The Northwest Asian Weekly yielded 13 awards in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual “Better Newspaper” Awards.
Andrew Hamlin, won 1st place in the Best General Interest Column, “At the Movies”
Marino Saito, won 1st place in the Best Story on the Arts, “Kaori Nakamura: Retiring dancer was truly a dream come true”
George Liu and Han Bui, won 1st place in the Color Photo Essay, “Happy birthday, Uncle Bob.”
Sue Misao, won 2nd place in the Best News Story, Long, “Cause of Chinatown fire remains undetermined.”
Jason Cruz, won 2nd place in the Best Crime and Court story, “Tacoma man sentenced for plot claims it was just a ‘joke'”
Stacy Nguyen, won 2nd place in the Best General Feature Story, Long, “Last day ditch”
Stacy Nguyen, won 3rd place in the Best General Feature Story, Long, “Local woman champions brother’s release”
Zachariah Bryan, won 2nd place in the Best General Feature Story, Short, “What will future ‘district’ elections mean”
Han Bui, won 2nd place in the Best Front Page Design, “The Travel Issue,” Vol 33 No 25
Assunta Ng, won 2nd place in the Community Service Award
Vivian Nguyen, won 3rd place in the Best Topical Columns, “A-pop!”
Annisa Amalia, Han Bui, and George Liu, won 3rd place in the Color Photo Essay, “Children’s Parade 2014” (end)