Daily Herald wins 54 awards from Northern Illinois Newspaper Association

The Daily Herald took home a personal best 54 awards at the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association’s annual (virtual) gathering.The newspaper won first place for general excellence and best website and 20 other categories.In addition, the Glenview/Northbrook Herald weekly publications won six awards, four of them for first place.”It was quite a night for the Daily Herald, Editor John Lampinen said. “What an uplifting way to end our week. We’re so happy that the efforts of our talented and hardworking staff are recognized like this, and we appreciate the kind words of the judges.”The awards include:First PlaceDaily Herald• Staff — General Excellence. Judges said: “A bold, iconic presentation and solid content. Stories reflect a vast knowledge of coverage area. The newspaper’s design makes use of graphics, multiple entry points and well-written headlines.”• Staff — Website. Judges said: “Impressive — dailyherald.com is always a must-go site. Content is organized well, and the site is updated frequently. Well done, Daily Herald staff.”• Staff — Coverage of COVID-19• Staff — Design• Chuck Keeshan, Paul Valade and Staff — Special Section, “Graduation 2020” • Kevin Dollear — Headline Writing• Jim Fuller — General Feature: “It Was All Chaos; We Arrived in a Kill Zone”• Scot Gregor — Sports Columnist• Jake Griffin — In-depth News Story: “Number of Deaths Up 40%”• Jake Griffin: Education Reporting• Brian Hill: Feature Photo” “A COVID Centenarian”• Brian Hill — Sports Photo: “Bouncing Helmet”• Madhu Krishnamurthy — Coverage of Social Issues: “Gift of Life from Minority Organ Donors Much Needed”• Joe Lewnard — Spot News Photo: “Consoling Hug”• Joe Lewnard — Video: “It’s Just a Heart-Wrenching Tragedy”• Eric Peterson and James Kane — Spot News: “U-46 Teacher Fired After Accusations of Improper Relationships”• Tom Quinlan — Personality Profile: “Bob Frisk: Our Social Media Before There Was Social Media”• Jim Slusher — Editorial: “The Disturbing and Unreasonable Silence Around Roselle Shooting”• Katlyn Smith: Technology-Medical Story, “‘I Was Seeing Things Scurrying Across the Floor'”• John Starks — Photo Gallery: “Snow, Vaccinations and More”• Jim Baumann — Use of Humor: “Grammar Moses” • David Bernstein, collaboration with ProPublica — Business-Financial-Consumer Story, “The Deal at 30″The Glenbrook Heralds• Melynda Findlay-Shamie — Columnist: “Letter from the Editor”• Melynda Findlay-Shamie and Dave Oberhelman — In-depth News Story: “Who Donated and How Much in Northbrook Village Races”• Joe Lewnard — Feature Photo: “Voting with Dad”• Dave Oberhelman — Spot News Story: “Power to the People”Second PlaceDaily Herald• Staff — Localized News Story: “Protest Coverage After the Death of George Floyd”• Photo Staff — Photo Gallery: “Juneteenth Celebrations in the Suburbs”• Diane Dungey — Editorial: “A Chance to Rethink Our Suburbs”• Robert Feder — Columnist • Don Friske — Headline Writing