Delaware Online rakes in 30 regional journalism awards. Read the winning work for 2022.
Delaware Online/The News Journal won 30 awards across a wide range of categories in the 2022 MDDC Press Association Awards.
MDDC represents newspapers in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. The organization announced the winners at its annual conference May 5.
The awards divide newspapers into divisions based on their circulation. In every award category, a first- and second-place winner are named in each division. The News Journal competes in the largest-circulation division, which includes the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
News Journal reporters and visual journalists took home two best of show awards, 18 first-place awards and 10 second-place awards. In all, 16 different staffers were honored, and Delaware Online took first place for best overall website while sweeping the investigative, series, public service and continuing coverage categories.
You can find links to the award-winning work below:
Best of Show
Investigative reporting: Isabel Hughes, Madison Sparrow killing
Multimedia storytelling: Kevin Tresolini, Top 100 Delaware Sports teams
First Place
Website of General Excellence: Staff, Delaware Online
Feature Design: Ginger Garrison, Finding Their Truth
News Page Design: Také Uda, The War on Books
Photo Series: Benjamin Chambers, Blue Hens Homecoming
Feature-driven multimedia storytelling, Damian Giletto, Mysterious Death of Adolf Chozor
Series: Patricia Talorico, Esteban Parra, Who would kill the happy sausage maker
Multimedia sports storytelling, Kevin Tresolini, Top 100 Delaware Sports Teams
Feature story: Mathew Korfhage, Born during slavery, spicy stuff ham graces every Southern Maryland table
General news: Amanda Fries, Wilmington Council grants pays for Nemours Swag
Continuing coverage: Kevin Tresolini, Isabel Hughes, Esteban Parra, Hannah Edelman, DSU bus stopped in Georgia.
Investigative reporting: Isabel Hughes, The Ultimate Betrayal
Local government: Anitra Johnson, Family pleas about sewer leak
Public service: Kelly Powers, Free Black people built an Eastern Shore village
Public service: Amanda Fries, Wilmington Property seizure
News-driven multimedia storytelling: Damian Giletto, The Ultimate Betrayal
Education reporting: Hannah Edelman, Why UD still takes money from the name behind Oxycontin
Growth and land use: Brandon Holveck, Middletown Fearful of warehouse plans
Environmental reporting: Kelly Powers, This tribal chief watches climate crisis
Second Place
Feature Photo: Benjamin Chambers, Football fans
Photo Series: Benjamin Chambers, Firefly Music Festival
Series: Isabel Hughes, Emma Cole
Sports Feature: Kevin Tresolini, Paralyzed Lacrosse Player
Investigative: Amanda Fries, Delaware’s handling of lead water
Continuing coverage: Meredith Newman, Ongoing fight over recreational marijuana
State government reporting: Meredith Newman, Lawmaker hesitant to go against the governor
Public service: Esteban Parra, Same officer fired twice
Growth and land use: Patricia Talorico, Camp Fright no more?
Medical/science reporting: Emily Lytle, A small hospitals disappear, Seaford saved its hospital. But at what cost?
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