LAS VEGAS - Nevada Appeal editor Barry Smith won first place in editorial writing as part of the Nevada Press Association 2004 "Better Newspaper Contest." Winners were announced Saturday night at the newspaper organization's 79th annual convention in Las Vegas.
Appeal photographer Brad Horn was bestowed second-place honors in the sports photo category and business writer Becky Bosshart received several awards from her work at the Lahontan Valley News in Fallon before transferring to the Nevada Appeal.
Awards were also given to Rob Galloway, Phillip Wooley, Diane Kneeland and Terri Thomas in advertising, along with third place for the newspaper's special sections.
Most of the awards are divided among five classes: Class I, daily newspapers with circulation of 15,000 or more; Class II, daily newspapers with circulation of less than 15,000; Class III, weekly newspapers with circulation of 6,000-19,999; Class IV, weekly newspapers with circulation of less than 6,000; and Class V, weekly newspapers with circulation of 20,000 or more. Advertising awards are divided into two classes of competition - daily newspapers and weekly newspapers.
Below is a list of winners from the Tahoe-Carson Area Newspapers, which include: Nevada Appeal, Lahontan Valley News (Fallon), The Record-Courier (Gardnerville), Tahoe Daily Tribune (South Lake Tahoe), Tahoe World (Tahoe City), North Lake Tahoe Bonanza (Incline Village) and Sierra Sun (Truckee).
Awards to Tahoe-Carson Area Newspapers
General Excellence
First Place: Class III - Tahoe World
Journalist of Merit
Class III: Joey Crandall, The Record-Courier
Community Service
Second Place: Class III - Tahoe World
Freedom of the Press
Daily Newspapers - Lahontan Valley News
Best Spot News Story
First Place: Class II - Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Joey Crandall and Maggie O'Neill, The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class II - Marlene Garcia, Lahontan Valley News
Best Feature Story
First Place: Class II - Marlene Garcia, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - David Bunker, Sierra Sun
Second Place: Class II - Marlene Garcia, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Renee Shadforth, Sierra Sun
Third Place: Class III - Megan Feldman, Tahoe World
Honorable Mention: Class II - David C. Henley, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Renee Shadforth, Sierra Sun
Best Business News Story
First Place: Class II - Susan Wood, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Second Place: Class I - Class II - Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News
Third Place: Class II - Susan Wood, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Business Feature Story
First Place: Class II - Marlene Garcia, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Melissa Siig, Tahoe World
Second Place: Class II - Cory McConnell, Lahontan Valley News
Third Place: Class III - Joey Crandall, The Record-Courier
Best Explanatory Journalism
First Place: Class III - Maggie O'Neill and Joey Crandall, The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class II - Cory McConnell, Lahontan Valley News
Third Place: Class II - Jeff Munson, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Honorable Mention: Class II - Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News
Best News Feature Story
First Place: Class II - William Ferchland, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - David Bunker, Sierra Sun
Second Place: Class II - Susan Wood, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - Maggie O'Neill, The Record-Courier
Third Place: Class III - Melissa Siig, Tahoe World
Best Investigative Story
First Place: Class I - Class II - Gregory Crofton, William Ferchland, Jeff Munson and Susan Wood, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Second Place: Class I - Class II - Marlene Garcia, Cory McConnel and Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News
Best Local Column
First Place: Class II - David C. Henley, Lahontan Valley News
Best Local Sports Story
Second Place: Class I - Class II - Jared Green, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Third Place: Class I - Class II - Steve Yingling, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - Matt Brown, Sierra Sun
Best Local Sports Feature Story
First Place: Class II - Steve Yingling, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - Tripp Mickle, Tahoe World
Second Place: Class II - Jared Green, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Third Place: Class III - Wendy Lautner, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Best Local Sports Column
First Place: Class II - Steve Yingling, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Second Place: Class II - Jared Green, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Honorable Mention: Class III - Tripp Mickle, Tahoe World
Best Entertainment Writing
First Place: Class II - Ariel Rodman, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Second Place: Class III - Karel C. Delbecq, The Record-Courier
Third Place: Class III - Tripp Mickle, Tahoe World
Best Editorial Writing
First Place: Class I - Barry Smith, Nevada Appeal; Class II - Rick Swart, Lahontan Valley News
Second Place: Class II - Steve Lyon, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Melissa Siig, Tahoe World.
