This document summarizes the 2011 South Carolina Press Association annual meeting and awards presentation. It lists the various award winners in different categories and the keynote speakers and sessions at the event. It also includes the schedule of events for the two-day meeting in March 2011 and recognizes Charles H. Wickenberg Jr. and William Gilmore Simms as the inductees to the SCPA Hall of Fame for 2011.
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2011 Annual Meeting Program
1. SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING &
AWARDS PRESENTATION
MARCH 4-5, 2011
HILTON COLUMBIA CENTER
2. The President’s Cup Award, Weekly Division – The Summerville Journal Scene
General Excellence Award, 2nd Place – The Berkeley Independent
Integration of Print and Web Coverage, 2nd place (All Weekly) – Staff
DAN BROWN MIKE OLSON
1st Place-Spot Sports Story 1st Place-Spot News Photo
1st Place-Sports Column
2nd Place-Sports Series of Articles STEFAN ROGENMOSER
(Open Division) 1st Place-Feature Photo
3rd Place-Lifestyle Feature 1st Place-Short Story
2nd Place-General News Photo
LESLIE CANTU 3rd Place-General News Photo
2nd Place-Reporting in Depth 3rd Place-Pictorial (All Weekly)
3rd Place-Personality or Portrait
CHRIS HANCLOSKY
3rd Place-Page 1A Design JUDY WATTS
2nd Place-Feature Page Design 1st Place-Humor Column
3rd Place-Sports Page Design
PAUL ZOELLER
FRANK JOHNSON 1st Place-Sports Feature Photo,
2nd Place-Short Story 1st and 2nd Place-Personality Photo or Portrait
3rd Place-Lifestyle Feature 1st Place-Photo Gallery on a
3rd Place-Sports Headline Writing Newspaper Website (All Weekly)
3rd Place-Single Online Photo (Open Division)
ROGER LEE
2nd Place-Beat Reporting (All Weekly)
2nd Place-Sports Action Photo
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4. FRIDAY, MARCH 4
ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS PRESENTATION 3 p.m. – until Winners Exhibit Open
Prefunction area, Hilton Columbia Center
3 – 5 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
SCPA Offices, 106 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia
6 – 7 p.m. Opening Reception
SCPA Offices, 106 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
9 a.m. – until Registration, Vendor Tables and Winners Exhibits Open
Prefunction area, Hilton Columbia Center
10 – 11 a.m. Design to Make Money
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
One of the industry’s leading design experts, Ed Henninger, will get your
creative juices flowing during our first session. Ed will tell you how to turn
design elements into cold, hard cash.
11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Doing More With Less
Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
Kim Woods of The Herald, Scott Hunter of the Aiken Standard, Ellen Priest
of Summerville Communications and Jerry Bellune of the Lexington
County Chronicle & The Dispatch News will share ideas that have worked
recently to produce a better paper in tough times. Panelists will talk
about exciting opportunities and the challenges that papers must
contend with today.
12 – 12:15 p.m. SCPA Business Meeting
Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
12:30– 2:30 p.m. Weekly & Associate Member Awards Luncheon and
Hall of Fame Presentation
Palmetto State Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
2:45 – 2:55 p.m. Report from the National Newspaper Association
Elizabeth K. Parker, President
Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
2:55 – 4:30 p.m. Paper v. Pixel: What does the future hold?
Carolina Wren Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
Paywalls and mobile apps might just be the hottest topics in our industry now
and they’re also the subjects of much debate. Here’s your chance to find out
more from two editors who know! Join John Pittman, executive editor of The
Greenville News, and Alan English, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, as they share
their thoughts and experiences on paid content strategies and using mobile
platforms to deliver news and information. Doug Fisher, USC instructor and
technology guru, will moderate and also give insight on what newspapers are
doing (and not doing) in the wide range of new technology.
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Associated Press News Council Meeting
Governor's Board Room, Hilton Columbia Center
6 – 7:30 p.m. President’s Reception Meeting catered by:
Prefunction area and poolside outdoor patio
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Daily Awards Dinner
Palmetto State Ballroom, Hilton Columbia Center
The bar and outdoor patio will stay open until 11 p.m. Also, if you'd
like to celebrate out on the town, check out page 7 for a list of late-night
venues within walking distance of the Hilton.
5. HOTEL MAP
Special
For details about meeting rooms, please see the Schedule of Events on page 5.
Carolina Wren
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Congratulations to the
2010 News Contest winners!
This year's winners came from more than 3,127 entries.
To order duplicate certificates, engraved
plaques and plaque bases for your awards,
visit www.scpress.org
6.
7. RESTAURANT & NIGHTLIFE
RECOMMENDATIONS
TIN ROOF SAKITUMI CAROLINA ALE HOUSE
Senate St. across from Hilton 807 Gervais Street in the Vista 708 Lady St.
Restaurant and Bar Restaurant and Bar Restaurant and Bar
On Friday night at 10 p.m., Nic Cowan will Fun, hip sushi restaurant that you are sure Rooftop and indoor bar and restaurant
perform. Nic's music infuses soul, country, blues, to enjoy! From the dance music videos to Great, casual atmosphere. Big menu with tons of
and rock, then layering that on top of organic the pomegranate martinis and the kazimoto food and drink options.
urban grooves and a voice reminiscent of Otis rolls... You won’t be disappointed!
