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Centre Daily Times awarded 13 honors in 2025 Professional Keystone Media Awards

By Jessica McAllister

Updated June 23, 2025 10:59 AM

The Centre Daily Times has been awarded 13 honors — including four first-place awards — in the annual Keystone Media Awards, which recognize outstanding journalism in Pennsylvania.

The CDT won for news, multimedia, features and sports coverage in the 2025 awards, announced Friday 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 multiday publications under 5,000 circulation.

First place, Investigative Reporting: Keely Doll, “Calls for change at Park Forest Middle School after teen’s suicide put bullying in spotlight”

First place, Sports Feature: Jon Sauber, “Trust, curiosity & ‘full circle’ moments: The journey that brought Andy Kotelnicki to Penn State”

First place, Sports Feature Photo: Abby Drey, “Post-match embrace”

Aaron Brooks and David Taylor share a moment on the mat after Brooks won the bout to win the series at 86 kg at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, April 20, 2024. This photograph was awarded first place in the Sports Action Photo category in the 2025 Keystone Media Awards. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com

First place, Sports Action Photo: Abby Drey, “Missed catch”

Penn State wide receiver Tre Wallace attempts to catch a ball against Oregon defensive back Jabbar Muhammad in the first half of the Big Ten Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. This photo took first place in the Sports Action Photo category at the 2025 Keystone Media Awards. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com

Second place, News Beat Reporting: Bret Pallotto, courts & crime in Centre County

Second place, Business or Consumer Reporting: Matt DiSanto, “Where can you find the cheapest groceries in State College? We compared prices for you”

Second place, Sports Beat Reporting: Jon Sauber, Penn State football

Second place, Sports/Outdoor Column: Mark Nale, “Afield: Outdoors in central PA”

Second place, Sports Feature: Jon Sauber, “The legend of Tyler Warren: How Penn State’s tight end became the best in school history”

Second place, Sports Action Photo: Abby Drey, “Singleton lifts”

Penn State running back Nick Singleton is cheered on by teammates as he lifts 570 pounds 5 times during a winter workout on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. This photo won second place in the Sports Action Photo category at the 2025 Keystone Media Awards. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com

Second place, Graphic/Photo Illustration: Matt DiSanto, “Record voter turnout surges in Centre County. Check out the map and see precinct data”

Second place, Sports Videos: Abby Drey, “Athletes compete in second Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley”

Honorable mention, Sports Feature: Josh Moyer, “’Quite a turnaround’: Penn State’s program for physically disabled athletes is relaunching”

This story was originally published June 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM.

Jessica McAllister

Centre Daily Times

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Jessica McAllister has been the executive editor of the Centre Daily Times since 2019. She previously worked as a reporter at daily newspapers in New York and Colorado.

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