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Daily Republic receives top award in 2013 SDNA newspaper contest

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MITCHELL, S.D. – The Daily Republic has been judged the best small daily newspaper in South Dakota for the fourth consecutive year.
During a recent ceremony held at Mount Rushmore, the Mitchell newspaper was presented with the General Excellence award for South Dakota daily newspapers that circulate fewer than 12,000 printed copies.
The banquet was part of the first-ever joint convention of the South Dakota and North Dakota newspaper associations, held Thursday through Saturday with most events at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Rapid City, S.D.
The Daily Republic’s circulation division includes seven other daily newspapers in Brookings, Huron, Madison, Pierre, Spearfish, Watertown and Yankton. The competition, called the Better Newspapers Contest, is managed by the South Dakota Newspaper Association and was judged this year by members of the Oklahoma Press Association.
Other Daily Republic highlights from the contest included the Sweepstakes award for its circulation division, which is presented to the newspaper that compiles the most points from the individual awards; and the designation of Sports Editor Luke Hagen as the Outstanding Young Journalist among all daily newspapers in the state.
Hagen is the second consecutive and fourth overall Daily Republic winner of the award since the award’s inception in 2000. One winner is chosen annually from a weekly newspaper and a daily newspaper, and entrants must be younger than 30.
Overall, The Daily Republic won 27 awards in the contest, including 21 in news and six in advertising.
The SDNA contest results were the second round of awards announced last week for South Dakota newspapers.
In results of The Associated Press Great Plains Contest announced earlier in the week, The Daily Republic won first place in 10 of 15 categories in its circulation division, and won 22 of the 45 available awards in the division.
Following is a list of The Daily Republic’s awards in the SDNA contest announced Friday. Unless otherwise noted, the awards were in the division for daily newspapers with circulation of less than 12,000.
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Korrie Wenzel

- Best Freedom of Information Project, all newspapers daily and weekly, Korrie Wenzel, Seth Tupper, first place.
- Outstanding Young Journalist, all daily newspapers, Luke Hagen.
- Best Newspaper Website, all daily newspapers, Denise Ross, third place.
- Best Public Service Project, all daily newspapers, Korrie Wenzel, second place.

Seth Tupper

- Best News Series, Chris Mueller, Anna Jauhola, third place.
- Best Feature Story, Tom Lawrence, first place.
- Best Feature Story, Candy DenOuden, third place.
- Best Feature Series, Korrie Wenzel, Seth Tupper, Chris Huber, second place.
- Best Sports Reporting, Brooke Cersosimo, first place.

Luke Hagen

- Best Sports Series, Luke Hagen, third place.
- Best Sports Column, Luke Hagen, second place.
- Best Editorial Writing, Korrie Wenzel, first place.
- Best Editorial Writing, Seth Tupper, second place.
- Best Local General Interest Column, Korrie Wenzel, first place.
- Best Local Humorous Column,

Denise Ross

Candy DenOuden, third place.
- Best Spot News Photo, Chris Huber, first place.
- Best Sports Photo, Luke Hagen, first place.
- Best Sports Photo, Chris Huber, third place.
- Best Typography and Design, Korrie Wenzel, Seth Tupper, second place.
- General Excellence, Korrie Wenzel, Seth Tupper and staff, first place.

Chris Mueller

- Sweepstakes, Korrie Wenzel, Seth Tupper and staff, first place.
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- Best Use of Color, Jen Phillips, first place.
- Best Classified Section, Penny Hohbach and staff, first place.
- Best Use of Art Service, Krissy Weber, third place.
- Best Use of Local Photography, Janet DeRouchey and Chris Huber, second place.
- Best Use of Local Photography, Lorie Hansen, third place.

Anna Jauhola

- Best 2×4 Ad, Laura Senska, third place.

