‘Sketchbook Hiking’ column wins, paper receives increased news reporting recognition
BY WEEKLY SUN STAFF
The Weekly Sun received several awards from the Idaho Press Club at the association’s annual awards banquet in Boise on Saturday night, including increased recognition in the news reporting categories and continued top placement for columns.
At the “Best of 2015 Awards Banquet” at the Owyhee Hotel, Sun News Editor Terry Smith took second in the “Agricultural Reporting – Weekly Print” category for a news story titled “Cloud-Seeding Operation Expanding in Wood River Basin.” Smith also brought home second- and third-place prizes in the “Crime / Courts Reporting – Weekly Print” category for news stories titled, respectively, “Accused Murderer Escaped Shooting Rampage in 1977” and “Camas Murder Case Transferred to Blaine County.”
A first-place award was bestowed by the judges on Leslie Rego for her art column “Sketchbook Hiking” in the “Specialty Column – Weekly Print” category.
In the “General Column – Weekly Print” category, JoEllen Collins and Dick Dorworth placed second and third, respectively, for Collins’ column “On Life’s Terms” and Dorworth’s column “Peaks & Valleys.”
The Idaho Press Club is a statewide association of working journalists from all media, including retired journalists and journalism students. The club’s members also include teachers and public relations professionals. Its mission is to promote freedom of expression and information and to improve the practice of journalism in Idaho.
To see the full list of the club’s 2015 awards, including all media categories, visit www.idahopressclub.org/best-of-2015-winners.
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to the City of Ketchum for placing second in the “Public Relations – Newsletter – External” category for the city’s email newsletter. Ketchum placed second for its letter titled “First it Sleeps, Then it Creeps and Then it Leaps” — published on October 19, 2015.
Publisher’s Note: 2015 was great! And we simply keep growing here at The Weekly Sun as both a top-quality news source for Blaine County readers and a results-based public relations platform for our advertising clients.
We’re hoping to submit more entries in the 2016 Idaho Press Club contest, and each entry costs about $40. The money does fund advocacy for First Amendment rights in Idaho, so The Weekly Sun is always proud to host its top contributors to an entry. We do have a limited budget, so if you’d like to help us bring in even more Idaho Press Club booty next year, become our patron on Patreon. Simply visit patreon.com/theweeklysun and pledge however much you’d like each time we publish an issue of The Weekly Sun (most patrons pledge about $1 per issue).