Third Place: Class III - Kirk Caraway, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Best Editorial Page
First Place: Class III - Tahoe World
Second Place: Class III - The Record-Courier
Best Page One Design
Second Place: Class III - The Record-Courier
Best Page Designer(s)
Second Place: Class III - Keith Sheffield, Tahoe World
Third Place: Class II - Steve Ranson and Thomas Ranson, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Tripp Mickle, Tahoe World
Honorable Mention: Class III - Joey Crandall, The Record-Courier
Best Special Section - Editorial
First Place: Class III - The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class III - Sierra Sun
Third Place: Class I - Nevada Appeal; Class II - Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Spot News Photo
First Place: Class III - Belinda Grant, The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class II - Cory McConnell, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Court Leve, Tahoe World
Best General News Photo
First Place: Class III - Belinda Grant, The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class II - Dan Thrift, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Third Place: Class III - Shannon Litz, The Record-Courier
Best Feature Photo
First Place: Class III - Brian D. Schultz, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Second Place: Class II - Jim Grant, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - Belinda Grant, The Record-Courier
Third Place: Class III - Keith Sheffield, Tahoe World
Honorable Mention: Class II - Marlene Garcia, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Josh Miller, Sierra Sun
Best Multiple Feature Photos
First Place: Class II - Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Brian D. Schultz, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Third Place: Class II - Becky Bosshart, Lahontan Valley News; Class III - Belinda Grant, The Record-Courier
Honorable Mention: Class II - Dan Thrift, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Portrait
First Place: Class III - Josh Miller, Sierra Sun
Second Place: Class II - Dan Thrift, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Third Place: Class III - Shannon Litz, The Record-Courier
Best Illustrated Photo
First Place: Class II - Dan Thrift, Tahoe Daily Tribune; Class III - Shannon Litz, The Record-Courier
Second Place: Class II - Dan Thrift, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Sports Photo
Second Place: Class I - Brad Horn, Nevada Appeal; Class III - Belinda Grant, The Record-Courier
Third Place: Class III - Court Leve, Tahoe World
Honorable Mention: Class III - Brain D. Schultz, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Advertising General Excellence
First Place: Weekly Newspapers - Tahoe World
Third Place: Daily Newspapers - Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Large-Space Ad
Third Place: Daily Newspapers - Rob Galloway and Phillip Wooley, Nevada Appeal
Honorable Mention: Weekly Newspapers - Adele Hoppe, The Record-Courier
Best Black-and-White Ad
Second Place: Daily Newspapers - Pam Cosmo and Juliet Beer, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Third Place: Weekly Newspapers - Staff, Tahoe World
Honorable Mention: Daily Newspapers - Phillip Wooley, Nevada Appeal
Best Spot Color Ad
Second Place: Daily Newspapers - Rebecca Enerson and Kitt Watkins, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Multi-Color Ad
First Place: Daily Newspapers - John Simon and Rebecca Enerson, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Second Place: Daily Newspapers - Diane Kneeland and Terri Thomas, Nevada Appeal; Weekly Newspapers - Lauren Shearer, Tahoe World
Third Place: Daily Newspapers - Megan Coup and Rebecca Enerson, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Best Special
Section - Advertising
First Place: Daily Newspapers - Tahoe Daily Tribune; Weekly Newspapers - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Second Place: Weekly Newspapers - The Record-Courier.
Third Place: Daily Newspapers - Nevada Appeal
Honorable Mention: Daily Newspapers - Lahontan Valley News
Best In-House
Advertising Promotion
Second Place: Weekly Newspapers - Wendy Mason, Sierra Sun
Honorable Mention: Daily Newspapers - Michele Armstrong, Tahoe Daily Tribune
