Charlottesville Tomorrow received 28 awards at this year’s Virginia Press Association News & Advertising Contest including three Best in Show Awards and the overall Sweepstakes Award in the online division category.
The Virginia Press Association announced its 2020 award winners during a weeklong virtual celebration last week. The major awards of Best in Show and Sweepstakes were broadcast live on Thursday.
Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Award Winners:
Best in Show Awards – Online Division
Online Digital – Jordy Yager, Sahara Clemons, Lorenzo Dickerson
Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem
Graphics, illustration and art – Sahara Clemons
Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem
Photography – Mike Kropf
In second consecutive day of protests, Charlottesville calls for systemic change
First Place Awards – Online Division:
Multimedia Report – Jordy Yager, Sahara Clemons, Lorenzo Dickerson
Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem
Illustrations – Sahara Clemons
Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem
Feature Photo – Mike Kropf
Bob Good
General News Photo – Mike Kropf
Congressional candidate Bob Good features House Whip Scalise at Madison County rally
Pictorial Photo – Mike Kropf
Breonna Taylor march in Charlottesville
Feature Series or Continuing Story – Kate Hidalgo Bellows
Lifeline: Nurses, doctors and staff at local hospitals prepare for COVID-19 long haul
General News Writing – Jessie Higgins
A hidden crisis: Charlottesville’s immigrant Latino families are not making ends meet
Health- Science and Environmental Writing – Charlotte Rene Woods
Second Place Awards – Online Division:
Illustrations – Mike Kropf
How Virginia’s largest congressional district could flip this year
General News Photo – Mike Kropf
Books on Bikes
Personality or Portrait Photo – Mike Kropf
A hidden crisis
Pictorial Photo – Charlotte Rene Woods
Monumental Justice
Picture Story or Essay – Derrick J. Waller
Charlottesville Skate Park
Feature Story Writing (excluding Obituaries) – Jessie Higgins
Man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder freed after 24 years in prison
Feature Profile Writing (including News Obituaries) – Charlotte Rene Woods
Cameron Webb
Government Writing – Charlotte Rene Woods
In-depth or Investigative Reporting – Jessie Higgins
FOIA violation
Third Place Awards – Online Division:
Video – Mike Kropf
How Virginia’s largest congressional district could flip this year
Personality or Portrait Photo – Mike Kropf
Matt Haas
Pictorial Photo – Mike Kropf
Confederacy burning
Picture Story or Essay – Mike Kropf
Charlottesville church hosting weekly COVID-19 testing
Breaking News Writing – Charlotte Rene Woods, Billy Jean Louis
In wake of George Floyd killing in Minnesota, Charlottesville protesters decry police brutality
Feature Profile Writing (including News Obituaries) – Charlotte Rene Woods
Bob Good
Government Writing – Charlotte Rene Woods, Jessie Higgins
