The Lens takes 1st-place awards at annual journalism competition
Business & Economy, Crime & Safety, Politics, Recovery
July 22nd, 2012
The Lens brought home three first-place awards at Saturday nights’ Excellence in Journalism Awards sponsored by the Press Club of New Orleans.
The Lens won the top honors for:
- Best Local News Website. Second place was nola.com; third was wwltv.com
- Best Investigative Story in Print, for this story by reporter Matt Davis on moonlighting deputies and the money it brings in to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. Second place was The Louisiana Weekly; third was this story in The Lens by reporter and founder…

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