was in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe awards were announced at the association\u2019s spring conference in Saratoga Springs last week, with 150 publications submitting 2,732 total entries. The entries were judged by members of the Michigan Press Association.<\/p>\n
Before we ask for a round of applause, here are the honors we received, the judges’ comments, as well as links to the award-winning stories and magazines.<\/p>\n
First Place, Magazine Design Excellence \u2013 City & State<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cNice variety that appears to place a priority on its audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
First Place, Best Magazine Cover \u2013 Andrew Horton and staff<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cThis is the strongest cover of all the entries. The use of black and white photography has greater power than the color covers. The other two covers are good but they don\u2019t have the impact of the photo of Adrienne Adams. Excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n
First Place, Feature Story \u2013 Lifestyle, Human Interest or Personality Profile \u2013 Sophie Krichevsky<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cPowerful writing from start to finish. Incredibly compelling storytelling. Wonderful example of a personality profile for sure!\u201d<\/p>\n
First Place, Graphic Illustration\/Editorial Cartoon \u2013 Alex Law and Andrew Horton<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cA skillful blend of the painting background with the digitally altered face. The overall resulting layout is striking and attractive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Second Place, Overall Magazine Excellence \u2013 City & State<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cThis is a dynamic publication. Lots of energy and nice layout.\u201d<\/p>\n
Second Place, Feature Story \u2013 Lifestyle, Human Interest or Personality Profile \u2013 Holly Pretsky<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cSpectacular piece. Impressed with how well it was reported and presented. Top-notch journalism on display here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third Place, Local Government Story \u2013 Annie McDonough<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cExcellent use of data to make an important point about hiring and understaffing in municipal government.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third Place, Technology Story \u2013 Annie McDonough<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cFun story that takes the reader inside political campaigns and the nuanced issues around the use of AI. Piece includes lots of voices and is well-told.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third Place, Graphic Illustration\/Editorial Cartoon \u2013 Kathleen Fu<\/p>\n
What the judges said: \u201cThis is a busy, but cleanly organized layout. The bespoke illustrations clearly convey their meaning to the accompanying text point. It\u2019s interesting to look at while absorbing the overall message.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City & State New York team took home nine awards in the 2025 New York Press Association\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2470,70,82288,9,24,55,54,49,56,7748],"class_list":["post-212401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-awards","tag-journalism","tag-magazines","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-ny","tag-reporting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}