64 Parishes Magazine and Contributors Bring Home National, Local Awards
On Saturday, August 24, 64 Parishes magazine and its contributors took home first place in four award categories at the 2024 Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards gala. First place winners include:
- Kevin Rabalais in the category of feature photography for “Tournoi de la Ville Platte: Defending the Cotton Crop with Old-Fashioned Sportsmanship” from the spring 2023 issue
- Ricky Riccardi in the category of feature reporting for “De-Satch-uration” from the fall 2023 issue
- Benjamin Morris in the category of lifestyle reporting for “The St. Joe Brickyard: Hiding in Plain Sight” from the spring 2023 issue
- Lucie Monk Carter in the category of best critical review for “Closing Time” in the fall 2023 issue
Additional award winners include:
- Rein Fertel, who received second in the best column category for Lost Lit and third in best critical review for “Always on the Threshold”
- Ken Kolb, who received third in best in environmental reporting for “Against the Current: River Pilots in an Age of Automation”
- Magazine designer Erin Theriot, who received third in best layout for “Tournoi de la Ville Platte: Defending the Cotton Drop with Old-Fashioned Sportsmanship”
The Press Club of New Orleans is 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the professional skills of people in the media industry via education, scholarships, networking, and professional development. The membership includes journalists, journalism educators, and public relations professionals.
In addition, in July 64 Parishes’ story “A Bar Called Charlene’s” by Robert W. Fieseler received the 2024 Green Eyeshade Award, the top annual distinction awarded by Southerners from the Society of Professional Journalists. This story was originally published in the summer 2023 issue of 64 Parishes, which was shepherded to publication by former editor-in-chief Erin M. Greenwald, former managing editor Chris Turner-Neal, and publisher Miranda Restovic.
Started in 1950, the Green Eyeshade Awards are distributed by Southerners from the Society of Professional Journalists with the intent of recognizing the very best in journalism in the southeastern United States. By receiving the top distinction, 64 Parishes also claimed the title of Best in Division for Magazine and First Place in the Feature Writing/Magazines category. The award is open to journalists and publications based in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
The article also recently received an honorable mention from the Society for Features Journalism, which considers feature article reporting from across the United States.
Read “A Bar Called Charlene’s” here.