APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced
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For release: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Contact: Michelle Touchton (205) 871-7737 APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced Winners of the 2010 Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest were announced this week by David Moore, chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee. Sixty-four newspapers submitted 2,525 entries in the annual contest. South Carolina Press Association judged the entries. The awards will be presented June 5 at APA’s 139th summer convention at Caribe Resort in Orange Beach. The Story of the Year and Best Newspaper Web Sites will be announced during the awards banquet. General Excellence awards are based on total points earned from five areas: issues submitted for the general excellence category, awards in eight general categories, awards in the public service and FOI categories, awards in the single event categories and awards from the advertising contest. -30- (Enclosed is a list of award winners in all categories) Alabama Press Association 2010 Better Newspaper Contest Winners 2010 General Excellence Winners Division A 1st place The Birmingham News 2nd place The Huntsville Times 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) Division B 1st place Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place Fort Payne Times-Journal 3rd place Andalusia Star News Division C 1st place The Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) 2nd place Hartselle Enquirer 3rd place The Choctaw Sun-Advocate (Gilbertown) Division D 1st place The Greenville Advocate 2nd place The Southeast Sun (Enterprise) 3rd place The Brewton Standard Best Public Service Division A 1st place The Decatur Daily for coverage about toxic fertilizer by Eric Fleischaur 2nd place The Decatur Daily for “Inmates go hungry, sheriff pockets savings” by Sheryl Marsh 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) for “Convicted teacher draws paycheck” by Charlene Schmitz Division B 1st place The Daily Sentinel for “Security Standoff” by Ken Bonner, Chasity Brown, DeWayne Patterson and Brad Shurett 2nd place Andalusia Star-News for “Bingo Rules” by Stephanie Nelson and Justin Schuver 3rd place The Outlook (Alexander City) for “City Manager Needed?” by staff Division C 1st place Hartselle Enquirer for “Midway Manor Grandmother fights eviction, wins” by Clif Knight 2nd place The Wetumpka Herald for “Paint the town pink” by staff 3rd place Tri-City Ledger (Flomaton) for “Don’t be stubborn, get your PSA tested today” by staff Division D 1st place The Brewton Standard for “Paying it forward” by staff 2nd place The Eufaula Tribune for coverage of the proposed community development of Deerfield Place by Patrick Johnston and Ed Trainor 3rd place The Sumter County Record-Journal (Livingston) for “Judge threatens jury duty dodgers” by Herman Ward and Tommy McGraw FOI – First Amendment Award Division A 1st place The Decatur Daily for “City CFO placed on paid leave” by Evan Belanger 2nd place The Huntsville Times for “The power of pork” by Challen Stephens 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) for “Saraland’s search not as open as others” by Rena Havner Phillips and David Ferrara Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News for “Branded for life” by Brittany Whitley, Emily Edge and news staff 2nd place The Opelika-Auburn News for “Suspect in deputy’s death goes before Lee judge today” by staff 3rd place The Daily Home for “Park board goes into executive session to discuss its future” by Elsie Hodnett Division C 1st place The Birmingham Business Journal for “On the road” by Jimmy DeButts 2nd place The Choctaw Sun-Advocate (Gilbertown) for “Where’s the money and who got the jobs?” by DeeAnn Campbell 3rd place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) for “In your neighborhood” by staff Division D 1st place The Sumter County Record Journal (Livingston) for “Sheriff’s secret settlement” by Tommy McGraw and Herman Ward 2nd place The Eufaula Tribune for “Residents angry at Quitman Sheriff” by staff 3rd place Madison County Record for “Public to attend chief interviews” by staff Most Improved Division A The Birmingham News Division B The Outlook (Alexander City) Division C Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) Division D The Tuskegee News Best Presswork Division A 1st place TimesDaily (Florence) 2nd place The Birmingham News 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) Division B 1st place The Outlook (Alexander City) 2nd place The Opelika-Auburn News 3rd place The Daily Sentinel (Scottsboro) Division C 1st place The Citizen of East Alabama (Phenix City) 2nd place The Arab Tribune 3rd place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) Division D 1st place Madison County Record 2nd place The Eclectic Observer 3rd place The Greenville Advocate Best Newspaper Web Site Divisions A, B, C and D To be announced at the