The New England Newspaper & Press Association has awarded VTDigger seven awards, including three first-place honors.
NENPA awarded the statewide news nonprofit top honors for reporting in Racial, Ethnic or Gender Issue Coverage; Protest & Demonstration Coverage; and Contemporary Issues Photo, as well a second-place award for General News Story for coverage of the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol officer.
NENPA represents more than 450 news organizations throughout New England. The awards were announced last Saturday at a conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
VTDigger photographer Glenn Russell took home first place in the Contemporary Issues Photo category for his coverage of last June’s No Kings Rally and a speech by Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, and third-place award for his photos of University of Vermont fans celebrating the men’s soccer team’s national championship.
Greta Solsaa, who covers Southern Vermont, won first place in the Protest & Demonstration Coverage category for her coverage of protests during Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to Vermont, in March 2025.
Auditi Guha, who covers immigration, took home first place for her coverage of the interrogation and detention of Winooski schools superintendent Wilmer Chavarria by immigration officials while traveling through Houston.
Peter D’Auria, Alan Keays and Habib Sabet took home second place in the General News Story category for their coverage of the Zizian cult and what may have led to the shooting of a Border Patrol officer in the Northeast Kingdom.
Other VTDigger coverage honored at the awards ceremony included:
Business and Economic Reporting, second place: Corey McDonald for his coverage of lawsuits accusing Vermont Construction Company of incomplete work and unjustified charges.
Environmental Reporting, third place: Austyn Gaffney for her coverage on how Vermont is violating the federal Clean Water Act.
