The Valley Independent Sentinel and the Branford Eagle — two news organizations part of the Online Journalism Project — took home 14 awards at the 2010 Excellence in Journalism dinner Thursday night.
The journalism awards are part of an annual contest run by the Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The Valley Independent Sentinel and the Branford Eagle competed against other online-only publications, including Patch.com sites, LocalOnlineNews.TV and Raising Hale.
The entries are judged by qualified journalists outside of Connecticut.
The Valley Indy entered five stories to this year’s contest and won in three categories. The publication has won eight awards since launching in June 2009.
The Online Journalism Project has won 23 CT SPJ Awards in two years.
The awards are as follows:
Valley Independent Sentinel
- Jodie Mozdzer won the first place award for the Interactive Graphic reporting category for “Corruption Timeline“
- Jodie Mozder won the first Place award for the Spot News category for “This Cup’s For Smitty“
- Jodie Mozdzer won honorable mention for the General Reporting category for “Journaling Juror Dismissed“
Branford Eagle
- First Place award for the Arts and Entertainment category for “Stony Creek Puppet House Gets A New Lease On Life”
- First Place award for the Business reporting category for “Ex Roomba Owners Take Business To Branford”
- First Place award for the General Column category for “Time For Branford High To Strike Up The Band — and the Orchestra”
- First place award for the General Reporting category for “Revelations, Recriminations, Imperial Building Swap”
- Second Place award for the General Reporting category for “DeLauro, Blumenthal: No Turbines in Sound”
- First Place award for In-Depth Article category for “Cat Collector”
- First Place award for the Investigative reporting category for “Candidate Barred From Doing Business in Illinois”
- Second Place award for the Investigative reporting category for “Recession Hits Branford Kids”
- First Place award for Photo Layout category for “Love Messages in the Sand”
- Second Place award for the Photo Layout category for “Symphony of Blossoms”
- Second Place award for the Spot News category for “Supreme Court Throws Out $12.4 Million Tabor Jury Award”
Here is the complete list of winners:
