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Seven Days Wins Two Awards in Regional Media Competition

by Corey Barrows Posted on October 15, 2019 at 2:54PM

Every year the New England Newspaper and Press Association recognizes the most outstanding journalism in the region with its “Publick Occurrences” awards. Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent newsweekly, won two — of 16 — at NENPA’s annual New England Newspaper Conference in Worcester, Mass., last week.

Find Jobs, Make Connections and Learn About Local Innovation at the 13th Vermont Tech Jam

by Corey Barrows Posted on October 1, 2019 at 1:42PM

Dozens of the biggest and fastest-growing tech companies in Vermont will be hiring at the 13th Vermont Tech Jam. This annual free career and tech expo produced by Seven Days is on Thursday, October 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction.

Seven Days Wins Four First-Place Awards in National Media Competition

by Corey Barrows Posted on August 1, 2019 at 9:21AM

Molly Walsh received an honorable mention in the Beat Reporting category for her higher education coverage. Former food writer Hannah Palmer Egan also received an honorable mention in the Food Writing category.

Left to right: Don Eggert, Pamela Polston, Paula Routly, Cathy Resmer and Colby Roberts

Seven Days Publishers Honored with Economic Development Award

by Corey Barrows Posted on July 1, 2019 at 10:32AM

Cioffi also praised Seven Days for “thoughtful and inspiring leadership in shining light on the opiate epidemic facing our region and state” — a reference to the paper’s yearlong “Hooked” series reporting on Vermont’s opioid crisis. Calling it a “catalyst to help Vermonters come together as a community to find meaningful ways to address the challenges of addiction,” Cioffi credited the paper with “forging positive social and economic change for Vermonters.”

Left to right: Corey Grenier (Seven Days), Mae Quilty (City Market), John Sayles (Vermont Foodbank), Kylie Perry (Vermont Federal Credit Union)

Vermont Restaurant Week Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Record Gift to Vermont Foodbank

by Corey Barrows Posted on June 25, 2019 at 3:42PM

City Market/Onion River Co-op, one of the festival’s sponsors, gave the Vermont Foodbank 40 percent of its two stores’ Rally for Change donations during the month of April. The program encourages customers to round up their total at the register and donate the difference.

Seven Days’ Annual Vermont Restaurant Week Celebrates 10 Years!

by Corey Barrows Posted on April 17, 2019 at 11:03AM

Vermont has garnered a national reputation for its award-winning specialty food and drink products and inventive, locally focused cuisine. For the last decade, Seven Days’ Vermont Restaurant Week has celebrated the state’s chefs, farmers, producers and others food-service professionals that have helped put the Green Mountain State on the map.

Young Vermonters Recognized at the Statehouse for Being Good Citizens

by Corey Barrows Posted on April 4, 2019 at 11:21AM

Other Challenge partners included: Front Porch Forum, the Young Writers’ Project, Vermont State Parks and Historic Sites, GameTheory, Phoenix Books and the Winooski Peace Initiative. Here is a list of students who completed the Good Citizen Challenge, organized by town: Barre: Tyler Graves

Seven Days Hires Courtney Lamdin to Cover Burlington

by Corey Barrows Posted on April 3, 2019 at 9:44AM

“We’ve been impressed by Courtney for a long time — and watched her win regional journalism awards for stories such as the horrific hazing scandal at Milton High School,” said publisher and coeditor Paula Routly. In January, her paper beat out Seven Days and snagged a first-place in investigative journalism from the New England Newspaper and Press Association for an exposé about the embezzling director of a youth football program.

Seven Days Wins 11 First-Place Awards, Including General Excellence, in Regional Media Competition

by Corey Barrows Posted on February 18, 2019 at 2:24PM

Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent newsweekly, won 11 first-place awards in this year’s New England Better Newspaper Competition — including for general excellence and top honors for health, crime, government, arts and entertainment reporting, political columnist, infographic, personality profile and niche publication. The paper also won eight second-place and six third-place awards — 25 total.

Seven Days Hires Kate O’Neill for a New Reporting Project on the Opioid Epidemic

by Corey Barrows Posted on January 16, 2019 at 10:52AM

“Hooked: Stories and Solutions From Vermont’s Opioid Crisis” is made possible in part by funding from the Vermont Community Foundation, University of Vermont Health Network and Pomerleau Real Estate. The series is written and edited by Seven Days’ staff; underwriters have no influence on the content.