Prize coverage
Wanapum Elder Ernestine Conner shows handmade textiles to youth at the Archaeology Days event in November of 2022. Joel Martin received a first-place award in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for his coverage of the event in a story headlined “Ancient ways.”
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(From left) Jonathan Garza II, Oscar Garza and Jonathan Garza lay flooring as part of rebuilding Jab Fitness which had been gutted by fire. Cheryl Schweizer took first place in the Long News Story category in this year’s Washington Better Newspaper competition for the associated coverage headlined “Up from the ashes.”
Dana Moreno took home multiple awards for her designs, including a first-place prize for her design of an ad for the Best of the Basin event the Columbia Basin Herald hosts each year. Nominations for this year’s event are open through Oct. 27. (not-so-subtle hint to nominate your favorites…)
Cheryl Schweizer is a long-time journalist with well over a decade of service at the Columbia Basin Herald.
Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald's sports correspondent. During his short but dedicated career, he has helped launch the STUDIO BASIN podcast, the Big Sky Conference podcast, covered more than a dozen schools with dedication and worked to ensure local athletes get the credit they deserve.
Joel Martin may very well be the longest-serving staff member currently at the Columbia Basin Herald. During his time with the paper, he's copy edited, designed pages, been a reporter and a million other of those "other duties as assigned" sort of tasks.
Rebecca Pettingill was a staff writer with the Columbia Basin Herald and continues to write for the paper as a freelancer now that she's moved on to a wonderful opportunity at Big Bend Community College. Her contributions to sports, news and veterans coverage are truly appreciated. In addition to her contribution to last year's Gridiron Guide, she also took third place for her coverage of Wake for Warriors, a nonprofit event that helps veterans have a good, safe time on the water.
KENNEWICK — This past weekend I had the privilege of going to the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual conference. While I was there, I found myself beaming a bit with pride as the team I am fortunate to work with was recognized for their hard work via WNPA’s Better Newspaper competition.
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