Bulletin wins 10 awards at annual New Hampshire Press Association honors
The New Hampshire Bulletin won 10 awards in its class at the New Hampshire Press Association's annual Distinguished Journalism Awards banquet on Thursday night. The honors, for stories published in 2024, were presented at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester.
Claire Sullivan and Ethan DeWitt each took home five awards, including three for first place. Sullivan won first for Rookie of the Year and Community Service, the latter for her monthslong coverage of New Hampshire's landfill controversies, including her in-depth look at toxic 'trash juice.' DeWitt was awarded first place in the Spot News Story category for his coverage of a federal court decision striking down the state's 'banned concepts' teaching law.
Sullivan, who left the Bulletin earlier this year, also won second place for Health Reporting and Environmental Reporting, and third place for Business Reporting. DeWitt claimed four third-place awards, for General News Story, Investigative Story/Series, Government Reporting, and Political Reporting.
The Concord Monitor's Sruthi Gopalakrishnan was named Journalist of the Year.
This year's banquet also served as an opportunity to celebrate the full body of work of a pair of longtime New Hampshire journalists.
Michael Cousineau, of the New Hampshire Union Leader, and Ray Duckler, of the Concord Monitor, each received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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