28 Awards by Newspaper Honorable Mention
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2 Congratulations! Newspapers of the Year Daily: The Gazette, Janesville Daily: Vilas County News-Review Publisher: Orestes Baez Publisher: Kurt Krueger 3 On the Cover and... Photo credits clockwise from top left: BEST OF DIVISION “Madison nightlife, redefined” by Ruthie Hauge, Division A Division D The Cap Times The Gazette, Janesville Vilas County News-Review, Eagle River Winner of First Place Award in Division A Photo Gallery Division B competition Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire Division E The Monroe Times Division C “Covid Lockdown Visit” The Northwoods River Division F by Dan Reiland, Leader- News, Rhinelander The Valders Journal Telegram & The Daily Globe, Ironwood, Winner of First Place Award Mich. in Division B Feature Photo competition “Gun Victim Memorial” by The 2020 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation Better John Hart, Wisconsin State Newspaper Contest received 2,051 entries from 103 newspapers. This year’s contest was judged by newspaper professionals from the Texas Journal Press Association. Winner of First Place Award in Division A Photo Essay competition Competitions were judged across six circulation divisions — three daily and three weekly — unless otherwise noted. Contests with three or fewer total submissions within a single division were judged against “Water Umbrella” by Scott entries in the next highest division. Categories with fewer than 10 Ash, Northwest Now submissions across daily or weekly divisions were judged across all the respective publication frequency. Winner of First Place Award in Division D Feature Photo The newspaper that accumulates the most overall points from competition editorial and advertising awards is named Best of Division. The daily and weekly newspapers with the most points across their respective publication groups receive the Newspaper of the Year Awards. 4 Editorial Sports photography is awesome. General Excellence Honorable Mention: The Star News Judge’s Comments: Even though Daily Division this is a smaller publication, First Place: Wisconsin State it’s bursting with big, colorful Journal photographs. Has all of the usual Judge’s Comments: Well done. small town news you expect to Excellent all-around newspaper. read about in a local newspaper. Second Place: Beloit Daily News Really nice school and sports Judge’s Comments: Strong entry. coverage. One of your editorials was re- printed in another newspaper’s general excellence entry! Division F Third Place: The Gazette First Place: The Valders Journal Judge’s Comments: Good Judge’s Comments: Excellent newspaper. Competitive category. paper, from the local content to Honorable Mention: Leader- layout. Lots of local photos and Telegram news. Easy to follow the jumps. Judge’s Comments: Some great Nice clean, organized layout. stuff here. Competitive category. Good, attention-grabbing ledes. All the elements are there. Second Place: Lake Mills Leader Division D/E Judge’s Comments: A lot of First Place: Hudson Star-Observer local news and photos in each Judge’s Comments: The page edition. Good ledes and writing layouts grabbed my attention. throughout. Included all the Great use of page design, information you look for in a local interesting headlines, photography newspaper. and pullout quotes to get someone Third Place: Spooner Advocate to pick up the newspaper. The Judge’s Comments: Good entries stories are interesting and easy with lots of photos, some of them to understand even for someone very large. Good writing. Solid who isn’t a local. The photographs overall work. are good and the pages aren’t Honorable Mention: The Record- overloaded with ads. Great local Review school sports coverage, too. Great read all around. Second Place: Sawyer County Best Front Page Record Judge’s Comments: I enjoyed Daily Division the articles and photography. I First Place: The Gazette - Tim would like to see more creativity Seeman, Greg Little, Shawn in the page designs. Even though Sensiba, Shari Rampenthal stories were lengthy, they kept Judge’s Comments: Beautiful my attention. I would definitely layout and design that grabs the subscribe to this newspaper. attention immediately! Third Place: Superior Telegram Second Place: Kenosha News - Judge’s Comments: Front page Staff stories were good choices, but I Judge’s Comments: Bold headlines wish I’d seen more creativity in the capture the reader’s attention! General Excellence, First Place (Daily Division) layouts. They all kind of looked the Third Place: Beloit Daily News - same. Stories were well written. Staff Wisconsin State Journal, Madison 5 Editorial Judge’s Comments: Very nice! seems a bit cold to list obits as Honorable Mention: The Freeman deaths. - Shana Duffy Third Place: Waupaca County Post Judge’s Comments: Nice work! - Robert Cloud, Cody Popp Judge’s Comments: Fairly clean design, but the copy font is large Division D and poorly spaced. Centered First Place: Hudson Star-Observer headlines and subheads looks - Staff sloppy and is difficult to follow, Judge’s Comments: Beautiful use especially if the decks are not of art and photos to