Here are the winners of the 2019 Better Newspaper General Excellence Contest Circ Group(s) Category Name Award Organization Entry Title Credits group G-H General Excellence Third Place Malheur Enterprise Feb. 28; July 18; Nov. 7 Staff group G-H General Excellence Second Place The New Era The New Era - 11-14-2018 The New Era Steve Brown, Alisa Applegate, group G-H General Excellence First Place Estacada News February 15, 2018; July 12, 2018; November 8, 2018 Emily Lindstrand, Dave Ball group F General Excellence Third Place The Times (Tigard) Feb. 15; July 5; Nov. 15 The Times staff group F General Excellence Second Place Wilsonville Spokesman General Excellence - WIlsonville Spokesman Staff Won't stop believing; A Party in Sandy; Mirror Mirror Brittany Allen, Shannon O. Wells, group F General Excellence First Place The Sandy Post Image Alisa Applegate, Steve Brown group E General Excellence Third Place Polk County Itemizer-Observer Feb. 6; July 25; Nov. 14 Polk County Itemizer-Observer staff Leslie Pugmire Hole, Patrick Malee, group E General Excellence Second Place West Linn Tidings General Excellence - West Linn Tidings Staff group E General Excellence First Place Lake Oswego Review General Excellence - Lake Oswego Reivew Gary Stein, Staff group D General Excellence Third Place The Hermiston Herald Hermiston Herald Staff McMinnville News-Register (Editions of 2/2, 7/13 and group D General Excellence Second Place News-Register 11/9) Staff group D General Excellence First Place The Outlook Killers for hire; Corbett Takes to the Road; Love & War The Outlook Staff Corvallis Gazette-Times editions of April 22, Nov. 10 group B-C General Excellence Third Place Corvallis Gazette-Times and Dec. 28, 2018 Staff group B-C General Excellence Second Place Albany Democrat-Herald Albany Democrat-Herald/Mid-Valley Sunday Mike McInally, Jeff Precourt group B-C General Excellence First Place East Oregonian East Oregonian Staff group A General Excellence First Place The Oregonian The Oregonian general excellence The Oregonian staff .