Redding and Chris Robinson. On Saturday
BLUE MARLIN
night starting at 10 p.m., Justin Borgman and his
MOTOR SUPPLY 1200 Lincoln Street in the Vista
amazing band from Atlanta rock the Roof!
Gervais Street in the Vista Restaurant
Restaurant Their menu focuses on seafood dishes with
FLYING SAUCER Everything, from sauces to delicious deserts Lowcountry flair. Don’t forget to save room
Senate Street in front of the Hilton are made in-house. With an eclectic blend for a piece of Key Lime Pie! Blue Marlin
Restaurant and Bar of Contemporary American, French, Italian also gets a thumbs up for offering outdoor
Best front porch in the Vista. Their happy hour is and Asian cuisine, Motor Supply offers seating.
the perfect spot to pre-party before the meeting, something for everyone’s palate.
starting at 4 p.m. The kitchen and bar stay open
LIBERTY TAPROOM & GRILL
until 2 a.m. Live entertainment, hundreds of THE WOODY
beers from around the world (including a $2.75
On Gervais Street in the Vista
808 Lady St. – a short walk from the Hilton Restaurant, Bar & Dance Club (late-night)
fire sale), make this the place to be!
Bar/Dance Club Within walking distance. Good food. Great
Starting at 7 p.m. each night, longtime dance party until late.
MONTEREY'S MEXICAN local DJ Woody Windham starts spinning
Senate Street in front of the Hilton discs from genres that span his career
Restaurant and Bar including Top 40; rhythm and blues;
NONNAH’S
Fast and cheap. Great prices on food, country; rock; progressive rock; disco; On Gervais Street in the Vista
margaritas and beer. beach, boogie and blues; and oldies. At 10 Desserts and Wine
p.m., a younger DJ comes in to play techno Phenomenal desserts, coffee, wine and local
PEARLZ OYSTER BAR and hip-hop dance music for the late-night art. Make sure to browse the walls after your
crowd. cheesecake! Open late!
936 Gervais St.
Restaurant and Bar
Fresh oysters, delicious corn fritters and
proprietary black pepper and citrus vodkas
make this place a winner for early afternoon
Post-reception Friday Night Events:
snacks or late-night appetizers and drinks.
ARTS & DRAUGHTS
WILD WING CAFÉ Columbia Museum of Art
Corner of Lady and Gadsden in the Vista
Restaurant and Bar
7 p.m. until
Hot wings, great drink specials and live $7
music. Open late. Tour the new exhibit, "Who Shot Rock & Roll," enjoy live painting
and music, food from Earth Fare and a cash bar. Jeffrey Keyton,
GERVAIS AND VINE creative VP for MTV, will lecture. Original art work will be on dis-
Gervais Street right across from Publix
Restaurant and Bar play from Devine Street Tattoo.
Trendy, cozy atmosphere with a great wine list
(more than 50 wines by the glass or bottle) and
yummy tapas. Features live jazz. OFFICIAL KICK-OFF TO ST. PAT'S IN FIVE POINTS
Five Points Fountain
CUPCAKE 6:30-10 p.m.
Lincoln Street behind Starbucks Free
Desserts Features cash bar, vendors and music from five local bands
Delicious cupcakes and coffee. A fun place to
visit for a snack or dessert.
8. 2010 – 2011 Necrology
John Wayne Ellis; March 13, 2010; Former Photographer; Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise
James Waring; March 23, 2010; Founder; Summerville Journal Scene
D. Jamison Cain; April 12, 2010; Former Reporter; The State, The Evening Post and
The Camden Chronicle
A.M. Secrest; April 17, 2010; Former Editor and Publisher; The Cheraw Chronicle
Anthony Harrigan; May 28, 2010; Former Columnist; The News & Courier
Virginia Sprinkle; June 10, 2010; Former Editor; Twin-City News
James J. Kilpatrick; August 15, 2010; Syndicated Columnist; Editor
Rod Shealy; August 18, 2010; Publisher; The Northeast News, Irmo News,
Cayce-West Columbia News and the Lake Murray News
Deward Brittain; Aug. 24, 2010; Former Managing Editor; Rock Hill Evening Herald
Michael Karvelas; Sept. 1, 2010; Former Reporter and Columnist; The Item
Charlie Walker; Oct. 2, 2010; Former Columnist, Morning News; The Kingstree News
David Lex Minors; Oct. 12, 2010; Circulation Manager; The News & Reporter
James A. Holland Jr.; Dec. 20, 2010; News Editor; The Cherokee Chronicle
Andrew Hutchinson; Dec. 1, 2010; Former Sports Writer; The Sun News
William Coke Morris; Feb. 22, 2010; Former Editor; Greenville Piedmont
Congratulations to the
2010 News Contest winners!
www.athlonsports.com
9. Hall of Fame
2011 Honoree
Charles H. Wickenberg Jr.
