Valley Journal honored at 128th annual MNA Convention
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News from the Montana Newspaper Association
MISSOULA — During the 128th annual Convention of the Montana Newspaper Association, the Better Newspaper Contest Awards, judged by the North Dakota Newspaper Association, were presented at the June 15 banquet emceed by Missoula Mayor John Engen.
The Valley Journal earned nine awards in their division, including four first place trophies: Best Sports Story, Tetona Dunlap; Education Issues, Tetona Dunlap; Best Single House Ad, Boone Goddard; and Best Full Color Ad, Linda Sappington. Second place awards included General Excellence, Valley Journal staff; Best Feature Story and Best Photo Essay. Third place awards go to Melea Burke, Best Editorials and to Tetona Dunlap for Best In-Depth Investigative Reporting.
The very top honors went to: Billings Gazette, The Sam Gilluly Sweepstakes Award; Flathead Beacon, The Thomas Dimsdale Sweepstakes Award and Billings Gazette, The Mel Ruder Photojournalism Award. The full presentation of all awards can be found at mtnewspapers.com.
At the annual meeting, Tom Eggensperger, Sanders County Ledger, was elected President; Cindy Sease, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, was elected 1st Vice President; Matt Bunk, The Western News, was elected 2nd Vice President and Jacques Rutten, Lewistown New-Argus, was elected 3rd Vice President.
New Directors elected to the Montana Newspaper Advertising Service were Bina Eggensperger, Sanders County Ledger and Jeff Martinsen, Choteau Acantha.
Libby Berndt, retired Sidney Herald Publisher and Dan Killoy, Miles City Star Publisher were honored with the Master Editor-Publisher Award for their significant contributions to the Montana newspaper industry and Montana Newspaper Association.
The mission of the Montana Newspaper Association is to advance and sustain the news publishing industry in Montana.
The association has 87 member newspapers and was established in 1885.
