Publisher Bernie Niemeier and Editor Richard Foster accepted the award. | Simone Renee Photography LLC
Virginia Business won a national journalism award this past weekend at The Alliance of Area Business Publishers Editorial Excellence awards in Atlanta.
The magazine placed silver in the "best coverage of local breaking news" category for its reporting of Amazon’s decision to locate its second headquarters in Northern Virginia and Long Island City in New York. (The internet giant later dropped plans to establish headquarters in New York due to political opposition).
"The announcements ended months of suspense over where Amazon would locate a second, $5 billion headquarters that promised 50,000 high-paying jobs and an 8 million-square-foot campus," Paula C. Squires wrote in the award-winning story.
