INDIANAPOLIS — The Daily Reporter received the General Excellence award for its division and many other awards Friday at the Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Conference and Awards Luncheon.
The Daily Reporter received 21 awards — seven first-place, six second-place and seven third-place. Awards have point values, which are totaled to determine the General Excellence award. There are two divisions for daily newspapers — one for dailies with a circulation less than 6,000 (as the Daily Reporter was during the contest period) and the other for dailies with a circulation above 6,000.
The Daily Reporter last received the General Excellence award in 2018. In 2022, The Daily Reporter received 13 awards.
Entries were due to HSPA by April 27 and had to be published between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. Judging is done by other state press organizations through a reciprocal agreement, with this year’s awards being judged in Oklahoma.
HSPA was founded in 1933 and is a trade association that represents 142 daily and weekly paid-circulation newspapers in Indiana.
The Daily Reporter is an AIM Media Indiana publication. Group Publisher Richard Clark is on the eight-member HSPA board of directors.
First place
Best Short Feature Story – Anne Smith
Best Profile Feature – Mitchell Kirk
Best General News Photo – Tom Russo
Best Sports Action Photo – Tom Russo
Best Multiple Picture Group – Tom Russo
Best Multimedia Story – David Durham
Special Section – Staff/The Daily Reporter
Second place
Best News Coverage Under Deadline – Shelley Swift
Best Short Feature Story – Anne Smith
Best In-Depth Feature – Shelley Swift
Best Sports News or Feature Coverage – Brady Extin
Best General News Photo – Tom Russo
Best Portrait – Tom Russo
Third place
Best News Coverage Under Deadline – Kristy Deer
Best Business/Economic News Coverage – Mitchell Kirk
Best Short Feature Story – Kristy Deer
Best General News Photo – Tom Russo
Best Sports Action Photo – Tom Russo
Best Feature – Tom Russo
Best Portrait – Tom Russo
The Times-Post
Daily Reporter’s sister paper, the Times-Post in Pendleton, received 35 awards, also earning the General Excellence award for its division (non-daily, circulation less than 1,500).
First Place
Best News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure – Brady Extin
Best News Coverage With No Deadline Pressure – Scott Slade
Best Headline Writing – Scott Slade
Best Short Feature Story – Scott Slade
Best Profile Feature Story – Sue Hughes
Best Sports Event Coverage – Brady Extin
Best Sports New or Feature Coverage – Brady Extin
Best Sports Feature Photo – Tom Russo
Best Sports Action Photo – Rob Baker
Best Feature Photo – Tom Russo
Best Portrait – Kenny Humphrey
Best Multiple Picture Group – Scott Slade
Best Website – Scott Slade
Second Place
Best News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure – Scott Slade
Best News Coverage With No Deadline Pressure – Kristy Deer
Best Editorial Writer – Erik Deckers
Best Business/Economic Coverage – Scott Slade
Best Short Feature Story – Scott Slade
Best Profile Feature Story – Scott Slade
Best Sports Event Coverage – Brady Extin
Best Sports New or Feature Coverage – Brady Extin
Best Sports Feature Photo – Sam Findley
Best Sports Action Photo – Mike Brown
Best Portrait – Scott Slade
Third Place
Best News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure – Scott Slade
Best News Coverage With No Deadline Pressure – Scott Slade
Best Profile Feature Story – Scott Slade
Best In-Depth Or Feature Package – Scott Slade
Best Sports Event Coverage – Brady Extin
Best Sports Action Photo – Lori Wood
Best Portrait – Tom Russo
Best Multiple Picture Group – Scott Slade
Best Sports New or Feature Coverage – Staff/The Times-Post
Best General News Photo – Karen Branham
