2024 NNPA Fund Messenger Award winners

Winners of this year’s NNPA Fund Messenger Awards included The Washington Informer, Texas Metro News, Houston Forward Times, Houston Defender, Insight News, Minneapolis Spokesman-Recorder, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, and Seattle Medium. (Courtesy image)

Award	Place	Winners
Health – Emory O. Jackson Award
	First Place	Atlanta Voice
	Second Place	Houston Forward Times
	Third Place	St. Louis American
Education – Frank L. Stanley Award
	First Place	Washington Informer
	Second Place	The Observer Newspapers
	Third Place	Michigan Chronicle
Layout & Design (Tabloid) – Robert L. Vann Award
	First Place	The Observer Newspapers
	Second Place	The New York Amsterdam News
	Third Place	Birmingham Times
Special Edition – Leon W. Washington Award
	First Place	Birmingham Times
	Second Place	St. Louis American
	Third Place	Seattle Medium
Layout & Design (Broadsheet) – Robert L. Vann Award
	First Place	St. Louis American
	Second Place	New Pittsburg Courier
	Third Place	Insight News
Editorial & Opinion – Robert S. Abbott Award
	First Place	Houston Forward Times
	Second Place	Final Call
	Third Place	St. Louis American
Environment – Wilbert L Holloway
	First Place	The New York Amsterdam News
	Second Place	Atlanta Voice
	Third Place	Final Call
Business
	First Place	The New York Amsterdam News
	Second Place	Houston Forward Times
	Third Place	New Pittsburg Courier
Facebook Campaign
	First Place	Michigan Chronicle
	Second Place	St. Louis American
	Third Place	Houston Defender
Instagram Campaign
	First Place	The Observer Newspapers
	Second Place	The New York Amsterdam News
	Third Place	St. Louis American
Newspaper Excellence – John H. Sengstacke Award
	First Place	St. Louis American
	Second Place	Birmingham Times
	Third Place	The Philadelphia Tribune
Entertainment – Armstrong Ellington Award
	First Place	St. Louis American
	Second Place	Michigan Chronicle
	Third Place	Houston Forward Times
Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle – Ada S. Franklin Award
	First Place	Atlanta Voice
	Second Place	The Philadelphia Tribune
	Third Place	St. Louis American
Social & Criminal Justice – Ida B. Wells Award
	First Place	The Observer Newspapers
	Second Place	The New York Amsterdam News
	Third Place	Houston Forward Times
Website Excellence – A. Philip Randolph Award
	First Place	Houston Defender
	Second Place	Michigan Chronicle
	Third Place	Insight News
Original Photography – Best Use of Photographs
	First Place	The Observer Newspapers
	Second Place	Atlanta Voice
	Third Place	Michigan Chronicle
Youth & Children
	First Place	Afro American Newspaper(Baltimore)
	Second Place	St. Louis American
	Third Place	Houston Defender
Newsletter Excellence Award
	First Place	Insight News
	Second Place	New Pittsburg Courier
	Third Place	Texas Metro News
Community Engagement – W. A. Scott II Award
	First Place	Afro American Newspaper(Baltimore)
	Second Place	LA Sentinel
	Third Place	The Baltimore Times
Community Service – Carl Murphy Award
	First Place	Houston Defender
	Second Place	LA Sentinel
	Third Place	Seattle Medium
Sports – Don King Award
	First Place	The Baltimore Times
	Second Place	Texas Metro News

	Third Place	Houston Forward Times
Faith & Religion Award
	First Place	Minnesota Spokesman Recorder
	Second Place	Atlanta Voice
	Third Place	The Observer Newspapers
Video Campaign Award
	First Place	Houston Forward Times
	Second Place	Houston Defender
	Third Place	Afro American Newspaper(Baltimore)
Original Advertising Campaign – E. Washington RhodesAward
	First Place	The Baltimore Times
	Second Place	St. Louis American
	Third Place	Atlanta Voice
JOHN BROWN RUSSWURM		St. Louis American
Publisher of the Year		Joy Bramble -The Baltimore Times