The company I work for, the East Oregonian Publishing Company, collected a nice pot of awards recently at the recent annual Better Newspapers Contest sponsored by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.
The one I’m most proud of is the second place award my department received for Best Online Coverage for Breaking News with The Daily Astorian. Here’s a link to our coverage for the award: Astoria Downtown Fire.
Read all about the awards for each publication
Here’s the breakdown by publication of awards.
Capital Press
FIRST PLACE: Target Audience
SECOND PLACE: Graphics
THIRD PLACE: Writing, Graphics
East Oreognian
FIRST PLACE: General Excellence, Best Special Section or Issue, Best Editorial Page, Best Feature Story: General, Best Feature Story: Personality, Best Local Column, Best Sports Story, Best Page One Design, Best Feature Photo, Best News Photo, Best Sports Photo
SECOND PLACE: Best Coverage of Business and Economic Issues, Best Educational Coverage, Best Feature Story: Personality, Best Spot News Coverage, Best Writing, Best Feature Photo
THIRD PLACE: Best Editorial, Best Local Column, Best Writing, Best Feature Photo, Best Photo Essay
Blue Mountain Eagle
FIRST PLACE: Best Special Section or Issue, Best Editorial,Best Enterprise Reporting
SECOND PLACE: General Excellence, Best Editorial Page,Best Enterprise Reporting
THIRD PLACE: Best Spot News Coverage
Daily Astorian
FIRST PLACE: Best Editorial, Best Educational Coverage,Best Lifestyle Coverage, Best Spot News Coverage, Best Writing, Best Photo Essay
SECOND PLACE: Best Special Section or Issue, Best Editorial, Best Headline Writing, Best News Photo, Best Sports Photo, Best online coverage of breaking news
THIRD PLACE: General Excellence, Best Special Section or Issue, Best Coverage of Business and Economic Issues, Best Editorial Page, Best Enterprise Reporting, Best Feature Story: General, Best Feature Story: Personality, Best Lifestyle Coverage, Best Sports Story, Best News Photo, Best Sports Photo
