New Mexico Papers Capture 12 State Press Awards
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LCNI news 16 Pages Landmark Community Newspapers, LLC October 2016 MARTÍN SALAZAR MERCY LÓPEZ TRIS DEROMA DAVE KAVANAUGH New Mexico papers capture 12 state press awards LCNI’s two New Mexico Reporter Mercy López, who Continuing Coverage categories ond place in the same category, newspapers won 12 awards in wrote most of the stories in the for his story “LAPS targets men- with judges praising the page the NMPA APME Better series, and to staff members tal health.” layout. Newspaper Contest on Sept. 24, Maria Sanchez, Art Trujillo and “Grabbed my attention from The Optic staff won a second including first place honors for Dave Kavanaugh who contrib- (the) first paragraph,” judges place award in Design and the Las Vegas Optic in the cov- uted to the coverage. wrote about the submission. Typography. eted Public Service category for Judges also awarded Salazar “Well written and important Sanchez also brought home its reporting on Charles Trujillo, and López a first-place award in information.” second place awards in the Auto the former Mora Superintendent the Investigative Journalism cat- Kavanaugh, the Optic’s sports advertisement and Real Estate who was charged with multiple egory. And Salazar won a sec- editor, brought home two first- advertisement categories. felonies after the Optic uncov- ond-place award for an Editorial place awards. He won first in The awards were handed out ered that he had falsified his he wrote about the Trujillo mat- Sports Writing for his story during the 108th annual New credentials to obtain educator ter titled “A sad state of affairs.” titled “Making a Mark: Mora Mexico Press Association con- licenses he didn’t qualify for. Salazar also won first place in retires jersey of Rangers leg- vention at the Hyatt Regency Trujillo is facing multiple felo- Feature Writing for his story “A end,” a story about the retire- Tamaya Resort on Saturday, ny counts of fraud and forgery. tragic end: Family thinks medi- ment of longtime Mora coach Sept. 24. “Remarkable investigative cation led to doctor’s suicide,” a Mark Cassidy. The Optic and Monitor both work by a small newspaper story about the death of beloved “Great tribute story,” judges competed in the Weekly Class 2 staff,” judges wrote about the Las Vegas physician Bradley remarked. category. series of stories and editorials. Kanode. Kavanaugh also took first The contest is sponsored joint- “An example of what all com- “Gripping from the start, and place in the Sports Coverage ly by the New Mexico Press munity newspapers should be it never lets up,” judges wrote category. Association and the New Mexico doing much, much more often. about the entry. “I was fascinat- López, the Optic’s features Associated Press Managing In-depth story nailed the situa- ed with the Kanodes’ story and editor, and Sanchez, the Optic’s Editors. Judging was completed tion...and the sidebar with pho- wanted to keep reading. This is composition manager, won first by the Utah Press Association. tos identified the culprits.” great journalism.” place for a Photo Page titled Also at the convention, Salazar The Public Service Award was The Los Alamos Monitor’s “Light up the Holidays.” wrapped up his one-year term as presented to Optic Editor and Tris DeRoma, meanwhile, took Sanchez and Optic stringer president of the Press Publisher Martin Salazar and first place in the Series or Theresa Wesner also won sec- Association. Porterfi eld reunited with Galax ‘heirloom’ When then-Galax Gazette publisher Don he has been general manager of The Porterfield left Virginia for the Carroll Southeast Outlook, the weekly newspaper County Times in 1987, he left behind one of Southeast Christian Church in of his tools of the trade from that era of Louisville, Ky. newspapering – his pica stick. Porterfield used this trusty metal ruler for years to measure space and type sizes. He was so partial to his own ruler that he taped his name on it so that it wouldn’t “walk off” in the hands of a co-worker. Twenty-nine years later, Porterfield’s personal pica stick was discovered under stacks of documents on a shelf in the Galax newspaper office during “spring cleaning.” It hadn’t seen the light of day in decades, and still bore the “Don” label that he taped on it back in the 1980s. Porterfield was reunited with what he calls his “heirloom” ruler this fall in Bristol, Tenn., when it was presented to him by current Galax publisher Chuck Burress at a Virginia Tech football game. In view of Don’s many years of service to LCNI, the company bequeathed the ruler to him at no charge. Porterfield was with Landmark for 30 years (1978-2008) at Galax, Carroll County Former LCNI Regional Manager Don Porterfield, right, is reunited with the pica stick that Times, The