CoStar News was recognized in the biggest real estate journalism contest in the United States with eight awards, including three gold medals, for work spanning international topics, breaking news, economic analysis and investigative reports.
The awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors were announced at the organization’s annual conference in Miami. The winners for work published in 2020 were selected by an outside panel of judges in a competition that included the nation’s prominent news organizations such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and the Washington Post.
CoStar staff writers Clare Kennedy and Randy Drummer were awarded a gold medal for best breaking real estate news story for “Netflix Doubles Down in Disney Country With Big Lease in Burbank, California.” The judges said, “The CoStar team left other publications in the dust and forced competitors to cite the team’s exclusive details in this story about Netflix’s mega-lease deal in L.A. for its first stand-alone animation studio. Kennedy and Drummer went well beyond the news of the day to include plenty of regional and industry-specific context. They tell a complete, clear story and explain its importance to readers.”
CoStar senior staff writer Candace Carlisle, who covers Dallas, won a gold medal in the economic analysis category for “Nation’s Truck Hub Takes Elon Musk’s Tesla for a Spin in Hopes of Landing Plant.” The judges said, “Using text, an…
