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Savannah Morning News wins Georgia Press Association awards
The Savannah Morning Information obtained quite a few honors from the Georgia Press Affiliation for its native information protection in 2021. Amongst them, development and growth reporter Zoe Nicholson was named the highest Rising Journalist on the GPA’s annual Higher Newspapers Contest ceremony on Friday on the Jekyll Island Membership.
Nicholson joined the Savannah Morning Information in July 2021 and amassed a physique of labor round inexpensive housing, homelessness, gentrification and Black land loss, which has raised consciousness of and led to elevated funding to deal with Savannah’s rising inexpensive housing disaster.
Pattern of Nicholson’s reporting:
Planning Forward:Carver Village neighbors know the Enmarket Area will spur gentrification in West Savannah. However they’ve a plan.
No Place to Go:Clearview tenants granted extension till New 12 months’s Eve, however inexpensive choices nonetheless sparse
This Property Condemned:Occupants weren’t instructed for every week, tenant says
Among the many Morning Information’ different awards:
First Place, Greatest On-line Information Product
Zoe Nicholson and Richard Burkhart for the three-part collection about sea stage rise and growth threats to historic Gullah Geechee lands on Sapelo Island
Turning Tides:Sea-level rise threatens Gullah Geechee land, lifestyle. They’ve a plan to put it aside
Planting Seeds:Heritage crops serving to revive Gullah Geechee communities, foodways
Extra:She’s descended from the person who enslaved his ancestor. Collectively, they’re making a case for reparations
First Place, Greatest Web site Picture Gallery
Richard Burkhart for his photographic protection of the state trial of the three males convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick
First and Second Place, Picture Essay
Freelance contributor Adriana Boatwright for Evening on the Museum and Juneteenth photograph essays
Second Place, Neighborhood Service
Zoe Nicholson and Katie Nussbaum for his or her collection of articles inspecting the varied influences affecting rising rental and housing prices
Second Place, Enterprise Story
Raisa Habersham for her characteristic on the impression of Ahmaud Arbery’s homicide one 12 months later
Second Place, Severe Column
Freelance contributor Maxine Bryant for her columns on preserving Gullah Geechee Tradition
Third Place, Severe Column
Freelance contributor Mark Murphy for his common weekly columns
Third Place, Information {Photograph}
Richard Burkhart
Amy Paige Condon is a content material coach for Savannah Morning Information. You may attain her at ACondon@gannett.com.