New Hampshire Press Association Distinguished Journalism Contest 2019 Winners

• Granite State News Collaborative, Granite Solutions Project
• Nashua Telegraph, PFAS
• New Hampshire Public Radio, Primary Candidate Forums

First Amendment Award

• Exeter Newsletter,  Judge: ACLU-NH’s suit over criminal defamation law can proceed
• Laconia Daily Sun, Behind Closed Doors
• Nashua Telegraph,  Nashua Assessing Department

Journalist of the year

• Hadley Barndollar, Portsmouth Herald
• Carol Robidoux, Manchester Inklink
• Bob Sanders, New Hampshire Business Review

Dennis Joos Memorial Award Finalists 

• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s
• Paula Tracy, InDepthNH
• Shawne K. Wickham, Union Leader

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Because this award does not have assigned places, winners will be announced at a later date.

Community Service Award

Class 4

• Judi Currie, Business NH, Climate Change and Sustainability
• Judi Currie, Ray Carbone, Business NH, Affordable Housing Crisis
• Matthew J. Mowry, Judi Currie, Business NH, Nonprofit Supplement

Class 2

• Laura Aronson, Carol Robidoux, Manchester Ink Link, 2019 Municipal Election Voters Guide
• Bob Charest, InDepthNH, A Life Behind the Scenes Where the True Giving Happens
• Nancy West, Garry Rayno and Paula Tracy, InDepthNH, InDepthNH.org Saves Journalism in NH

Class 1

• Roberta Baker, Laconia Daily Sun,  Workers with Disabilities
• Roberta Baker, Laconia Daily Sun, Combating anti-Semitism
• Alyssa Dandrea, Concord Monitor, Fighting Back

General Excellence, daily newspaper

• Concord Monitor
• Conway Daily Sun
• New Hampshire Union Leader

General Excellence Non-Daily

Class 4

• Exeter Newsletter
• Hampton Union
• New Hampshire Business Review

Class 3

• Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

General Excellence, magazine

Class 4

• Business NH

General Excellence, radio

Class 1

• New Hampshire Public Radio

General Excellence, digital presence

Class 2

• InDepthNH
• Manchester InkLink
• The Rochester Voice

Class 1

• Nashua Telegraph
• New Hampshire Public Radio
• New Hampshire Union Leader

Photographer of the year

• Geoff Forester, Concord Monitor
• Jeffrey Hastings, Freelance
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph

Editorial writing

Class 4

• Patrick Cronin, Hampton Union
• Patrick Cronin, Exeter Newsletter
• Matthew J. Mowry, Business NH

Class 1

• Bill Bilodeau, Keene Sentinel
• Matthew Burdette, Nashua Telegraph
• Casey Junkins,  Nashua Telegraph

General News Story

Class 4

• Kathie Ragsdale, Matthew J. Mowry, Business NH, Laconia’s Balancing Act
• Bob Sanders, New Hampshire Business Review, Shaking off the shutdown
• Barbara Tetreault, Berlin Sun, City forced to close Brown Elementary School

Class 3

• Abbe Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Town, mother at odds over grave decoration
• Meghan Pierce, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, “I always dreamt…he’d come home”

Class 2

• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Special report: Rollinsford water mismanagement

Class 1

• Caitlin Andrews, Leah Willingham, Concord Monitor, Leung Investigation
• Mark Hayward, New Hampshire Union Leader, Conlon vs. MacDonald
• Grace Pecci, Dean Shalhoup and Matt Burdette, Nashua Telegraph, Fairgrounds

Spot news story

Class 4

• Barbara Tetreault, Berlin Sun, Driver charged with killing 7 in horrific Randolph crash

Class 3

• Meghan Pierce, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Teen burned in Tesla crash dies
• Ashley Saari, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, KSC student injured in Dublin crash

Class 2

• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat, ‘People will die’: Body bags protest urges opening shelters
• Harrison Thorp, The Rochester Voice, Gunman shoots at officer, holes up in woods

Class 1

• Michael Cousineau, Todd Feathers and Mark Hayward, New Hampshire Union Leader, 15-hour hotel standoff leaves 3 dead
• Adam Drapcho, Michael Mortensen, Laconia Daily Sun, Two friends killed when boats collide
• Staff, New Hampshire Union Leader, Tragedy on the Highway

Investigative story/series

Class 4

• Rob Greene, Michael Kitch, Ryan Lessard, Melanie Plenda, Sheryl Rich-Kern, Barbara Tetreault, Granite State News Collaborative, Hub, and Spoke Investigation
• Tony Schinella, Concord School Officials Not Credentialed Series

Class 2

• Nancy West, InDepthNH, Should Police Investigate Their Own After Officer-Involved Shootings

