Awards

2022

Frontpage Awards (The Newswomen’s Club of New York)

Local Reporting / Breaking News category - Claudia Irizarry Aponte, “Deadly Bronx Blaze Prompts Scrutiny of Open Door That Spread Smoke

American Journalism Online Awards (New York University)

Best Data Visualization - Alyssa Katz, Will Welch; “Meet Your Mayor

Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)

2022 Regional Murrow Award Winner for Hard News - Greg B. Smith, “Failure to Thrive: NYC’s $100 Million ‘Diversion Centers’ for Mentally Ill Sit Empty or Barely Used

New York Press Club

Business Reporting NYC Metro (Internet)- Greg David, “New York in Job Hunt as City Seeks Economic Comeback from Covid

Crime Reporting NYC Metro (Internet) - Yoav Gonen, Gabriele Sandoval, Greg B. Smith, “Misconduct Unbecoming: The NYPD’s Lack of Discipline”

Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)

2022 Regional Murrow Award Winner/National Finalist: Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast Season Two, featuring PODCAST: Struggling to Breathe in The Bronx in Age of COVID

Izzy Award (Park Center of Independent Media at Ithaca College)

Outstanding Achievement in Independent Media: Greg B. Smith, The Toll of NYCHA’s Lead Lies: A Brooklyn Girl Poisoned as Officials Covered Up Danger

Sidney Hillman Foundation

The Sidney Award: Josefa Velasquez, Meet Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, the DIY Duo Behind the Amazon Labor Union’s Guerrilla Bid to Make History

Silurians Press Club

Merit Prize for Breaking News Category: Coverage of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. Winning stories:

Deadline Club 

Finalist, Best Feature Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY, “Survivors

Finalist, The Les Payne Award for Coverage on Communities of Color: Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Josefa Velazquez, THE CITY, “The Deliveristas’ Long Journey to Justice

Finalist, Best Digital Innovation: Staff, THE CITY, “Meet Your Mayor

Apple Awards (College Media Association)

Best Multimedia Package: Seeking Mercy, co-published with NYCity News Service, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

New York Press Photographers Association

Exhibit Award:  Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY, “Survivors

Frontpage Awards (The Newswomen’s Club of New York)

The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color: Josefa Velasquez and Claudia Irizarry Aponte THE CITY, “The Deliveristas’ Long Journey to Justice

Breaking News: Josefa Velasquez, The City, “Cuomo Resigns After Harassment Findings Obliterate Support, Leaving Legacy of Ambition and Aggression

Investigative Reporting: Eileen Grench, The City, “Juvenile Justice in New York City

Medicine/Health/Fitness: Josefa Velasquez, The City, “Outsiders Get Vaccinated at Washington Heights Armory Cuomo Touted as Combating COVID ‘Inequity’”

Politics: Ann Choi, Christine Chung, Samantha Maldonado, The City, “How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money

2021

EPPY Awards (Editor & Publisher)

Best use of social media/crowdsourcing (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - THE CITY, Columbia Journalism School & Newmark Journalism School at CUNY for “Missing Them Memorial Events

Best use of data/infographics (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - Meet Your Mayor

Best collaborative investigative/enterprise reporting (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatment

Finalist, Best investigative/enterprise feature (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - How New York Bungled Pandemic Medical Supply Purchase

Finalist, Best online-only news (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)

Finalist, Best business reporting (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - New York in Job Hunt as City Seeks Economic Comeback from COVID

Finalist, Best innovation project on a website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - Meet Your Mayor

Finalist, Best news or event feature (fewer than 1 million unique visitors) - Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Josefa Velasquez for “Deliveristas

Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)

Feature Reporting Award - How Los Deliveristas Unidos Banded Together

Online Journalism Awards (Online News Association)

Knight Award for Public Service - Missing Them, a COVID-19 Memorial and Accountability Journalism Project

Excellence in Newsletters (Single Newsletter) - Civic Newsroom Newsletter

Finalist, Excellence in Newsletters (Portfolio) - THE CITY Newsletters

Nonprofit News Awards (INN)

Breaking Barriers Award - The Deliveristas’ Long Journey to Justice

Finalist, Startup of the Year

Finalist, Community Champion Award - MISSING THEM Memorial Events

Finalist, Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism - Civic Newsroom initiative and Meet Your Mayor tool

