Awards were presented at the Georgia Press Association annual convention June 12 at Jekyll Island. There were 477 awards presented in 44 categories to 73 newspapers.
Smith Communications Inc. President and CEO A. Mark Smith gave credit to the company’s employees.
“I am pleased our four newspapers won 29 major awards and General Excellence for the Lake Oconee News. Winning against over 2,000 entries from good Georgia Newspapers in various categories is outstanding.
“I feel it is a tribute to all the hard work by employees here at Smith Communications.”
The Baldwin Bulletin
• Layout&Design,firstplace,JoshLurie
• PageOne,secondplace,JoshLurie
• LocalNewsCoverage,thirdplace, Bailey Ballard
Lake Oconee News
• GeneralExcellence,thirdplace
• Layout&Design,firstplace,JoshLurie
• SportsSection,secondplace,Lance McCurley
• PhotoEssay,secondplace,SkylaMorris
• SportsColumn,secondplace,T.
Michael Stone
• MagazineCommentary,firstplace, Hank Segars
• MagazinePhotography,firstplace, Leigh Lofgren
• MagazineHumanInterestStory,third place, Lynn Hobbs
• HealthCareAd,firstplace
• SpecialSection,firstplace
• Non-traditionalAd,secondplace
The Jones County News
• LocalNewsCoverage,firstplace, Debbie Lurie-Smith
• SportsSection,firstplace,Brad Harrison
• PhotoEssay,firstplace,BrandyRound
• FeatureWriting,firstplace,Greenberry Moore
• EducationWriting,secondplace, Bethany Tapee-Ward
• NewspaperPromotion,firstplace
• AdIdeaoftheYear,firstplace
• SpecialSection,secondplace
The Eatonton Messenger
• PhotoEssay,firstandthirdplaces,Ian Tocher
• SportsSection,firstplace,Lance McCurley and Ian Tocher
• LifestyleCoverage,firstplace,Ian Tocher
• LocalNewsCoverage,thirdplace,Ian Tocher
• MagazineCoverDesign,secondplace, Josh Lurie
• SpecialSportsSection,thirdplace, Lance McCurley and Josh Lurie