18 Worcester Business Journal | April 26, 2021 | wbjournal.com
An award-winning publication,
11 TIMES OVER!
During the annual Better Newspaper contest from the New England Newspaper & Press Association,
WBJ was honored with 11 awards, the most it has ever won from a single contest.
Worcester
Business
Journal
WBJ
"Black Businesses Matter"
by Grant Welker, a story told
in the wake of George Floyd's
murder by police about how
Black-owned businesses
and the benefits they bring
to communities of color are
underrepresented in Worcester
County
"40 Under Forty: 20th
anniversary" by Mitchell Hayes, a
publication looking at the history
and impact of the annual awards,
as told through the 2019 winners
and more than 80 alumni
1st place: OVERALL DESIGN
& PRESENTATION OF NICHE
PUBLICATION
2nd place: RACIAL & ETHNIC
REPORTING
"Greater Worcester's economy
is catching up" by Grant Welker,
a deep-dive into how the
region's economic output and
those benefits are closing in on
regional and national peers
1st place: GENERAL NEWS
REPORTING
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Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News
1st Place:
EDITORIAL
CARTOON
2nd Place:
BEST
PODCAST
2nd Place:
EDUCATION
REPORTING
3rd Place:
SERIOUS
COLUMNIST
3rd Place:
EDITORIAL
WRITING
3rd Place:
BEST COVERAGE OF
THE CORONAVIRUS
3rd Place:
HEALTH
REPORTING
3rd Place:
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
REPORTING
