1992 Better Newspaper Contest — Special Awards

Texas Press Association

Special Sections

Sweepstakes

Division 1 Dailies 8,000 to 150,000

1st Odessa American

2nd Brazosport Facts

3rd Midland Reporter-Telegram

4th Beaumont Enterprise

Division 2 Dailies less than 8,000

1st Waxahachie Daily Light

2nd Pasadena Citizen

3rd Mount Pleasant Tribune

4th Rosenberg Herald Coaster and Huntsville Item

Division 3 Semiweeklies more than 4,000

1st Williamson County Sun

2nd Graham Leader and Hood County News

3rd Uvalde Leader-News

4th Atlanta Citizens Journal & Lamesa Press Reporter

Division 4 Semiweeklies less than 4,000

1st Canyon News

2nd Lampasas Dispatch Record

3rd Bandera Bulletin & Alvin Sun

4th Bowie News

Division 5 Weeklies more than 3,500

1st Park Cities People

2nd Azle News Advertiser

3rd Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post & Park Cities News

4th Woodsville Woodsman

Division 6 Weeklies 1,500 to 3,500

1st LaMarque Times

2nd Tulia Herald

3rd Port Aransas South Jetty

4th Grand Saline Sun

Division 7 Weeklies less than 1,500

1st Dublin Citizen

2nd Celina Record & Abernathy Review

3rd White Oak Independent

4th Wimberley View


Special Section - Daily

1st - Galveston Daily News. Super effort. Cover photos and color are excellent. Strong editorial support. Most entries this year were on the same topic. Yours was one of the best.

2nd - Brazosport Facts, Clute. Great variation on an old theme. Good copy, quality pictures and solid ad layout skills make this an award winner.

3rd - Brownwood Bulletin. Many, many, many such entries this year but outstanding color and covers helped this one stand out.

4th - Kerrville Daily Times. Very nice covers for each section. Lots of clean open space. Good photos and local copy.

Weeklies over 3,000

lst - N. San Antonio Times. Excellent work. Good color pages. Superior ad design.

2nd - Duncanville Today. Excellent cover page. Good work throughout.

3rd – Winnsboro News. Interesting topic. Good support throughout paper for special section. Could have used some more ads in center section.

4th - Daingerfield Bee. Nice handling of historical event. (Very hard decision between. third and fourth).

Semiweeklies

1st - Lamesa Press Reporter. Very good informative articles instead of “filler” — like the use of local ‘people’ in ads (pictures). Very well done! Hope this is a yearly issue!

2nd - Cedar Creek Pilot, Gun Barrel City. Terrific photos.

3rd - Wharton Journal-Spectator. Great idea. Nice size too.

4th - Littlefield Leader-News. Wonderful issue. Excellent photos. Ads are well done. (I like the “WWII Note” on them.)

Weeklies under 3,000.

lst - Ozona Stockman. You wouldn’t believe how close first and second were. Not to diminish your victory, but your runner up almost got it with one of their stories and their front page. However, something about your editorial content drew me back.

2nd - Castro County News, Dimmitt. It was a difficult decision which would place first in this division. Your gunfight story almost did it.

3rd - Refugio County Advantage Press, Refugio. A very nice local tour. Great use of color and variety of articles.

4th - Lake Travis View, Austin. Strong ads and historical pieces. Interesting piece of work.