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Show 2 | MyWeberMedia.com| June 8, 2021 By JENNIFER GREENLEE Editor-in-Chief Over the past several months, The Signpost has continued its tradition of bringing home awards for its excellence. The Signpost and its staff won awards from both the Utah Press Association and Region Nine of the Society of Professional Journalists. Just as for the last four years, The Signpost once again received the General Excellence award from the UPA after receiving the most awards amongst its peer papers. The paper as a whole also received first place for general news coverage, second place for best community event, best staff-produced ad and best lifestyle page and third place for best special section. The Signpost also received the Utah’s Finest award for the best lead story. The individual recipients of awards are as follows 1st place for best government/political story: Bethany West 1st place for best photo page: Israel Campa 1st place for best news photograph: Nikki Dorber 2nd place for best business story: Adam Rubin 1st place for best sports photograph: Israel Campa 2nd place for best editorial: Kierstynn King 1st place for best feature photograph: Nikki Dorber 1st place for best infographic: Aubree Eckhardt 1st place for best front page: Aubree Eckhardt 2nd place for best general news story: Jennifer Greenlee 2nd place for best feature story: Francisco Ruiz 2nd place for best education story: Adam Getting back to Block Party starts with vaccination. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Coronavirus.Utah.gov/Vaccine CLIMBING YOUR MOUNTAINS OF WITH AND We can help. Connect with Student Affairs. weber.edu/studentaffairs Rubin ? Feature writing: Francisco Ruiz In-depth writing: Bethany West Editorial writing: Jennifer Greenlee 2nd place for best in-house promotion: Aubree Eckhardt Column writing: Kierstynn King and Daryn Steed 3rd place for best sports page: Aubree Eckhardt Breaking news photography: Francia Henriquez Benson For Region Nine SPJ awards, three photographers received first place for their photography: BriElle Harker, breaking news photography; Nikki Dorber, feature photography and Israel Campa, sports photography. These photographers will move on to the national competition. The Signpost also had several finalists in many categories. They are as follows: General news photography: Nikki Dorber Breaking news: Jennifer Greenlee Feature photography: Israel Campa Data visualization: Aubree Eckhardt Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com |
