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Democrat wins top honor
Published Sunday, June 29, 2008
BILOXI — The Natchez Democrat won general excellence and 15 first place awards Saturday at the annual Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
The newspaper also placed second among all daily newspapers in the state in the competition for the Dan M. Phillips Freedom of Information Award for its coverage of the Natchez Board of Aldermen’s crime meetings.
The Democrat competes in most other categories with daily newspapers with circulations between 9,000 and 20,000. The newspaper won 35 awards overall.
First place awards included:
Best spot news story — Julie Finley, “Teen charged with killing parents, friend”
Best planned series of stories — Finley, “Roadmap to the future — SACS accreditation”
Best front page
Best graphic — Ben Hillyer, “Salaries of area public officials”
Best commentary column — Finley, “School board is hurting parish children”
Best design
Best sports action photo — Hillyer
Best feature photo — Hillyer
Best pictorial series — Hillyer
Best picture-story combination — Luke Horton
Best personality portrait — Horton
Best special section or issue — “Profile 2007: Building Blocks, The ABCs of the Miss-Lou”
Best lifestyles section
Best sports section — Jeff Edwards
Best editorials
Second place awards included:
Best spot news story — Katie Stallcup, “Truck drives off cliff”
Best spot news photo — Hillyer
Best sports action photo — Marcus Frazier
Third place awards included:
Best investigative coverage, “Circuit Clerk M.L. “Binkey” Vines”
Best planned series of stories, “Season of Wishes”
Best sports column — Edwards
Best spot news photo — Hillyer
Best sports feature photo — Frazier
Best pictorial series — Hillyer
Best picture-story combination — Hillyer and Finley, “All about me”
Personality portrait — Hillyer
Best editorial page
Honorable mention awards included:
Best spot news story — Stallcup, “One dead, another injured in shooting”
Best commentary column — Hillyer
Best headline — Finley and Hillyer
Best sports feature story — Matt Burrowes
Best Web site
Comments
Posted by rushinghjr (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 1:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congrat's to the Natchez Democrat Staff! A well deserved honor!
Posted by skippydammit (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 7:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations I think.
BUT,
EXACTLY how many OTHER newspapers does the Democrat compete against in the ".....daily newspapers with circulations between 9,000 and 20,000..." category ?
Each year we hear about the Democrat winning awards in competition(s) against other newspapers.
IF the competition is against a LOT of other newspapers, then
CONGRATULATIONS.
However, IF the competition is against only a FEW other newspapers,
then NOT SO MUCH on the congratulations.
Do the numbers of papers involved vary according to the category
of award(s)? If so, how many for the categories ?
So, my question remains,
EXACTLY how many other newspapers does the Democrat compete against?
Mr. Editor ? "Staff Reports" ? Anyone with the number?
Thank you.
:)
p.s.
I personally think the EDITORIALS are great when they keep the
politicians on their toes ! Thanks for looking out for us guys/gals !
Posted by Hambone (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
They forgot to add the "Most stories continued on another page-yet they're nowhere to be found!"
Posted by NoWireHangers (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations Natchez Democrat! Well Done!
Posted by kpage1 (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 9:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yaaaaaaaaaaaa! Way to go! I feel you deserve the award regardless of who the competition is. A win is a win, no matter how you ice that cake! Congratulations.
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 2:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
WOOHOO!!! Hoorah, Natchez Democrat!!!
Posted by jfinley (Julie Cooper) on June 29, 2008 at 4:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Democrat's category includes the following newspapers:
The Vicksburg Post
The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus)
The Meridian Star
The Daily Mississippian (Ole Miss)
The Enterprise-Journal (McComb)
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville)
In the FOI and the Web site categories the newspaper competes against all dailies in the state ... including The Clarion-Ledger and The Sun Herald.
Thanks
Julie
Posted by dottie (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 5:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Congrats Democrat and we do appreciate you.
Posted by emp (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 8:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What about the "Most Made-Up Facts in a Single Story" award? They should have placed first in the nation on that one.
Posted by rushinghjr (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
To All : Besides my 1st Posting, I would like to have all of the negative postings on my staff and employed by me, because I would fire all of you! Try and have a restful night and look at yourself in the mirror in the morning and tell yourself tht you were sorry to make the shameful comments!
Posted by skippydammit (anonymous) on June 29, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks Julie.
Congratulations !
:)
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thumbs up for youse guys. A good job.
Posted by Swapmeet (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 9:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations. Especially Julie. You do an awesome job.
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