In a report from The Iola Register, the newspaper’s news and advertising teams earned top honors at the Kansas Press Association’s annual awards of excellence celebration last Friday in Hutchinson.
The Register won sweepstakes awards in both divisions for an eighth consecutive year, and it also received the Frank and Mamie Boyd Community Service Award. The award committee recognized the publication effort titled “Writing Our Way Out,” described as a collaboration with Iola High School students funded through a grant from the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas.
The article says the awards included competition among Kansas newspapers and that entries were judged by the Kentucky Press Association.
Advertising and news recognition
- On the advertising side, graphic designer Kristi Kranker received multiple awards, including second place for top graphic designer, and has placed first or second statewide four straight years.
- The news division’s showing was attributed to contributions by Richard Luken, Tim Stauffer, Sarah Haney, Jimmy Potts and Susan Lynn.