The New Mexico Jewish Link won an award in the 38th Annual Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. Correspondent Diane Joy Schmidt won the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Award for Excellence in Interfaith Relations Reporting, 2nd Place for her article titled “The Pittsburgh Shooting, Our Community Unites in Response” Winter 2018. Click here to read the original article.
The American Jewish Press Association presented the awards during the banquet held at its annual conference June 23-26th, 2019, which this year was held in St. Louis. The awards are for work published in 2018.

Also, the other front page story “Journey of a Torah Scroll Weaves History and Geography” won first place in Religion articles at the New Mexico Press Women Communication Awards. Click here
to read.