Key First-place Journalism Awards
General Excellence
Larger Dailies
Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.
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Smaller Daily
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
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Larger Weekly
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
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Smaller Weekly
Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor, Maine
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Specialty Publication
Providence (R.I.) Business News
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Weekly Reporter of the Year
Dan MacAlpine *, Ipswich (Mass.) Chronicle
Daily Reporter of the Year
Neil Simpson **, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.
Weekly Rookie of the Year
Hadley Barndollar *, The Exeter (N.H.) News-Letter
Daily Rookie of the Year
Aimee Chiavaroli **, The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.
Weekly Photojournalist of the Year
David Sokol *, GateHouse Media New England
Daily Photojournalist of the Year
Peter Pereira **, The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.
Innovator Award
Vineyard Gazette, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
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Digital Strategy Excellence
Keene (N.H.) Sentinel
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and Cecily Weisburgh, digital content editor, won the award with Baker.
*Pictured with John Voket
**Pictured with Michael E. Schroeder
Bulletin photos by Jonathan Polen