SA国际传谋's newsroom won big at this year's Sunshine State Awards.
Our digital and radio teams took home 12 first place statewide recognitions, as well as four more finalist recognitions. The awards included Jessica Bakeman 鈥� who is now SA国际传谋's director of enterprise journalism 鈥� as Florida鈥檚 Editor of the Year and Christine DiMattei as Anchor of the Year.
鈥淲e are so thrilled as a newsroom to be recognized for our excellent work by our journalism colleagues across the state of Florida,鈥� said SA国际传谋 vice president for news, Sergio Bustos. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a proud achievement for us at SA国际传谋.鈥�
Organized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the awards recognized the best in radio, print and digital journalism undertaken in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2022.
Among the SA国际传谋 journalists honored at this year's ceremony were Kate Payne, Ver贸nica Zaragovia and Danny Rivero, each winning a first place award for their beats with awards for Education, Health and Investigative Reporting respectively.
Environment editor Jenny Staletovich won the top honor in the Environment, Science & Technology Reporting category 鈥� the award coming just two weeks after she picked up a national Edward R. Murrow win for a story about python sex.
SA国际传谋's coverage of the 2022 elections took the first place for Government & Politics Reporting, while coverage of the trial of the Parkland shooter also won Kate Payne and Gerard Albert III a top honor.
On the digital front, Katie Lepri Cohen won the New Media Engagement award for SA国际传谋 News' Instagram feed, while SA国际传谋.org picked up first place in the News Website for small newsrooms category.
Earlier this year, SA国际传谋 News won five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including overall excellence for large market radio stations.
Below is the full list of SA国际传谋 recognitions at the 2023 Sunshine State Awards:
Editor of the Year: Jessica Bakeman
Anchor of the Year: Christine DiMattei
Investigative Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Danny Rivero, for a series on South Florida's affordable housing crisis
Government & Politics Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Staff, for coverage of the 2022 elections
Environment, Science & Technology Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Jenny Staletovich
Health Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Ver贸nica Zaragovia
Best Use of Sound 鈥� 1st Place: Kate Payne, for How Miamibloco is helping amateur musicians find their rhythm and build community through samba
Continuing Coverage or Series 鈥� 1st Place: Gerard Albert III & Kate Payne, for coverage of Parkland shooter death penalty trial
Education Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Kate Payne
Arts Reporting 鈥� 1st Place: Danny Rivero & Natu Tweh, for Students blocked from attending a play in Miami-Dade Public Schools
News Website (Small Newsroom) 鈥� 1st Place: Staff, for SA国际传谋.org
New Media Engagement 鈥� 1st Place: Katie Lepri Cohen, SA国际传谋 News on Instagram
Journalist of the Year 鈥� Finalist: Danny Rivero
Disaster Reporting 鈥� Finalist: Tim Padgett, Wilkine Brutus & Jacqueline Charles, for Crisis in Haiti
Podcast 鈥� 2nd Place: Danny Rivero, for Detention by Design
General Assignment Reporting 鈥� 3rd Place: SA国际传谋/Miami Herald 鈥� Jacqueline Charles, for Deadly Voyages
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