Timothy Bolger, Katrina Longworth, Terrence McCoy, and Patrick Michels are finalists for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
The Colorado Springs Independent, Houston Press, Miami New Times and The Texas Observer have each won Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the national Society of Professional Journalists.
On the strength of its Hurricane Sandy coverage, the paper picked up eleven first-place honors, including the award for Editorial Excellence.
The 10-year-old alt-weekly will be publishing monthly and remaining daily online, according to a letter from its publisher to readers.
Creative Loafing Atlanta, Houston Press, Independent Weekly, L.A. Weekly, Phoenix New Times, and The Village Voice were among the honorees.
Long-time staffer Christopher Twarowski succeeds former editor Michael Patrick Nelson.
The relaunch has improved the quality of the JFP's search results, the layout and responsiveness of story pages, and given editors improved ability to post photo galleries, videos, audio and documents in support of their news and entertainment reporting.
Fort Worth Weekly, Houston Press, and San Antonio Current took honors in several categories at the Houston Press Club's Lone Star Awards.
Miami New Times, Jackson Free Press and The Memphis Flyer each received first-place Green Eyeshade awards from the SPJ southeastern division.
