wbjournal.com | March 2, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 31
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award winning publication
This year, Worcester Business Journal won eight awards from the New England Newspaper & Press
Association, beating out more than 3,000 entries to be honored for comprehensive and engaging
coverage of the Central Massachusetts business community.
Worcester
Business
Journal
WBJ
This story called Behind
Schedule looked at how
the slow rollout of the
legal marijuana industry
was helping the black
market thrive in Central
Massachusetts.
NENPA judges: "An
expansive takeout on a
hot topic, rich in detail
and expansive in scope."
The hard-hitting feature
entitled Left Behind
detailed how people of
color were not getting
licenses in the early
stages of the legal
marijuana industry, even
though the law was set
up to give them first
preferences.
NENPA judges: "An
insightful, readable story
about an economic issue
of personal concern to
minority residents."
1st place: BEST RACIAL OR ETHINC ISSUE COVERAGE 1st place: GENERAL NEWS STORY
WBJ partnered with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on
the 2018 investigative series City of Immigrants, about foreign-
born entrepreneurs in Worcester.
NENPA judges: "This collaboration shows how a smaller news
organization can produce high-quality journalism that competes
with larger news organizations."
1st place: EXCELLENCE IN NEWSROOM COLLABORATION
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Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News
2nd place:
HEALTH
REPORTING
2nd place:
HUMAN INTEREST
FEATURE
3rd place:
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING
3rd place:
SERIOUS
COLUMNIST
3rd place:
EDITORIAL
CARTOON
