SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Newspapers in Canandaigua, Poughkeepsie, Middletown and on Long Island were honored May 31 as Newspapers of Distinction by the New York State Associated Press Association. Also announced at the NYSAPA Annual Meeting were winners of other top categories, including the Young Journalist of the Year.

The Daily Messenger of Canandaigua, Poughkeepsie Journal, Times Herald-Record of Middletown, and Newsday were judged the best newspapers in their respective circulation categories. The entire news product, print and digital, was judged in this competition.