FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2004
CONTACT: Abby Scher, IPA-New York, 212-279-1442
Independent Press Association-New York Honors Excellence in
New York City’s Ethnic and Community Press
Updated and Final List of Winners!
“Golden Years Tarnished” – Haitian Times
“We started fighting about silly things”: Domestic Abuse in the
Arab American community – Aramica
“Letters to the Chancellor” – New Youth Connections Staff
“Are Advertising Dollars Encroaching on Editorial Content?” –
Russian Forward
For Undocumented Immigrants: Slavery for a U.S. Paycheck – Nowy Dziennik
/ Polish Daily News
These stories and others won top recognition at the Ippies—the Independent Press Association-New York’s awards for editorial and graphics excellence in the ethnic and community press. The Ippies were announced at the IPA-New York’s 3rd annual member conference and awards dinner on Wednesday, December 15, 2004. A complete list of recipients is available from the IPA-New York and will be published on the organization’s website at http://www.indypressny.org.
The rich diversity of NY’s ethnic and community press was recognized Wednesday night. Awards went to Haitian, Chinese, Indian, Arab, and Jewish publications, as well as those media outlets focused on the LGBT community, women, and New York-area neighborhoods. Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News was recognized for “For Undocumented Immigrants: Slavery for a U.S. Paycheck,” a piece on the struggle of low-wage immigrant low-wage laborers to survive financially in the U.S.
The dinner followed a day of valuable trainings for the publishers, editors, journalists and ad salespeople in the ethnic and community press to help them survive and succeed in the competitive NY publishing industry. Among the highlights of the conference was a lunch presentation by Geneva Overholser of the Washington Bureau of the Missouri School of Journalism. She is a broadcast and media critic, syndicated columnist, and previously was an editor for seven years at the award-winning Des Moines Register.
Many of the winning articles dealt with issues of exploitation of undocumented immigrants in the workplace, low-income tenants by landlords, and other issues in the day-to-day life of individuals struggling against disempowerment. Publications in the independent press often report on the injustices suffered by their readership and ways in which the communities are responding. Links to full stories will be available soon at the IPA-New York’s website www.indypressny.org.
IPA-New York is a member-based nonprofit organization of ethnic and community media. IPA-NY operates All Communities Ad Service (AllCAS), an ad placement service for ethnic publications, produces Voices That Must Be Heard, a weekly Internet publication translating the best of NY’s ethnic press for wide distribution and publishes Many Voices, One City: a comprehensive guide to NY-area publications serving 60 ethnic groups in 42 languages.
The Ippies:
IPA-New York’s
Ethnic and Community Press Awards
EDITORIAL
AWARDS
Circulation
Class A: Newspapers below 20,000
Category
#1: Best Investigative or In-Depth News Story
Critics say meals revamp favors non-union agencies, Heather Haddon
& Jordan Moss, Norwood News, First Place
Dissidents fight mobbed up union, Bennet Baumer, The Indypendent, Second Place
Immigrants with HIV hide status for green card, Anthony D. Advincula, The
Filipino Express, Third Place
Pataki's tunnel vision, Leigh Ann Caldwell, The Indypendent, Honorable Mention
Rabbinical council is probing claims of sexual harassment, Rukhl Schaechter,
Yiddish Forward, Honorable Mention
Gonzalez's ties to nonprofits probed, Heather Haddon & Jordan Moss, Norwood
News, Honorable Mention
Category
#2: Best Feature
