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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

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