[UPDATED] Last night, the nominations for this year’s Press Club of New Orleans Awards, and we’re pleased that OffBeat‘s up for six awards. The awards hosted by retired WDSU meteorologist Dan Milham will be presented July 17 at the Harrah’s Hotel, and the evening will honor Lifetime Achievement recipients Angus Lind of The Times-Picayune and Byron Hughey of the public relations firm Hughey and Associates. Here are the nominations and their competition:
P3 Feature
Drew Hinshaw: OffBeat — In Search of Jockomo
Ron Thibodeaux: The Times-Picayune — In His Father’s Footsteps
Ramon Antonio Vargas: The Times-Picayune — A Sad, Lost Life
Alex Woodward: Gambit — Chain Gang
P9 Critical Review
Will Coviello: Gambit — Killer Tunes
Rene Louapre: OffBeat — Dining Out: Dooky Chase’s
Alex Rawls: OffBeat — Kermit Ruffins: Livin’ a Treme Life (Basin Street Records)
Ben Sandmel: Louisiana Cultural Vistas — The Undying Career of Ernie K-Doe
PI 3 Feature Photo
Elsa Hahne:OffBeat — Tab Benoit
Elsa Hahne: OffBeat — Allen Toussaint
Richard Sexton: Louisiana Cultural Vistas — Mardi Gras Stroll
PI 6 Portrait
Cheryl Gerber: Louisiana Cultural Vistas — John Biguenet
Elsa Hahne: OffBeat — Jeremy Davenport (or this image—I’m not sure which submission we settled on)
Romney Photography: Where Y’At — Jabari Greer & BBQ
I 1 Best Local News Web Site
Chris Finch: Fox 8
Staff: New Orleans CityBusiness
Staff: nola.com
Jan Ramsey, Ben Berman, Alex Rawls: OffBeat
I 3 E-mail updates
Jeanne Foster: Gambit — Gambytes
Staff: New Orleans CityBusiness — New Orleans CityBusiness E-mail updates
Staff: The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com — Saints Newsletter
Jan Ramsey, Alex Rawls, Joseph Irrera: OffBeat — “Weekly Beat”
Update 3:05 p.m.
We learned this afternoon of another nomination in another category (that judges were late in returning). Our November 2009 cover featuring the Noisician Coalition was nominated for Best Cover, which brings us to a total of nine nominations for seven awards.
A complete list of nominations is online at the Press Club’s Web site.