Charles H. Wickenberg Jr. was a pioneer
whose work as a journalist and a citizen
made Columbia and South Carolina a better
place. “Wick,” as he was known to colleagues,
was chairman of the S.C. Press Association
Legislative Affairs Committee in 1972 and as
such helped father South Carolina’s Freedom of
Information Act.
Mr. Wickenberg began his news career as a
correspondent for United Press International in
1947, serving in Columbia, Raleigh, Memphis
and Minneapolis. He joined the News & Courier
in Charleston as a political reporter in 1949.
He was The Charlotte Observer’s S.C. bureau
chief from 1958 to 1962, when he became The
State’s first governmental affairs editor and led
the newspaper’s early analysis of nuclear energy
and waste in South Carolina. 1923 - 2004
Mr. Wickenberg was executive news editor later won awards for his reporting on Vietnam
of The State and The Columbia Record from prisoners of war. Mr. Wickenberg was a Pulitzer
1963 to 1971, when he was named public affairs Prize Jurist in 1975 and was an adjunct journalism
editor of The State. He became the newspaper’s professor at the University of South Carolina.
associate editor in 1972 and served in that He also held the Order of the Palmetto.
capacity until his retirement in 1987.
Mr. Wickenberg was, in the words of former
He served his nation as a Marine in State executive editor and editorial page editor
World War II and Korea, his state as executive Tom McLean, “a newspaperman from a time
secretary to Gov. George Bell Timmerman when journalists were expected to be an integral
and his community as president of the Greater part of their community, not to stand apart from
Columbia Chamber of Commerce. it.” Mr. McLean noted that while there are pluses
and minuses in this approach to journalism,
He traveled to Vietnam with Ross Perot in Charles Wickenberg’s life overall “gives testament
1970 in an effort to free American POWs, and to an overwhelmingly positive body of work.”
10. Hall of Fame
2011 Honoree
William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms was a South Carolina
journalist whose work as a writer and editor on four
historically significant 19th century newspapers was
matched by his fame as a poet, historian, novelist
and short-story writer. Ranked by some critics as
second only to Edgar Allen Poe among Southern
writers in the period before the Civil War, he has
been referred to as the Southern version of James
Fenimore Cooper. By the mid-1840s, Simms’s novels
were so popular that Poe called Simms “the best
novelist which this country has, on the whole,
produced” and “immeasurably the greatest writer
of fiction in America.” When he died on June 11,
1870, his obituary in Harper’s Weekly said, “The
country has lost one more of its time-honored band
of authors, and the South the most consistent andnt
devoted of her literary sons.”
A native of Charleston who studied to be a lawyer,
Simms was publisher and editor of the Charleston
City Gazette and had written six books by age 26.
His most significant contribution to South Carolina
journalism came during the Civil War. As associate
1806 - 1870
editor of the Daily South Carolinian, Simms was one which had been moved to Charleston. However,
of the few remaining journalists in Columbia when when the newspaper was moved back to Columbia,
Sherman’s troops burned the city in February 1865. he began writing for the Charleston Courier, which
In the aftermath, he helped establish The Phoenix, was his last newspaper job before he died.
the first newspaper to rise from the ashes of the Simms was one of the best, and most respected,
devastation. As editor, he wrote the definitive account historians of his day. His History of South Carolina
of the burning of Columbia along with a list of served for several generations as the standard school
owners and occupants of the buildings and houses textbook on the state’s history. He died at his home
that had been destroyed. Simms’ lengthy and detailed in Charleston on June 11, 1870, and is buried in
description of “The Capture, Sack and Destruction of Magnolia Cemetery.
the City of Columbia” was published over a period of Although his novels are, for the most part, out
three weeks beginning on March 21, 1865, the first of print, numerous symposia and conferences are
day the newspaper was published. Simms revised the organized by the Simms society to provide a forum
newspaper articles and published the series as a small for scholars and historians to study and present
paperback in October 1865. After the war ended, papers on Simms, who is still known among literary
Simms resumed work on the Daily South Carolinian, scholars as a major force in antebellum literature.
11. SCPA Hall of Fame
For more than thirty-five years, the South Carolina Press Association has reviewed applicants for its Hall of Fame. A total of 64
journalists have been selected for inclusion on the basis of their significant contributions to their craft and communities.
The Hall of Fame was started in 1972, when SCPA President William L. Kinney Jr., of Bennettsville, acting on a suggestion from Secretary-
Manager Reid H. Montgomery, set in motion activities that led to the establishment of a South Carolina Press Association Hall of Fame.
Kinney obtained the approval of the SCPA Executive Committee and later the full membership, by a mail ballot. He wanted to make
the first presentations at the 1973 Winter Meeting in Columbia.
At that time, 21 other states had halls of “fame” or “honor.” The reason for the latter designation in a few states was to avoid
confusion with halls of fame for athletes.
John A. Montgomery, then-editor of The Columbia Record, was named by Kinney as chairman of the first SCPA Hall of Fame
Committee. Serving with him were Don Bruner of Lexington, William Chalk of Camden, Hubert Osteen Jr. of Sumter, and Dean
Livingston of Orangeburg.
