SPJ — New Jersey Chapter
Journalism Awards for 2002

Record, Hub, Law Journal Top Winners

The Record of Hackensack won 10 first-place awards in the daily newspaper category, while The Hub of Long Branch and the New Jersey Law Journal took three top awards in the weekly category in the annual journalism contest of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The awards, for the calendar year 2002, were presented Saturday, June 7, at a reception at Bloomberg's offices in Plainsboro. Awards also will be presented in magazine and television categories.

Among The Record's recognized work was a series commemorating the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Hub was the winner of the Stuart and Beverley Awbrey Award for Distinguished Public Service by a Community Newspaper for its series examining the National Park Service's plan to lease buildings in the national recreation area at Sandy Hook to a private developer.

The Wilson Barto Award for outstanding performance by a first-year reporter went to Jerry Barca of The Star-Ledger in the daily category and to Amy Sara Clark of the New Jersey Jewish Standard in the weekly category.

The daily entries were judged by the Connecticut Chapter of SPJ, while the weekly entries were judged by the Louisville Chapter.