Iron String Press Writers Earn Accolades from Their Peers
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Iron String Press, parent company of “The Freeman’s Journal,” “Hometown Oneonta” and AllOtsego.com, has received three awards from the New York Press Association.
The results of the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest were announced during NYPA’s Spring Conference, held Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, in Albany. According to organizers, 142 newspapers submitted 2,530 entries. The entries were judged by members of the Tennessee Press Association.
Of the 379 awards presented last weekend, “The Freeman’s Journal” received both second- and third- place nods for “Best Column, Division 3” as well as an honorable mention for “News Story, Division 4.”
Columnist Terry Berkson was awarded second place for his column, titled “Life Sketches.” The three columns submitted—“Yellow Submarine Haunts Coney Island Creek,” “On the Bug Bus to San Antonio,” and “Turkey Fishing: a Christmas Story”—were described by the Tennessee judges as “entertaining, well-written columns.” Berkson has a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College. His articles have appeared in “New York” magazine, “The New York Daily News Sunday Magazine, and “Automobile” magazine. He lives on a farm in Richfield Springs with his wife, Alice.
