The Norwood News, the community publication covering the Bronx and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, won a first place prize once again for Best Small Circulation Publication at this year’s Ippies Awards.

The contest, now in its sixteenth year, celebrates the work of community and ethnic media outlets across the city. The Center for Community & Ethnic Media, which has its offices at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, has organized the show since its inception.

Tom Robbins, investigative reporter in residence at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, cited the paper’s 2016 February 16 to March 1 edition that covered the closing of St. Ann’s School and the involvement of the Bronx Democratic Party’s lawyer in a proposed mall project.

“This is exactly the kinds of stories that Errol Louis was talking about a few minutes ago–[Stories] that go unnoticed and uncovered in papers like the [New York Daily] News and the [New York] Post, which usually would’ve been on something like this,” said Robbins, referring to Errol Louis, the NY1 political commentator and host who delivered the Ippies keynote address.

“We are once again thrilled to be recognized for the hard work that our newspaper has achieved,” said David Cruz, editor-in-chief of the Norwood News. “This couldn’t have happened without the hard work from our rotation of interns and freelancers that made it happen.”

The Norwood News also took home a first place prize award for its “Bronx Develops” collaborative project with WFUV Radio and BronxNet Television that examined development across neighborhoods in the Bronx.

“This series was so well-received we look to do another collaboration, and another, and another,” said Cruz, who shared the prize with WFUV reporters Julia Rist, Andrew Seger, Jacob Shore, and Diana Nelson.

The paper wishes to thank several people and institutions for making these wins possible: WFUV news director George Bodarky, BronxNet executive director Michael Max Knobbe, Mosholu Preservation Corporation executive director Jennifer Tausig, Norwood News proofreader Judy Noy, Norwood News designer Mauro DeLuca, and freelancers Adi Talwar, David Greene, and Miriam Quinones. The Norwood News also wishes to thank 2017’s interns Adeline Hanssen, Dylan Croll, Aaron Mayorga, Diego Barcacel Peña, Yara Palin, and Stephanie Luciano for all their hard work in making this paper the Best Small Circulation Publication.