North Forty News received 25 awards and was judged to be among the top newspapers in Colorado at the annual Colorado Press Association awards banquet held Friday, Feb. 21 at the Westin Denver Downtown.
North Forty News received the award for General Excellence, the association’s highest honor, in the monthly division for excellence in advertising design, photo & layout design and editorial content. This is the second year in a row that the North Forty News has been recognized as one of Colorado’s best newspapers. Other 2013 award winners in the monthly category included the (Ignacio) Southern Ute Drum, (Lyons) Redstone Review and the (Denver) Life on Capitol Hill.
General Excellence award winners in the daily category included the Denver Post and the Durango Herald. The contest was judged by the Virginia Press Association.
2013 Better Newspaper Contest awards given to the North Forty News included:
• Best Health Feature Story, 1st place: Be kind to family, Cherry Sokoloski
• Best Website Promotion, 2nd place: Best thing – NSA guy, Doug Conarroe
• Best Story/Picture Combination, 3rd place: Something good out of something bad, Doug Conarroe
• Best News Photograph, 1st place: Black water, Doug Conarroe
• Best News Photograph, 2nd place: Ice cream up in flames, Doug Conarroe
• Best News Photograph, 3rd place: Mudslide du jour, Doug Conarroe
• Best Feature Photograph, 2nd place: Buggy at the drive-up, Doug Conarroe
• Best Sports Photograph, 1st place: Outta my way, Doug Conarroe
• Best Newspaper/House Ad Promotion, 1st place: Two for the price of one, Doug Conarroe
• Best Newspaper/House Ad Promotion, 2nd place: Don’t lock in expensive options, Doug Conarroe
• Best Photography Portfolio, 1st place: Conarroe portfolio, Doug Conarroe
• Best Editorial Layout & Design, 2nd place: North Forty News, Doug Conarroe
• Best Website Promotion, 1st place: Thanks for helping us, Doug Conarroe, Gary Raham
• Best Feature Story, 1st place: Shaping life to suit human needs, Gary Raham
• Best Agriculture Story, 2nd place: Sky is alive, Gary Raham
• Best Education Story, 2nd place: Wellington Middle School team rsing with science, Gary Raham
• Best Use of Color in an Ad, 1st place: December in Wellington, Gary Raham, Mark Moody
• Best Use of Color in an Ad, 2nd place: Garrett’s Farrier Service, Gary Raham, Mark Moody
• Best Black & White Ad, 1st place: 5 bucks off, Gary Raham, Mark Moody
• Best Agriculture Story, 1st place: Water squeeze, Jeff Thomas
• Best Environmental Story, 3rd place: Water users anxious, Jeff Thomas
• Best News Story, 1st place: Muck of the month, Jeff Thomas
• Best Feature Photograph, 3rd place: January jump, Scott Burnworth
• Best Advertising Layout & Design: North Forty News – Aug. 2013, Staff
• Best News Story, 3rd place: Power of prayer, Stephen Clearheart Johnson
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