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. - f l - t a s d of r- o Na era has been editor of the of the has been editor Judges is the Region 6 director for the is the Region 6 director for is the Internet coordinator for for coordinator is the Internet is an associate professor of com- professor is an associate has been executive director of director of has been executive nson also serves on the Minnesota is the director of newsroom is the director of newsroom nson Thank You Thank individuals NNA thanks the following for their time and talent in judging the 2009 Better Newspaper Contest, Contest, in judging the 2009 Better their time and talent Newspaper for Better Newspaper Advertising Contest & Best of Newspaper In Education & Best of Newspaper Contest Advertising Better Newspaper development for GateHouse Media, a community a community Media, GateHouse for development than 400 newspapers with more newspaper group that he was the executive Before the country. across of a group Newspapers, Niagara of Greater editor niche weeklies and several two daily newspapers, sev of newspapers to He led that group products. Les Anderson Les thirty-two for taught writing and editing courses Teaching in the 2004 Excellence He received years. and ope Anderson owned the university. for Award Valley weekly newspaper in an award-winning ated sold the He and his wife 28 years. for KS, Center, but he con students, one of his former newspaper to In ad- the paper. a weekly for write column tinues to of the Kansas president Anderson is a former dition, member board and is a founding Association Press Open Governmen the Kansas for Sunshine Coalition Reed Anfi He is a past president tional Newspaper Association. of the Minnesota and serve Newspaper Association He continues nine years. of directors for on its board legislative the newspaper association’s co-chair to Anfi committee. the half-public half-media organiza- News Council, against the news media. tion that hears complaints Arkin David at been a managing editor He’s national awards. and has Texas and California papers in Alabama, and through awards excellence general led all to He has personally won redesigns. award-winning in writing and design. awards than a dozen more Zachary Baehr Roger Bailey Jamie Baker-Nantz munication at Wichita State University, where he ha where University, Wichita State munication at Midlands Newspapers Inc. in Nebraska. Before Before in Nebraska. Midlands Newspapers Inc. news and sportsthat Baehr wrote and managed He cur- Suburban Newspapers. for sites web Kara. with his wife, NE, in Bellevue, lives rently Grant County News in Williamstown, KY, for 20 20 for KY, Williamstown, News in County Grant and a full-time staff of three She oversees years. She is the co-chair writers. contributing several and a 4-H Life For Relay County of the Grant the North since Dakota Newspaper Association and pub- he was the editor that, Before 2000. lisher of a North Dakota weekly newspaper for a Best of States His newspaper won 24 years. competition. Best of States in NNA’s Award

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. r . t n 6 e at in ge m. m. he he 996 agship agship is a native of Texas. She She Texas. of is a native of Le Claire, IA, is senior sales is senior sales IA, Claire, of Le of Le Claire, IA, is general mana is general IA, Claire, of Le is the writing coach for Dolan Dolan for is the writing coach has been publisher of the Hood has been publisher of the Hood graduated from Angelo State Angelo State from graduated has worked for two different news- different two for has worked ce in Dwight, before leaving for the mountains the mountains for leaving before in Dwight, ce has degrees from Commonwealth College and the and the College Commonwealth from has degrees as a She worked of MissouriUniversity Columbia. sports the political be into moving reporter before and marketing manager for Interlink of Ber- Interlink and marketing manager for owned Gary, She and husband, MI. rien Springs, weeklythree newspapers and published a small in which daily in Missouri career during a 34-year earned nearly 300 awards they and their staffs including the 1998 journalism excellence, for Helen is Award. Development NNA Community Association of the Ozark Press a past president MO. for representative NNA state and a former University in San Angelo, TX, in 1979 with a degree TX, in San Angelo, University County News in Granbury, TX, for 30 years. He is a He is a 30 years. for TX, News in Granbury, County of the National Newspaper As- past president Texas the Association, Press Texas the sociation, North As- and East Press Newspaper Foundation, Lake Granbury Chamber of Commerce sociation, He is a member of and Granbury Kiwanis Club. Hall of Fame. Newspaper Foundation Texas the paper groups during his 32 years in the business. in the business. during his 32 years paper groups He started 70s working out in the late at Star 16 for He worked Illinois. Newspapers in central at their fl with his parents of those years offi Canyon” “Grand in the Upon his arrival of Arizona. for work to went Tock