The Branford Eagle has been named Best Hyperlocal News Site in the 2014 “Best of New Haven” readers poll.
The results of the annual poll, now published by the Hartford Courant and formerly published by the now-defunct New Haven Advocate, were announced last week. (The Courant kept the poll alive after deciding to stop publishing the New Haven Advocate, which it owned, and folding it into its weekly “CT Now” arts section.)
The Eagle, which has won numerous statewide journalism awards in serving Branford for the past eight years, won the best local news site category. The New Haven Independent came in second, followed by CTBoom.com, a site with a comedic bent that publishes out of Milford.
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Congratulations to the entire award-winning team at the Branford Eagle! A celebration must be planned - winning that award based on an unbiased Readers' Poll is really spectacular! Kudos to the Eagle team, led by Marcia Chambers, who continues to provide professionally written stories, and those of other credentialed journalists she hired, accompanied by photos shot by a superior professional photographer. Branford is fortunate to have Marcia Chambers at the helm, covering our town. As a former AP and highly esteemed New York Times reporter, that remarkable woman knows the ropes of covering news and features with great skill and a lifetime of experience as a highly acclaimed journalist. Bravo to all! Thank you, Branford Eagle, for providing our town with award-winning news, features and photos!