Maine Morning Star was honored with three awards at the 2024 Maine Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. (From left to right) Former reporter Evan Popp is joined by reporters Emma Davis and AnnMarie Hilton. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/ Maine Morning Star)
Maine Morning Star earned three awards in the 2024 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, the results of which were announced during a ceremony Saturday at the organization’s annual conference, held in Bar Harbor.
Maine Morning Star’s haul included one third and two second place honors for stories published from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. Having launched in September 2023, this marks the outlet’s first press awards.
This is what Morning Star’s journalists won:
Emma Davis and AnnMarie Hilton
2nd place, best news story, for Many unhoused Lewiston residents left without shelter during shelter in place
Evan Popp and AnnMarie Hilton
2nd place, best feature story, for Homelessness solutions are ‘years away.’ For now, advocates say, meet people where they are
Emma Davis
3rd place, best political story, for Behind 14th Amendment argument to disqualify Trump: process, reasoning and the role of partisanship
The conference also included the Maine Press Association’s 2024 Hall of Fame induction, which honored Naomi Schalit and John Christie, who founded the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, which publishes The Maine Monitor, as well as Bangor Daily News’ longtime sports reporter Larry Mahoney.
Bangor Daily News journalist Sawyer Loftus was named Journalist of the Year.
The MPA Hall of Fame, established in 1998, honors newspaper people with Maine connections who have made outstanding contributions to the profession. Founded in 1864, the Maine Press Association is one of the oldest professional news organizations in the nation.
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