The Daily Republic is owned by Forum Communications Co. Forum Communications is a multimedia information company based in Fargo, and owns dozens of newspapers, websites and television and radio stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Candy DenOuden

Laura Senska

Lorie Hansen

Janet DeRouchey

Krissy Weber

Penny Hohback

Jen Phillips

Brooke Cersosimo

Chris Huber

Tom Lawrence

Daily Republic earns 10 first-place awards in 2013 Great Plains Newspaper Contest

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Daily Republic of Mitchell, S.D., took first place in 10 of the 15 categories in its division of the 2013 Great Plains Newspaper Contest.
The Daily Republic competes in the Medium Markets division, which includes 14 daily newspapers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The contest is managed by The Associated Press, which recently announced the award recipients.
Overall, The Daily Republic won 22 of the 45 awards available in its division.
The Great Plains contest is the first of two annual contest announcements for South Dakota newspapers. Results from the South Dakota Newspaper Association contest will be announced in the coming days.

The Daily Republic received the following awards in the Great Plains contest:

Seth Tupper

- Spot news, Seth Tupper, “From Avon and Mitchell … scaled high political heights,” first place.
- Spot News, Tom Lawrence, “Rush to cash checks collapses bank floor,” second place.
- Enterprise story, Tom Lawrence, “Transporting trouble,” first place.
- Enterprise story, Anna Jauhola, “Unsafe bacteria found in 6 of 11 hotel pools, spas,” second place.
- Spot sports story, Luke Hagen,

Tom Lawrence

“Mudcats beat Crofton in a thriller,” first place.
- Spot sports story, Luke Hagen, “Burnell Glazer retires from coaching,” second place.
- Sports feature story: Luke Hagen, and “Is Cadwell Park too big?” first place.
- Sports feature story: Brooke Cersosimo, “Uniforms shrink, concerns linger,” second place.
- Sports column: Korrie Wenzel, “Record spurs memories of Morgan’s night in 1992,” first place.

Anna Jauhola

- Personal column: Korrie Wenzel, “Janklow the Moody,” second place.
- General news: Chris Mueller, “Police chief accused of meth cover-up,” first place.
- General news: Tom Lawrence, “Sheriff: Sleeping guard allowed escape,” second place.
- Editorial: Korrie Wenzel, “Lack of alert after escape shows system is badly flawed,” first place.
- Headlines: Seth Tupper, “Head, heart, hands, health … and hair: In wake …,” second place.

Luke Hagen

- Headlines: Tom Lawrence, “Wing contests a saucy affair; Thunderstorms slam …,” third place.
- Spot news photo: Chris Huber, “Local lake house destroyed by fire,” second place.
- Feature photo: Chris Huber, “In honor of 9/11,” first place.
- Feature photo: Chris Huber, “O’Gorman spoils Kernels’ title hopes,” second place.
- Sports action photo: Luke Hagen, “Cats win it,” third place.

Brooke Cersosimo

- General news photo: Chris Huber, “City hit hard by fires,” first place.
- General news photo: Chris Huber, “Driver has court appearance, details emerge in fatal crash,” second place.
- Website: Denise Ross, first place.

The Daily Republic is owned by Forum Communications Co.

Korrie Wenzel

Forum Communications is a multimedia information company based in Fargo, and owns dozens of newspapers, websites and television and radio stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Denise Ross

Chris Huber

Chris Mueller

Matt Cory named next editor of The Pioneer of Bemidji, Minn.

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Matt Cory was named the next editor of The Pioneer of Bemidji, Minn. He replaces exiting Editor Steve Wagner who was recently named the editor of the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald.

By Justin Glawe

BEMIDJI, Minn. – In a media landscape rapidly changing as outlets and reporters, editors and publishers try to keep up, deadlines are by the minute and priorities are sometimes judged by the second.
Matt Cory, named Wednesday as editor of The Pioneer, has been witness to the sea change still transforming the industry, and it’s a challenge he’s willing to meet.
“As newspapers have learned in the last 10 years, or so, and really ratcheted up in the last five, we have to be a lot of different things to different people,” Cory said. “You want to cover the big stories but you want to tell the stories of individual people within the community as well.”
For the last 19 years, Cory, 42, has been with the Grand Forks Herald in myriad roles. Stints as a reporter in news and sports, time spent policing grammar, style and spelling as copy editor and several years as night and city editor round out a resume soaked in newspaper ink.
“We are fortunate to hire an editor of Matt Cory’s skills and experience,” said Pioneer Publisher Dennis Doeden. “Matt has a passion for newspapers, and I am excited to add him to our leadership team in Bemidji. Matt brings experience as a reporter, editor, page designer and manager to our newsroom. He understands the newspaper’s responsibility in our community.”
Cory will bring a wife and two children with him to Bemidji when he takes over in mid-April. A third child attends college in Nebraska. Cory will replace Steve Wagner, editor since October 2011. Wagner was named the Herald’s editor March 8.
A native of East Grand Forks, Cory attended the University of North Dakota. UND holds his heart in hockey, but Cory said he prefers basketball of the maroon and gold variety.
“It’s kind of like coming home for me in a way,” Cory said, looking ahead to starting his third decade in newspapers at The Pioneer. “I’m excited about being back in Minnesota full-time.”
And while the future of the print product – already reduced in size, circulation and days-printed elsewhere around the country remains to be seen – the future of newspapers as institutions of truth is as imperative as ever.
“Newspapers will always be a vital link in the process of communication,” Cory said. “I’ve heard the saying that radio had the immediacy, television had the video and newspapers had the whole story. Well, now we have to do all three. And that’s a challenge we have to face every day.”

