West Orange Times & Observer wins national awards

The West Orange Times & Observer won three awards in the Local Media Association’s 2015 Excellence in Local News Coverage Contest.

By Michael Eng
| 12:37 p.m. March 16, 2016

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The West Orange Times & Observer won three awards in the Local Media Association’s 2015 Excellence in Local News Coverage Contest, a national competition.

The awards included second place for Best Feature Story (Michael Eng), a third place for Best Sports Coverage (Steven Ryzewski) and an honorable mention for Best Coverage of Local Education/School District Issues (Amy Quesinberry Rhode).

The Observer Media Group, the newspaper’s parent company, won 15 awards total, the third-highest total for any newspaper company in the country.

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Michael Eng

As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.