CMNM Wins 78 Awards with Colorado Press Assoc.
May 20, 2010
Colorado Mountain News Media won 78 awards this year at the Colorado Press Association Awards Ceremony. Congratulations on the well-deserved recognition in serving our Swift communities! Check out the awards by property!
Aspen Times (15 awards)
Editorial Sweepstakes Award
First Place
- Sports Story/Nate Peterson
- Education Story/Katie Redding
- Serious Columns/Paul Andersen
- Humorous Columns/Roger Marolt
Second Place
- Sustained Coverage/staff
- Serious Columns/Gary Hubbell
- Humorous Columns/Tony Vagneur
- Sports Columns/Roger Marolt
- Public Service/Carolyn Sackariason
Third Place
- Editorial Writing/ Editorial Board
- Sports Story/Jon Maletz
- Headline Writing/Chad Abraham
- Editorial Layout and Design/staff
- Informational Graphic/Jerrie Lyndon
Grand Junction Free Press (2 awards)
Third Place
- Sharon Sullivan ,“Daily – Class 5”: Best News Story
- Sharon Sullivan, “Daily – Class 5”: Best Business Story
Sky-Hi News (13 awards)
Newspaper
Photo and Design Sweepstakes Winner, Class II
Photographer Byron Hetzler
1st place — Best News Photo
1st Place — Best Sports Photo
1st Place — Best Photo Essay
2nd Place — Best Feature Photo
Reporter Tonya Bina
2nd Place — Best Education Story
2nd Place — Best Agricultural Story
3rd Place — Best Feature Story
3rd Place — Best Sports Story
3rd Place — Best Business Story
Managing editor Drew Munro
1st Place — Best News Story
2nd Place — Best Headline Writing
Columnist Jon de Vos
3rd Place — Best Humorous Column
Summit Daily News and Summit County Journal (15 awards)
Summit Daily News – editorial
First place
- Editorial layout & design – staff
Third place
- serious col writing – Morgan Liddick
- humorous col writing – Rich Mayfield
Summit Daily News – Advertising
Second place
- advertising special section
- Matt Sandberg, advertising layout & design
Summit County Journal
First place, editorial sweepstakes (overall)
- news story – Bob Berwyn
- Feature photo – Mark Fox
- Business story — Bob Berwyn
- Sports column – Bryce Evans
- Story-picture combo – Robert Allen/Mark Fox
Second place – feature story – Kim Nicoletti
Third place – sports story – Bryce Evans
- Story-picture combo – BB& MF
Glenwood Post Independent (15 awards)
First Place
- Feature Photo — Kelley Cox
- Headline Writing — Dale Shrull
- Public Service — Dale Shrull
- Small Space Advertisement — Kendra Jones
- Business Story — Pete Fowler
- Sports Columns (Associated Press) — Dale Shrull
Second Place
- Best Series — John Stroud, John Gardner, April E. Clark
- Sports Story — Jeff Caspersen
- Sports Event Story — Dale Shrull
- Deadline Reporting —Phillip Yates
- Newspaper Promotion — Andrea Porter
Third Place
- Deadline Reporting — John Gardner
- News Page Design — Zach Jacobson
- Feature Story — Heidi Rice
- Newspaper Promotion — Dale Shrull
Citizen Telegram (11 awards)
First Place
- Public Service — Heidi Rice, Kelley Cox, John Gardner, Dale Shrull
- Serious Column Writing — Dale Shrull
- Sports Story — Heidi Rice
Second Place
- Agriculture Story — Mike McKibbin
- Circulation Promotion — Laurie Vagneur & Justin Cantwell
- Classified Section — Staff
Third Place
- Editorial Writing — Dale Shrull & Mike McKibbin
- Newspaper Promotion — Dale Shrull
- Small Space Advertisement — Dale Shrull
- Feature Page Design — Kayden Christensen
- News Page Design — Dale Shrull & Margaret Stoney
Vail Daily (7 awards)
First Place
- Deadline news reporting: Vail Daily News staff.
- Photo essay: Dominique Taylor.
- Sports photograph: Dominique Taylor
Second Place
- Best feature page design: Amanda Swanson
- Don Rogers won an award from the Colorado’s Associated Press: news column writing.
Third Place
- Best news page design: Amanda Swanson
- Feature photograph: Kristin Anderson; second place, Dominique Taylor
Vail Daily
2008
The Vail Daily wins 20 awards at annual convention March, 08
The Vail Daily had a strong showing this year at the Colorado Press Association’s annual contest, held over the past weekend at the Brown Palace in Denver. Competing against other daily newspapers in the circulation range of 7,501-15,000, the Daily won 16 CPA awards.
