B.A.R. takes 3rd place in newspaper contest
The Bay Area Reporter won third place for general excellence in its category in the recent California News Publishers Association awards.The awards, for articles published in 2021 and announced last week via CNPA's Twitter feed, cited the B.A.R.
in the weeklies category for papers with circulations between 11,001 and 25,000. Publisher Michael Yamashita, news editor Cynthia Laird, assistant editor Matthew S.
Bajko, former assistant editor John Ferrannini, arts editor Jim Provenzano, art director Max Leger, and production designer Ernesto Sopprani were credited.The two winning issues were published in September 2021."I'm very proud of our entire team for their dedication and hard work, which are required to produce the Bay Area Reporter," Yamashita stated. "It's gratifying to be designated by our professional peers for this recognition."The San Francisco Business Times took first place; the B.A.R.
was the only LGBTQ publication among the five winners. In other CNPA news, Bajko received a third place award in the business news category for his stories on the Chick-fil-A franchise opening near the San Francisco city line, a gay man buying the Castro's Dog Eared Books store, and his Business Briefing column on queer San Francisco film commissioner Jack Song."Good array of sources.
