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Published - Saturday, February 02, 2008
Tribune wins 10 WNA awards for news coverage in 2007
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — The La Crosse Tribune won 10 awards for news coverage at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s annual meeting Friday in Wisconsin Dells.
Tribune reporter Joe Orso placed first in environmental reporting for his story “Greener Pastures” on environmental efforts at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Former Tribune reporter Dan Simmons, now working for the North County Times in southern California, also earned first place for local columns.
The Tribune competed against other daily newspapers in the state with circulations of 25,000 or more.
Second place awards went to reporter Autumn Grooms, who placed in the feature category for the story of a Mauston, Wis., man who adopted a boy from Iraq; reporter Reid Magney in investigative reporting for his story about terminating parental rights; and photographer Peter Thomson in the sports photo category.
The Tribune’s four third-place winners were opinion editor Dick Mial for editorial pages, the staff at large for spot news coverage during the August flooding, Bob Lamb for local outdoors columns and Magney for environmental reporting.
The Tribune also earned an honorable mention award in special sections for the package “Recalling the Recall” by Simmons and intern Flannery Cerbin.
Tribune graphic artists Jeremy Harnisch, Michelle Oitzman and Jan Gerke took home awards in the advertising competition.
Former Tribune city editor Chris Hardie, now publisher of the weekly and shopper division of the River Valley Newspaper Group, was honored by the association as weekly publisher of the year. The Coulee News of West Salem, one of the group’s publications, was named weekly newspaper of the year, and other papers in the group took home numerous news and advertising awards.
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