The 2010-2011 Hall of Fame Committee members included: John Heath, retired from Beaufort Gazette; Tom McLean, retired from The State;
Pat McNeely, retired from the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Louis Sossamon, retired from The Gaffney Ledger.
Members
1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1975 1976
Elizabeth
Timothy
(-1757)
South Carolina
Gazette
1974
Francis W. Narciso G. Bony Hampton Aaron Smith William Watts Arthur B James Rion Hubert Graham
Dawson Gonzales Peace Willington Ball Jordan Sr. McKissick Osteen
Peter Timothy (1840 - 1899) (1858 - 1903) (1874 - 1934) (1781 - 1862) (1868 - 1952) (1876 - 1956) (1884 - 1944) (1870 - 1955)
(1721 - 1782) The Charleston The State, Carolina Spartan, The Charleston The Evening Post, The Dillon Herald Times-Democrat, Watchman and
South Carolina Mercury; The Columbia; The Spartanburg; The Courier Charleston; The Richmond, Va.; The Southron, Sumter;
Gazette Charleston News; News and Courier, Greenville News; Greenville News; Greenville News; Sumter Daily Item
The News and Charleston; Greenville Piedmont Laurens Advertiser; Greenville Piedmont
Courier, Charleston Charleston Journal The News and
of Commerce Courier, Charleston;
The State, Columbia
1976 1977 1978 1978 1979 1980 1980 1981 1981
Edward Hope
p Arthur M. Harold C. Charles Oscar Robert Lathan Tom O’Connor Louis W. Cassels Robert Craft George A.
D C
DeCamp Manigault
M i l B k Sr.
Booker S H
Hearon (1881 - 1937) (1902 - 1969) (1921 - 1974) Peace Buchanan
(1865 - 1952) (1851 - 1924) (1888 - 1960) (1876 - 1959) The News and Hampton County United Press (1899 - 1968) (1898 - 1976)
The Gaffney Ledger; Charleston Evening Spartanburg Herald- The Spartanburg Courier, Charleston; Guardian; Allendale International The Greenville News The Columbia
The State, Columbia Post Journal; Greenville Herald; Herald, The State, County Citizen Record; Dean of
Piedmont; The Bristol, Va.; Times, Columbia; Asheville Journalism, USC
Sumter Daily Item; Richmond, Va. (NC) Citizen;
The Columbia 1924 Pulitzer Prize
Record Winner
1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984
Robert M. W.W. Smoak Wood Davidson Hall Thomas Edmund Adams James Loyal James Edward Ambrose Elliott William Elliott
Hitt, Jr. (1877 - 1947) Grist McGee Ramsaur Sims Chaffin Gonzales Gonzales
(1914 - 1968) Press & Standard, (1865 - 1925) (1889 - 1963) (1925 - 1976) (1914 - 1962) (1913 - 1977) (1857 - 1926) (1866 - 1937)
Bamberg Herald; Walterboro Yorkville Enquirer; Charleston Evening The Greenville The Times and The Index-Journal, The State, The State, Columbia
Charleston Evening Atlanta Constitution Post; The News and News; Greenville Democrat, Greenwood Columbia; The
Post Courier, Charleston Piedmont Orangeburg News and Courier,
Charleston
12. 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1987
William R. Elbert Herman Ernest Allen Noah Graham Phil Buchheit R. Frank Mundy Samuel L. Harry L. Watson Robert Melvin
Bradford Sr. Aull Cutts Osteen (1907 - 1978) (1915 - 1982) Latimer Jr. (1876 - 1956) Hitt
(1874 - 1957) (1857 - 1929) (1912 - 1980) (1843 - 1936) Spartanburg Herald- The Index-Journal, (1891 - 1975) The Index-Journal, (1886 - 1963)
The Fort Mill Times; The Newberry Charleston Evening The Item, Sumter Journal Greenwood The State, Columbia Greenwood Bamberg Herald
The State, Columbia Herald and News Post
1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1993
John Kelly Sisk Wilson William William Light Talbot Patrick Frank Wilmore Paul S. League Edward Edd A. Burch Hubert Duvall
(1913 - 1980) Harris Kinney (1897 - 1980) Sossamon (1920 - 1978) Manigault (1907 - 1985) Osteen
Greenville News- (1889 - 1955) (1902 - 1983) Chicago Evening (1887 - 1979) The Gaffney Ledger (1896 - 1983) Greer Citizen (1904 - 1987)
Piedmont The Clinton Marlboro Post; The Goldsboro The Gaffney Ledger Charleston Evening The Item, Sumter
Chronicle Herald-Advocate, (NC) News-Argus; Post
Bennettsville The Herald, Rock
Hill
1993 1995 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2002 2002
Miles Benjamin Thomas James A. Rogers William D. Joseph F. Smoak Marcellus C. Reid H. August Kohn Annie Laurie
McSweeney Pettigrew Davis (1905 - 1990) Workman (1936 - 1993) Garner Montgomery (1868 - 1930) Mayer Kinney
(1855 - 1909) (1926 - 1990) Florence Morning (1914 - 1990) The News and (1920 - 1992) (1909 - 1993) The News and (1902 - 1999)
The Ninety-Six Georgetown Times News The News and Courier, Charleston; The Sun News, The State, Courier The Marlboro
Guardian; Hampton Courier Charleston;
Courier, Charleston Evening
Charle Myrtle Beach; The Columbia; The Item, Herald Advocate
County Guardian The Greenville Post Myrtle Beach News; Sumter; Winthrop
News; The State, The Myrtle Beach College; University
Columbia Sun; The Field, of South Carolina;
Conway; The Horry South Carolina Press
Herald; The Loris Association
Sentinel
2003 2005 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011
Annie Howell William E. Rone Alfred B. Dr. Robert Felix Gregory de Robert Quillen Henry Timrod William Charles H.