The military solution, Sarah Stuteville, The Indypendent, First Place
The Morning After, Catriona Stuart, The Indypendent, Second Place
Cleansing the neighborhood, Jawed Anwar, Muslims, Third Place
From laborer to entrepreneur, Anthony D. Advincula, The Filipino Express,
Honorable Mention
Category #3: Best Editorial/Commentary
Are advertising dollars encroaching on editorial content?, Leonid Shkolnik,
Russian Forward, First Place
Carrion does the right thing on senior meals program, Jordon Moss, Norwood
News, Second Place
New wave of fear, Jawed Anwar, Muslims, Third Place
Welcome to America, welcome to the tombs, Yoni Mishal, The Indypendent, Honorable
Mention
On the Ummah's failure at public relations, Jerald Dirks, Muslims, Honorable
Mention
Category
#4: Best Article on Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice
Golden years tarnished, Macollvie Jean-Francois, The Haitian Times, First
Place
In the Bronx, Meredith Mandell, The Indypendent, Second Place
Harlem v. Corporate U, Catriona Stuart & Timothy Martin, The Indypendent,
Third Place
What they don't know can hurt them, Anthony D. Advincula, The Filipino Express,
Honorable Mention
Category
#5: Best Public Affairs Article
Does pain only speak in English?, Anthony D. Advincula, The Filipino Express,
First Place
Weary of revolving door of crime initiatives, Heather Haddon, Norwood News,
Second Place
Landlord blacklist threatens tenants, Steven Wishnia, The Indypendent, Third
Place
State Cooperatives: A Ray of Hope, Ari Kagan, Russian Forward, Honorable Mention
Parents, advocates cheer, jeer high stakes tests, Adrienne Haywood-James,
Muslims, Honorable Mention
Category
#6: Best Article on the Arts
Pedro Pietri, Lenina Nadal, The Indypendent, First Place
Aesthetic offense, Irina Ivanova, The Indypendent, Second Place
Have puppet, will travel, Heather Haddon, Norwood News, Third Place
Circulation Class B: Newspapers above 20,000
Category #1: Best Investigative or In-Depth News Story
Apartheid
enforcers guard Iraq for the U.S., Marc Perelman, Forward, First Place
Group assault by teens reflects a knot of racism, Dong Feng, Sing Tao Daily,
Second Place
Operation "Allcon", Alexander Grant, V Novom Svete, Third Place
Van driver assaulted on East Broadway, Liz Chow , Sing Tao Daily, Honorable
Mention
Category
#2: Best Feature
From Shelter to Shelter, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska , Nowy Dziennik, First Place
ID to Be Determined for Chinese Builder Who Died on Worksite, Lydia Lo, World
Journal, Second Place
A Fall to Death, Adam Jagusiak , Super Express, Third Place
On the streets of New York there are more Chinese names, Chih-Yi Chen, World
Journal, Honorable Mention
Category
#3: Best Editorial/Commentary
View from here, David Mark Greaves, Our Time Press, First Place
Dumb mistakes immigrants make, Alex Kabba, African Abroad, Second Place
All We Got Was More of the Same, Alexander Grant, V Novom Svete, Third Place
What next?, Antoine Faisal, Aramica, Honorable Mention
War for Peace, Yuri Alexandrov, V Novom Svete, Honorable Mention
Chinese Gangs Changed Structures and Criminal Activities, Chih-Yi Chen, World
Journal, Honorable Mention
Category
#4: Best Article on Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice
Slavery for an American paycheck , Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska , Nowy Dziennik,
First Place
Outlining the invisible ones, Edwin Andrés Martínez Tutek, Hoy,
Second Place
Hippocrene, Zbigniew Basara, Nowy Dziennik, Third Place
100 driver licenses taken away, Anna Salamon & Adam Jagusiak, Super Express,
Honorable Mention
Chinese construction worker died overseas, Amy Li, World Journal, Honorable
Mention
Category
#5: Best Public Affairs Article
Domestic Abuse in the Arab American Community, Lynne Vittorio & Antoine
Faisal, Aramica, First Place