in the spring of 1992, state White as the publisher of Kramer Publications The Pawnee Republican has been an award winning winning Republican has been an award Pawnee The 1 since competition press newspaper in the state Russel Skiles started as reporter/photographer work journalism, in 1980 and became the Lamesa Press-Reporter for He was named pub- year. the following news editor of both t as president over lisher in 1991 and took printing and its companion Lamesa Press-Reporter in January 2004. South Plains Printing, company, Snyder Perez Carmel She also capitals in Missouriat state and Oklahoma. of the Mid-Missourihad been the managing editor a media consul- She is currently Business Journal. FL. Petersburg, in St. writer tant and freelance Gary Sosniecki services sales manager of creative and a regional TownNews. specializing in weekly newspapers for three owned Helen, He and wife, IL. of Moline, com weekly newspapers and published a small daily in in which they and Missouri career during a 34-year journal- for earned nearly 300 awards their staffs including the 1998 NNA Commu- ism excellence, Gary is a past president nity Award. Development and currently Association of the Missouri Press serves Service on the Missouri Press board. Helen Sosniecki Jim Stasiowski Jerry Tidwell Tock Greg Media Co., which operates dozens of U.S. newspa- of U.S. dozens which operates Media Co., specializing in busi- dailies and weeklies, pers, He was a coverage. legal and government ness, newspaper Breeze The reporter for and columnist and a reporter 1982, 1976 to from FL, Coral, of Cape newspaper of Columbian The for and columnist He has been 1989. 1982 to from WA, Vancouver, and he joined Dolan 1989, since a writing coach in 1970 with a bachelor’s He graduated in 2006. of Nebraska. the University in English from degree Sisco spent three years as news editor before being being before as news editor years spent three Sisco a bach- She received in July 2005. named editor in English/language arts degree education elor’s in 1987 and has accumulated Doanefrom College hours in English and journalis graduate numerous

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Texas advertising and marketing and worked journalism, and advertisingin news-editorial positions for In Oklahoma and Illinois. Texas, newspapers in includ- he has been an active writer, retirement Auxiliary. articlesing contributing Publishers’ for Association and the Texas Press Association and and Association Press Texas and the Association TPA. servescurrently of as chairman of the board Rognsvoog Lynn Russell Vicki Schacherer Brent the Mills Independent Review won The 1999. since Outstand- Minnesota’s annually to given Trophy, the state and won in 2003, Newspaper, Weekly ing its for award General Excellence association’s Indepen- The categorycirculation 2003-2006. from dent Review also earned a fi in the among newspapers of its size Excellence Schacherer Newspaper Contest. 2007 NNA Better University. Cloud State of St. is a 1986 graduate C. Dennis Schick Larry See Jr. Jeri Seely fl company’s including fi awards Indiana press sectionitorial and best newspaper design third weekly newspaper in its class. best overall for place A. Sisco Carol Republican in Pawnee City, NE, since 1992. In addi- 1992. since NE, City, Republican in Pawnee all of Pawnee over news coverage providing tion to and writing a weeklyCounty personal column, Inc. in Milford, IN, and had been editor since the the since and had been editor IN, in Milford, Inc. eight weekly and oversees She currently 1970s. late with 11 additional monthly newspapers and works The She has been a staff member of publications. the national She has received 46 years. for Papers in Editorial Best Local Auxiliary’s American Legion t Mail-Journal, The and award of youth the interest manager of the Litchfi (MO) Daily Tribune and the 2009 president of the and the 2009 president Tribune (MO) Daily board She was a founding Association. Missouri Press member and fi has career, during her 35-year and, Newspapers Editors She newspaper contests. helped judged numerous includ- of directors, boards is a member of several Boone Inc, Development ing Regional Economic Bank and the Callaway The Trust, Community County She is a graduate of trustees. board College Stephens of Missouriof the University School of Journalism and (MO) Sun. Fulton The servedformerly as publisher of pher for the Meade Messenger County in Bran- pher for served He previously as the general KY. denburg, News in the Antrim County for manager/editor See newspaper. a Journal Register MI, Bellaire, He and writing. in photography has an interest in journalism from degree his bachelor’s received Rapids. in Grand University State Valley Grand weekly newspapers owned by Crompton Publishing interviews in the National Federation of Press Wom- Nancy Hastings is the editor and publisher, Dr. Barbara Huddleston was a journalism Massachusetts, with a bachelor of arts degree in Bob Mudge is the editor of the Venice (FL) Inc. He has worked in the family newspaper busi- en contest, a fi rst place in NNA for best feature