Democrat wins APME awards
Published 2:31 pm Saturday, May 12, 2007
Staff reports
NATCHEZ — The staff of The Natchez Democrat won 30 awards including 10 first place awards at the Associated Press Managing Editors conference Friday.
The Democrat competes with other papers similar in circulation size throughout Louisiana and Mississippi.
The awards were:
Headlines — first
Layout and design — first
Spot news story — Julie Finley, first; Katie Stallcup and Joan Gandy, second
Lifestyles — Finley, second
General feature — Finley, second
Interpretive story — Staff, second; David Phelps and Nita McCann, third
Continuing coverage — Kevin Cooper and Stallcup, second
Editorials — Staff, second; Finley, third
Personal columns — Finley, first; Ben Hillyer, third
Sports columns — Tim Cottrell, third
Sports news story — Adam Daigle, second
Feature photo — Hillyer, first; Marcus Frazier, second; Hillyer third
Portrait or personality photo — Marcie McDowell, first; Hillyer, second; Frazier, third
Spot news photo — McDowell, first; Hillyer, second and third
Multi-picture package — McDowell, first
Sports feature photo — Anne McDaniel, second; Hillyer, third
Illustration — Hillyer, first
Graphic — Hillyer, first, second and third