Roanoke Times and as region- he last used in 1987 when he was publisher at the Galax Gazette. Handing it over is cur- al manager at Central Office. Since 2008 rent Galax publisher Chuck Burress. LINDA BARNETT, EDITOR news LCNI NEWS MAKERS who submitted news for LCNI July, August and September are highlighted in blue Newspaper Location Coordinator Newspaper Location Coordinator MetroWest Newspapers .......................Brighton, CO ..........................................Beth Potter Lebanon Enterprise .............................Lebanon, KY ..................................... Eva Jo Nugent Evergreen Newspapers ...................... Evergreen, CO ........................................Doug Bell The Record ...........................................Leitchfield, KY ..................................Rebecca Morris Clear Creek Courant .............................Idaho Springs, CO .....................................Doug Bell The Cats’ Pause ....................................Lexington, KY .........................................Darrell Bird Chiefland Citizen ...................................Chiefland, FL...................................Lou Elliott Jones Casey County News ..............................Liberty, KY ........................................... Larry Rowell Citrus Publishing................................ Crystal River, FL ..................................Deb Kamlot Henry County Local ..............................Eminence, KY ......................... Melissa Blankenship Gator Bait .............................................Gainesville, FL .....................................Marty Cohen News-Herald .........................................Owenton, KY .......................................Molly Haines Gadsden County Times .......................Quincy, FL .............................................Cheri Harris Central Office .......................................Shelbyville, KY ....................................Linda Barnett Osceola .................................................Tallahassee, FL.................................... Bob Ferrante Sentinel-News ......................................Shelbyville, KY .........................................Jacob Blair Wakulla News ......................................Crawfordville, FL ..........................William Snowden Williston Pioneer Sun-News .................Williston, FL .............................. Carolyn Ten Broeck Pioneer News .......................................Shepherdsville, KY .................................... Tom Barr Leader-Union ........................................Vandalia, IL ............................................. Rich Bauer Standard Publishing ..............................Shepherdsville, KY .......................Margaret Mendez Inside Indiana .......................................Bloomington, IN ......................................Ed Magoni Springfield Sun .....................................Springfield, KY ......................................John Overby Mount Vernon Democrat .....................Mount Vernon, IN .............................Jamie Grabert Spencer Magnet ...................................Taylorsville, KY ..................................Lynette Mason Spencer Co. Journal-Democrat .............Rockport, IN ........................................Vince Luecke Huskers Illustrated ................................Lincoln, NE ..............................................Darren Ivy Perry County News ...............................Tell City, IN ..........................................Vince Luecke Las Vegas Optic .....................................Las Vegas, NM .................................. Martin Salazar Opinion-Tribune ...................................Glenwood, IA ...................................... Joe Foreman Los Alamos Monitor .............................Los Alamos, NM ...............................Jill McLaughlin Voice of the Hawkeyes .........................Iowa City, IA ............................ Todd Brommelkamp Brunswick Beacon ...............................Shallotte, NC ....................................... Jackie Torok Red Oak Express ...................................Red Oak, IA..............................................Brad Hicks Carolina Blue ........................................Chapel Hill, NC .....................................Shawn Krest Kentucky Standard/PLG .....................Bardstown, KY ................................... Carrie Pride News & Reporter ..................................Chester, SC ....................................... Marissa White Trimble Banner .....................................Bedford, KY ........................................... Dave Taylor Lancaster News ....................................Lancaster, SC .......................................Susan