Justin Glawe is a reporter at The Pioneer.

The Pioneer is owned by Forum Communications Co. Forum Communications is a multimedia information company based in Fargo, and owns dozens of newspapers, websites and television and radio stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Monke named managing editor at The Dickinson Press; Byrd promoted to news editor

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Dustin Monke has been named the managing editor of The Dickinson Press in Dickinson, N.D.

By Bryan Horwath

DICKINSON, N.D. – The Dickinson Press didn’t go far in its search for a managing editor.
Calling his promotion a “dream come true,” Press Sports Editor Dustin Monke has been tapped to lead the newspaper’s entire newsroom.
“I’m excited to start this new chapter in my life and in my career,” Monke said. “I’m ready to tackle the challenges that come with being the managing editor of a newspaper. We hope to continue to provide southwest North Dakota with the excellent coverage that The Dickinson Press has been known for, while also improving in some facets of how we present readers the news both in print and online.”
Monke, a 2002 graduate of New England (N.D.) High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2006. He worked for Forum Communications Co., which owns The Dickinson Press, as a sports clerk and sports reporting intern at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead while in school.
After a brief stint as editor of The Herald in New England, where he got his start as a reporter while still in high school, Monke was hired to head up the Press sports department in July 2006 and won multiple awards for his work.

Klark Byrd has been promoted to news editor at The Dickinson Press.

Also ascending to a new role at The Press is Klark Byrd, who will be news editor. He started at The Press in 2011 as a copy editor.
Monke replaces Jennifer McBride, who left the newspaper in February to take an editor position in her home state of Wisconsin.

Bryan Horwath is a reporter at The Dickinson Press.

The Dickinson Press is owned by Forum Communications Co. Forum Communications is a multimedia information company based in Fargo, and owns dozens of newspapers, websites and television and radio stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Forum News Service adds veteran copy editor

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Mike Florio has been hired as a copy editor for the Forum News Service.

FARGO, N.D. – The Forum News Service has added a veteran copy editor to its ranks to bolster the unit’s ability to produce, edit and distribute news, company officials have announced.

Mike Florio joined the staff earlier this month and has been tasked with evening and night editing duties for the new service. Florio worked last in Kentucky where he was a copy editor at the Daily News in Bowling Green for four years. Prior to that, Florio spent 10 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a copy editor, a position that focused on news but also involved some work in sports.

Earlier in his career, Florio worked as a copy editor for The News-Times in Danbury, Conn., and for The Express-Times in Easton, Pa. He received his journalism degree from Penn State.

Mary Jo Hotzler, director of the Forum News Service

“We’re pleased to have hired someone with Mike’s copy editing experience,” said Forum News Service Director Mary Jo Hotzler. “Mike’s position will add to our talent level and help us to produce even more high-quality news that we can provide to our internal and external clients.”

Forum Communications Co. launched the news service in January 2012 to distribute content to news organizations in the Upper Midwest. Hotzler was named director of the service in February 2013.

“Forum Communications is committed to the growth of our news service and that takes talented people like Mike,” Hotzler said. “We will continue to invest in the people and resources necessary to be a complete regional wire service.”

The Forum News Service is owned by Forum Communications Co.  Forum Communications is a multimedia information company based in Fargo, and owns dozens of newspapers, websites and television and radio stations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.