Award of Excellence: The Boston Globe, Lewiston Copes With Tragedy After Mass Shooting
This premiere category recognizes the collaborative effort of a photography staff covering a single topic or news story. It is a narrative picture story that consists of images taken as part of a team effort to cover a single issue or news story.
A casket is carried down the stairs of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul after the funeral of Ron Morin on November 3, 2023. Morin, 55, who was killed a week before during the shootings, was remembered by family and friends as a welcoming, funny man who could bring cheer to an entire room in a moment. A regular in the cornhole leagues and tournaments at Schemengees, he left behind a wife and two children.
Lewiston Copes With Tragedy After Mass Shooting
A small town Maine community was shattered on the night of October 25, 2023 after gunman Robert Card shot and killed 18 people at a bar and a bowling alley. Victims and families struggled through grief to move forward after the deadliest mass shooting in 2023 and the worst in the history of Maine.
