OWENSVILLE — Staff from The Gasconade County Republican, Maries County Advocate and Osage County Unterrified Democrat were in St. Louis on Saturday to accept awards for 2022 community coverage …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
|
OWENSVILLE — Staff from The Gasconade County Republican, Maries County Advocate and Osage County Unterrified Democrat were in St. Louis on Saturday to accept awards for 2022 community coverage from the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
The Gasconade County Republican received three awards:
• Dave Marner received second place awards in Best News Photograph “Firemen Rest” and Best News or Feature Obituary for a profile on former editor Bob McKee.
• Will Johnson received second place for the Best Sports News Story or Package “State bound Bailee Dare.”
The Maries County Advocate accepted seven awards, including third place in General Excellence and Best Overall Design.
The remaining five awards included:
• A first place win by Vienna staff writer Colin Willard for Best Coverage of Military for the story “Veterans Honored.”
• Staff received second place for Best News or Feature Special Edition “Ag Times.”
• Roxie Murphy received third place for Best Feature Story “Polish Boarder” and Best Coverage of Government “Belle Police Contract.”
• Jacob Warden received third place in Best Feature Photograph “Help Lift Pig.”
The Osage County Unterrified Democrat received three awards, including:
• Neal Johnson. first place for Best Sports Photo “Sliding In.”
• Jacob Warden received third place in Best News Photograph “Bigfoot Flys.”
• Edward Gehlert received third place in Best Feature Photograph “Spider on Head.”
