Philadelphia Neighborhoods is proud of our student reporters and the journalism they produce. Throughout the years, several organizations have also recognized their efforts and many have been singled out for various awards.
Society of Professional Journalists
2009
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– 1st Place, Shannon McDonald, Online Feature Reporting-Four Year College University, Black and Blue
– 2nd Place, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, Online In-Depth Reporting-4 Year College/University, Police and Communities
– 3rd Place, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, Best Independent Online Student Publication-Four Year College University
2010
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– 1st Place, Mark of Excellence Award, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, Best Independent Online Student Publication-4 Year College/University
– 2nd Place, Mark of Excellence Award, Kait Privitera and Eric Pellini, Online Sports Reporting- 4 Year College/University, Kensington: Home of Mixed Martial Arts Champ
2011
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– 1st Place, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, Best Independent Online Student Publication-Four Year College University
– 2nd Place, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, In-Depth Reporting-4 Year College/University, South Africa
– 2nd Place, Christine Fisher, General News Reporting-4 Year College/University, Philadelphia Housing Authority
2012
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– 3rd Place, Mark of Excellence, Dillon Mast, Online Feature Reporting (Large), Scrappers
2015
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– 1st Place, Best Digital-Only Student Publication, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
National, Mark of Excellence Award
– 1st Place, Best Digital-Only Student Publication, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
2017
– 1st Place (tie), Best Sports Video on a Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors, Bustleton: Amateur Boxing Champion Punches for the Gold
2021
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
-Finalist, COVID-19: Newspaper, Magazine and Online Coverage (Large) 10,000+ Students, Colin Evans, COVID-19: Data Shows Coronavirus Hit Philadelphia’s Browner, Poorer Neighborhoods Hardest
-Finalist, COVID-19: Newspaper, Magazine and Online Coverage (Large) 10,000+ Students, Lauren Savana, COVID-19: Hourly Restaurant Workers Discuss Being Hit Hard by the Pandemic
-Finalist, Online News Reporting, Shivani Reddy, Social Issues: Students at Elite Area High Schools Draw Attention to Race on Campus
-Finalist, Online News Reporting, Claudia Estrada, COVID-19: How Philadelphia Restaurant Workers are Dealing With Unemployment
2022
– Region 1, Mark of Excellence Award
– Finalist, Best Independent Online Student Publication
William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program
2009
– 20th Place, Multimedia, Marie Tedesco
2011
– 17th Place, Broadcast, Eric Pellini
2012
– 5th Place, Broadcast, Michael Gaudini, An Artist with a Heart of Bronze
2014
– 11th Place, Multimedia, Marissa Nicole Pina, Center City: Protesters Stage Die-In and March Through City Hall
– 17th Place, Multimedia, Bob Stewart and Jeff Neiburg, Rhawnhurst: Danger and Disease in Pennypack Creek
2016
– 8th Place, Multimedia III/Enterprise Reporting, Maggie Andresen
2022
– 5th Place, Explanatory Writing, Darci Moon Gold, COVID-19: The Pandemic’s Impact on Access to Care for Philadelphia’s Sexual Assault Survivors
EPPY
2011
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, A Special Report on John Perzel
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Investigative or Documentary Report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Smoking
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Journalism Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, A Special Report on Housing
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, A Special Report on South Africa
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Newspaper Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2012
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, South Africa
2013
– Best College/University Newspaper Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
– Best Use of Social Media for News Services with under 1 million unique monthly visitors,
PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, South Africa
– Honorable Mention, Best Community Service on a Media-Affiliated Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, Philadelphia School Closings
– Honorable Mention, Best Community Service on a Media-Affiliated Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, Rise of the Tigers
– Honorable Mention, Best Sports Video under 1 million unique monthly visitors, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, Rise of the Tigers
2014
– Honorable Mention, Best News Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
– Honorable Mention, Best Redesign/Relaunch with under 1 million unique monthly visitors, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
– Honorable Mention, Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Report, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods, Rhawnhurst: Danger and Disease in Pennypack Creek
2015
– Best College/University Newspaper Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2016
– Finalist, Best College/University Newspaper Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2019
– Best Redesign/Relaunch, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
2020
– Finalist, Best Online-Only News Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors
– Finalist, Best College Produced Community or Niche Website
– Finalist, Best News Story on a College Website, People
Without Government-Issued IDs Pay a Steep Price to Own Their Identity
2021
– Finalist, Best College/University Campus Website
– Finalist, Best Feature Story on a College/University Website, Amateur Sports: Country’s Only Black-Owned Rowing Club Wants To See Everyone On The Water
– Finalist, Best news story on a college/university website, Amateur Sports: Country’s Only Black-Owned Rowing Club Wants To See Everyone On The Water
2022
-Finalist, Best University/College Website
-Finalist, Best news story on a college/university website, Housing: Even With Empty Lots and Homes, Philadelphia’s Struggling to Make Housing Affordable
