The Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of its Green Eyeshade Awards Wednesday, and the INDY won awards in three categories for Print and Digital Writing and Graphics and Photography.
Staff writer Lena Geller won first place in lifestyle reporting for her insightful account of salvaging thousands of dollars’ worth of discarded luxury items left behind by Duke students departing the Bull City for the summer.
The story was one of the INDY’s most-read last year, and Geller was featured in the New York Times for the report.
The INDY’s creative director Nicole Pajor Moore won first place for a collection of her newspaper cover designs. Entries included a graphic for reporting on Saint Augustine’s University; an illustration for a story about affordable housing and a community garden; an illustration for reporting on the Durham Symphony; an illustration for a story about paranormal investigators, and a graphic for a piece on municipal elections in Wake County. You can see all of Moore’s cover work here.
Moore also won third place for her illustrations. Entries included illustrations for a story about a lawsuit over nut butter trademark infringement; a Durham City Council campaign finance feature; and stories about speed dating and a program for people with dementia at the Nasher Museum.
The Green Eyeshade Awards are the Southeast United States’ oldest and largest regional journalism competition. Last year, the contest expanded to include entries submitted from Virginia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands in addition to Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Collectively, The Assembly network won eight Green Eyeshade awards.
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