The Society of Professional Journalists

Sunshine Award:  The Complaint Files the NYPD Doesn’t Want You to See: co-published by ProPublica

New York Press Club

Special Event Reporting: With Columbia Journalism School and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY - MISSING THEM

One Hundred Black Men of New York

Leadership Through Local Journalism Award: Jere Hester, Founding Editor in chief

Silurians Press Club 

Merit Award for Business and Financial Reporting: “Small Businesses Battle for Survival Amid the Pandemic

Merit Award for Investigative Reporting: “How New York City Bungled the Purchase of Life-Saving Medical Supplies During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Merit Award for Breaking News Photography: Racial Justice Demonstrations

News Leaders Association

Punch Sulzberger Innovator of the Year Award: With Columbia Journalism School and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY - MISSING THEM

The Sidney Hillman Foundation 

Award for Social Justice Reporting: Allison Dikanovic for developing THE CITY’s rent and eviction-focused newsletters while a student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Livingston Awards Finalists 

Finalist for Local Reporting - Ann Choi, Rachel Holiday Smith and Will Welch: “Inside New York City’s Housing Lotteries

Finalist for Local Reporting: Eileen Grench: “Education, iPads, and Child Welfare Workers in the Age of Covid

2020

National LION Publishers Awards 

Collaboration of the Year - Special education reporting with Chalkbeat. 

Online Journalism Awards

Finalist for “Excellence in Newsletters” - THE CITY SCOOP

American Planning Association Award

New York Metropolitan Chapter Award - For THE CITY’s coverage of communities underserved by other media outlets, particularly in the Bronx.

Editor & Publisher - EPPY Awards 

Best Photojournalism on a Website less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - “Coronavirus in NYC” | THE CITY

Best News or Event Feature on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - “Coronavirus in New York” | THE CITY

Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - “Chalkbeat and THE CITY” | THE CITY

Finalist for Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - The CITY for “The City’s Staff”

Finalist for Best Photojournalism on a Website less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - THE CITY for “Seeking Justice in New York”

Finalist for Best Innovation Project on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - THE CITY for “Missing Them”

Finalist for Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - Who’s Policing You?

Finalist for Best Use of Data/Infographics on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - The CITY for “Coronavirus Tracker”

Finalist for Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting on a Website less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - THE CITY for “Chalkbeat and THE CITY”

Finalist for Best Investigative/Enterprise Video on a Website with less than 1 million unique monthly visitors - THE CITY for “Flirting with Disaster: Flood Zones in New York City”

New York Press Club Journalism Awards

Nellie Bly Cub Reporter: Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY

Deadline Club Awards

Finalist for Newspaper or Digital Feature Reporting: Ese Olumhense, THE CITY, “20 Years After Killing of Amadou Diallo, What’s Changed

Silurians Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards

Commentary Medallion: Greg B. Smith, Josefa Velasquez, Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, The DeBlasio Files and The NYPD’s Mental Illness Breakdown

Feature News Photography Medallion: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY, Homeless Face an Elusive Refuge In the Subway

Breaking News Merit Award: Christine Chung and Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY, Election Night in Queens

2019

New York Press Photographers Association

Excellence Award, 85th Annual Photography & Multimedia Contest, 2019 Year in Pictures and Multimedia Contest: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY, Taking Flight

Editor & Publisher - EPPY Awards 

Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Feature: Mazin Sidahmed and Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Documented and THE CITY, On the Brink of Being Homeless in a “Sanctuary City” 

 Best News or Event Feature: A Solitary Death Sparks Prison Reform Push (some of our stories about Layleen Polanco

Best Daily News Site 

Editor & Publisher - National Finalists

Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature on a Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors: The de Blasio Files, THE CITY 

Best News or Event Feature with under 1 million unique monthly visitors: A Solitary Death Sparks Prison Reform Push, THE CITY 

Best Community Service with under 1 million unique monthly visitors: Broken Promises: NYC’s Public Housing Mess, THE CITY 

The Newswomen’s Club Of New York, Inc. - Front Page Award 

Local Reporting - Breaking News: Christine Chung, THE CITY, How Tiffany Cabán Went From Nowhere to the Verge of Victory 

New York Association of Black Journalists Media Award

Best General Feature, Online Media: Ese Olumhense, THE CITY, 20 Years After the NYPD Killing of Amadou Diallo, His Mom Asks: What’s Changed?