story along with her husband Frederick, of the Downeast educator for 20 years, and is an award-winning communications, and SUNY, with a bachelor of sci- Gondolier Sun. Before becoming editor in 2002, he ness almost his entire life. He is a 1977 graduate of and won the sweepstakes award for total points Coastal Press, coastal Washington County, Maine’s newspaper reporter and editor. She still teaches ence degree in emergency services management. was the paper’s city reporter for 15 months, and Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, with a bachelor in an annual Missouri Press Women competition. largest-selling weekly newspaper. A graduate English part-time and freelances occasionally. before that he was the business and South Venice of arts degree in journalism. He is also a partner in of Colgate University, with a master’s degree Christine Lupella is managing and special sec- editor as well as a general assignment reporter. Citizen-Press Inc., a publishing company with print Kent Ford is the editor for the Missouri Press from the University of Maine, she and her hus- Bill Jacobs is the president and owner of two tions editor for Southern Lakes Newspapers LLC, He has won numerous state and national awards operations in Pocatello and Burley, ID. Crompton’s Association, a position he’s held since 1989. He band have been reporting the news from the publishing companies, which own newspapers and based in Burlington, WI. She also edits the Westine for his work, and the Gondolier Sun was named newspapers were consistent award winners when is a 1974 graduate of the University of Missouri rural coast of Maine for more than 20 years. other publications serving a seven-county area in Report, Southern Lakes Newspapers’ small weekly the best weekly in its circulation class for nine the Idaho Newspaper Association held competitionss.. School of Journalism and has experience as a Southwest Mississippi. He is currently a director of newspaper serving Union Grove, WI. She had edited straight years by the Florida Press Association. He has won several NNA awards for his columns and daily newspaper reporter, daily newspaper city Cynthia Haynes is a registered pharmacist and the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information. the Waterford Post, which received numerous state editorials. The Power County Press was named a gen-- editor and owner/editor/publisher of a com- a graduate of the University of Kansas. Haynes In 1992, he served as president of the Mississippi newspaper awards for General Excellence, local newss John Nelson is the advertising sales manager eral excellence winner, all of the awards coming in munity weekly in Northwest Missouri. Ford has started in newspapers in 1980, when she and her Press Association, and past president of the MPA coverage, design and more under her leadership. for The Villages Media Group in central Florida. the small weekly (1,500 to 2,999 circulation) categoryy. assisted often with judging of the NNA contest husband, Steve, bought their fi rst paper, The Mineral Education Foundation. He is a past state chairman She created and currently edits Panache, a quar- Nelson has almost three decades of media sales and and with other state association contests and for County Miner in Creede, CO. During the last 28 years for NNA and is currently serving as NNA’s Region terly women’s magazine, which received fi rst place marketing management experience with newspa- Susan Crowell is editor of Farm and Dairy, a many years has helped administer the Missouri she has learned to write, take pictures, sell adver- 4 director representing Mississippi, Alabama, honors from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. pers in California, Wisconsin, Kansas and Missouri. weekly newspaper headquartered in Salem, OH. Press Better Newspaper Contest and the Missouri tising, make up pages and do the books for the Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Puerto Rico. Before that, she was the editor of the Pine River The circulation is 30,000, with primary reader- College Media Association newspaper contest. newspaper. Haynes has been active in the Kansas (MN) Journal, for seven years, which also received Bill Ostendorf is president and founder of ship in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Press Association, Colorado Press Association and North Dakota native Gale Kaas is the publisher of numerous state and several NNA BNC awards. Creative Circle Media Consulting. Bill has led to the York. It averages 160 pages each week. Crowell has Lee Gray is a retired editor and pub- National Newspaper Association. She has won many the Frazee-Vergas Forum, an independently-owned redesign of more than 300 newspapers and niche served as a distinguished guest lecturer at Ohio lisher living in the Kansas City area. state and national awards for writing and photog- weekly newspaper in the heart of the lakes country Maureen Mayrand is a community editor for publications of all sizes and served as a consultant State University and has earned writing awards of Minnesota. She worked on weekly newspapers