The Sedona Red Rock News won 10 awards for journalistic excellence in 2008, repeating for the second year in the Journalistic Achievement/Community Service category, the Arizona Newspapers Association announced.
This year, the newspaper’s coverage of the controversy over streetlights on Highway 89A was recognized as a journalistic achievement and community service. In 2007, the NEWS won the same award for its coverage of the Aquarian Concepts Community.
Staff Report
Larson Newspapers
The Sedona Red Rock News won 10 awards for journalistic excellence in 2008, repeating for the second year in the Journalistic Achievement/Community Service category, the Arizona Newspapers Association announced.
This year, the newspaper’s coverage of the controversy over streetlights on Highway 89A was recognized as a journalistic achievement and community service. In 2007, the NEWS won the same award for its coverage of the Aquarian Concepts Community.
The NEWS also won for Best Use of Photography for the third time in three years.
Other awards included Best Departmental News/Copy Editing, Best Headline, Best Web Site and Best Special Section.
NEWS staff also won in four individual categories.
Photojournalist Michele Bradley won two awards, one for Best News Photo and another for Best Sports Photo.
Reporter Alison Ecklund won for Best Sustained Coverage, based on her reports about the resignation of
former Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Kim Randall.
Reporter Susan Johnson’s story about the death of Steve Nahmanson, the former Sedona City Councilman who fell 70 feet while hiking near Sedona, won recognition for Best News Feature.
“It’s a team effort,” NEWS Managing Editor Greg Ruland said. “When our peers recognize us for the work we do, it confirms we’re on the right track and encourages us to work even harder.”
