{"id":807356,"date":"2020-05-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383060"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:00:00","slug":"summit-daily-news-wins-general-excellence-award-in-annual-statewide-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-daily-news-wins-general-excellence-award-in-annual-statewide-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Daily News wins general excellence award in annual statewide competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/P3162770-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>The Summit Daily News, 331 West Main St. in Frisco, is pictured in March 2020.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Elaine Collins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014&nbsp;The Summit Daily News was named the best paper of its size in Colorado during the annual Colorado Press Association contest, the winners of which were announced April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The annual awards celebration honors the best in advertising, editorial, and photo and design for newspapers across Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit Daily team won 48 individual and staff awards including general excellence, excellence in advertising, excellence in photo and design, and excellence in editorial. The excellence distinction is given to the paper that wins the most awards in each category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been proud of the work we do,\u201d Summit Daily Publisher Meg Boyer said. \u201cThe awards the Summit Daily earned at the state level underscore that the community journalism and marketing strategies we provide are top-notch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s the third year in a row that the Summit Daily has won general excellence, which is awarded to the best newspaper in each of seven circulation categories. The categories are determined by a combination of the number of newspapers printed and annual website traffic. This year, the Summit Daily faced off against The Aspen Times, Montrose Daily Press, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Ca\u00f1on City Daily Record, Fort Morgan Times, Colorado Daily and Aspen Journalism in addition to many other print and digital news sources across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the awards was the Summit Daily team\u2019s work on <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=293106df-584f-43e5-9ded-1ac8dc76291c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Still Standing<\/a>, a publication that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the newspaper in addition to the history of Summit County and its businesses. The project won best editorial special section, best advertising special section, best series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/158-years-of-summit-county-history\/\">best informational graphic<\/a> and best sports story, for Sports &amp; Outdoors Editor Antonio Olivero\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/creation-and-growth-of-summit-countys-ski-areas-shaped-the-mountain-sports-community\/\">feature on the area\u2019s history of skiing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight was sweeping the public service category, which honors \u201cextensive and enterprising coverage of a local issue in an effort to affect the public good.\u201d Summit Daily reporter Deepan Dutta won first place for his coverage of the county\u2019s minimum wage discussions and second place for his work writing about the newly formed Peak Health Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit Daily team also was awarded for its breaking news, multimedia and photography coverage of the historic March 2019 avalanche cycle, which ripped new avalanche paths and buried roads across Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity journalism has never been more important, and our team members are among the best journalists in the state,\u201d Boyer said.<\/p>\n<p>A complete list of awards and their winners is bellow:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial excellence<\/li>\n<li>Best editorial special section (glossy) <\/li>\n<li>Best series <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Individual awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public service\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Minimum wage, Deepan Dutta<\/li>\n<li>Second place: Peak Health Alliance, Deepan Dutta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best sports event story <\/li>\n<li>Best sports story <\/li>\n<li>Best multimedia <\/li>\n<li>Best sports column writing <\/li>\n<li>Best breaking news deadline reporting <\/li>\n<li>Best humorous column writing\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Biff America, Jeffrey Bergeron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best education story <\/li>\n<li>Best environmental story <\/li>\n<li>Best feature story <\/li>\n<li>Best health enterprise story <\/li>\n<li>Best story picture combination <\/li>\n<li>Best editorial special section (newsprint) <\/li>\n<li>Best business new feature story <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photo and design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photo and design excellence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Individual awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best feature page design\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Blasts from the past, Susan Gilmore<\/li>\n<li>Second place: Sourced from nature, Nicole Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best news page design <\/li>\n<li>Best photo essay <\/li>\n<li>Best informational graphic <\/li>\n<li>Best feature photograph <\/li>\n<li>Best news photograph <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advertising<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advertising excellence<\/li>\n<li>Best advertising special section <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Individual awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best classified page or section\n<ul>\n<li>First place: MarketPlace, Grant Blair, Zyanya Rodriguez, Jose Rivera, Louise Hanley<\/li>\n<li>Second place: Real Estate, Grant Blair, Zyanya Rodriguez, Jose Rivera, Louise Hanley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best news media house ad promotion\n<ul>\n<li>First place: The gift of golf, Krista DeHerrera<\/li>\n<li>Second place: The Longevity Project, Meg Boyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best real estate ad\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Slifer Smith and Frampton, Polly ReQua<\/li>\n<li>Second place: Merry Christmas from Butch, Polly ReQua<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best advertising campaign\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Great Rubber Duck Race, Dawn Gunderson<\/li>\n<li>Second place: Rocky Mountain Golf Card, Krista DeHerrera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best health care ad\n<ul>\n<li>First place: High Altitude Research native, Lauren Glendenning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best large space ad\n<ul>\n<li>Second place: Jessie\u2019s Kitchen, Dawn Gunderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best medium space ad\n<ul>\n<li>Second place: Pharmstrong, Pat Wren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best restaurant or dining ad\n<ul>\n<li>Second place: Wine O\u2019clock Somewhere, Pat Wren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Best use of color in an ad\n<ul>\n<li>Second place: Playhouse Project, Meg Boyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-daily-news-wins-general-excellence-award-in-annual-statewide-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Summit Daily News, 331 West Main St. in Frisco, is pictured in March 2020.Courtesy Elaine Collins FRISCO \u2014&nbsp;The Summit Daily News was named the best paper of its size in Colorado during the annual Colorado Press Association contest, the winners of which were announced April 30. 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