TLN, Gateway win 11 awards

TLN, Gateway win 11 awards

Mandy Catoe
mcatoe@thelancasternews.com
Friday, July 7, 2017


The Lancaster News and Carolina Gateway won 11 awards in the annual editorial contest held by their parent company, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.
The winners were announced this week by Kentucky-based LCNI, which owns 122 publications across the country.
Susan Rowell, publisher of both Lancaster County newspapers, was pleased with this year's results.
"It is such an honor to be recognized by LCNI. It is very hard to win one of these awards, as we are competing against the best in journalism throughout our company," Rowell said. "I am extremely proud of our editorial staff and their commitment to excellence in everything they produce for our community."
LCNI chose the winners from 450 entries.
Lancaster News Editor Brian Melton called the announcement “a big day for a team of fine journalists.”
“This is our highest number of LCNI awards in five years,” he said. “It’s a very selective contest, with few awards and a lot of great community newspapers competing for them.”
The Lancaster News received nine awards, and Carolina Gateway won two.
TLN won two first-place awards. The news staff won top honors for Discover Magazine, its glossy, annual newcomers publication. The judges said Discover "set a new standard" for such guides.
The other first-place honor went to Athena Redmond, the newspaper’s lead page designer, for best general page design.
"What really captured the win for this entry was the Making History page. This was just an absolutely lovely presentation," the judges said. "Rounding out the entry, the reunion of the class of 1966 from Lancaster's black high school, Barr Street High, was a nice blend of design styles and good use of photography."
TLN won seven second-place awards: Mandy Catoe for both news writing and feature writing, Robert Howey for sports writing, Gregory Summers, for best on-going, extended coverage, Athena Redmond and David Kellin for photo-page layout, Kyle Camp for general page design, and the entire staff for its special section Honoring Veterans.
Carolina Gateway's staff won second place for best ongoing, extended coverage. The entry, covering issues in Van Wyck, included stories by freelancers Julie Graham and Amanda Harris, reporter Reece Murphy and former reporter Christopher Sardelli.
Carolina Gateway Editor Jane Alford, who also edited the Discover section, praised her staff.
"It’s tougher to win in our company contest than in the S.C. Press Association contest, so I’m very proud of Carolina Gateway’s two awards," Alford said. “The staff award for our coverage of Van Wyck is especially reflective of the Carolina Gateway team, a patchwork network of staff heavily reliant on freelancers and community contributors. Congratulations to all four writers who contributed to this winning entry."
Alford won third place for general page design.
The Lancaster News was judged in the contest’s triweekly and semiweekly division, and Carolina Gateway competed in the weekly category.
LCNI has 51 paid newspapers in 12 states, along with 32 free newspapers and shoppers, as well as seven collegiate sports publications and 32 special publications. Its Palmetto State publications include TLN, Carolina Gateway, The News & Reporter in Chester and the Progressive Journal in Pageland.
The News & Reporter and Progressive Journal won three awards. Brian Garner, a reporter at The News & Reporter, won third place for column writing, and Kim Harrington, former editor of the Progressive Journal, took top honors for news writing. Garner won first place for efforts to increase online readership.

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