Award Winning Staff Members
New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest – 54 Total NYPA awards
2007 News Reporting, Second Place: Katie Ryan
2013 Third Place News Reporting: Erminia Errante
2013 Third Place Feature Story: Michele DeBella
2014 Honorable Mention for Editorial Writing: Samuel Neve, Jackie Miranda and Maria Elena Perez.
2015 Third Place Editorial: Jackie Miranda
2015 Third Place, Feature Writing: Karissa Allen
2015 Second Place, Column Writing: Karissa Allen
2015 Second Place, News Reporting: Erminia Errante
2016 First Place, Column Writing: Kayla Simas
2016 Third Place, Column Writing: Weronika Raczek
2016 Second Place, News Reporting: Christine Cassolino and Faith Rodriguez
2016 Second Place, Editorial Writing: Brittany Lee, Ihsani Jackson and Tiffany Cordero
2017 Second Place, Feature Writing: Liv Meier
2017 Third Place, Column Writing: Liv Meier
2017 Second Place, Column Writing, Kayla Simas
2017 Second Place, Editorial Writing: Kayla Simas and Laine Griffin
2018 First Place, Editorial Writing: Nicole Acosta, Michael Dunnings and Steven Keehner
2018 Second Place, News Reporting: Nicole Acosta and Matt Reich
2018 Third Place, Columnist: Nicole Acosta
2018 Third Place, Editorial Writing: Liv Meier and Nora Gracye-Orosz
2018 Second Place, Column: Valerie Lopez
2019 Second Place, Feature Writing: Valerie Lopez
2019 Honorable Mention, News Reporting: Valerie Lopez and Jared Naut
2019 Third Place, Editorial Writing: Nicole Acosta
2019 Second Place, Column Writing: Amber Perez
2019 Honorable Mention, Column Writing: Francesca Simone
2020 First Place, News Reporting: Alexis Lynch, Amber Perez, Valerie Lopez and Francesca Simone
2020 Second Place, Feature Writing: Alexis Lynch
2020 Honorable Mention, Feature Writing: Francesca Simone
2020 Second Place, Column Writing: Amber Perez
2020 Third Place, Editorial Writing: Julianna Ilyse and Steven Keehner
2020 First Place, Best Website: The Impact
2021 First Place, Column Writing: Henry Blethen
2021 First Place, Editorial Writing: James Tiedemann and Britney Guzman
2021 Second Place, Editorial Writing: Nicole Alarcon
2021 Honorable Mention, News Reporting: Noelle Ramirez
2021 Third Place, Best Web Site: The Impact
2022 First Place, Best Overall Newspaper: The Impact
2022 First Place, News Reporting: Maleek Munroe
2022 First Place, Column Writing: James Tiedemann
2022 Second Place, Column Writing: Nicole Alarcon
2022 Third Place, Column Writing: Stephanie Lankhorst
2022 Second Place, Best Website: The Impact
2023 Second Place, Column Writing: Carla Gradiz
2023 Third Place, Feature Writing, Diannah Plaisir
2023 Third Place, Best Website: The Impact
2024 First Place, Column, Gabriella Jiminez
2024 Third Place, Columnist, Nicholas Roth
2024 Third Place, Photography, Brianna Nicotina
2024 Third Place, Best Website, The Impact
2025 First Place, Column, Cassidy Robideau
2025 First Place, Special Recognition, Cassidy Robideau
2025 Second Place, Special Recognition, Gabriela Jiminez and Brianna Nicotina
2025 Second Place, Special Recognition, Gabriella Jiminez
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USA Today College News Reporting Contest
2010 First Place: Jennifer LaGrippo
American Scholastic Press Association
2009 First Place Editorial Writing: Katie Ryan
2011 First Place Feature Writing: Jessi Rucker
2012 First Place Editorial Writing: Chayim Tauber
American Scholastic Press Association
Staff General Excellence Award – First Place – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
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NYPA Award Count:
Katie Ryan – 1
Samuel Neve -1
Michele DeBella – 1
Maria Elena Perez – 1
Weronica Raczek – 1
Christine Cassolino – 1
Faith Rodriguez -1
Britanny Lee – 1
Ihsani Jackson – 1
Tiffany Cordero -1
Laine Griffin – 1
Michael Dunnings – 1
Henry Blethen – 1
Britney Guzman
Noelle Ramirez – 1
Stephanie Lankhorst – 1
Carla Gradiz – 1
Diannah Plaisir – 1
Nick Roth – 1
Steven Keehner – 2
James Tiedemann – 2
Jackie Miranda – 2
Erminia Errante -2
Nicole Alarcon – 2
Karissa Allen – 2
Brianna Nicotina – 2
Cassidy Robideau – 2
Kayla Simas – 3
Liv Meier -3
Gabriella Jiminez – 3
Nicole Acosta – 4