Democrat wins 24 awards at AP contest
Published 12:01 am Sunday, April 14, 2013
OXFORD — The Natchez Democrat won 24 total awards, including 12 first-place awards, Saturday at the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors annual contest.
The contest entries were from newspapers from both Mississippi and Louisiana and were published in 2012. The winners were announced during a banquet in Oxford on the Ole Miss campus.
The Democrat competes in the small daily newspaper division for the majority of the contest categories.
Award winners were:
First place
•Spot new stories — “Prison riot leaves one dead, others injured; Families wait to hear news,” by Emily Lane and Vershal Hogan
•Investigative news story — “How does county travel stack up?,” by Hogan
•Sports enterprise story — “Paying the price,” by Justin Whitmore and Michael Kerekes
•Editorials — Julie Cooper
•Headlines — Ben Hillyer
•Spot news photo — “Malt shop crash,” by Hillyer
•General news photo — “Graduation tears,” by Lauren Wood
•Sports action photo — “Laying down on the job,” by Hillyer
•Feature photo — “When will it be over?,” by Hillyer
•Illustration — “Flu business,” by Hillyer
•Multipicture — “Baby Malone,” by Wood
•Portrait — “A leap above the rest,” by Hillyer
Second place
•Editorials — staff
•Layout and design — Hillyer
•Sports feature photo — “Getting a leg up,” by Hillyer
•Feature photo — “Ssssssnakes!,” by Wood
•Portrait — “The acting bug,” by Wood
Third place
•Public/community service — “Reading, writing & sex?,” by Lane
•Spot sports story — “Breaking through,” by Whitmore
•Layout and design — Cooper and Hillyer
•General news photo — “A glowing good time,” by Wood
•Sports feature photo — “A time to bond,” by Wood
•Illustration — “Budget squeeze,” by Hillyer
•Multipicture — “Rescuing Camila,” by Hillyer