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 Masis
Marcony Almeida, Brazilian Journal
FINALISTS:
         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.