The Choteau Acantha won the General Excellence award for Division 2 weekly newspapers (those with circulations of 1,251 to 2,000) in the Montana Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for stories,
The Reminder will be receiving some more silverware this year. Flin Flon’s community newspaper won an award and earned podium finishes in six different categories in this year’s Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) Better Newspapers Competition.
Time for us to tip our hats. The Reminder has been nominated in six different categories in this year’s Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) Better Newspapers Competition.
The other first-place award was for Best Editorial Page in the Class B circulation category, along with a third place finish for Best Overall Paper. The Weyburn This Week also won for their editorial page, a third place finish for the Class C category. The “On the Farm” special agricultural section in Weyburn This Week earned second place for Best Special Section, and a photo essay in This Week on the Weyburn Comprehensive School’s Grad 2020 reverse parade won second place for Best Photo Essay. Editor Greg Nikkel earned second for Best Editorial Writing in the Weyburn Review, and second for Best Education Coverage K-12, for his story about teacher Karen Kennedy-Allin keeping in touch with her students during the COVID lockdown last spring.