2008 New England Ethnic News Awards

New America Media and New England Ethnic News

present the first

New England Ethnic News Awards (The NEENAs)

Recognizing the best in ethnic journalism of New England.

The NEENAs received more than 125 submissions representing publications in 7 languages -- Chinese, English, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian -- for the following categories:

Local News Reporting

Feature Writing

Commentary / Editorial Writing

Arts & Culture Writing

Photography

Community Service Award (for a media outlet)

The NEENAs winners were announced Nov. 20, 2008, at a ceremony at Univ. of Massachusetts Boston: 

LOCAL NEWS REPORTING:    FIRST-PLACE (tie):         Mark Connors, INDIA New England and Julie MasisMarcony Almeida, Brazilian JournalFINALISTS:         Talia Whyte, Bay State Banner         Pete Stidman, Dorchester Reporter         Elizabeth Mendonca Simoes, Brazilian Times                Luis Filipe Dias, O Jornal

FEATURE WRITING:    FIRST PLACE:         Bill Forry, Dorchester Reporter    FINALISTS:         Carrie Tang, World Journal         Adam Smith, Sampan         Chris Nelson, IndUS Business Journal         Emanuela Lima, Tribuna         Sue Yang, Korean American Press         Marcela Garcia, El Planeta         Heloisa Galvao, Metropolitan Brazilian News         Lurdes C. da Silva, O Jornal

ARTS & CULTURE WRITING:    FIRST PLACE:         Susan Jacobs, Jewish Journal    FINALISTS:         Susan G. Lindsay, Boston Irish Reporter         Sung-Yoon Lee and Sue Yang, Korean American Press

EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY WRITING:    FIRST PLACE (tie):         Heloisa Galvao, A Noticia         Mark Puleo, Brazilian Journal    FINALISTS:         Ric Oliveira, O Jornal         Brian Concannon Jr., Boston Haitian Reporter         Celia Bacelar, Tribuna         Alfonso Acevedo, America News

PHOTOGRAPHY:    FIRST PLACE:         Jehozadak Pereira, A Noticia    FINALIST:         Elizabeth Mendonca Simoes, Brazuca

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (given to ethnic media, not to individuals):    FIRST PLACE:         Tribuna, a bilingual (Portuguese and English and sometimes Spanish) newspaper of Danbury, Conn.    FINALISTS:         White Eagle News, a national bilingual (Polish and English) newspaper, with New England editions         Jewish Journal, a community newspaper with Russian-language articles, based in Salem, Mass.         Korean American Press, bilingual (Korean and English) newspaper of Masachusetts.

The NEENAs is a regional competition for New England that is sponsored by New America Media (NewAmericaMedia.org), based in California.  The NEENAS and two other NAM-sponsored regional competitions are tied to NAM's 2009 nationwide ethnic-media contest, for which the national awards ceremony will be in June 2009 in Atlanta. 

The New England Ethnic Newswire thanks the following persons for their support:  J. Keith Motley, PhD, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston;  Robert L. Turner, director of the Commonwealth Compact and a Boston Globe Fellow at the UMB McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies;  Stephen P. Crosby, dean of the UMB McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies;  Irene and Mr. Yukhananov, NEWz technical and video;  Sandy Close, executive editor and director, New America Media;  Anthony Advincula, editor, New America Media;  Alexandra Moe, national coordinator, New America Media;  Marjorie Arons-Barron, Barron Associates Worldwide; and Anna Geraldo Kerr.

Contact New England Ethnic Newswire for more information at  EthnicNews (at) yahoo (dot) com  or  Frank.Herron (at) umb(dot) edu or call 617-287-5562. 

Ethnic news media in New England who would like their original content to be posted on EthnicNEWz.org are encouraged to inquire at EthnicNews (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Ethnic news media in New England who would like to be listed for free in New England Ethnic News' press directory, made available to the public, should e-mail EthnicNews (at) yahoo (dot) com and provide your media outlet's name, language(s) and Web address; telephone number and physical address; e-mail address(es); and geographic distribution.