The Addison Independent was founded in 1946 in Middlebury, Vermont with the closing of the Middlebury Register. The Addy Indy has always been a family-owned independent newspaper. Current publisher/editor Angelo Lynn has been at the helm since 1983.

The Addison Independent is as much a part of the local community as many of the institutions covered on the front page.

Being a community newspaper in Vermont means that the Addy Indy’s award-winning editorial staff covers local events in a way that’s different from a large metropolitan or regional daily. The aim is to tell readers about their friends and neighbors and about events in local government, schools, sports and business that affect how readers live. The Addy Indy also provides readers everything they need to know about local entertainment and events.

The editorial staff is wholly separate from the newspaper’s advertising staff, who are responsible for selling space both for display ads and classifieds.

News is printed at no charge, while advertising is bought and sold; the only way to guarantee space in the paper is through paid advertising.

In addition to the editorial and advertising staffs, the Addison Independent employs graphic designers, circulation people, receptionists, and accounting personnel – all of whom contribute to the day-to-day workings of the paper.

2024 New England Newspaper & Press Association Awards

Advertising

First Place

  • Advertising Director / Manager of the Year: Jenna Hunsinger
  • Best Ad Designer: Elsie Lynn Parini
  • Advertiser Campaign
  • Best Holiday Ad
  • Best Idea for Generating Revenue
  • Business Innovation: ADDY ALL-STARS
  • Excellence in Revenue Collaboration and Partnerships
  • Local Display Ad (Black & White)
  • Local Online Ad
  • Special Section / Advertising Supplement

Second Place

  • Advertiser Campaign
  • Best Health Ad
  • Contests
  • Local Display Ad (Color)
  • Real Estate Display Ad
  • Themed Multiple Advertiser Page(s)

Third Place

  • Best Ad Designer: Sarah Pope
  • Best Health Ad
  • Most Creative Use of Small Print Space
  • Subscription Promotion

 

News & Photography

First Place

  • Local Election Coverage
  • Excellence in Newsroom Collaboration and Partnerships
  • Sports Action Photo
  • General News Photo
  • Pictorial Photo

Second Place 

  • Business Page or Section
  • Arts & Entertainment Section
  • Sports Story
  • Crime and Courts Reporting
  • Event Special Section
  • Special Section or Editorial Supplement
  • Overall Design and Presentation (Special Section)
  • Editorial/Commentary Page
  • Sports Action Photo

Third Place

  • Human Interest Feature Story
  • Reporting on Religious Issues
  • Serious Columnist
  • Sports Columnist
  • Commentary
  • Sports Action Photo

2023 New England Newspaper & Press Association Awards

Advertising

First Place

  • Classified Ad Promotion
  • Best Contest
  • Excellence in Revenue Collaboration and Partnership
  • Health Ad
  • Advertiser Campaign
  • Themed Multiple Advertiser Pages

Second Place

  • Best Ad Designer: Sarah Pope
  • Advertising Sales Media Kit

Third Place

  • Best Ad Designer: Elsie Parini
  • Special Section Advertising
  • Local Online Ad
  • Real Estate Display

 

News & Photography

First Place

Second Place 

  • Sports Action Photo
  • Overall Design for a Supplement
  • Arts & Entertainment Reporting

Third Place

  • Solutions Journalism
  • Humor Columnist
  • Climate and Weather Reporting
  • Serious Columnist
  • Sports Feature Photo

 

General Excellence: First among the largest (5,000 circulation and higher) non-daily newspapers in New England. 

 

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