The Waxahachie Daily Light newsroom staff was presented with 8 awards for journalism excellence Saturday during the Texas Press Association’s 132nd annual Better Newspaper Contest.
The awards were presented for work published in 2010.
The Daily Light earned the “Sweepstakes” award as best daily newspaper in the Division 3 category for newspapers with a circulation less than 7,000.
The honor was the Daily Light’s fourth TPA Sweepstake award since 2005.
Other awards presented Saturday during the luncheon held in Rockwall included:
• First Place Advertising
• First Place Column Writing — Neal White
• First Place Feature Story — Rebecca Hertz and Neal White
• Second Place General Excellence
• Second Place Editorials — Neal White
• Second Place Headline Writing — Neal White
• Fourth Place Routine Special Sections
“I am very, very proud of our team at WNI,” said Ray Pike, vice president and publisher of Waxahachie Newspapers Inc. “Earning top honors as the best Texas newspaper in our division is a major accomplishment. It’s our equivalent of winning the Super Bowl — something that’s difficult to pull off once, let alone four times since 2005.
“While this is a big day for all of us at WNI, we also hope the community shares in our accolades because when it comes right down to it, everything we do is done to produce the best advertising and news products for the communities we serve,” Pike said. “While ‘Best in Texas’ honors are nothing new for our Ellis County communities, we are proud to add another ‘Best’ to the list.”
Pike praised the staff at WNI, noting the commitment and dedication of the team members.
“I can’t say strongly enough how proud I am to lead this team,” Pike said. “The past few years have been difficult ones for our industry as a whole. Through it all, the dedicated professionals at WNI have risen to the challenge. Their commitment to excellence has never waivered.
“Again, I express my congratulations to the WNI team for again being named as the best small market daily newspaper in the state of Texas by the Texas Press Association — a recognition that is very much deserved,” Pike said.
In March, the Daily Light news team was honored with 12 awards for journalism excellence from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association. In April, the Daily Light news team received 16 awards for journalism excellence from the North and East Texas Press Association, bringing the total to 36 awards received by the newsroom staff for work published in 2010.
During the past 13 years, the Daily Light news team has earned more than 275 awards for excellence in journalism from various state newspaper organizations.
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