Awards

First Place Excellence in Journalism Award 2024, Best Coverage of Municipal Government
— New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

• Feds Deem Newark Housing Authority a ‘Troubled’ Agency
• Lawyers Take Home $2.4 Million in Efforts to Regain Newark School Buildings Sold For $1.8 Million
• After 9 Hours, Police Remove Housing-Issues Protesters Camped at Newark City Hall

Second Place Excellence in Journalism Award 2024, Best Breaking News Coverage
— New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

• Community Members to Killer of Newark Imam: Turn Yourself In
• Cops Say Imam Shooting Death Outside Newark Mosque Not Bias-Related

Excellence in NJ Local News Award 2025
— The Center for Cooperative Media

• Homeless Voice Concerns at Newark Shelter Called ‘Unique’ Model (TAPinto Newark)
• Newark Shelter Residents Take Concerns to City Council, Claim Retaliation (TAPinto Newark)
• Newark City Council Does Not Decide on $2.7M for Homeless Shelter Providers (TAPinto Newark)

Excellence in NJ Local News Award 2024
– The Center for Cooperative Media

• Immigrant Workers Who Rehabbed Newark Building Get Overdue Pay (TAPinto Newark)
• Developer Faces New Claims of Unpaid Workers on Newark Project (TAPinto Newark)

First Place Excellence in Journalism Award 2023, Best Coverage of County Government, Digital (TAPinto Union County sites)
– New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

Excellence in NJ Local News Award 2022
– The Center for Cooperative Media

• Union County Gov’t Highlights 2022: Countering Hate, ‘Old Boys Club,’ Bidding Lawsuit (TAPinto Union County sites)

First Place Excellence in Journalism Award, Best Business/Consumer Story, Digital in 2022,
– New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

• Wonder’s Food Truck Expansion Renews Talk in Westfield About Regulation, Competition (TAPinto Westfield)

First Place Excellence in Journalism Award, Best News Series, Digital in 2022
– New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

• Westfield Parents Object to Toni Morrison Book. Curriculum Approval on Hold (TAPinto Westfield)
• A Toni Morrison Novel Has Been Taught in Westfield Classrooms for Years. Some Want it Out (TAPinto Westfield)
• After Questions, Westfield School Board OKs Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ (TAPinto Westfield)

Runner up Barbara Reed Award for Best Grassroots Journalism for coverage in 2019
 – New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists

• Telling of His Own Abuse at Hands of Priest, Westfield Man Asks Victims to Step Forward (TAPinto Westfield)
• Sex Abuse Claims From ’50s Surface in Suit Centered on Westfield Father John Flanagan (TAPinto Westfield)
• Church: 7 Past Westfield Priests Among Clergy Accused of Sex Abuse (TAPinto Westfield)
• Lawsuit: NJ Trooper Was Texting Moments Before Crash That Killed Westfield Girl (TAPinto Westfield)
• Armed Man had Been in Westfield School to See ‘Romantic’ Partner, Records Show (TAPinto Westfield)