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Register-Guard earns 21 awards for news coverage.


Byline: The Register-Guard

The Register-Guard won 21 awards for stories, photographs and design in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's 2002 Better Newspaper Contest.

The newspaper also finished third in the association's "general excellence" category for daily newspapers with a circulation of 25,001 or more. The Oregonian of Portland placed first, and the Statesman Journal The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. It serves Salem, Keizer, and much of the Mid-Willamette Valley. It was formed in 1980 by the merger of the two main Salem newspapers, the Oregon Statesman and the  of Salem finished second.

The awards were announced Friday in Newport at the association's annual Summer Publishers Convention.

Register-Guard photographer Chris Pietsch won first place for best sports photo and second for best feature photo. The newspaper's graphics staff won first for best section front or inside page design.

Reporters Jeff Wright Jeff Wright can refer to:
  • Jeff Wright (defensive tackle), former NFL player for the Buffalo Bills.
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 and Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
  • Matt Cooper (rugby league footballer), the Australian rugby league international player
  • Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)
  • Matthew Cooper, an American journalist associated with the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plame's name
 won first and second place, respectively, in the best writing category.

Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news
newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper
 Ron Bellamy "Rockin'" Ron Bellamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional boxer. He is the half-brother of former NBA center Walt Bellamy. Ron also started his career in basketball, playing collegiately at UNC-Charlotte and professionally in New Zealand and Europe.  and his staff won second place awards for best sports page Noun 1. sports page - any page in the sports section of a newspaper
page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
 for Sunday editions
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 and best sports page. Bellamy also won third place for column writing.

Photographer Brian Davies Brian Davies can stand for:
  • Brian Davies (Philosopher), the philosopher
  • Brian Davies (Rugby League Player), the Australian rugby league player
 won second for best sports photo, third for photo essay and shared another third with Thomas Boyd Thomas Boyd may be
  • Thomas Boyd (poet) (1867-1927), Irish poet
  • Thomas Alexander Boyd (July 3, 1898 – January 27, 1935) American novelist
  • Thomas Christopher Boyd (born 1916),was not the British Labour Party politician for the Bristol North West 1955–1959
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The Register-Guard competed against daily papers with circulations greater than 25,001.

The Register-Guard awards:

Best page one design: third place, staff.

Best section front or inside page design: first place, staff.

Best coverage of business and economic issues: third place, Edward Russo.

Best educational coverage: (tie) honorable mention, Anne Williams; honorable mention, Mark Baker.

Best lifestyle coverage: honorable mention, Scott Maben.

Best sports page: second place, Ron Bellamy.

Best sports page for Sunday editions: second place, Ron Bellamy.

Best sports photo: first place, Chris Pietsch; second place, Brian Davies.

Best feature photo: second place, Chris Pietsch.

Best photo essay: (tie) third place, Brian Davies; third place, Thomas Boyd, Brian Davies.

Best feature story (general): second place, Mark Baker; third place, Bob Keefer.

Best editorial: second place, Paul Neville Paul Neville may refer to:
  • Paul Christopher Neville, the Australian politician.
  • Paul Neville, an industrial metal guitarist from Birmingham, England.
; honorable mention, Jackman Wilson.

Best local column: third place, Ron Bellamy; honorable mention, Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
  • Bob Welch (musician)
  • Bob Welch (baseball player)
Also see Robert Welch
.

Best writing: first place, Jeff Wright; second place, Matt Cooper.

Other local award winners:

Division B: Dailies, 10,001-25,000 circulation

Best news photo: third, The World, Coos Bay Coos Bay (ks), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. , Madeline Steege.

Best feature story: PERSONALITY: second place, The World, Coos Bay, Amy Moss Strong.

Best local column: third, The World, Coos Bay, Elise Hamner.

Division D: Multi-weeklies, 2 or more issues per week

Best page one design: honorable mention, The Springfield News, Jonni Gratton.

Best section front or inside page design: first, The Springfield News, Jonni Gratton.

Best coverage of business and economic issues: third, The Springfield News, Kim Sullivan.

Best sports page: third, The Springfield News, Paul Wurster.

Best sports photo: honorable mention, The Springfield News, Sam Karp.

Best news photo: second place, The Springfield news, Sam Karp.

Best enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. : second place, The Springfield News, Kim Sullivan.

