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NEWPORT – The Newport and Gem State Miner newspapers won recognition in the National Newspaper Foundation’s Better Newspaper Editorial contest.
The Miner’s Voice of the Pend Oreille Valley’s summer 2024 edition won second place in the Best Family Life/Living Section, Daily and Non Daily Division. The summer Voce was about missing and murdered people in Pend Oreille County.
Sophia Aldous, a long-time Miner reporter and current Murrow Fellow won two honorable mentions in the non-daily division, circulation 4,000-5,999. Her story “Don’t give a Moose a Muffin” won an honorable mention for Best Reporting in Local Government for her story on a Priest River City Council meeting. Her story “‘In her shoes’ offers glimpse into effects of domestic violence” won an honorable mention for Best Localized National Story.
Miner publisher Michelle Nedved won an honorable mention for Best Editorial also in the non-daily division, circulation 4,000-5,999 for her editorial “My family loves the county fair.”
“This is well deserved recognition for Michelle, Sophia and The Miner staff,” says Miner editor Don Gronning. “I think we’ve placed in a national contest many decades ago, but this is the first time in modern times for us.”
There were 1,546 entries in the Better Newspaper Editorial Contest. Judging was performed primarily by active community newspaper editors and publishers, as well as retired university journalism professors and retired or former newspaper professionals.
Established in 1885, the National Newspaper Association (NNA) is the voice of America’s community newspapers and is one of the largest newspaper associations in the country. The NNA Foundation (NNAF) is the educational arm of the NNA. Its mission is to promote news literacy, protect the First Amendment, and enhance the quality, role and capabilities of community newspapers and community journalists.
