Post-Convention: Better Newspaper Contest ink
Newspapers across the state stop the presses to report on trophies picked up Saturday on the Gulf Coast during MPA’s Better Newspaper Contest.
- The Mississippi Press crows about its awards, including first place for best design.
- The Hattiesburg American picked up 13, including a big award for reporter Rachel Liefer.
- The Meridian Star competed in the top daily division this year, and photographer Paula Merritt captured a big prize.
- The Clarion-Ledger took home the brass ring for general excellence.
- The Sun Herald’s Robin Fitzgerald was honored for in-depth reporting and the paper took home a barrel of other prizes.
- The Pontotoc Progress on its five awards.
- The Commercial Dispatch won nine awards, including a rare grand slam for Vickey Newman in the features category.
- The Amory Advertiser reports on its 16 awards.
- The Daily Journal took home five first-place plaques.
- The Scott County Times reports on its general excellence prize.