awards banquet on Saturday, June 5 during Summer Convention. Photograph of the Year The Daily Home (Talladega) for “Local firefighters train” by Bob Crisp Story of the Year To be announced at the awards banquet on Saturday, June 5 during Summer Convention. Category 1 — Best Editorial Page or Section Division A 1st place The Montgomery Advertiser 2nd place The Birmingham News 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) Division B 1st place The Fort Payne Times-Journal 2nd place The Opelika-Auburn News 3rd place The Daily Sentinel (Scottsboro) Division C 1st place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) 2nd place Birmingham Business Journal 3rd place The Choctaw Sun-Advocate (Gilbertown) Division D 1st place The Tuskegee News 2nd place The Corridor Messenger (Carbon Hill) 3rd place Franklin County Times (Russellville) Category 2 — Best Lifestyle/Family Pages Division A 1st place The Decatur Daily 2nd place The Birmingham News 3rd place TimesDaily (Florence) Division B 1st place The Selma Times-Journal 2nd place The Andalusia Star-News 3rd place The Opelika-Auburn News Division C 1st place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) 2nd place Hartselle Enquirer 3rd place The Monroe Journal (Monroeville) Division D 1st place The Southeast Sun (Enterprise) 2nd place The Atmore Advance 3rd place The Eufaula Tribune Category 3 — Best Sports Page Division A 1st place The Huntsville Times 2nd place The Tuscaloosa News 3rd place The Anniston Star Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place The Daily Home (Talladega) 3rd place The Daily Sentinel (Scottsboro) Division C 1st place Hartselle Enquirer 2nd place The Citizen of East Alabama (Phenix City) 3rd place The Randolph Leader (Roanoke) Division D 1st place The Southeast Sun (Enterprise) 2nd place Auburn Villager 3rd place The Brewton Standard Category 4 — Best Layout and Design Division A 1st place The Birmingham News 2nd place The Huntsville Times 3rd place Press-Register (Mobile) Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place The Outlook (Alexander City) 3rd place The Fort Payne Times-Journal Division C 1st place Hartselle Enquirer 2nd place The Arab Tribune 3rd place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) Division D 1st place The Eufaula Tribune 2nd place The Southeast Sun (Enterprise) 3rd place The Corridor Messenger (Carbon Hill) Category 5 — Best Local Economic Coverage Division A 1st place The Anniston Star 2nd place The Birmingham News 3rd place TimesDaily (Florence) Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place The Messenger (Troy) 3rd place The Fort Payne Times-Journal Division C 1st place Birmingham Business Journal 2nd place Call News (Citronelle) 3rd place The Arab Tribune Division D 1st place The Brewton Standard 2nd place The Dadeville Record 3rd place The Atmore Advance Category 6 — Best Local Education Coverage Division A 1st place TimesDaily (Florence) 2nd place The Birmingham News 3rd place The Huntsville Times Division B 1st place The Andalusia Star-News 2nd place Fort Payne Times-Journal 3rd place The Opelika-Auburn News Division C 1st place The Choctaw Sun-Advocate (Gilbertown) 2nd place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) 3rd place The Randolph Leader (Roanoke) Division D 1st place Madison County Record 2nd place The Brewton Standard 3rd place The Eufaula Tribune Category 7 — Best Local News Coverage Division A 1st place The Birmingham News 2nd place The Huntsville Times 3rd place The Anniston Star Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place The Andalusia Star-News 3rd place The Clanton Advertiser Division C 1st place Shelby County Reporter (Columbiana) 2nd place Tri-City Ledger (Flomaton) 3rd place The Monroe Journal (Monroeville) Division D 1st place The Eufaula Tribune 2nd place The Atmore Advance 3rd place The Tuskegee News Category 8 — Best Use of Photographs/Editorial Content Division A 1st place The Birmingham News 2nd place The Tuscaloosa News 3rd place The Huntsville Times Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn News 2nd place The Outlook (Alexander City) 3rd place The Fort Payne Times-Journal Division C 1st place The Arab Tribune 2nd place Call News (Citronelle) 3rd place The Monroe Journal (Monroeville) Division D 1st place The Greenville Advocate 2nd place The Southeast Sun (Enterprise) 3rd place The Brewton Standard Category 9 — Best Spot News Story Division A 1st place The TimesDaily for “Man kills 4, self” by Tom Smith, Bernie Delinski and Lisa Singleton-Rickman 2nd place The Decatur Daily for “Judge jails sheriff” by Sheryl Marsh 3rd place The Birmingham News for “Langford Guilty” by staff Division B 1st place The Opelika-Auburn news for “Hard Hit” by Beverly Harvey 2nd place The Daily Home for “Some 200 dogs rescued from apparent puppy mill” by Laura Nation-Atchison 3rd place The Gadsden Times for “Man drowns in family pond while fishing” by Lisa Rogers Division C 1st place The Choctaw Sun-Advocate for “Rescue on Okatuppa” by Tommy