raphy. She is now publisher of The Oberlin Herald Southern Lakes Newspapers in Wisconsin, where and trainer to more than 250 media companies from the All-Ohio SPJ, the National Newspaper and co-owner and chief fi nancial offi cer of Haynes in Beach, Medora, Garrison, Parshall and New Town, Emily Griff eth is the associate editor of the she oversees the production of three small weekly on three continents. He has also worked a wide Association, the Inland Press Association and the Publishing, which publishes three weekly, two twice all in North Dakota, and was an advertising direc- Bolivar (MO) Herald-Free Press. She began at that community papers in Walworth County. Before that range of newsroom jobs at large and small papers, National Association for Agricultural Journalists. weekly and one daily paper in Northwest Kansas. tor for a twice-weekly publication and shopper in position in November 2007, following two years as she was a reporter for Lake Geneva Regional News from reporter at a small weekly to director of Wasilla, AK, before purchasing the Frazee Forum the editor of the Cedar County Republican newspa- in Lake Geneva, WI. Mayrand is a 2006 University of new product development for a metro. He most in 1995 with her husband, Delair. Kaas has won Michael Daugherty is currently the webmas- per in Stockton. Both are publications of Neighbor Rachael Heff ner is the new graphic designer Milwaukee-Wisconsin graduate, with a degree in recently served as managing editor/visuals for The several fi rst-place state newspaper awards while ter for Missouri Press Association. He helped bring Newspapers. She graduated cum laude from the Uni- for the Missouri Press Association as of March 2008. journalism and mass communications. Her newspa- Providence Journal, where he worked for 13 years. in Minnesota, including Advertising Excellence, online a new look for the association in August 2007,, Before that, she had been the director of creative per won a General Excellence award in a Wisconsin In 2004, Bill founded Creative Circle Advertising versity of Missouri School of Journalism in May 2005.. Best Advertisement, Institutional Ad, Web Site, expanding the original site from 80 pages to more services for MarineParents.com Inc., and served Newspaper Association competition in 2008. Solutions, a software company. He has since led than 350. He also coordinates the Online Ad Networkk, as the head designer for Creative Ink, which is a Social Issues Feature Story and Sports Feature. the redesign of dozens of newspaper web sites. has been editor of the weekly the Big 12 Football Weekly and helps with the Maggie G. Hall student-run marketing fi rm at Stephens College. has been a staff writer with Better Newspaper Contest. Before coming to work Northern Neck News of Warsaw,VA, since 2007. Annie Karr started her career in the newspaper Zachary McDonald She has worked as a reporter for six years at three the Bellevue Leader (NE) for almost two years. He is Steve Ranson has been editor for the Lahontan for MPA, he was the editor of the Monroe County has been an independentt business at the La Porte City Progress-Review in publications, including The Avalanche Journal, a Edward F. Henninger a 2007 graduate of Trinity International University in Valley News, a major newspaper in west-central Appeal. Daugherty is also a 13-year radio veteran. newspaper consultant since 1989 and is the director Iowa as a copy editor/graphic designer. She moved west Texas daily and The Auburn Plainsman, a col- Deerfi eld, IL, where he earned an English/communi- Nevada, since March 2008. Before that, he was the of Henninger Consulting in Rock Hill, SC. The focus off to Colorado to fi nish her college degree and found lege paper that has received numerous national cations degree. In addition to writing for the Leader, sports editor for the newspaper. He also served as serves as executive director Edward’s work is on small dailies and weekly newspaa- a home with MetroNorth Newspapers where she Charles N. Davis awards. She is a 2003 graduate of Auburn University he covers issues in all the suburbs of Omaha for an educator in the local school district and taught of the National Freedom of Information Coalition pers. He recently published “Henninger on Design,” worked in three different positions during her fi ve- journalism at the community college. He also where she received a degree in communications. Suburban Newspapers Inc., and the Omaha World- at the University of Missouri School of Journalism his e-book on newspaper design. His monthly year tenure. In 2006, Karr relocated to the Kansas served as managing editor of the Nevada Army She is an award-winning sports writer and has Herald. His newspaper won the General Excellence and is an associate professor in the News-Editorial column on newspaper design appears regularly in City area. She shifted industries, and is now working National Guard’s newspaper. Ranson received a also received top honors in the state of Virginia award from the Nebraska Press Association in 2008. Department. Davis teaches Controls of Information; Publishers’ Auxiliary. The