CDT staff lands several awards in Pennsylvania journalism competition
The news staff of the Centre Daily Times has captured five honors in the annual Keystone Press Awards, which recognize outstanding journalism in Pennsylvania.
CDT staffers won for news, sports and visual coverage in the 2020 awards, announced Thursday by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association in Harrisburg. The accolades are based on work published during the prior year.
Here are the honors received by the CDT staff within its competitive division, reserved for multi-day publications with circulation of 10,000-19,999:
- Second place, feature photo: Abby Drey for “State College Queen”
- Honorable mention, sports beat reporting: Lauren Muthler for Penn State wrestling
- Honorable mention, news beat reporting: former CDT reporter Sarah Paez for town and gown
- Honorable mention, enterprise reporting: Muthler, Paez, Bret Pallotto, Marley Parish for “Mental Health on Centre”
- Honorable mention, investigative reporting: Paez, “Sounding the alarm”