capture the balanced. The large white space reader’s attention! up top is distracting. What is the Second Place: Peninsula Pulse - purpose of “Local” in the red box? Ryan Miller, Brett Kosmider, Jacob Is there another edition? Dannhausen-Brun, David Eliot Judge’s Comments: Photos capture the attention ... very clean Division F design! First Place: Spooner Advocate - Bill Third Place: The Star News - Brian Thornley, Julie Hustvet Wilson Judge’s Comments: Terrific Judge’s Comments: Headlines and photos, great use of color, top photos are interesting! notch work all around. Honorable Mention: The Lakeland Second Place: Lake Mills Leader - Times - Staff Sarah Weihert Judge’s Comments: Fun use of Judge’s Comments: Beautiful photo in the header! color, sharp contrast, great photo elements for sports teasers. Third Place: New London Press Division E Star - Robert Cloud, Cody Popp First Place: Lake Geneva Regional Judge’s Comments: Chock-full of News - Staff color photos with many elements Judge’s Comments: Nice, clean competing for attention. and fairly consistent page design. Honorable Mention: Clintonville All but one story has a subhead. Tribune Gazette - Robert Cloud, The photos were very light. It may Cody Popp be the way the PDF reproduced, or Judge’s Comments: Hard to leave they may have been made that way this one out of the top list — good to accommodate dot gain on the heads, good use of photos, good press. The photos are not bordered, all-around layout. which is likely part of the paper’s design. The headlines are nicely balanced and convey concise Best Opinion Pages information. Second Place: The Monroe Times - Daily Division Emily Massingill First Place: Wisconsin State Judge’s Comments: The pages Journal - Scott Milfred, Phil Hands have a cluttered feel to them, Judge’s Comments: Lively layout however, there is a good mix of to match the lively opinions — fonts in headlines and good use great reader participation through Best Front Page, First Place (Division D) of photos. The price is too big. letters section. Really like the You- Try shrinking it. Subheads are Toon feature that draws reader Hudson Star-Observer inconsistent in size and use. It interest and participation. 6 Editorial Second Place: Leader-Telegram - letter-writing audience — if space Liam Marlaire becomes an issue, maybe consider Judge’s Comments: Great range of a 300-word limit — some really contrasting opinions, terrific letters took the ball and ran with it. sections. Readers obviously look forward to reading these pages and take the time to write their own Best Sports Pages comments. Daily Division First Place: The Gazette - John Weekly Division Barry, Tom Miller, Eric Schmoldt First Place: Hudson Star-Observer Judge’s Comments: Really - Anne Jacobson excellent all the way around! Judge’s Comments: Excellent job. Second Place: The Chippewa Looks like you are very plugged Herald - Brandon Berg in to your community and you Judge’s Comments: Well-written continue to reach out through and appealing look! reader panels (stealing that idea) Third Place: The Northwoods and man-on-the-street. Good River News - Jeremy Mayo, Bob pages to keep readers engaged. Mainhardt Keep up the great work. Judge’s Comments: Good Second Place: Vilas County News- coverage and a great look! Review - Kurt Krueger, Gary Honorable Mention: Daily Ridderbusch, Michelle Drew, Doug Jefferson County Union - Jalen Etten Knuteson, Jack Miller Judge’s Comments: Nice robust, Judge’s Comments: Nice work! diverse subjects on your editorial pages, and good use of local, regional and national commentary. Division D It makes for good reader First Place: The Star News - Matt engagement. Good issues and I like Frey the use of a local photo to enhance Second Place: Hudson Star- the pages. Might consider an Observer - Bob Burrows, Dave update on some design elements, Newman but otherwise healthy commentary Third Place: Vilas County News- pages. Keep up the good work! Review - Doug Etten, Gary Third Place: The Platteville Journal Ridderbusch - Steve Prestegard Honorable Mention: The Review - Judge’s Comments: Editor Steve Dave Boehler Prestegard asks some good questions about the coronavirus situation — and related them from Division E federal, state and local perspectives First Place: The Monroe Times - to his readers. Also had tough Adam Krebs prodding of local officials for Second Place: The Platteville freedom-of-the-press issues. The Journal - Jason Nihles same officials who embarrassed Third Place: Sun Prairie Star - Jeff the town when national papers Seisser picked up an unflattering story. Honorable Mention: Barron Best Sports Pages, First Place (Daily Division) Way to be tough — a brave stance News-Shield - Mark Bell, Jim Bell, The Gazette, Janesville in small towns. You have an active Tyler Florczak, Todd Roehl 7 Editorial Honorable Mention: Beloit seemed a little lacking. Division F Daily News - Brad Allen, Austin Division B Honorable Mention: “Family First Place: The Courier - Jeff Montgomery, Hillary Gavan First Place: “Progress,” & Friends Summer 2020 ,” Seisser Judge’s Comments: Touching EagleHerald - Dan Kitkowski, Watertown Daily Times - Staff Judge’s Comments: A nice mix articles.