The Lawrence Journal-World on Friday won 14 Suburban Newspapers of America Awards for 2008, the most in the country for the fourth consecutive year.
The Journal-World won seven first-place, four second-place and three third-place awards, and two honorable mentions.
First place honors were:
• Best Special Section for KU Today, Terry Rombeck, features and special sections editor, and Christy Little, assistant features and assistant special sections editor.
• Best Editorial Page, Ann Gardner, editorial page editor.
• Best Graphic Artwork (supporting news content), Karl Gehring.
• Best Sports Writing, “Casting A Wide ’Net” by Jesse Temple.
• Best Feature, “Gray Matters” by Jon Niccum, entertainment editor.
• Best Front Page, for pages designed by Kim Callahan, day copy editor.
• Best Sports Section.
Second place awards:
• Best Coverage of Aging Issues/Senior Citizen Lifestyles, “Unexpected Destination” by Karrey Britt.
• Best Young People’s Coverage, “Rap Session” by Niccum.
• Best Sports Photo.
• Best News Photo.
Third place awards:
• Best Editorial Writing by Gardner.
• Best Sports Writing, “Football and the Game of Life” by Matt Tait, high school sports editor.
• Best Coverage of Investigative Reporting, “Disability Backlog Creating Hardship” by Christine Metz, projects reporter.
The Journal-World was named SNA’s Newspaper of the Year in its circulation category in 2007 and 2005, and placed second in 2006.
Suburban Newspapers of America is composed of 2,000 newspapers across North America.
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ronwell_dobbs (anonymous) says…
Ugh. OK. Here's the obligatory headline once again:"Local Paper Touts Local Paper"Now can I get back to my nap?
notwhatyouthink (anonymous) says…
Notice they did not get any awards for best reporting. Fancy paper you have here, Nice photos. Too bad there is nothing of any value about what acutally happens.
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
Quit picking on my buddies
tangential_reasoners_anonymous (anonymous) says…
"... and I'd like to thank the Citizen Journalism Academy...."
Southwester (anonymous) says…
Pity some of the art/graphics awards went to someone they laid off.
TheSychophant (anonymous) says…
Best in Show.Dolph Simons arf arf
Shardwurm (anonymous) says…
I'll type this so the staff will understand:Congradulashuns. This is a overdo award. We our vary prowd to half ewe as are papar.
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
Congratulations, guys! Those who are belittling your accomplishments undoubtedly do not work in the publishing business and have no idea what is involved. As I do work in the business, my hat is off to you--the demands of a daily must be brutal. So much can go wrong, and there is so little time to catch & fix errors. In any endeavor there is room for improvement--the LJW is no exception. But that does not negate all the things that are good about it. I admit I get a chuckle out of the random typo or sometimes shake my head over an obviously bad word choice, but I do not use those errors as an excuse to condemn the entire organization. Nor do I blame the men and women who are the heart & soul of the company for any political or other bias espousd by Dolph... The reporters, editorial staff, etc., should be commended on their own merits. I'm not sure what the b****y comments above are meant to accomplish, but I hope these people are not parents. If they think that the way to help someone improve is to trash everything they are doing and withhold praise even when it's due, god help their kids.
Shardwurm (anonymous) says…
I believe 'god' is capitalized and your concern for my children is noted and disregarded. I hope you're not a parent as teaching your children to be lofty, snooty, and holier-than-thou is also not the answer. Also teaching them to lack a sense of humor is just what we need.You must be a teacher.
rabbit (anonymous) says…
Is this a joke?