-Finalist, Best photojournalism on a college/university website, Southwest: A Day at John Bartram High School’s Football Homecoming
Associated College Press
2011
– 4th Place, Multimedia Story of the Year Award, Multimedia Sports, Kait Privitera and Eric Pellini
– Online Pacemaker Finalist Award, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2012
– 2nd Place, Multimedia Story of the Year Award, Multimedia Feature, Kriston Bethel and Tim Johnson
– 4th Place, Multimedia Story of the Year Award, Multimedia Feature, Kriston Bethel and Tim Johnson
– Online Pacemaker Finalist Award, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
– Online Pacemaker Award, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2013
– 3rd Place, Multimedia Story of the Year, Dillon Mast
2014
– Honorable Mention, Multimedia Story of the Year, Multimedia News, Charles Watson, Germantown: TCRC Philly Making Wrongs to Rights
Keystone News Media
Student Keystone Press Awards- Division I
2011
– 1st Place, Kait Privitera, Photo Story
– 1st Place, Kait Privitera, Ongoing News Coverage
– 1st Place, Kymberly Bays, Sports Story
– 1st Place, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff, Public Service/Enterprise package
– 1st Place, Kymberly Bays, Ongoing News Coverage
– 1st Place, Eric Pellini, Ongoing News Coverage
– 1st Place, Thomas Dougherty, Personality Profile
– 1st Place, Ongoing News Coverage, Eric Pellini, Kait Privitera, Kymberly Bays, Kensington: On the Road to Recovery; Kensington: Victory Outreach Solving Drug Problems One Person at a Time; Kensington: Ministry Reaching At-Risk Teens Through Boxing
– 1st Place, Personality, Thomas Dougherty, Strawberry Mansion: Mrs. Palmer of Diamond Street
– 1st Place, Sports, Kymberly Bays, Kensington: Ministry Reaching At-Risk Teens Through Boxing
– 1st Place, Photo, Kait Privitera, Germantown: Obama Visits the Neighborhood
2012
– 1st Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package, Staff, 1000 Smokers
– 2nd Place, Public Service/Enterprise, Ashley Hall, Ashley Nguyen, South Philadelphia: George W. Nebinger Elementary School Survives
– 2nd Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
2013
– 1st Place, Public Service/Enterprise, Tim Johnson, Kriston Bethel, Kate Hartman, Ben Griffiths, Hunting Park: Abandoned Buildings Plague the Neighborhood While City Organizations Work Toward Improvement; Plan Philly: Vacant School Buildings Affect Surrounding Communities
– 2nd Place, Personality Profile, Angelo Fichera, Megan McNerney, Chestnut Hill: Iraq Native Earns Prestigious Boy Scout Award
– 2nd Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
– 2nd Place, Personality Profile, Megan McNerney
2014
– 1st Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package, Staff, Kensington: Rise of the Kensington Tigers Football Team
– 1st Place, Feature Story, Max Pulcini, Kensington: Rise of the Kensington Tigers Football Team
– 1st Place, Sports Story, Staff, Kensington: Rise of the Kensington Tigers Football Team
– 1st Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
– 2nd Place, Ongoing News Coverage, Staff, Philadelphia School Closings: A Special Report
2015
– 2nd Place, Ongoing News Coverage, Staff, Philadelphia LGBTQI Community News
– 2nd Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
– Honorable Mention, Sports Photo, Patrick McCarthy, Andrew Thayer, Port Richmond: Iconic Boxing Gym Not Down for the Count
2016
– 1st Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package, Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Education, Staff
– 2nd Place, Ongoing News Coverage, Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Education, Staff
– Honorable Mention, Ongoing News Coverage, 2015 Philadelphia Papal Visit Coverage, Staff
2017
– 2nd Place, Sports Story, Maggie Andresen, Gym Stands to Box Out Violence
– 2nd Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
2019
– 2nd Place, Video Story, Club LaRose Has Turned Into A Home And
Hub For All
– Honorable Mention, Video Story, Kensington: Local Boxer Shares Gift With Community
2021
– 1st Place, Ongoing News Coverage, Residents Look to City For Answers About Budd Site Development, Kelly Brennan and Katherine Bourque
– 1st Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
– 1st Place, Best Feature (Broadcast), The Rise Of Minority Gun Ownership In Philadelphia, Mydia Alonso (The Temp/PN on TV)
– 2nd Place, Diversity, Philadelphia’s Fashion Industry Grapples With Societal Issues, Nathalie Cavallo and William Stickney
– Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, Lovett Librarian Shares Stories and Books with Community Despite Coronavirus, Megan Milligan
2022
– 1st Place, Feature Story, Rjaa Ahmed, Social Issues: Philadelphia’s Asian American Women Talk Mental Health, Community Support as Anti‐Asian Violence Rises
– 1st Place, Sports Story, Madison Karas, Southwest: A Day at John Bartram High School’s Football Homecoming
– 1st Place, Diversity, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
– 2nd Place, Feature Story, Megan Combs, Amateur Sports: Country’s Only Black‐Owned Rowing Club Wants To See Everyone On The Water
– Honorable Mention, Public Service/Enterprise Package, Lizzy Galamba, Environment: How Two Neighborhoods Are Fighting Litter In Their Community
2023
-1st Place, Excellence in Reporting on Diversity‐ Equity and Inclusion, Staff, North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented
-1st Place, Excellence in Reporting on Diversity-Equity and Inclusion, Southwest: Community Surrounding Former Oil Refinery Site Take Action and Voice Concerns About Redevelopment Plans
1st Place, Public Service/Enterprise Package, Staff, North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented
-2nd Place, Website, Philadelphia Neighborhoods Staff
-2nd Place, Best Feature (Broadcast), Sarah Weitzman, The World Cafe Live reopens after months of COVID‐19 health restrictions
-Honorable Mention, Best Public Service (Broadcast), Nicolle Majette, Road to Recovery: Housing Program in NorthPhiladelphia Gives Residents Second Chance
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
2012
– 1st Place, Newspaper & Online News Division, Journalism Project Award, Christopher Harper and Linn Washington
America East Digital Media Contest
2013
– 1st Place, Best Multimedia, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
– 3rd Place, Best Overall Use of Social Media, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
CMA Pinnacle Awards
2020-2021
-Honorable Mention, Four-Year Website of the Year