The newspaper was honored in several categories: general excellence, reporting advertising, editorial page, sports, headline writing, photography and more.
Herald wins more than 60 awards at annual North Dakota Newspaper Association contest
Matt Purpur, an advertising representative, brings home five first-place awards and 11 awards overall. The Herald also won the Community Service Award.
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Grand Forks Herald building. (Herald file photo)
The Grand Forks Herald won an award for community service, a former Herald publisher was honored for his service to the industry and the newspaper won more than 60 awards overall at the annual North Dakota Newspaper Association contest.
The first-place award in the Community Service category was given to the team of Joe Bowen, Mike Jacobs and Chuck Haga for their continued coverage of efforts to install a memorial to Charles Thurber, who was hanged more than a century ago in Grand Forks.
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.