Ivan Lajara

2014 - Online content

For Creatavist presentation of a feature story. Second place.

2013 - Online content

For Scrollkit- and New Hive-based displays of Hudson Valley Destinations features. Second place.

2012 - Columns

3rd Place, Daily Freeman, Kingston, 'Life, edited'

2012 - Online Content

1st Place, Daily Freeman, Kingston, Levon Helm -- Ivan Lajara, Paul Kirby, Tania Barricklo

2011 - Online Content

First place for online content for live tweeting of the murder trial of Trevor “Little T” Mattis and Gary “G-Money” Griffin, who ultimately were convicted for the execution-style killing of Charles “C.J.” King Jr.

2011 - Blogging

First place for blogging for newspapers of under 25,000 circulation for “Life, I Wrote,” which can be viewed at dailyfreeman.blogspot.com.

2011 - 25 under 35

25 publishing leaders who "are as diverse as their news organizations."

2010 - Blogging

2nd Place, Daily Freeman, Kingston, "This week in blogdom-land-place-stuff-WHAAAA?"; "Frankel speaks out on 'abusive' link"; "Author's 'sexy' Freeman link restored on Facebook"; "'Today Show' FAIL!"; "Burning questions", Ivan Lajara

2008 - Best Headline

Second place, best headline, Ivan Lajara, for “The crimes, they are a-changin’” (atop a story about commodities crimes).

2006 - Editor of the Year

2008 - Best Arts and Entertainment criticism/commentary

Third place, best arts and entertainment criticism/commentary, Ivan Lajara, for “Comedy Review” of a local performance by George Carlin.