King (1926 - 1998) Williams Wilson Gibbes Fontaine (1887 - 1948) (1829 - 1867) Gilmore Simms Wickenberg Jr.
(1893 - 1973) The State, Columbia (1856 - 1930) (1809 - 1866) (1834 - 1896) Fountain Inn Charleston Mercury (1806-1870) (1923-2004)
Aiken Standard News and Courier, The South Charleston Daily Tribune Charleston City The State
Charleston Carolinian Courier, The South Gazette, Daily South
Carolinian; Daily Carolinian, The
South Carolinian; Phoenix
New York Evening
Telegram
13. CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE T&D NEWS TEAM FOR ALL ITS HARD WORK
Orangeburg, South Carolina
The Times and Democrat
FIRST-PLACE
FIRST-PLACE WINNERS
T A
Reporting-in-depth - The T&D Staff
Spot News Reporting - The T&D Staff
Public Service - The T&D Staff
Feature Headline Writing - Wendy Jeffcoat Crider
News Headline Writing - Gene Crider
Profile Feature Writing - Dale Linder-Altman
Short Story - Gene Crider
Sports Column Writing - Thomas Grant Jr.
Sports Page Design - Michelle Kerscher
General News Photo - Christopher Huff CHRISTOPHER HUFF/T&D
Daily Newspaper Website - TheTandD.com SHERIFF LAID TO REST - Third place General News Photo
SECOND-PLACE
SECOND-PLACE WINNERS
A THIRD-PLACE
THIRD-PLACE WINNERS
A
Mixed Media Illustration - Michelle Kerscher Sports Headline Writing - Michelle Kerscher
Lifestyle Feature Writing - Richard Walker Spot News Reporting - Richard Walker, Phil Sarata
Column Writing - Gene Crider and Dale Linder-Altman
Series of Articles - The T&D Staff Enterprise Reporting - Dale Linder-Altman
Beat Reporting - Richard Walker Short Story - Richard Walker
Inside Page Design - Kristin Leigh Coker Spot Sports Story - Brian Linder
Sports Page Design - Brian Linder Sports Enterprise Reporting - Thomas Grant Jr.
and Michelle Kerscher Feature Page Design Portfolio - Kristin Leigh Coker
Sports Feature Photo - Brian Linder General News Photo - Christopher Huff
Personality Photo - Larry Hardy Feature Photo - Christopher Huff
Photo Illustration - Kristin Leigh Coker Photo Illustration - Michelle Kerscher
First place Daily Newspaper Website (Under 20,000)
Lee Enterprises honors The Times and Democrat with President’s Award
“The news sent chills throughout the community and across the country – two toddlers were found
drowned in a car, and their mother was charged with killing them deliberately. The Times and Democrat used
every tool in its arsenal – online, mobile, social networking, multimedia and print – to deliver strong, compre-
hensive coverage immediately and in the days that followed.” The award is shared by Richard Walker, Larry
Hardy, Christopher Huff, Gene Crider, Dionne Gleaton, Dale Linder-Altman, Gene Zaleski and Kristin Coker.