Class 1

• Caitlin Andrews, Leah Willingham, Concord Monitor, Leung Investigation
• Casey McDermott, New Hampshire Public Radio, Lawmakers’ Personal and Public Interests Often Overlap
• Casey McDermott, New Hampshire Public Radio, As Lobbying in N.H. Grows More Complex, It’s Nearly Impossible to Follow the Money

Crime/Court Reporting

Class 4

• Anna Berry, Annmarie Timmins, Meaghan Breen, Granite State News Collaborative, Piece of the Puzzle: Drug Courts in New Hampshire
• Mary C. Constance, New Boston Beacon, Telephone scams impacting residents
• Tony Schinella, Bicentennial Square Attempted Murder

Class 2

• Pat Grossmith, Manchester InkLink, Same man, same woman, same crime – but this time assault was deadly
• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat, A look inside ICE detention in Strafford County
• Harrison Thorp, The Rochester Voice, Dean Smoronk: A life of drug enterprise results in lives lost

Class 1

• Alyssa Dandrea, Concord Monitor, Fighting Back
• Breanna Edelstein, Eagle-Tribune, Tuttle series
• Jason Moon, Taylor Quimby, Todd Bookman, New Hampshire Public Radio, Bear Brook: A break in the case

Health Reporting

Class 4

• Annmarie Timmins, Sheryl Rich-Kern, Granite State News Collaborative – Solutions From The Frontlines
• Rob Greene, Michael Joseph, Ryan Lessard, Melanie Plenda, Sheryl Rich-Kern, Barbara Tetreault, – Granite State News Collaborative – Hub and Spoke
• Susan Geier, Pat Grossmith, Dave Solomon, Erica Swallow, Granite State News Collaborative, Follow The Money Project

Class 3

• Abbe Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, CBD retail on the rise

Class 2

• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Nourishing help: The evolving roles of schools
• Harrison Thorp, The Rochester Voice, A mental health emergency gets a slow response

Class 1

• Jonathan Phelps, New Hampshire Union Leader, NH residents stuck with huge health care bills from suspended ‘insurance’ companies
• Taylor Quimby – New Hampshire Public Radio – Patient Zero
• Leah Willingham – Concord Monitor – Opioid Crisis’s Impact

Feature Story

Class 4

• Ryan Lessard, Breweries Have a Bone to Pick Over ‘Selective’ Enforcement of Dog Rules
• Kathie Ragsdale, Granite State News Collaborative, Rest in Peace Red
• Max Sullivan, Hampton Union, Trump signs: Neighbors divided, not divisive

Class 3

• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Community mourns Jaffrey teen
• Tim Goodwin, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Visa woes force couple’s Brexit
• Meghan Pierce,  Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, A Star In the Darkness

Class 2

• Rob Greene, Manchester Ink link, Tiny Home Built By Student with 5K Grant Makes Big Difference for NH Refugee Farmers
• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Inside Spaulding High School’s iconic clock tower
• Paula Tracy, InDepthNH, The Secret Life of NH’s Endangered Mountain Butterfly

Class 1

• Hadley Barndollar, Deb Cram, Portsmouth Herald, Will to Walk
• Sean Hurley, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Snow Rangers of Mount Washington
• Nick Stoico, Concord Monitor, D-Day: N.H. veterans recall service 75 years later

Business/Economic Reporting

Class 4

• Roberta Baker – Encore Boston Harbor series
• Michael Kitch, New Hampshire Business Review – New Hampshire’s independent bookstores turn a new page
• Sheryl Rich-Kern, Matthew J. Mowry, Business NH – NH’s Taxing Dilemma

Class 2

• Garry Rayno, InDepthNH, Northern Pass Didn’t Want To Take No For An Answer

Class 1

• Michael Cousineau, New Hampshire Union Leader, What’s Working.
• Adam Urquhart and Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph, Cost of Addiction
• Leah Willingham, Concord Monitor, Trudy Needs a Home.

Entertainment/Arts Reporting

Class 4

• Haley Dufour, New Boston Beacon, How to make your own NH maple syrup
• Keith Gentili, New Boston Beacon, Searching the area for the best New England IPA
• Tony Schinella, Long Lost Art Of Poetry Not Lost On Concord’s Currie: Watch

Class 3

• Meghan Pierce, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Third act for Whitmore family at Players

Class 2

• Constance Cherise, Manchester Ink Link, Livingston Taylor: To Thine Own Self Be True
• Constance Cherise, Manchester Ink Link, Do You Believe? Manchester native Jodi Katz on the Road with Cher
• Constance Cherise, Manchester Ink Link, Won’t You Be My Neighbor: What Would Fred think of the world we live in today?

