Carroll County Times staff earn awards from Maryland Delaware DC Press Association
The Carroll County Times took home multiple prizes in the annual Maryland Delaware DC Press Association awards ceremony Friday held in Annapolis.
The Times’ photography staff earned first place for Best Photo Gallery for its 2023 Pictures of the year.
Photographers Kate Cedeno and Jerry Jackson earned Best in Show in the Breaking News category for their photo coverage of the aftermath of an early August storm in Westminster.
Sports reporter Timothy Dashiell won first place for sports writing for his story about a softball game between Francis Scott Key and Liberty high schools.
Senior Content Editor Jeffrey F. Bill won first place for his photo series on spring peepers in Mount Airy and earned second place for his photos in the General News Photography category, the Sports Photo Feature category, and for a photo series on the Raventree sculpture being installed in Wakefield Valley Park. Photographer Brian Krista won second place in the Feature Photo category.
Reporter Thomas Goodwin Smith won two second-place awards for his writing. A story about Carroll Community College students getting help in unlocking federal aid for groceries and other necessities earned an accolade in the Public Service category. And Smith’s story about a Westminster nonprofit leader being investigated for sexual solicitation of a minor won second place in the Investigative Reporting category.
The Baltimore Sun also took home 20 first place prizes in the contest. Stories singled out with the best in show designation included The Sun’s database of those accused of abuse in the Catholic Church who are beyond Baltimore’s archdiocese by Jonathan M. Pitts, Annie Jennemann, Maya Lora, Lia Russell and Cassidy Jensen; a man who served 34 years in prison for killing a teen who now mentors youth by Alex Mann; an examination of patients with dementia who have run ins with the police by Angela Roberts and Cassidy Jensen; a profile of Jonathon Heyward, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s musical director, by Mary Carole McCauley; and a way of interactively exploring the more than 800 bills that passed the Maryland Assembly by Annie Jennemann.
Sun stories that won first place covered topics such as a Baltimore County police officer who beat a prisoner and was reprimanded for swearing; how Federalsburg’s Black residents are fighting for representation in government; the breaking news surrounding the Brooklyn Homes shooting that left two dead and 28 wounded; photos from a firefighter’s funeral; and video of robots that deliver food to students at Morgan State University.