14. ATTENDEES
Debbie Abels Issac Bailey Melanie Balog
The Herald The Sun News The Post and Courier
Tanya Ackerman Tracy Bailey Mac Banks
Coastal Observer The Sun News Fort Mill Times
Mike Adams Sharon Bailey Rebecca Banks
The Star South Carolina Press Association Fort Mill Times
Jane Alford Bobby Baker Trevor Baratko
Carolina Gateway S.C. Chamber of Commerce Chronicle-Independent
Jade Anderson Barbara Ball Sarah Bates
The Item The Independent Voice of the The Post and Courier
Karl Anderson People’s Republic of Blythewood Becky Baulch
The Item Keith Ball The Post and Courier
Jennifer Annis The Independent Voice of the Grace Beahm
The Greer Citizen People’s Republic of Blythewood The Post and Courier
Robert Ariail Michael Ball Adam Beam
Herald-Journal Lexington County Chronicle & The State
Fair Ariail The Dispatch News Ashley Beam
Herald-Journal Kelli Ball The State
Joey Ayers Lexington County Chronicle & Jennifer Becknell
Free Times The Dispatch News Fort Mill Times
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15. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Jerry Bellune Sally Boman Rick Brundrett
Lexington County Chronicle & Greenville Journal S.C. Policy Council
The Dispatch News
Harry Booth Mellnee Buchheit
MacLeod Bellune Lexington County Chronicle & Hometown News
Lexington County Chronicle & The Dispatch News
The Dispatch News Phil Buchheit
Lacey Breit
Mark Bellune South Carolina Newspaper Network Hometown News
Lexington County Chronicle &
The Dispatch News Phyllis Britt William Buchheit
The Star Hometown News
Jay Bender
South Carolina Press Association Judi Mundy Burns
Evan Berland Angela Brown Index-Journal
Associated Press News Editor Union County News
Jimmy Burns
Dean Charles Bierbauer Anna Brown Index-Journal
University of South Carolina Union County News
Janet Blackmon-Morgan John Byrum
The Sun News Bobby Brown Herald-Journal
Union County News
Bonnie Blackwell
Hometown News Claire Byun
Crystal Brown Chronicle Independent and
Jed Blackwell Fort Jackson Leader Winthrop University
Hometown News
Dan Brown Martin Cahn
Steve Blackwell Chronicle-Independent
Hometown News The Berkeley Independent
Melissa Blanton Debbie Callahan
Robert Brown
Greenville Journal Murrells Inlet Messenger
Union County News
Robin Blackwood Kerry Browning Tim Callahan
Verizon Wireless The Sun News Murrells Inlet Messenger
Rob Blomquist P.J. Browning Lillia Callum-Penso
Carolina Forest Chronicle & The Sun News The Greenville News
Myrtle Beach Herald
Alan Blondin Martha Bruce Leslie Cantu
The Sun News Chronicle-Independent The Journal Scene
Congratulations from
16. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Roberta Case Carol Dowell Nathan Gray
Hall of Fame Family The Clarendon Citizen Anderson Independent-Mail
Scott Chancey Joe Dowell Shana Gray
Index-Journal The Clarendon Citizen Herald-Journal
Julie Chapman Rachel Dowell Shannon Greene
The Herald The Clarendon Citizen The Herald
Katie Chesley Cathy Dreher Trzcinski Betsy Greenway
South Carolina Press Association South Carolina Press Association Chronicle-Independent
Jason Chisari Renee Dudley Kevin Hackshaw
Fort Mill Times The Post and Courier The Post and Courier
Jill Cincotta Linda Eisen Henry Haitz
The Herald-Independent The Post and Courier The State
Tom Clifford Heather Ellis Chris Hanclosky
The Post and Courier Anderson Independent-Mail The Post and Courier
Tom Cobb Mike Ellis Joyce Hanclosky
Hall of Fame Family Anderson Independent-Mail The Post and Courier
Charlie Conn Duncan Ely Beth Harrison
Hall of Fame Family Hall of Fame Family The Post and Courier
Jenny Connell Penn Ely Lee Harter
Herald-Journal Hall of Fame Family The Times and Democrat
Luke Connell Jim Faile Pam Harter
Herald-Journal The Messenger The Times and Democrat
Eric Connor Doug Fisher Bill Hawkins
The Greenville News University of South Carolina The Post and Courier
Jessica Connor Kim Kim Foster-Tobin Diane Hawkins
S.C. United Methodist Advocate The State The Post and Courier
Dan Cook Walt Tobin Jimmie Haynes
Free Times The State South Carolina Newspaper Network
Amanda Criswell Michael Gardner Heidi Heilbrunn
The Sun News Althon Sports The Greenville News
Bob Dalton Ed Henninger
Herald-Journal Matt Garfield
Henninger Consulting
The Herald
Gwinn Davis Nick Herman
Tribune-Times Ashley Ghere
Laurens County Advertizer
The Independent Voice of the
Susan Delk People’s Republic of Blythewood
The People Sentinel Alex Hicks
Gary Glancy Herald-Journal
James Denton
The Herald-Independent Herald-Journal
Brian Hicks
Kate Waldhauser Mary Gooch The Post and Courier
The Herald-Independent The News & Reporter
Jean Denton Toya Graham Sephan Hicks
The Herald-Independent Fort Mill Times Herald-Journal
Jimmy Denton Thomas Grant Jr. Holly Hindman
The Herald-Independent The Times and Democrat The News & Reporter
17. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Bobby Hitt Richard Johnson Travis Leitko
Secretary of Commerce Anderson Independent Mail Greenville Journal
Gwen Hitt Amanda Kelley Stacey Lemmond
Carolina Forest Chronicle & Ask & Receive, Inc.
