The award - and others - were received at the Texas Press Association’s 132nd Annual Summer Convention in Rockwall on Saturday.
The association’s 2011 Texas Better Newspaper Contest called on newspapers to submit a scrapbook detailing a community service project covered during the 2010 calendar year.
In the small dailies division, the E-T submitted a series published in November and December, “The 12 non-profits of Christmas,” written by Staff Writer Amanda Kimble.
The series highlighted 12 Erath County non-profit organizations and encouraged area businesses and community members to forgo typical holiday gifts and instead make monetary donations or volunteer their time to the organizations that serve their neighbors in need.
The submission also included evidence that the community responded to the series, such as photos of donations, letters to the editor regarding the coverage and more.
Other awards brought home by E-T staff included:
• Managing Editor Sara Vanden Berge, third place in column writing
• Second place in advertising
• Nathan Bural, third place in sports photography
• Vanden Berge and Kimble also received a fourth place combined win in feature writing.
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