Hugh Carey | hcarey@summitdaily.com
AURORA, Colo. — The Summit Daily News received 48 awards over the weekend from the Colorado Press Association and the Colorado Associated Press Editors & Reporters, including “General Excellence” honors and a “Best in Show” recognition for photographer Hugh Carey.
The Daily was recognized by the Colorado Press Association with the “Photo & Design Sweepstakes” award and “General Excellence” honors, along with 21 individual awards, including 14 first-place finishes in its circulation class. Winners were recognized Saturday night at the 2018 CPA Better Newspaper Contest at the Hyatt Regency in Aurora. At the Colorado Associated Press Editors & Reporters ceremony on Friday night, the Daily placed in 23 categories, including 13 first-place finishes as well as a “General Excellence” award and a “Best in Show” award for Hugh Carey’s photo of a pond skimmer whose ill-advised leap resulted in crowd injuries and criminal charges.
In the Colorado Press Association contest, the Daily competes against newspapers in Colorado with a circulation between 6,001 and 15,000, including the Aspen Times, Durango Herald, Vail Daily, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Steamboat Springs Pilot & Today, the Aurora Sentinel and the Colorado Independent.
The following is a list of the Daily’s awards from both contests.
COLORADO PRESS ASSOCIATION
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
• Best Investigative Story Package: Jack Queen for “Health Scare”
• Best Breaking News/Deadline Reporting: Deepan Dutta, Hugh Carey, Eli Pace and Sawyer D’Argonne for Buffalo Mountain Fire coverage
• Best Feature Story: Jack Queen and Hugh Carey for “I’m not going back,” a look at an inmate’s journey away from meth addiction
• Best News Page Design: Ben Trollinger, Heather Jarvis, Hugh Carey and Deepan Dutta for “Forrest Under Fire,” a breaking news story on the Buffalo Mountain Fire
• Best Story/Picture Combination: Hugh Carey and Sawyer D’Argonne for “A Summit Daily reporter sees firsthand how Summit County law enforcement officers train for the worst.”
• Best News Photograph: Hugh Carey for “I’m not going back”
• Best Photo Slideshow or Gallery: Hugh Carey for coverage of the Buffalo Mountain Fire
• Best Multimedia: Heather Jarvis and Hugh Carey for “The Longevity Project”
• Best Use of Multimedia Advertising: Heather Jarvis and Hugh Carey for video promoting the Summit Daily audio news updates
• Best Cover Design: Madelyn LyBarger, Hugh Carey and Susan Gilmore for Explore Summit Magazine – Summer
• Best Classified Page(s) or Section(s)
• Best Health Care Ad: Ray Hodge
• Best Small Space Ad: Susan Tucker
• Best Use of Color in an Ad: Ray Hodge for Outlets at Silverthorne.
SECOND PLACE FINISHES
• Best News Story: Jack Queen and Hugh Carey for “Hard Cases,” a look at sexual assault prosecution in the #MeToo era
• Best Series: Deepan Dutta, Hugh Carey, Heather Jarvis, Ben Trollinger and Amanda Swanson for The Longevity Project.
• Best News Photograph: Hugh Carey for photo of a pond skimmer’s jump gone wrong
• Best Newspaper/House Ad Promotion: Meg Boyer and Summit Daily News staff for “Telling more stories”
• Best Health Care Ad: Dawn Gunderson and Rob Fair
• Best Black & White Ad: Ray Hodge
• Best Use of Color in an Ad: Dawn Gundersen
COLORADO ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITORS & REPORTERS RESULTS
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
• Feature Story: Jack Queen and Hugh Carey for “I’m not going back”
• Feature Photo: Hugh Carey for “Pie-eating contest”
• Beat Reporting: Jack Queen for “Hard Cases,” a look at sexual assault prosecution in the #MeToo era
• Headline Writing: Ben Trollinger
• Picture Story/Photo Essay: Hugh Carey
• Spot News Photo: Hugh Carey for “I’m not going back”
• Investigative Reporting: Jack Queen for “Health Scare”
• Photo portfolio: Hugh Carey
• Series: Deepan Dutta, Hugh Carey, Heather Jarvis and Ben Trollinger for “The Longevity Project“
• Online: Breaking News: Deepan Dutta, Sawyer D’Argonne and Hugh Carey for coverage of Buffalo Mountain Fire
• Sports Photo: Hugh Carey
• Sports Story: Antonio Olivero and Hugh Carey for a story on Summit County immigrant community and the World Cup.
SECOND PLACE FINISHES
• Feature story: Jack Queen for “Brother’s Keeper,” a look at a down-on-its-luck hotel and sibling rivalry
• Feature photo: Hugh Carey for “Ice Castles”
• Spot News Photo: Hugh Carey for “Buffalo Mountain Fire”
• Environmental Story: Jack Queen for “Hazmat on the High Road”
• Sports Photo: Hugh Carey for rugby coverage
THIRD PLACE FINISHES
• Feature photo: Hugh Carey for “Yoga Pose”
• Picture Story/Photo Essay: Hugh Carey for coverage of skijoring in Leadville
• Spot News Story: Deepan Dutta, Hugh Carey and Sawyer D’Argonne for coverage of Buffalo Mountain Fire
• Spot News Photo: Hugh Carey for “Battling Flames”
• Online Special Package: Hugh Carey and Heather Jarvis for “The Longevity Project”
• Sports Photo: Hugh Carey for “Final Run”