Howard Hoffman Myrtle Beach Herald
Publishing Group of America Michael Leonard
Isaac King The Journal
Julie Holcombe Hometown News
The Greer Citizen Jason Lesley
Jay King The Manning Times
Scott Holcombe Hometown News
The Greer Citizen Anna Lesley
Bob Kinney The Manning Times
Jamey Honeycutt The Post and Courier
The Press & Standard Ashley Lewis Ford
Karen Kinney Chronicle-Independent
Fred Horlbeck The Post and Courier
S.C. Lawyers Weekly Daniel Lillie
Kurt Knapek The Journal
Ashley Hotham The Sun News
University of South Carolina Annie Lloyd Nesbitt
Diane Knich The Greenville News
Christopher Huff The Post and Courier
The Times and Democrat Brandon Lockett
Schuyler Kropf
John Huff The Post and Courier The Star, North Augusta
Anderson Independent-Mail Tonyia M. McGirt
Ernie Lambert
Scott Hunter Hometown News The Item
Aiken Standard Jen Barclay Madden
Tina Lambert
Corey Hutchins Hometown News South Carolina Press Association
Free Times
Cindy Landrum Mike Maddock
Scott J. Bryan Greenville Journal The Columbia Star
Index-Journal Tammie Maddock
Roger Lee
Denise James The Journal Scene The Columbia Star
The Journal Scene,
Roger Lee Mimi Maddock
The Berkeley Independent
Town News The Columbia Star
Mike Jameson
Anderson Independent Mail
Travis Jenkins
The News & Reporter
Exceeding Your Expectations
Ashley Jenkins Every Day
The News & Reporter
4-Color Process Coldset In-house Finishing &
Mary Jenkins Web Printing Distribution
The News & Reporter
Theresa Jenkins-Russ
Hometown News
Roger Jewell
The Travelers Rest Monitor
Joyce Marchbanks Electronic Prepress Expert Consulting
The Travelers Rest Monitor
Frank Johnson 800.354.0235
www.waltonpress.com
www.waltonpress.com
The Berkeley Independent
18. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Mark Magyar Elizabeth MeDermott Marilyn Murphy
National Newspaper Association The Post and Courier S.C. United Methodist Advocate
Tommy Martin Gerry Melendez Carolyn Murray
The Cherokee Chronicle The State The Sun News
Ann Martin Liz Melendez Jessica Nelms
The Cherokee Chronicle The State The Journal
Tonya Mathis Clifton Metcalf Rick Nelson
S.C. Lawyers Weekly AT&T The Post and Courier
Michelle Matthews Denyse Middleton Jeff Nesbitt
Hall of Fame Family The News & Reporter The Greenville News
Nikie Mayo Betsy Miller Brad Nettles
Anderson Independent Mail The Post and Courier The Post and Courier
Brooke McCombs Russ Mills Marijo Nettles
Herald-Journal Walton Press The Post and Courier
Mike McCombs Tim O’Briant
Herald-Journal Mike Mischner Aiken Standard
Camden Media Co.
John McDermott Tracey O’Brien
The Post and Courier Marlene Mischner The Post and Courier
Camden Media Co.
Shannon McKamey Sam O’Keefe
The Greenville News Anna Mitchell Index-Journal
Laura McKenzie Anderson Independent-Mail Mike Olson
Barnwell Newspaper Group The Journal Scene
Kathy Moreland
Ned McKenzie The State Dan O’Mara
Barnwell Newspaper Group The Herald
Betty Moses
Tom McLean Myrtle Beach Herald Sheila O’Mara
The State, retired The Herald
Susan Mosley
Meg McLean The News & Reporter Ken Osburn
The Greenville News
Pat McNeely Steve Mullins
Anderson Independent Mail Elizabeth Osburn
University of South Carolina, retired
The Greenville News
We give your content mobility. Paul Osmundson
The Herald
Jack Osteen
The Item
Hubert Osteen
The Item
Doug Pardue
The Post and Courier
Laura Parker
The Gaffney Ledger
Bobby Parker
www.mediaspangroup.com The Gaffney Ledger
19. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Liz Parker Brandon Rink Calvin Ruinard
National Newspaper Association Anderson Independent Mail Anderson Independent Mail
President Alanna Ritchie Leon Russ
Nancy Parsons South Carolina Newspaper Network Hometown News
The News & Reporter
Chris Roberts Theresa Jenkins-Russ
Darah Patterson University of Alabama Hometown News
The Greer Citizen
Steve Robertson Gene Sapakoff
Josh Patterson Waccamaw Publishers The Post and Courier
The Greer Citizen
Cheryl Robertson Randall Savely
Charles Perry Waccamaw Publishers South Carolina Newspaper Network
Myrtle Beach Herald
Karen Rodman Susanne Schafer
Joe Perry University of South Carolina Associated Press
The Item
Wim Roef Henry Schulte
Thomas Peyton The State University of South Carolina, retired
The State
Stefan Rogenmoser Julie Scott
Margo Peyton The Journal Scene, S.C. Chamber of Commerce
The State The Berkeley Independent
Noelle Phillips Bill Rogers Darrell Scott
The State South Carolina Press Association S.C. Chamber of Commerce
Jay Potts Doug Rogers Joyce Searson
The State The Holly Hill Observer Advertizer-Herald, Holly Hill Observer
John Pourtless Tracy Rogers
MediaSpan The Holly Hill
Scott Powell Observer
The Gaffney Ledger Eric Rose
The State
Findlay Prentiss
The Post and Courier Susan Rowell
Dotti Priddy The Lancaster
