Award year | Story/staffer | National award |
1998 |
Stephen P. Breen, ten cartoons |
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning[16] |
2004 | Profiting from Public Service (published with Gannett New Jersey) by Paul D'Ambrosio, James W. Prado Roberts, Jason Method, Alan Guenther, Jean Mikle, Erik Schwartz, and GNJ staff | Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting;[17] Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting; The National Headliner Award for Public Service; SDX Award for Public Service; APME Award for Public Service; Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, finalist; The Worth Bingham Prize, honorable mention; The Scripps Howard Award for Public Service, finalist; The IRE Award, finalist; Deadline Club Public Service, finalist |
2005 | Corruption editorials by Randy Bergmann | Scripps Howard Walker Stone Award |
2006 | "New Jersey's Pension Peril" by Michael L. Diamond, Nicholas Clunn, Eileen Smith, Peter N. Spencer, Ken Tarbous, Rob Jennings, Alan Guenther, Jonathan Tamari and Paul D'Ambrosio | Investigative Reporters and Editors, medium newspapers, finalist[18] |
2007 | DataUniverse.com created by Paul D'Ambrosio | Knight News Innovation Award, EPpy Awards, finalist; Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation – Crowdsourcing, notable entry |
2009 | "A Troubled Diagnosis" by Alan Guenther | Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, finalist[19] |
2010 | "Fighting New Jersey's Tax Crush" by Paul D'Ambrosio, Shannon Mullen, Jean Mikle, Todd B. Bates and Andrea Clurfeld | Pulitzer Prize Public Service Gold Medal, finalist;[20] National Headliner Award, best series in a large daily;[21] APME Public Service Award, medium newspapers; Brechner Freedom of Information Award;[22] Best of Gannett Community Conversation Award |
2011 | "Barnegat Bay Under Stress" by Kirk Moore, Todd B. Bates with graphics by Jeff Colson | Generoso Pope Award for best local coverage within the New York metropolitan area; APME Public Service Award, medium newspapers, finalist; Best of Gannett Public Service, second place; Online News Association Public Service Award. |
2011 | "Breaking Point" by Paul D'Ambrosio, Shannon Mullen, Christopher Schnaars, Jean Mikle, Todd B. Bates and Andrea Clurfeld | National Headliner Award, best series in a large daily;[23] Investigative Reporters and Editors award, finalist[24] |
2012 | "Deadly Decisions" by Shannon Mullen | Deadline Club of NYC, Feature Writing Award;[25] Taylor Family Fairness Award, finalist[26] |
2013 | "Cheated: Why Lakewood's public schools have failed us" by Shannon Mullen, Ken Serrano, Margaret Bonafide and Todd B. Bates | Deadline Club of NYC, Minority Focus Award[27] |
2013 | "Superstorm Sandy at the Jersey Shore" by Staff | APME Public Service and Best of Show[28] National SPJ/SDX Deadline Reporting Award (medium papers)[29] Scripps Howard Breaking News Award, finalist[30] Deadline Club of NYC, Breaking News Award, finalist[27] |
2014 | "Heroin at the Shore" by Dustin Racioppi and Amanda Oglesby | NYC Deadline Club Awards - Public Service finalist[31] |
2015 | "Summit for Success" by staff | NYC Deadline Club Awards - Best minority focus - finalist[32] |
2015 | "The Iron Soldier" by Ken Serrano and Brian Johnston | National Headliners Club - Best series, up to 100,000 circ. - second place NYC Deadline Club Awards - Best newspaper reporting, up to 100,000 circ. - finalist[32] |
2016 | "Monmouth County Tax Assessment" by Susanne Cervenka |
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalist
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2016 | "Betrayal of Trust" by Shannon Mullen |
National Press Club/Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics[33]
National Headliner Awards/Series writing, under 100,000 - third place
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2016 |
"Tax Crisis" by Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Todd B. Bates, Bob Jordan, Michael Symons, Kala Kachmar, Shannon Mullen, Ken Serrano and Michael Diamond |
National award for Excellence in Economic Reporting[34]
National SDX/SPJ Award for Public Service[35]
Best of Gannett, Public Service Award, large publication division[36]
NYC Deadline Club Awards - Best newspaper reporting, up to 100,000 circ.[31] |
2016 |
Hollis R. Towns |
APME McGruder Diversity Award[37] |
2016 |
"Childhood Lead Poisoning in New Jersey," by Todd B. Bates |
National Association of Black Journalists, Specialty Reporting, finalist[38] |
2017 |
"Municipal Court Cash Machine," Kala Kachmar |
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalist |
2017 |
"Long Fall," Andrew Ford |
NYC Deadline Club Awards - Best newspaper reporting, under 100,000 circ.[39] |
2017 |
"The Family Secret," Brian Johnston |
Emmy - Mid-Atlantic chapter, Human Interest Feature[40] |
2018 |
"Renter Hell," Shannon Mullen, Payton Guion |
NABJ Award for investigations, under 150K; NYC Deadline Club Awards - Winner, newspaper reporting under 100,000;[41] Goldsmith Award, finalist; ASNE Local Accountability, finalist; Investigative Reporters and Editor, Print/Online Division IV, finalist; USA TODAY Network, Public Service Award, finalist |
2019 |
"Protecting the Shield" selected stories by Andrew Ford |
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists - Finalists |
2019 |
"Protecting the Shield", by Andrew Ford, Kala Kachmar, Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Alex Gecan and Ken Serrano |
Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association;[42] NYC Deadline Club Award, best newspaper story, under 100,000 circ.;[43] NABJ, investigative reporting under 100,000; USA TODAY Network, Public Service Award, finalist |
2019 |
"Protecting the Shield," by Andrew Ford, Kala Kachmar, Paul D'Ambrosio, Susanne Cervenka, Alex Gecan and Ken Serrano |
Edward R. Murrow Award, Investigative Reporting, digital news site under 2.5 million unique visitors/month |
2020 |
"Policing the Police", by Andrew Ford |
NYC Deadline Club Award, best newspaper story under 100,000 circ;[31] and finalist, Deadline Club Award for Public Service |
2020 |
"Dying to Race," by Stephen Edelson and Frank Esposito |
Edward R. Murrow Award, Sports Reporting, digital news sites under 2.5 million unique visitors/month;[44] Best of Gannett, enterprise reporting[45] |
2020 |
"Deadly Chases, Few Arrests," by Andrew Ford |
National Assn. of Black Journalists, Investigative Reporting, under 100k newspapers |
2020 |
"Crack vs. Heroin: An unfair system arrested millions of blacks, urged compassion for whites," by Shannon Mullen, Lisa Robyn Kruse, Andrew J. Goudsward and Austin Bogues |
National Assn. of Black Journalists, News Series, under 100k newspapers; Silver Gavel Award, finalist |