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:
- Cuomo Resigns After Harassment Findings Obliterate Support, Leaving Legacy of Ambition and Aggression
- Cuomo’s Triumphs and Unfinished Business as He Quits Under a Cloud - THE CITY
- Many of Cuomo’s Big Transit Projects Remain Divisive, Incomplete - THE CITY
- Who is Kathy Hochul? Meet New York’s Incoming, History-Making Governor
- Cuomo’s Exit Could Kick Off Game of Political Musical Chairs for Governor’s Seat and More
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)
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?