Photo by Erin Nelson. Starnes Media
First Place Awards from the 2021 Alabama Press Association Media Editors Awards, received by Starnes Media publications for work done in 2020. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Homewood’s community newspaper took home nine editorial awards at the 2021 Alabama Press Association Better News Contest.
The Homewood Star, which has been serving the Homewood community for 10 years, has been under the leadership of Ingrid Schnader since April 2020. Schnader has been covering Homewood and the Birmingham metro area for three years.
The Homewood Star received the following awards:
- Best Public Service - 1st Place for AED Access
- Most Improved - 2nd Place
- Best Local Economic Coverage - 2nd Place
- Best Local News Coverage - 1st Place
- Best In-Depth News Coverage - 1st Place for Downtown Rezoning Plans: Everything you need to know
- Best Business Story or Column - 1st Place for Mixed use development in the works for Brookwood Village
- Best News Feature Story Coverage - 3rd Place for Coming Back Stronger
- Best Feature Photo - 1st Place for Mirrored Expressions
- Creative Use of Multimedia - 2nd Place for Homewood resident spreads Easter cheer from his front yard
This newspaper is part of Starnes Media. This year’s APA Better News Contest also favored the six other newspapers under the Starnes Media umbrella: Vestavia Voice, Village Living, 280 Living, Hoover Sun, Cahaba Sun and Iron City Ink.
