MAY 19 • 2022 | 41

T

he Jewish News took 
home 13 awards in its 
print class from the 
Detroit Society of Professional 
Journalists (SPJ) Excellence 
in Journalism awards on May 
5 at the San Marino Club in 
Troy.
In the category of 
Community/Local News 
Reporting, Director of 
Editorial Jackie Headapohl 
won first place for “9-11: 
20 Years Later“ and fourth 
place for “Heroes at Your 
Doorstep.” Contributing 
Writer Stacy Gittleman took 
home second place for her 
coverage of the detainment, 
imprisonment and release of 
journalist Danny Fenster from 
a Myanmar prison.

JN page designer Michelle 
Sheridan took home a slew 
of awards: third place for 
Cover Design for “Freedom 
Finally,” and first, second and 
fourth places for “
A Return 
to Glory,” “Freedom Finally” 
and “Preserving the Legacy of 
Albert Kahn,” respectively.
In the category of Feature 
Reporting, Contributing 
Writer Shari Cohen won first 
place for “Memorial of Tears“ 
and Contributing Writer Alan 
Muskovitz won fourth place 
for “Sophie’s Sorrow.”
Alan Muskovitz also 
took home a second-place 
award in General Column 
Writing, for columns “Here’s 
To Memories,” “Vaccination 
Day Diary“ and “Laughing 

Through Tears.”
In the category of General 
News Reporting, Contributing 
Writer Shelli Liebman 
Dorfman took first place for 
“Sheltering in One Place“ and 
Contributing Writer Barbara 
Lewis took second place for 
her story “
Air Force Over-

Head.”
In the category of Health 
Reporting, Suzanne Chessler 
won third place for her story, 
“Vaccine Video.”
All of the stories were pub-
lished in 2021 and can be 
found at thejewishnews.com. 

The Jewish News team at the SPJ Banquet May 5: Top Row: 
Designer Michelle Sheridan, Contributing Writer Esther Allweiss 
Ingber, Associate Editor David Sachs, Contributing Writers Shari 
Cohen and Stacy Gittleman; Bottom Row: Detroit Jewish News 
Foundation Archivist Mike Smith, Director of Editorial Jackie 
Headapohl and Contributing Writer Barbara Lewis.

JN Honored with 13 
Journalism Awards

JN STAFF

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