Writers and graphic artists for The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won 16 awards in the competitive statewide annual Memorial Journalism Contest run by the Garden State Journalists Association.
On Wednesday, May 20, they picked up their plaques at the Chart House restaurant in Weehawken.
The weekly chain, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight newspapers: The Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, Weehawken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, North Bergen Reporter, Union City Reporter, and the West New York Reporter.
The company also publishes the lifestyle magazines 07030, Jersey City Magazine, and Bayonne Magazine. Online versions of the publications appear at www.hudsonreporter.com.
In the GSJA contest, the Reporter papers competed with publications in all 21 counties in New Jersey.
The company’s reporters were awarded prizes in a wide range of categories, from front page layout to investigative reporting to spot news to feature photos.