column also appears in as marketing director for Kansas City Credit Union. bachelor of arts degree from the University of for her government and public safety writing. Journalism and Democracy, a capstone graduate the bulletin of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Nevada. In 2007, he won two fi rst-place awards course for news-editorial students; and the school’s Association as well as the newsletters of numerous William A. Klutts has published and edited Bonnie Miller has been the publisher of the in NNA’s Better Newspaper Contest and has won introductory course, Principles of American Journal- Jim Hamilton is a senior staff writer for Commu- press organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada.. weekly newspapers for 60 years, served as re- Intermountain Commercial Record/Salt Lake Times numerous Nevada State Press Association awards. ism. Davis worked at newspapers, magazines and nity Publishers Inc. based in Buffalo, MO. He writes gional correspondent for three metropolitan since 1980. The Record/Times is a public notice, news and feature articles and is a regular columnist court and commercial record newspaper. Miller a news service in Georgia, Florida and Ireland for Harry L. Hix Jr. is retired from the University of dailies and been nominated, by the editor of Jerry L. Reppert is owner of Reppert Publicationss, for eight CPI newspapers in the Springfi eld area. served as president of the American Court and nearly 10 years as a journalist after his graduation Oklahoma, where he was the Engleman/Livermore another metropolitan daily, for a Pulitzer Prize. His which operates several weekly newspapers in South-- Hamilton was editor of the Buffalo (MO) Refl ex from Commercial Newspapers and as a board member from North Georgia College. As a national corre- professor of Community Journalism. Currently, he newspapers have won a record number of contest ern Illinois. He is a past president of the National 1978 through 2002, managing editor of Springfi eld! of the National Newspaper Association. She also spondent for Lafferty Publications, a Dublin-based is a visiting professor of journalism at Oklahoma awards from his state newspaper association. Newspaper Association. Reppert is past president Magazine in 2003 and editor and general manager served on the Governor’s Economic Develop- news wire service for fi nancial publications, Davis State University, teaching the reporting class. He of the Southern Illinois Editiorial Association and of the Bolivar (MO) Herald-Free Press in 2004. He is reported from the U.S. on banking, e-commerce holds journalism degrees from Oklahoma State and Mary H. Lawrence teaches copy editing at the ment Board for eight years, the Utah Tax Review the Illinois Press Association. He is a graduate of the a previous NNA Better Newspaper Contest award and regulatory issues. He continues to write for Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. In addition Missouri School of Journalism and works three Commission for almost 19 years and several School of Journalism at Kansas State University. business and legal publications including Pub Aux. winner in agricultural news (1989 and 1990) and seri- to experience as a reporter and photographer, he has nights a week as a news editor at the Missourian. governor’s transition committees as chairman. ous columns (1990) and is the recipient of multiple been managing editor of a 13,000-circulation daily She was an award-winning editorial writer and is vice president/operations awards in the Missouri Better Newspaper Contest. Marc A. Richard Ron DeBrock is night editor for The Dispatch in newspaper and publisher for 16 years of an award- columnist for The Indianapolis News before moving Karen Mitchell worked for 25 years in photojour- manager of Fackelman Newspapers Group in Panama Moline, IL and The Rock Island Argus. A reporter and winning weekly newspaper. At OU, he taught the to Europe to work on the copy desk of The Stars and nalism before joining the convergence journalism City, FL. He is a 1985 graduate of the Louisiana Tech editor for more than 30 years, his career has includedd John Harvey is advertising director and gen- community journalism class, the beginning writing Stripes and then The Wall Street Journal Europe. faculty at the University of Missouri in January University Journalism School, where he served as editing, news writing and sports writing for award- eral manager of Alabama’s largest non-daily, The for the media course, and sometimes photography. Lawrence also served as managing editor of The 2008. