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Tony: I'm Tony Schinella, an award-winning newspaper editor/journalist and radio broadcaster, currently living in Concord, N.H. This profile links to a number of my blogs including Politizine.com, the Taste the Floor radio program website, OurConcord.com, as well as media analysis and an analysis of the 2000 election. Opinions and comments are my own and not those of my employer. Feel free to participate. Email: politizine-at-yahoo.com. Copyright, 2002-2017, Tony Schinella

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Second Place, Best Website for Concord NH Patch; Second Place, Right-to-Know Award for stories on Concord School District business administrator hire, from the New Hampshire Press Association Media Awards, Oct. 18, 2013.

Winner, Media Excellence Award, from the New Hampshire State Grange, Oct. 27, 2012.

Winner, Best Website for Concord NH Patch, from the New Hampshire Press Association Media Awards, Oct. 12, 2012.

Winner, Media Award, from the Concord Grange #322 on April 30, 2012, for work with Concord NH Patch. It was the Grange's first ever media award. "No matter what it is, (Tony's) out covering it. He's honest ... he tells the truth and he doesn't fudge it, no matter what," Dick Patten, Concord Grange. View the video clip from the event by clicking here.

Winner, five New England Newspaper & Press Association awards for 2010 including third place award for General Excellence; second place award for Local Election Coverage; second and third place awards, in separate class divisions, for Educational Reporting; and second place for Overall Design, for work with the Belmont Citizen-Herald and WickedLocalBelmont.com.

"Tony Schinella is one of New England’s journalistic gems – a reporter’s reporter and sharp observer of anything that sparks his interest." - David Bernstein, political reporter, the Boston Phoenix

Finalist, Best of Gatehouse 2008 Newspaper of the Year [Non-daily], Belmont Citizen-Herald.

Winner, 2008 New England Press Assoc. first place award for Government Reporting, Belmont Citizen-Herald.

"...[C]areful research ... is what newspapers used to do, but we're hard-pressed to find another in these days of journalistic malpractice." - Mass. Citizens for Limited Taxation comment about Schinella's editorial endorsement of a 2008 ballot question in the Belmont Citizen-Herald, Oct. 29, 2008.

"[Politizine is] must reading for those in the know." - WBZ-TV 4/WBZ 1030 AM Political Reporter Jon Keller, "Keller at Large," Dec. 23, 2007.

Winner, 2007 Appreciation Award from the Concord Pineconia Grange for work with non-profit groups and community service.

Winner, 2005 New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters Golden Mike Award in the Feature Story category for "Trains," an audio feature about the Hooksett Lions Club Model Train Event, for WKXL 1450 news radio.

On receiving an IAFF Media Award for editorial/column in 2005 published in The Winchester Star: "IAFF members across the United States and Canada appreciate the work you have done to expose the importance of safe staffing and equipment in fire departments, a vital issue for the IAFF and professional fire fighters." - Harold Schaitberger, IAFF General President, July 11, 2005.

On analyzing the outcome of 2004 presidential election: "... very perceptive. I think it's worth reading." - The National Political Observer, Nov. 4, 2004.

On exposing the connection between the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and its lobbying for the preservation of tax breaks for corporations from which they receive funding published in The Winchester Star: Chip Ford of Mass. Citizens for Limited Taxation called Schinella's analysis "incisive." - Email to members, Oct. 24, 2004.

On being one of the first media outlets to reveal inconsistencies in the Robert Greenwald "OutFoxed" documentary: "One of those correspondents - Tony Schinella, who writes the weblog Politizine - documented that and other problems with Outfoxed last July. I know Schinella to be a reliable reporter and observer." - Dan Kennedy, The Boston Phoenix, Sept. 10-16, 2004.

On problems with talk radio, from a column published in The Winchester Star: "Schinella has written a worthwhile column on the demise of talk radio." - Dan Kennedy, The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 6, 2002.

On the lack of local talent in the Boston talk radio market: "[Schinella's] a bright, articulate guy, and he espouses a hard-edged political view that's seldom heard these days." - Dan Kennedy, The Boston Phoenix, "The Death of Talk Radio," May 8, 1997.

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The Best of 2006

Massachusetts to lose a Congressional seat?
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That warm and fuzzy feeling
A blogger gets elected
N.H. Blog-Con
Remembering a dear friend
NAB Radio Show, Day 2.5
NAB Radio Show, Day 1
Let's see what's going on in radio
Massachusetts Dem Debate
Stupid Democrats?
Still giddy about ABC
Banned from Kos ... again!

The Best of 2005

Who is more influential: Rush Limbaugh or the NYT?
NAB Radio Show 2005: All talk, little action
NAB Radio Show 2005: More consolidation coming
NAB/RTNDA Day 3
NAB/RTNDA Day 2
NAB/RTNDA Day 1
Primaries
Ideas

The Best of 2004

A quick goodbye to Winchester
Another lost moment
Aftermath, Part 1
There is no 'New Boston'
Will Swift Boats sink Kerry?
Falsely attacking Ralph Nader
'Outfoxed' film misfires
Let Mitt make Senate appointment
The Non-Nader factor
Edwards gives Dems hope for November
Summer music doldrums
Markey eyes U.S. Senate
Anti-Nader study falls flat
Asking tough questions
A better way with taxes
VP sweeps
Debunking the Myth: Ralph Nader didn't cost Al Gore the presidency in 2000
Will the real John Kerry please stand up?
Let Ralph Decide
2004 N.H. Primary Aftermath
On the trail
The Kerry shocker
Selective Coverage 2004: Dean, Kerry dominate New Hampshire newspaper reporting

The Best of 2003

Frontrunner Dr. Dean is Mr. Flip-flop
Democrats shouldn't limit primary debates
Partisan accusations won't fix elections
Clueless Brian Mooney [of the Boston Globe]
Another lost summer passes me by
State of Game: 2004
Lieberman touts health plans
Edwards turns on the southern charm
Gephardt talks to small business
At 'Fresh Air Forum,' voters query Kerry
Dean tells voters he knows how to win the presidency
Life in the suburbs isn't so bad after all
Accusations made by For the Wilderness
Democrats stand divided in first debate
Jerry Williams: The passing of an icon
The history behind the Iraq invasion
Kucinich candidacy extremely intriguing
Vote fraud, conspiracies, and real solutions to the elections problem
Another approach to war and tax cuts
Mitt’s first steps follow same old path
Contenders scramble: But which Democrat can lead the nation?
Taste the Floor Top 2002 Playlist

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