Herald-Journal News and
Carolina
Tom Priddy Gateway
Herald-Journal
Charles
Ellen Priest Rowland
The Journal Scene, The Berkeley The Press &
Independent, The Gazette Standard
Jeff Priest Dede Ruff
The Journal Scene, The Berkeley The Independent
Independent and The Gazette Voice of the
Kathleen Ramsey People’s Republic
Anderson Independent Mail of Blythewood
Guy Reel Ken Ruinard
Winthrop University Anderson
Stephanie Rice Jones Independent-Mail
SCANA Corp. Public Affairs
Janice Ruinard
Lyn Riddle Anderson
Greenville Journal Independent-Mail
20. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Gene Searson Jason Spencer Michael Watts
Advertizer-Herald, Holly Hill Observer Herald-Journal The Independent Voice of the
Andy Shain Peggy Spivey People’s Republic of Blythewood
The State Chronicle-Independent Yvonne Wenger
Meredith Sheffer Jake Spring The Post and Courier
The State The Sun News Bill West
Jessica Sibley David Stanton Lexington County Chronicle &
The Journal Media General The Dispatch News
Phyllis Sikes Katy Stech Anne West
Union County News The Post and Courier Lexington County Chronicle &
April Silvaggio The Dispatch News
Brantley Strickland
Greenville Journal The Press & Standard Richard Whiting
Paul Silvaggio Index-Journal
Morrey Thomas
Greenville Journal The News and Press Wendy Whiting
Bob Simmonds Index-Journal
Pam Byrd
Index-Journal The News and Press Jennifer Whitmire
David Slade Herald-Journal
Michael Thompson
The Post and Courier The Greenville News Nancy Wickenberg Cobb
Jim Sleeper Hall of Fame Family
Tim Thorsen
S.C. Lawyers Weekly The Post and Courier Rev. Beth Wickenberg Ely
Anna Smith Hall of Fame Family
Larry Timbs
Herald-Journal Winthrop University Ann Wickenberg Williamson
Glenn Smith Hall of Fame Family
Keri Todd Boyce
The Post and Courier West Wateree Chronicle Don Wilder
Kitty Smith The Greer Citizen and Hometown News
Chris Trainor
The Post and Courier Index-Journal Vicy Wilkinson
Michael Smith Ask & Receive, Inc.
Christina Trainor
Carolina Forest Chronicle Index-Journal Bonnie Williams
Mike Smith Anderson Independent-Mail
Eileen Waddell
Herald-Journal The State David Williams
Rebecca Smith Anderson Independent-Mail
John Walker
Hall of Fame Family Anderson Independent Mail Graham Williams
Charmaine Smith-Miles Union County News
Richard Walker
Anderson Independent-Mail The Times and Democrat Michelle Williams
Wayne Miles Associated Press Bureau Chief
Greg Wallace
Anderson Independent-Mail Anderson Independent Mail Theron Willis
Jason Sotir Hometown News
Rob Walton
The News & Reporter Herald-Journal Amber Wilson
Tom Spain The Journal
Judy Watts
The Post and Courier
The Journal Scene, The Berkeley
Peggy Spain Corey Wilson
Independent, The Gazette
The Post and Courier The Journal
Pat Watts
Emily Sparr The Journal Scene, The Berkeley Johanna Wilson
Anderson Independent Mail Independent, The Gazette The Sun News
22. ATTENDEES (CONTINUED)
Matt Winter
The Post and Courier
Warren Wise
The Post and Courier
Kim Woods
The Herald
Don Worthington
The Herald
Candy Worthington
The Herald
David Wren
The Sun News
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23. We’re Number 1
Congratulations
to all 2010 SCPA award winners
from
First Place in General Excellence
24. f i r s t p l a c e
s.c. press association award-winning journalists of
The Staff of The Post and Courier
General Excellence
Public Service: “College Tuition Series”
Daily Newspaper Website: “postandcourier.com”
Innovative Concept: “Content Sharing Arrangement”
Integration of Print and Web Coverage: “PrepZone”
Online News Project: “Losing Faith”
Other First Place Winners:
Grace Beahm Diane Knich Glenn Smith
The Post and Courier
Gill Guerry Schuyler Kropf Wade Spees
Chris Hanclosky Brad Nettles Katy Stech
Beth Harrison Adam Parker Bill Thompson
Alan Hawes Gene Sapakoff Tim Thorsen
Brian Hicks David Slade Warren Wise
s e c o n d p l a c e
The Staff of The Post and Courier
Integration of Print and Web Coverage: “Losing Faith”
Lifestyle/Feature Special Edition: “My Charleston”
Online News Project: “Election Day”
Other Second Place Winners:
Marcus Amaker Bob Kinney David Slade
Ken Burger Bo Petersen Wade Spees
Renee Dudley Luke Reasoner Katy Stech
Gill Guerry Sandy Schopfer Yvonne Wenger
t h i r d p l a c e
The Staff of The Post and Courier
Public Service: “Grading Teachers”
Online News Project: “Teacher Performance”
to the
Lifestyle/Feature Special Edition: “North Charleston Magazine”
Other Third Place Winners:
Marcus Amaker Beth Harrison Glenn Smith
Sarah Bates Alan Hawes Tom Spain
Grace Beahm Betsy Miller Wade Spees
Tommy Braswell Brad Nettles Katy Stech
Chad Dunbar Bo Petersen Yvonne Wenger
Prentiss Findlay Gene Sapakoff Warren Wise
David Slade
h o n o r a b l e m e n t i o n
Grace Beahm