Class 1

• Peter Biello, Rachel Cohen, New Hampshire Public Radio, Snatam Kaur Takes The Stage at The Grammys
• Meg McIntyre, Keene Sentinel, Newtown native’s art installation at Keene State evokes the trauma of gun violence
• Julia Ann Weekes, New Hampshire Union Leader, The Elvis Room

Columnist of the Year

Class 4

• Keith Gentili, New Boston Beacon

Class 2

• Rob Azevedo, Manchester Ink link
• Chandra Bozelko, Foster’s Daily Democrat

Class 1

• Ray Duckler, Concord Monitor
• Mark Hayward, New Hampshire Union Leader
• Dean Shalhoup, Nashua Telegraph

Sports News

Class 3

• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Leaving a legacy
• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Game of a lifetime

Class 1

• Tom King, Nashua Telegraph, Silver Knights
• Tom King, Nashua Telegraph, Super Bowl
• Tim O’Sullivan, Concord Monitor, Concord’s Blake officially named New York Yankees pitching coach

Sports Feature

Class 4

• Steve Enman, Berlin Sun, Remembering a disaster: 50 years after the Notre Dame Arena collapse

Class 3

• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Helping student-athletes ‘make the most of it’,

Class 2

• Mike Whaley, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Recovering Friel recounts near-death experience

Class 1

• Lloyd Jones, Conway Daily Sun, “Camden Bailey”
• Tom King, Nashua Telegraph, Lyzsczyk will catch on quickly at Rivier
• Tim O’Sullivan, ConcordMonitor, Basketball helps Pembroke star senior overcome anxiety

Sports Columnist of the Year

Class 2

• George Liset, InDepthNH
• Andrew Sylvia, Manchester Ink Link
• Mike Whaley, Foster’s Daily Democrat

Class 1

• Alan Greenwood, Nashua Telegraph
• Hector Longo, Nashua Telegraph
• Dean Shalhoup, Nashua Telegraph

Sports Feature Photo

Class 4

• Jeffrey Hastings – Celebrating Boston Style

Class 1

• Geoff Forester, Concord Monitor, Soccer Champs Again
• Geoff Forester, ConcordMonitor, Baseball bubble
• Adam Urquhart, Nashua Telegraph, A Cut Above

Sports Action Photo

Class 4

• Jeffrey Hastings, One Last Defensive Move

Class 3

• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Neal Brennan Comebacker
• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Molly Dishong alpine skiing
• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Haylie Drew Long Jump

Class 1

• Geoff Forester, Concord Monitor, Biker Catchup
• Geoff Forester, Concord Monitor, Ouch
• Carl Russo, Eagle-Tribune, Rare air

Sports Page

Class 1

• Alan Greenwood, Nashua Telegraph, Victorious
• Alan Greenwood, Nashua Telegraph, Pats are 9-1
• Alan Greenwood, Nashua Telegraph, Stanley Cup Final Game 7

General News Photo

Class 4

• Eric Anderson, Bow Times, Memorial Day
• Jeffrey Hastings, Manchester Honors Veterans

Class 1

• Jeffrey Hastings, Nashua Telegraph, A Dazed Look
• David Lane, Union Leader, After the flood
• David Lane, Union Leader, 30 happy coworkers

Spot News Photo

Class 4

• Keith Gentili, New Boston Beacon, Ice Jam 2: Back to the River
• Jeffrey Hastings, Paramedics Revive Dogs Rescued From Fire
• Tony Schinella, Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash Reported In Concord’s West End

Class 3

• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Pinning down votes
• Ben Conant, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Blaze of Glory

Class 2

• Harrison Thorp, The Rochester Voice – Veterans get a warm thank you for their service

Class 1

• Ali Oshinskie, New Hampshire Public Radio, Bear Brook Victims Identified
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph – Only a Drill
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph – River Action

Feature Photo

Class 4

• Jeffrey Hastings, 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb
• Carly Hippert, New Boston Beacon, A Century Apart
• Carl Russo, Derry News, Life imitates art

Class 3

• Ashley Saari, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Hive is Alive

Class 2

• Harrison Thorp, The Rochester Voice, Hooping it up at Farm Museum’s Children’s Day

Class 1

• Jason Moon, New Hampshire Public Radio, Birddoggers in Action
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph – Celebration
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph – Night Out

Picture Essay

Class 4

• Jeffrey Hastings, Ride For The Fallen 7

Class 1

• Geoff Forester, Concord Monitor, Monks Come to Town.
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph, Pumpkin Festival Fun.
• Mathew Plamondon, Nashua Telegraph, Blizzard Blast.

