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Echo Press honored with 30 state awards
The Echo Press won 11 first place, 10 second place awards and nine third place honors across all facets of the newspaper – news, sports, opinion, photography, advertising and design. Written By: Al Edenloff | Celeste Edenloff | 2:28 pm, Feb. 1, 2021 ×
Echo Press photographer Lowell Anderson won first place in the news photo category with this shot taken at the Cool School Plunge at Discovery Middle School last March.
The Echo Press received 30 awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s 2019-2020 Better Newspapers Contest – tying the most awards it has ever received.
Results were revealed at the MNA’s annual award ceremony through a recorded YouTube video on Thursday, Jan. 28.