The Jewish Journal took home five American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) Awards at the 39th Annual AJPA Simon Rockower Awards on July 2, which were held virtually this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than gathering in Atlanta for the ceremony, the celebration of Jewish journalism took place on Zoom and Facebook Live.
Among the five awards received was Best Weekly Newspaper by David Suissa and Kelly Hartog (read one of the submitted issues here), 1st Place Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing by David Suissa, 2nd Place Award for Excellence in News Reporting by Ryan Torok, 2nd Place for the Louis Rapoport Award for Excellence in Commentary by David Suissa, and 1st Place Excellence in Writing about Sports by Louis Keene.
Founded in 1944, the AJPA is a voluntary not-for-profit professional association for the English-language Jewish Press in North America. Its membership consists of newspapers, magazines, websites, Jewish media organizations, individual journalists and affiliated organizations throughout the United States and Canada.
Watch the ceremony below:
