Sentinel wins first place Keystone Media Award for Breaking News Photo

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - A Ringtown Valley firefighter battles a brush fire on Green Mountain Road in North Union Township on Feb. 26, 2023.

SHENANDOAH – For the third time in a row, the Sentinel has won the first place Keystone Media Award for Breaking News Photo.

Kaylee Lindenmuth’s photo of a Ringtown Valley firefighter battling a brush fire in North Union Township took the top spot in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association contest.

The Sentinel competes in Division IV, for multi-day publications with less than 10,000 circulation.

It is the third time in a row that the Sentinel has entered the category and taken first place.

In 2021, Lindenmuth’s photo of a Shenandoah firefighter at the scene of the United Wiping Cloth fire won and, in 2022, the Sentinel swept the category. The Sentinel did not enter the 2023 contest.

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