AL.com wins best public service, other awards in annual Alabama Press Association event

AL.com was acknowledged with 31 awards for its protection of vaccines, schooling, sports activities, commentary and information on the 2022 Alabama Press Affiliation Media Awards. The awards banquet was held Saturday in Orange Seaside.

This 12 months, 52 publications submitted 1,858 entries within the annual editorial contest, in response to a press release from Dee Ann Campbell, chairman of the AMA Contest Committee. The Illinois Press Affiliation membership judged the entries.

Numerous the awards had been first introduced final month, however first place awards in choose main or total classes had been offered on the 2022 APA Summer season Conference banquet awards program.

AL.com, listed underneath its dad or mum firm Alabama Media Group, competes in Division A for big newspaper teams.

Listed here are the awards AL.com took residence.

Finest Public Service

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “Vaccine Q&A Statewide” by employees

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “College Closures & College Begin 2021″ by Alabama Training Lab

Finest Native Training Protection

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group

Finest Podcast Collection

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “The Reckon Interview” by John Hammontree

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Outbreak Alabama” by Ben Flanagan

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Bammers” by Ben Flanagan

Finest Group Occasion (two awarded)

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “COVID-19 City Halls” by Ivana Hrynkiw, Sydney Batten

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Excessive Flyers Venture” by Alabama Training Lab

Finest Editorial Column or Commentary

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “White folks, right here’s historical past your kids ought to be taught that you simply didn’t; it gained’t make them really feel dangerous” by Roy S. Johnson

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Bodycams reveal a great cop, a foul cop and a mayor who picked the mistaken facet” by Kyle Whitmire

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Alabama lawmaker desires to ban important race idea, so I requested him what it’s” by Kyle Whitmire

Finest Sports activities Information In-Depth Protection

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “The price of a training change within the cutthroat SEC” by Tom Inexperienced

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “The Alabama regulation that may have required Nick Saban to retire at 70″ by Mike Rodak

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “The bizarre regulation that forestalls a prolonged Lane Kiffin contract” by John Talty

Finest Use of Social Media Division A

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “Ivana’s Lunch Break Reside” by Ivana Hrynkiw

Finest Use of Video (Shorter than 2 minutes) Division A

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “WWII vet will get dream trip round Talladega” by Ivana Hrynkiw, Jonathan Sobolewski

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Ladies Ranch CEO talks Butler County crash victims” by Ivana Hrynkiw

Finest Use of Video (Longer than 2 minutes) Division A

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci” by Ivana Hrynkiw

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Alabama’s excessive flying faculties” by Amanda Khorramabadi

Finest Enterprise Story or Column Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Hanging Alabama coal miners endure arrests, see little progress: ‘We’re simply standing collectively’” by William Thornton

Finest Humorous Column Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “White males can’t electronic mail; not anymore” by Roy S. Johnson

Finest Human Curiosity Column Division A

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “The true legacy of Black Wall Road? I lived it; my father, a bloodbath witness, embodied it” by Roy S. Johnson

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Religion, foolishness and COVID ‘Ultimate Vacation spot’ Syndrome” by Kyle Whitmire

Finest Sports activities Single Occasion Story Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Bo Nix quiets the noise, takes command for Auburn in win at LSU” by Tom Inexperienced

Finest Sports activities Characteristic Story Division A

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “The evening Alabama’s dynasty died” by Michael Casagrande

Finest Native Sports activities Column Division A

1st Place: Alabama Media Group for “The place Bobby Bowden was everybody’s pal” by Joseph Goodman

Finest Use of Graphics or Illustrations Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Birmingham has a murder downside. Right here’s what the mayor says must be carried out” by Ramsey Archibald

Finest Headline Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “‘I’m sorry, however it’s too late’: Alabama physician on treating unvaccinated, dying COVID sufferers” by Challen Stephens

Inventive Use of Multimedia Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Excessive poverty public faculties” by Trisha Powell Crain

On-line Breaking Information Protection Division A

2nd Place: Alabama Media Group for “Twister Protection” by employees

third Place: Alabama Media Group for “Two-year-old Main Turner killed” by Carol Robinson