Best feature story (personality): (tie) honorable mention, The Springfield News, Kim Sullivan; The Springfield News, Kim Sullivan.

Best feature story (general): (tie) honorable mention, The Springfield News, Kim Sullivan; The Siuslaw News, Florence, John Fiedler.

Best editorial page: second place, The Springfield News, Anne Hill Thomas.

Division E: Weeklies, 3,501 or more circulation

Best page one design: second place, Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery).  Sentinel, Finn J. John, Matthew Treder.

Best section front or inside page design: first, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Matthew Treder.

Best coverage of business and economic issues: first, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Matthew Treder.

Best news photo: first, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Jared Paben; third Cottage Grove Sentinel, Jared Paben.

Best enterprise reporting: first, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Finn J. John.

Best feature story (general): honorable mention, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Matthew Treder.

Best editorial: third, Cottage Grove Sentinel, Finn J. John.

Division F: Weeklies, 2,001-3,500 circulation

Best section front or inside page design (divisions F and G combined): second, West-Lane News, Veneta, Maggie Fogus; third, Tri-County News There are several newspapers named Tri-County News:
  • Tri-County News (Minnesota), based in Kimball, Minnesota, USA.
  • Tri-County News (Oregon), based in Junction City, Oregon
, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, , Heidi Coulter and Michael Covel.

Best special section or issue (divisions F and G combined): second, Tri-County News, Junction City, Staff.

Best coverage of business and economic issues (divisions F and G combined): second, Tri-County News, Junction City, Mike Thoele.

Best lifestyle coverage (divisions F and G combined): First, West-Lane News, Veneta, Katie Willson; third, Tri-County news, Junction City, LaRae Ash.

Best feature photo (divisions F and G combined): first, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Heather Vail Vail (vāl), town (1990 pop. 3,569), Eagle co., W central Colo., on Gore Creek, in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mts.; founded as a ski resort 1962, inc. as a town 1966. ; third, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Mark Prince; (tie) honorable mention, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen; Tri-County News, Junction City, Mike Thoele.

Best enterprise reporting (divisions F and G combined): first, West-Lane News, Veneta, Katie Willson; second, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen; honorable mention, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Heather Vail.

Best feature story (personality) (divisions F and G combined): second, Tri-County News, Junction City, LaRae Ash; honorable mention, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen.

Best feature story (general): second place, Tri-County News, Junction City, LaRae Ash.

Best editorial (divisions F and G combined): third Tri-County News, Junction City, Mike Thoele.

Best editorial page: third, Tri-County News, Junction City, Mike Thoele.

Best local column (divisions F and G combined): second Tri-County News, Junction City, Frances Evans; third, Tri-County News, Junction City, Gary Crum; honorable mention, Tri-County News, Junction City, Danuta Pfeiffer.

Division G: Weeklies, 2,000 or less circulation

Best page one design: second place, West-Lane News, Veneta, Maggie Fogus.

Best educational coverage: first, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen and Kirsten Brock; second, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen and LaRae Ash.

Best photo essay: first, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen; second, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Elizabeth Adamo, Mark Prince; third, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Walter Butkus; honorable mention, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Elizabeth Adamo, Walter Butkus.

Best spot news coverage: first, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Elizabeth Adamo; second, The Umpqua Post, Reedsport, Heather Vail; third West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen, Mike Thoele, LaRae Ash and Jessica Parr.

Best feature story (general): second place, West-Lane News, Veneta, Susan Sammons; honorable mention, West-Lane News, Veneta, Christena Hansen.

2003 Associate Member Publication Contest winners:

Target audience: second place, Eugene Weekly The Eugene Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Eugene, Oregon. The paper, published every Thursday, has a circulation of 39,850.[1] It publishes an annual "Best of Eugene" list, a restaurant guide ("Chow!"), and special sections on festivals, .

Writing: third place, Eugene Weekly, Alan Pittman; honorable mention, Eugene Weekly, Bobbie Willis.

Design: third place, Eugene Weekly.

Graphics: first place, Eugene Weekly, James Bateman James Bateman (July 18 1811 – November 27 1897) was an accomplished horticulturist and landowner. He developed Biddulph Grange after moving there around 1840, from nearby Knypersley Hall. ; honorable mention, Eugene Weekly, Kevin Dougherty.
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