STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three prestigious journalism contests honored Staten Island Advance/SILive.com staff for exceptional work, recognizing local journalism that covered some of Staten Island’s most critical issues in 2023 and 2024.
The newsroom took home 10 honors in total from The New York News Publishers Association, New York Press Club and New York Newswomen’s Club. The awards included feature writing, crime reporting, news and feature photography, investigative reporting, community service and various other categories.
Among the projects that won multiple awards was “Rebuilding Sandy Ground,” a series of stories about the oldest free Black settlement in the U.S. that is still inhabited by descendants of its founders, which is located on the borough’s South Shore.
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