My publisher forwarded the info on the APME Awards today.
Here’s the list of awards the WDL took home over the weekend:
Texas APME Awards, held in Houston:
Class A
Star Breaking News Report of the Year – Waxahachie Daily Light/JoAnn Livingston and Sandra McIntosh
Freedom of Information – (3rd) Waxahachie Daily Light/Jonathan Blundell
Deadline Writing – (2nd) Waxahachie Daily Light/JoAnn Livingston
Short Features – (3rd) Waxahachie Daily Light/Sandra McIntosh
Comment and Criticism – (2nd) Waxahachie Daily Light/Neal White
Business Reporting – (3rd) Waxahachie Daily Light/Jonathan Blundell
Team Page Design – (3rd) Waxahachie Daily Light/Neal White, John Hicks, Shirley Wiese and G.R. Mendoza
Jonathan,
Wow, Congratuations on getting some awards! I am impressed!!
Michael
Fantastic Jonathan. Please tell us something about the stories that got you those nice resume markers!
The business story was for a report on downtown parking issues.
I think I wrote it my first week here. Apparently one business was making a big fuss because county employees and other people kept parking, on the public street, in front of her store. She bought a sign from the city that said parking for her business only, but because it’s a public street, towing or anything else was not enforced.
The second one was for a story I did on a lady protesting at the local KFC, because she said she found roaches in her chicken sandwich. It was a stretch for the category, but I had to request info from the city on health inspection reports.