Brooklyn parent coordinators lack language skills needed, Heather Hsieh, World
Journal, Second Place
Poles among the million hungry people in the city's pantry lines, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska
, Nowy Dziennik, Third Place
Three faces of Brooklyn, David Mark Greaves, Our Time Press, Honorable Mention
Polish youth promised jobs as lifeguards end up cleaning parks, Anna Salamon,
Super Express, Honorable Mention
With our businesses pushed aside, Edwin Andrés Martínez Tutek,
Hoy, Honorable Mention
Category #6: Best Article on the Arts
One on One with a Piece of Sky, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska , Nowy Dziennik, First
Place
Chinese dancers on the world stage, David Hsieh, World Journal, Second Place
Dominik's unusual menagerie, Aneta Radziejowska, Super Express, Third Place
The Theory of Catastrophes at Sea, Zbigniew Basara, Nowy Dziennik, Honorable
Mention
Circulation Class C: Magazines of Any Circulation
Category #1: Best Investigative or In-Depth News Story
They say: It's not sex", Ilana Kramer & Susan Weidman Schneider,
Lilith, First Place
Hate Crimes, Lavina Melwani, Little India, Second Place
A minimum matter of survival, Marjory Garrison, The Brooklyn Rail, Third Place
Housing v. the RNC, Williams Cole, The Brooklyn Rail, Honorable Mention
Category #2: Best Feature
Unhappy in America, Lavina Melwani, Little India, First Place
Half-Jew, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Lilith, Second Place
A walk with Kai-Kai, Iris Liao, Sino Monthly New Jersey,Third Place
Out of the Blue, Yvette Walton, The Brooklyn Rail, Honorable Mention
Category
#3: Best Editorial/Commentary
Letters to the Chancellor, New Youth Connections Staff, New Youth Connections,
First Place
The issue is free speech, Theodore Hamm, The Brooklyn Rail, Second Place
Cuba and the language of "n", Carlos Zequeira, Artimana, Third Place
Category #4: Best Article on Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice
One Immigrant's Journey, Gabriel Thompson, The Brooklyn Rail, First Place
Eating their hearts out, Lavina Melwani, Little India, Second Place
Will the U.S. face a shortage of technology professionals soon?, Joya Dass,
Biz India, Third Place
Holding on to who I am, Zained Nadeem, New Youth Connections, Honorable Mention
Category
#5: Best Public Affairs Article
Why write a patient's life as a short story?, Julie Heifetz, Lilith, First
PlaceCategory #6: Best Article on the Arts
The Brownsville Rec. Center, Amy Zimmer, The Brooklyn Rail, First Place
Harlem Arts: A faux renaissance?, Brian Carreira, The Brooklyn Rail, Second
Place
Betty Boop: Who Knew?, Amelia S. Holberg, Lilith, Third Place
GRAPHIC DESIGN
AWARDS
Category #1: Best Overall Design
Super Express, Dominik Lejman, Super Express, First Place
The Indypendent, Ryan Dunsmuir, The Indypendent, Second Place
Little India , Achal Mehra, Little India, Third Place
Lilith, Laurie Douglas, Lilith , Honorable Mention
Muslims Weekly, Oscar Polanco, Muslims Weekly, Honorable Mention
Category
#2: Best Photo Essay
Golden Gloves, Andrey Zhdanov, V Novom Svete, First Place
2000 New Century Travel , Cheng-Hui Joseph Hsu, World Journal, Second Place
El 'subway' , Carlos Veloz, Hoy, Third Place
Be Good or Be Gone, Andrey Zhdanov, V Novom Svete, Honorable Mention
The Grassroots Soldiers Never Forget, Bernice Green, Our Time Press, Honorable
Mention
Category
#3: Best Photograph
Factory worker, Cheng-Hui Joseph Hsu, World Journal, First Place
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, Rick Ho, Sing Tao Daily, Second
Place
Art exhibit in the Schneider Children's Hospital, Aneta Radziejowska, Super
Express, Third Place
No Love For Bush, Mike Liu, Sing Tao Daily, Honorable Mention
Magical Mexican Dance, David Greene, Norwood News, Honorable Mention