Staff receives first place award
 
The Spectrum
 
SNOWBIRD - The Spectrum & Daily News won the general excellence award for online news coverage during last weekend's Utah-Idaho-Spokane Area Associated Press Association awards banquet.

The award is given to the newspaper in each circulation category that provides the most comprehensive coverage of local news. The newspaper's Web site - www.thespectrum.com - features breaking news, supplemental materials to provide additional context to stories, photo galleries and video stories, as well as information about individual communities. The information is gathered by staff members in the online department and the local information center, the department formerly known as the newsroom, which has been reorganized to provide more timely and comprehensive news coverage.

The newspaper also won first place in the online breaking news category for its multimedia coverage of the capture of polygamist church leader Warren Jeffs in August 2006.

"It's always nice to be recognized by peers, but it's especially nice to be rewarded for providing solid local news coverage that we know is important to readers throughout Southern Utah," said Editor Todd Seifert. "Our staff members do their best each day to provide the most comprehensive local coverage both online and in our print newspaper. This is a testament to their good efforts."

The Spectrum & Daily News also won four awards in print categories. The awards were given for work published from March 2006 to March 2007.

Jill Hunt won second place in the investigative reporting category for a story titled "Fighting City Hall," which detailed some Washington City residents' struggles with water pressure issues.

Garrett Davis won second place in the picture story category for images that accompanied a story about Cedar City-area resident Jourdyn Cleveland's battle with cancer.

Jennifer Weaver won third place in the editorial category for a collection of editorials about Southern Utah issues.

The newspaper's staff won third place in the breaking news category for its print coverage of the capture of Jeffs.
 
TheSpectrum.com
Originally published June 12, 2007
 
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