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