008, City Paper won 13 Keystone Press Awards, awarded by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association:

• First place: Distinguished Writing

Tom Namako

• Second Place: Distinguished Writing

Doron Taussig

• First place: Investigative Reporting

Winnie Atterbury and Stacia Friedman's "F for Felony"

• First place: Business or Consumer Story

Ted Hesson's "Betting the House"

• First place: News Beat Reporting

Doron Taussig's coverage of immigration

• Second place: News Feature

Doron Taussig's "The Prodigy"

• Second place: Feature Photo

Michael T. Regan's "We’re Taking Poe Back"

• Second place: Photo Story

Michael T. Regan and Rick Valenzuela's "Stenton Avenue Reprise"

• Second place: Front Page Design

Reseca Glasser and Evan M. Lopez

• Second place: Page Design

Reseca Glasser