And the Winners are…
2015 NETPA Better Newspaper Contest winners:
SWEEPSTAKES
Division 1 Daily
1. Texarkana Gazette (925 points)
2. Lufkin News (650 points)
3. Paris News (600 points)
4. Athens Daily Review (475 points)
Division 2 Semi-Weeklies
1. Wise County Messenger (1,125 points)
2. Kilgore News Herald (950 points)
3. Hood County News (650 points)
4. Burleson Star (400 points)
Division 3 Weeklies
1. Winnsboro News (800 points)
2. Farmersville Times (775 points)
3. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (650 points)
4. Mineola Monitor (525 points)
Division 4 Weeklies
1. Princeton Herald (825 points)
2. Gladewater Mirror (825 points)
3. Tri County Leader (650 points)
4. Dublin Citizen (575 points)
Division 5 Weeklies
1. Glen Rose Reporter (875 points)
2. Olney Enterprise (675 points)
3. Bullard Banner News (675 points)
4. Joshua Star (600 points)
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Dailies
1. Rich Flowers – Athens Daily Review
2. Jessica Cooley – Lufkin News
3. Becky Bell – Texarkana Gazette
4. Robin Richardson – Marshall News Messenger
Semi-Weeklies
1. Brian Knox – Wise County Messenger
TIE: 2. James Draper – Kilgore News Herald and Kathy Cruz – Hood County
3. April Barbe – Jacksonville
Weeklies
1. Brent Addleman – Glen Rose Reporter
2. Bryan Giguere – Winnsboro
3. Suzanne Bardwell – Gladewater Mirror
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Dailies
1. Jerry Habraken – Texarkana Gazette
2. Andy Adams
3. Chad Wilson – Athens Daily Review-Lufkin News
Semi-Weeklies
1. Joe Duty – Wise County Messenger
2. Chelsea Katz – Kilgore News Herald
3. Mary Vinson – Hood County News
4. Brian Porter – Burleson Star
Weeklies
1. Wyndi Velgel – Farmersville Times
2. Ross Hunter – Winnsboro News
3. Jim Jackson – Tri County Leader
4. Mindi Kimbro – Olney Enterprise
Convention Sponsors
Southern Lithoplate
SWEPCO – Scott McCloud
Metro Creative Graphics
Texas Press – Mike Hodges
Graham Newspaper Group
Plaque Sponsors
Southern Lithoplate – Gil Green
C&S Media Publications – Chad Engbrock
Evanston Paper
Impression Inks
Gladewater Mirror – Jim Bardwell
Lufkin Daily News – Greg Schrader
Bluebonnet Publishing – Bill Woodall
SWEPCO – Scott McCloud
Hood County News – Jerry Tidwell
Gatesville Messenger – Marshall Day
The Paris News – J.R. Davidson
Mt. Vernon Optic Herald – Susan Reeves
Wise County Messenger – Roy Eaton
Fake Brains
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