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Mitchell worked sports editor of the award-winning student newspa- winning daily and nondaily newspapers in Illinois Advertiser-Gleam in Guntersville. John’s grandfa- Geauga Times Leader in Chardon, OH, and later for as a photojournalist at the Des Moines Register per, Tech Talk. He served as editor and general man- and Arkansas. For 10 years, he also was communica- ther, Porter Harvey, founded The Gleam in 1941. Its Dodie Hook is owner/publisher of The Ak- The Marion Star in her hometown of Marion, OH. and Gannett Rochester Newspapers in Rochester, ager of the Ruston (LA) Daily Leader, from 1986-1988. tions director for the Illinois Press Association. current editor and publisher is John’s father, Sam ron (IA) Hometowner. She and her husband, Joe, NY. She eventually returned to the Register and Richard has received awards for Best News Photo andd Harvey. Before returning to Guntersville 10 years agoo,, began the newspaper in December 2001 and then Katherine Lee has 17 years experience worked her way up through the management ranks Best Personal Column from The Associated Press, andd Greg Dorazio is the editor of The Central Virginiann John was involved on the client side of advertis- bought out the competing newspaper, The Akron as editor of The Mendocino Beacon and the in photography, serving as photo editor, assistant served as publisher of the Jennings (LA) Daily News and The Goochland Courier, weekly newspapers ing with The HoneyBaked Ham Co. in Atlanta, GA. Register-Tribune, in June 2005, combining the two Fort Bragg Advocate-News, two commu- director of photography and director of photog- from 1988 to 1996. Among other activities, Richard with a combined circulation of more than 10,000 papers. She has been in the newspaper business nity weeklies on California’s North Coast. raphy. Mitchell then moved to The Associated served as Louisiana Press Association director of between Charlottesville and Richmond, VA. Before John N. Harvey III has been sports editor at The for more than 25 years serving in various areas of Press, fi rst as assistant state photo editor in New the board for three years and was recipient of the that he worked as a reporter for three years and Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg, VA since 2002. He the business. Hook’s paper has placed many times Dean Link has been in the newspaper business York and then as state photo editor in Chicago. President’s Award for best project chairman of the was honored by the Virginia Press Association for covers four public high schools, three private high in the General Excellence category in the Iowa for more than 20 years. Starting out as an advertis- year (Annual Better Newspaper Contest Committee). his news and feature writing, in addition to his schools and the College of William & Mary, as well as Newspaper Association state competition, winning ing assistant with the Colorado Press Association, Wanda Moeller has been the publisher of the photography. Dorazio is a graduate of the College a plethora of recreation sports. He has also served as the award several years. Currently, she serves on the he worked his way up to production manager. Hibbing Daily Tribune since 2005. Before that she Roy Robinson has been vice president of Graham of William and Mary, where he studied history. sports editor at the Page News & Courier in Luray, VA,, Iowa Newspaper Foundation board of directors. He then moved on to run his own printing com- was the publisher of a community weekly in Hay- Newspapers Inc., the Texas subsidiary of MediaNews as well as an assistant sports editor at the Potomac pany. After several years he then returned to ward, WI, where her newspaper won the Freedom Group, since 1998. He oversees 12 community Kathy (Seneker) Fairchild has been in the News and Manassas Journal Messenger. Harvey Terri House has been publisher of The Pa- newspapers, becoming the classifi ed manager for of Information and Most Improved Newspaper newspapers, a regional shopper, a central print- newspaper business for more than 30 years. She is a graduate of Virginia Commwealth University gosa Springs (CO) SUN since 2003. Before that, MetroNorth Newspapers, a group of community awards in the state press competitions in 2004 ing plant and four radio stations in North Central is co-owner of the (Mt. Vernon) Lawrence County with a degree in broadcasting. He has won numer- she served in various positions in the advertis- weeklies. He is now the special projects director. and 2003 respectively. Moeller has won numer- Texas. He is a lifetime newspaperman who grew Record, where she has served as editor and co-pub- ous Virginia Press Association awards in writing, ing department of The SUN, beginning in 1982. ous news writing, photography, advertising and up in the backshop of his father’s daily newspaper lisher for the past 24 years. She has won numerous page design, headline writing and photography. Among other advertising awards over the years, Paul Lopes has been editor and publisher of The newspaper design awards from the Wisconsin, in northwest Kansas. He edited and published awards for writing and editing, including fi rst place House received the Colorado Press Association Wanderer newspaper in South East Massachusetts Minnesota and Iowa press associations as well several newspapers in Colorado before relocating to state awards for feature writing, fi rst place awards forr Best of Show award for advertising in 1996. for 17 years and is a graduate of the University of as other industry groups during her career. Texas. He is a past president of the Colorado Press