Graphic/Cartoon/Illustration

Class 4

• Christine Carignan, Business NH, Nonprofits & NH / Jayson Martin, Bow Times
• Christine Carignan, Business NH, Nonprofits by the Numbers
• Christine Carignan, Business NH, Designing Communities for Growth

Class 2

• Peter Noonan, Manchester Ink Link, NH Primary Secret
• Peter Noonan, Manchester Ink Link, Trump Fourth of July
• Peter Noonan, Manchester Ink Link, Best and Whitest

Class 1

• Matthew Burdette, Nashua Telegraph, Patriots Pride
• Janis Carroll, Laconia Daily Sun, Snow, man
• Tom Lynch, New Hampshire Union Leader, Who’s getting NH’s donations

Front Page

Class 1

• Barbara Anderson, New Hampshire Union Leader, “Tragedy on the Highway”
• Matthew Burdette, Nashua Telegraph, Don’t Drink the Water.
• Tom Lynch, New Hampshire Union Leader, 15-hour hotel standoff leaves 3 dead.

Magazine Cover

Class 4

• Christine Carignan, Trayce Gregoire, Business NH,  NH’s Top Women-Led Businesses
• Christine Carignan, Business NH, The Business of Beards
• Christine Carignan, Business NH,  Ageism and NH’s Workforce

Class 1

• Lee Guerringue, Conway Daily Sun, “North Conway Magazine Cover”

Feature page

Class 4

• Christine Carignan, Business NH, Barber Shops: From Dying Industry to Booming Business
• Christine Carignan, Business NH, Marketing Tourism on a Dime
• Christine Carignan, Business NH, The Business of Beards

Class 1

• Matt Hannon, Nashua Telegraph, Take Me Home Tonight
• Matt Burdette, Nashua Telegraph, Local artist’s exhibit lands at ArtHub gallery
• Staff, Nashua Telegraph, A Flair for Fare

Special Section

Class 4

• Christine Carignan, Matthew J. Mowry, and staff, Business NH, 2019 Human Resources Guide
• Christine Carignan, Matthew J. Mowry, and staff, Business NH, Health Care Guide
• Staff, Berlin Sun, Jericho ATV Festival Continues to Grow

Class 1

• Lloyd Jones, Conway Daily Sun, “Winter Sports”
• Staff, New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire Innovators
• Staff, Nashua Telegraph, 40 Under Forty

Best Use of Audio – News

Class 1

• Todd Bookman, New Hampshire Public Radio – Poor? Found Not Guilty? N.H. Sends You a Bill, Anyway
• Lauren Chooljian, Jack Rodolico, New Hampshire Public Radio – Stranglehold: The Identity Crisis
• Annie Ropeik, New Hampshire Public Radio – The Aftermath of Racist Bullying in Hampton School

Best Use of Audio – Feature

Class 1

• Todd Bookman, New Hampshire Public Radio – Model Citizen? No. But Exeter Man Is At Center of First Amendment Dispute
• Sean Hurley,  New Hampshire Public Radio – Wind, Footsteps, White Snow: Spending The Night At Mount Washington’s Harvard Cabin
• Jason Moon, New Hampshire Public Radio – Tired of Campaign ‘Manipulation’ N.H. Voters Get Trained in the Art of the Bird Dog

Best Use of Video – News

Class 4

• Tony Schinella, Granite Staters Mourn Friends, Family At Homeless Persons’ Vigil

Class 1

• Dan Tuohy, New Hampshire Public Radio, Candidates Give Their Elevator Pitch

Best Use of Video – Feature

Class 4

• Tony Schinella, Long Lost Art Of Poetry Not Lost On Concord’s Currie: Watch

Class 2

• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat – A family in arms
• Kyle Stucker, Foster’s Daily Democrat – Fueled by sobriety: Dover man running 50 marathons in 50 states

Class 1

• Samantha Hayes, Keene Sentinel,  Trusty steeds changing lives
• Cecily Weisburgh and Samantha Hayes, Keene Sentinel,  Walldogs in Keene: An unforgettable journey

Podcast – Limited series

Class 1

• Lauren Chooljian, Jack Rodolico, New Hampshire Public Radio, Stranglehold
• Taylor Quimby, New Hampshire Public Radio, Patient Zero

Podcast – Reoccurring

Class 2

• Wayne D. King, InDepthNH, NH Secrets, Legends and Lore

Class 1

• Nick Capodice, Hannah McCarthy, New Hampshire Public Radio, Civics 101
• Sam Evans-Brown, New Hampshire Public Radio, Outside/In

Best Use Social Media

Class 1

• Staff, New Hampshire Public Radio,
• Staff, New Hampshire Public Radio, Exploring Route 4
• Dan Tuohy, New Hampshire Public Radio, Trump Rally