Best Deadline News Reporting, First Place: Vail Daily Staff
Best Deadline News Reporting, Second Place: Steve Lynn
Best Deadline News Reporting, Third Place: Randy Wyrick
Best Feature Story, Second Place: Randy Wyrick
Best Education Story, Second Place: Nicole Frey
Best Series, Second Place: Vail Daily Staff (Eagle River series)
Best Special Section, First Place: Vail Daily Staff (25th Anniversary publication)
Best Serious Column Writing, Third Place: Don Cohen
Best News Photograph, Second Place: Kristin Anderson
Best News Photograph, Third Place: Dominique Taylor
Best Feature Photograph, Second Place: Dominique Taylor
Best Photo Essay, Second Place: Preston Utley
Best News Page Design, Third Place: Aaron Cessna
Best Editorial Layout and Design, Second Place: Vail Daily Staff
Best Real Estate Ad, Second Place: Tracey Schmiedt
Best Advertising Campaign, Third Place: Marian Phelps & Zach DuFresne
Also held over the weekend were the annual “CAPER” awards, presented by the Colorado Associated Press. Winners included:
Don Rogers, First Place, Editorial Writing
Preston Utley, Second Place, Feature photograph
Honorable mention: Kristin Anderson, news photograph
Honorable mention: Allen Best, environmental reporting
Eagle Valley Enterprise
2007
Colorado Press Association Newspaper Awards
Best headline writing – 1st place
Best editorial writing – 1st place
Best business story – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Best education story – 1st place
Best agricultural story – 2nd place
Best feature page design – 3rd place editorial sweepstakes winner
2006
Colorado Press Association Newspaper Awards
Best sports feature – 2nd place
Best story/photograph combination – 1st place
Grand Junction Freepress
2006
Colorado Press Association Newspaper Awards
1st Best Sports Photo
1st Humorous Column
2nd Best Feature Photo
3rd Public Service
3rd Best Ag Story
3rd Best Series
2nd Best Ad Layout and Design
2nd Best Sports Event Story
2005
Colorado Press Association Newspaper Awards
2nd Place Best Sustained Coverage
1st Best Feature Story
3rd Best Sports Story
2nd Best Story/Picture Combo
2nd Best Headline Writing
3rd Ad Special Section
2nd Ad Special Section
La Tribuna
2006
La Tribuna was named best weekly in the country. La Tribuna, which competed for the first time, also brought back seven awards, including two firsts. La Tribuna, the Tribune’s weekly Spanish-language publication, won the prestigious general excellence award in its circulation category, for non-daily papers with a circulation of 10,000 or more.
The National Newspaper Association contest is open to daily and weekly newspapers and has no limit on circulation.
Award for General Excellence
First place
Best Feature Photo, James Gregg (El charro)
Best Use of Color
Second place
Best Sports Photo, James Gregg (La tradicion)
Third place
Best Photo Essay, James Gregg (La charreria)
Best Feature Story or Series, Mailyn Salabarria, (El precio de la muerte)
Honorable mention
Best Health Story, Mailyn Salabarria (El Cancer en los hispanos)
Post Independent
Newspaper Awards from 2007
Colorado Press Association’s “Best Serious Column Writing” – 2nd place, Kathy Bedell
Service to the First Amendment: This award is given to one newspaper in Colorado annually for its work promoting and defending the First Amendment.
The Post Independent won the award for its work and editorializing efforts to get a murder case file unsealed.
American Legion of Colorado: The Post Independent was given the Medium Market Newspaper Media Award for its work covering American Legion events and subjects.
Leadville Chronicle
Staff award winners from 2007
National Newspaper Association
First Place Serious Columns: Dale Shrull
Second Place Serious Columns: Dale Shrull
Honorable Mention Feature Photo: Kara K. Pearson
Colorado Press Association
First place education story: John Gardner
First place sports story: Dale Shrull
Second place agriculture story: Dale Shrull
Second place story-picture combination: Joelle Milholm and Kara K. Pearson
Third place feature photograph: Kelley Cox
Third place news story: Dale Shrull
Third place headline writing: Dale Shrull
Third place agriculture story: John Gardner
Third place editorial writing: Editorial Board
Third place feature page design: Nuria Moya
Associated Press
First place News Story: Dale Shrull
First Place News Columns: Dale Shrull
Second Place Sports Story: Dale Shrull
