New Haven BIZ has won six awards for editorial excellence from the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The group announced the statewide winners for work published in 2020 on Thursday. The annual awards competition celebrates the best work by Connecticut journalists in print, broadcast and online.
New Haven BIZ earned first place honors for three stories published in 2020:
NHB Managing Editor Michelle Tuccitto Sullo won first place for business reporting in the magazine division for the story, “As baby boomer retirement wave nears, family biz weigh pros, cons of outside leadership,” published on Nov. 1.
Natalie Missakian garnered a first place award in the health category, magazine division, for the November story, “Big data: CT bioscience companies use AI to speed up life-saving drug discoveries.”
Former NHB Editor Michael Bingham won first place for COVID-news reporting in the magazine division for the story, “Opportunity vs. disaster: How COVID-19 strengthened one company, destroyed another,” published in September.
One NHB story was a second place winner in 2020:
Natalie Missakian earned a second-place award for business reporting in the magazine division for the June story, “Frontier justice? In wake of April bankruptcy, telecom hopes new CEO and new direction will reverse its fortunes.”
Two NHB stories published last year were third place winners:
Michelle Tuccitto Sullo’s January 2020 story, “New life for poisoned properties?” about the challenges of redeveloping properties with environmental contamination, secured a third-place award for business reporting in the magazine division.
Jean Falbo-Sosnovich received third place in the magazine division for her January feature story, “Strange brews: Connecticut’s creative craft brewers think outside the bock,” about the creative names given to beer.
