The Ann Arbor News has won the Newspaper of the Year award in its circulation category in the Michigan Press Association's 2016 Better Newspaper Contest.
The newspaper competed against papers with circulations from 11,001 to 20,000, including the Battle Creek Enquirer, Monroe Evening News, Traverse City Record-Eagle, Bay City Times, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Times Herald, Herald-Palladium and Holland Sentinel.
Overall, MLive Media Group journalists received 99 awards in the MPA's contest.
The awards were announced Jan. 26 at the MPA's annual convention at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids. MLive Media Group formed in 2012, and includes the MLive.com web site, as well as newspapers in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Jackson, Flint, Saginaw and Bay City.
Read more about the rest of the awards won by The Ann Arbor News online.
Michigan Press Association names The Ann Arbor News 'Newspaper of the Year'
Read More
A Kind of Defiance: In Lansing, an Overlooked – and Leading – History of Queer Activism
It’s only natural for a state capital to become a center for political activism. But in the case of Lansing, both local and state-level queer activism [...]
Photo Gallery: Motor City Pride 2022
Color and joy were on full display at Motor City Pride 2022 as an estimated 40,000 Pridegoers filled downtown Detroit streets and Hart Plaza to celebrate [...]
Gabriela Santiago-Romero on Detroit City Council Win: 'I'm Still Processing My Emotions and Feeling Overwhelmed With Joy and Pride'
Gabriela Santiago-Romero, a first-generation Mexican American from southwest Detroit, became the first Latinx out LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Detroit City [...]
The LanSINGout Chorus Announces Spring Fundraiser: 'Spring Sing Thing'
Proceeds to Support Participation in the 2020 GALA Festival LANSING –The LanSINGout Chorus invites the public to their spring fundraiser, "Spring Sing Thing." [...]
Theatre NOVA Announces Postponement 'Arabic to English' World Premiere
ANN ARBOR – In a statement released by Ann Arbor's Theatre Nova, David Wells' "Arabic to English" will be postponed from its initial March 20 opening to Aug. [...]
Feb LezRead: 'Cantoras' and 'Are You Listening?'
LezRead is a monthly book club hosted by the Jim Toy Community Center in Ann Arbor that is dedicated to connecting queer women over conversation and [...]
