Magbloom.com Wins Best Journalism Website in Indiana


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Magbloom.com, the website you are looking at, captured the award for Best Journalism Website at the  Society of Professional Journalists’ “Best of the Best” annual gala held at the Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis on April 19. The judges said bloommagazine.dev is “an inviting website, and the team there tells the stories of life in Bloomington very well.”

Bloom won 12 journalism awards in all, including six first-place honors, three second-place, and three third-place for writing, photography, and design.

Here is a complete list of the Bloom winners.

First Place
Lynae Sowinski and Kaye Lee Johnston, bloommagazine.dev
Best Journalism Website

Elisabeth Andrews, “The Lotus Festival,” Aug/Sep 2012
Arts and Entertainment Writing
Magazines and non-daily newspapers

Jeremy Shere, “The Young Turks of Technology,” Aug/Sep 2012
Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting
Publication circulation below 40,000

Lee Ann Sandweiss, “A Sentimental Journey,” Oct/Nov 2012
Coverage of Minority Issues
All publications

Christine Barbour, “My Plate or Yours”
Column Writing
Magazines and non-daily newspapers

Steve Raymer, “Make Way Bloomington, Here Come the Brains!” Apr/May 2012
Features Photography
Publication circulation below 40,000

Second Place

Elisabeth Andrews, “IU Jacobs School of Music: The Next Generation,” Oct/Nov 2012
Arts and Entertainment Writing
Magazines and non-daily newspapers

Shannon Zahnle, “IU Jacobs School of Music: The Next Generation,” Oct/Nov 2012
Multiple Picture Group
Publication circulation below 40,000

Kaye Lee Johnston, “36 Spots Where the Burgers Are Tops,” Apr/May 2012
Design Other Than Cover
All magazines and periodicals

Third Place

Shannon Zahnle, “Laser Surgery,” June/July 2012
Features Photography
Publication below 40,000

J. Bruce Baumann, “Autumn in Monroe County,” Dec 2012/Jan 2013
Multiple Picture Group
Publication circulation below 40,000

Kaye Lee Johnston, “A Farm Where the Water Buffalo Roam,” Aug/Sep 2012
Design Other Than Cover
All magazines and periodicals

Click here to view all of the 2012 SPJ award winners.

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