Schurz Communication newspapers in Bloomington and Bedford won 20 awards in the Society of Professional Journalists annual Best In Indiana Journalism competition.
The Herald-Times won 17 awards and the Times-Mail three competing in the division for daily newspapers with circulation under 40,000.
Dann Denny and Bill Strother, from the Herald-Times, were multiple award winners. Denny took two firsts and a second and Strother took a first, a second and a third.
The winners were:
Spot News Reporting: First, Marcella Creps, Herald-Times; third, Roger Moon, Times-Mail; Coverage of Government or Politics: First, Strother; second, Chris Fyall, Herald-Times; Print Series: Third, Strother; Headline Writing: First, Rebecca Troyer, Herald-Times; third, Penny Reid, Herald-Times; Headline Writing – Features: First, Reid; Investigative Reporting: Second, Denny; Sports Reporting: First, Hugh Kellenberger, Herald-Times; third, Bob Bridge, Times-Mail; Arts/Entertainment Feature: First, Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times; Lifestyle Feature: First, Scott Leadingham, Herald-Times; second, Jeff Routh, Times-Mail; Personality Profile: First – Denny; Business Reporting: Second, Strother; Coverage of Children’s Issues: First, Denny; Criminal Justice Reporting: First, Laura Lane, Herald-Times; Design Page One: First, Janice Rickert, Reid, Stewart Moon and Steve Snyder, Herald-Times; Design, Other Than Page One: First, Kristina Wood, Moon, Herald-Times.
The Herald-Times won 17 awards and the Times-Mail three competing in the division for daily newspapers with circulation under 40,000.
Dann Denny and Bill Strother, from the Herald-Times, were multiple award winners. Denny took two firsts and a second and Strother took a first, a second and a third.
The winners were:
Spot News Reporting: First, Marcella Creps, Herald-Times; third, Roger Moon, Times-Mail; Coverage of Government or Politics: First, Strother; second, Chris Fyall, Herald-Times; Print Series: Third, Strother; Headline Writing: First, Rebecca Troyer, Herald-Times; third, Penny Reid, Herald-Times; Headline Writing – Features: First, Reid; Investigative Reporting: Second, Denny; Sports Reporting: First, Hugh Kellenberger, Herald-Times; third, Bob Bridge, Times-Mail; Arts/Entertainment Feature: First, Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times; Lifestyle Feature: First, Scott Leadingham, Herald-Times; second, Jeff Routh, Times-Mail; Personality Profile: First – Denny; Business Reporting: Second, Strother; Coverage of Children’s Issues: First, Denny; Criminal Justice Reporting: First, Laura Lane, Herald-Times; Design Page One: First, Janice Rickert, Reid, Stewart Moon and Steve Snyder, Herald-Times; Design, Other Than Page One: First, Kristina Wood, Moon, Herald-Times.
