The ''Long Island Press'' is a free monthly news and lifestyle magazine serving

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

. It is owned by Schneps Media.

History

Its previous print incarnation was as a free, independent print and digital monthly news journal with extensive coverage of local and national news, arts and entertainment, sports and alternative political viewpoints. The newspaper was founded in 2003 by Jed Morey after then parent company, Morey Publishing, bought ''The Island Ear'', which was a free bi-monthly entertainment-oriented newspaper. Morey Publishing renamed the paper, using the same name of a daily newspaper that was forced out of business in 1977, and launched it as a free alternative newsweekly. The staff of the ''Press'' included former ''

Newsday ''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI" ...

'' columnist Ed Lowe, television columnist Todd Hyman, and technology columnist Lazlow Jones. On March 24, 2011, New York City's '' Daily News'' and ''Long Island Press'' announced that the News would print the ''Press'' on its state-of-the-art, high-volume, full-color press equipment. In 2014 the ''Long Island Press'' ceased printing of its paper to focus solely on their website. In April 2017, the publication was acquired by Schneps Communications. In July 2017, it was announced that the publication would return to print in September 2017 as a free news and lifestyle monthly.

Awards

The alternative weekly print version of the ''Long Island Press'' won more than 300 awards throughout its 10 years in existence, including accolades from the

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. It provides services to many generally liberal or progressive weekly newspapers across the United States and in Canada. A ...

(AAN), Fair Media Council,

Society of Professional Journalists The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States. It was established on April 17, 1909, at DePauw University,2009 SPJ Annual Report, lette ...

(SPJ), Press Club of Long Island (PCLI), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE),

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism sch ...

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City, New York, United States. One of the 25 institutions comprising the City University of New York, ...

, Journalism Center on Children & Families, Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, and Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation. The paper was awarded th
New York Press Association
s top prize, the prestigious Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence, in 2010 and 2012, making it the association's "Newspaper of the Year" two out of three years.

References

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External links

Long Island PressLong Island Press' annual Best of Long Island feature
Companies based in Nassau County, New York Defunct daily newspapers Long Island Newspapers published in New York (state) Newspapers established in 2003 2003 establishments in New York (state) Syosset, New York