The News-Journal introduced home 15 awards Saturday and Sunday from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors conference in Irving, together with honors in the newsroom of the yr and neighborhood service classes.
Competing in a division that features newspapers in such cities as Galveston, Victoria, Tyler, Waco, El Paso and Corpus Christi, the News-Journal received second place in newsroom of the yr, which is a sweepstakes award.
The class is judged on three full editions of a newspaper in addition to its web site. Points from different classes additionally depend towards an general rating.
Other Texas APME honors earned by News-Journal staff members are:
Second place, neighborhood service: Staff author Jo Lee Ferguson, Digital Editor Scott Brunner and Managing Editor Randy Ferguson for a sequence of tales and editorials about COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine entry in the Longview space.
First place, editorial writing: Randy Ferguson for a set of 5 editorials, together with about COVID-19’s toll on the Longview neighborhood, native management over pandemic restrictions and extra.
First place, headline writing: Randy Ferguson for a set of 5 headlines.
Second place, news images: Multimedia journalist Michael Cavazos for a photograph of a automotive being rescued from floodwaters beneath a Longview underpass.
Second place, specialty reporting: Randy Ferguson for a narrative about East Texas’ historical past of racial violence and a narrative in regards to the fiftieth anniversary of full integration inside Longview ISD.
Second place, common column writing: Sports Editor Jack Stallard for a set of three columns, together with about his highschool yearbook, the demise of his brother from COVID-19 and the unintended taking pictures demise of an 11-year-old Hallsville woman.
Third place, sports activities column writing: Stallard for a set of three columns, together with in regards to the demise of Hank Aaron, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and a baseball area subsequent to his home in Kilgore.
Third place, designer of the yr: Randy Ferguson for a set of 5 entrance web page designs.
Honorable point out, function writing: Former ETX View and Special Sections Editor (*15*) Cavazos for a narrative in regards to the tenth anniversary of devastating East Texas wildfires.
Honorable point out, function writing: Randy Ferguson for a narrative in regards to the fiftieth anniversary of full integration inside Longview ISD.
Honorable point out, sports activities images: Michael Cavazos for a pictures from the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo.
News-Journal staff members additionally positioned in three Star classes sponsored in partnership with the Headliners Foundation of Texas:
Second place, Star Opinion Writer of the Year: Randy Ferguson for a set of 5 editorials, together with about COVID-19’s toll on the Longview neighborhood, native management over pandemic restrictions and extra.
Third place, Star Photojournalist of the Year: Multimedia journalist Les Hassell for a set of 12 pictures.
Third place, Star Online Package of the Year: Brunner and Randy Ferguson for a multimedia presentation for a narrative about East Texas’ historical past of racial violence.