The Commercial brought home several top awards from the Better Newspaper Editorial Contest held during the Arkansas Press Association’s 2012 Super Convention at Little Rock Saturday. The Commercial competed primarily in the category for Medium Daily Newspapers.
Awards included:
1st place
Single feature photograph — Ralph Fitzgerald
Single news photograph — Ralph Fitzgerald
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
Best feature page for small or medium daily papers — Ralph Fitzgerald
Single sports feature photograph — Ralph Fitzgerald
Best sports page — Robert Turbeville, Ralph Fitzgerald, Joe Stout and I.C. Murrell
Community coverage — The Commercial staff
2nd Place
Freelance writer — Larry Fugate
Picture page/photo essay — Ralph Fitzgerald
Single sports action — Ralph Fitzgerald
3rd Place
General excellence — The Commercial staff
Freelance writer — Larry Fugate
Feature story — Rachel Grant
Coverage of education — Michael S. Lee, Rachel Grant, Amy Widner
Single sports action photograph — Ralph Fitzgerald
Single feature photograph — Ralph Fitzgerald
Sports news story — I.C. Murrell
Honorable mentions
Editorial — Matthew Pate
General interest column — Matthew Pate
News/political column — Scott Loftis
Coverage of Tourism for small/medium daily papers — Michael S. Lee, Rachel Grant, Amy Widner