Best of the Press Editorial Winners
CLASS 01 - GENERAL EXCELLENCE Division A 1st Place: The Woodstock Independent. 2nd Place: Shelbyville Daily Union. 3rd Place: Riverside-Brookfield Landmark. Honorable Mention: Cass County Star-Gazette, Beardstown. Division B 1st Place: The Hinsdalean. “The Hinsdalean seems to be the near-perfect balance between advertising and solid, community journalism, eye-catching art, opinion, sports and more - all with a clean and easy to read layout.” 2nd Place: The Journal-News, Hillsboro. 3rd Place: The Galena Gazette. Division C 1st Place: Austin Weekly News, Chicago. “Well-written pieces, clean design and great use of media and pull-quotes.” 2nd Place: The MidWeek, DeKalb. 3rd Place: Jersey County Journal, Jerseyville. Division D 1st Place: The Telegraph, Alton. “The Telegraph offers a rich array of local content - comprehensive and clearly written news coverage, a broad range of local sports stories, a local editorial voice, good coverage of the arts and community happenings, and plenty of local photographs. It is a very satisfying package.” 2nd Place: Daily Chronicle, DeKalb. “The Daily Chronicle is a beautiful newspaper, presenting a good selection of local news and photographs, comprehensive sports coverage, a local editorial voice and good arts and living coverage.” 3rd Place: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, Mattoon.“Good local news and sports coverage, with a lot of information about community happenings and opportunities.” Division E 1st Place: Daily Gazette, Sterling. “The whole newsroom scrambled after gunfire broke out at a local high school, resulting in multiple pages of compelling detail and reaction. Community journalism at its finest.” 2nd Place: Quincy Herald-Whig. “On a Sunday in April, their front page told three sweet stories about ordinary folks making a difference in their community.
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