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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

Daily Republic’s Putnam honored at SDSU event

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Daily Republic Production Editor Angie Putnam

MITCHELL, S.D. - The Daily Republic’s Angie Putnam was an honored guest Saturday at South Dakota State University’s 100th annual Hobo Day homecoming event in Brookings, S.D.

Putnam was among numerous former Hobo Day grand poobas who served as honorary marshals for the Hobo Day Parade and were honored at halftime of the Hobo Day football game.

Putnam, The Daily Republic’s production editor, is a 1988 graduate of SDSU with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She has been employed at The Daily Republic since 1998. Each year, an SDSU student chosen as grand pooba heads up the committee that organizes Hobo Week events. Putnam served as grand pooba in 1987.

Daily Republic editor named to South Dakota task force on open records

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Seth Tupper, editor of The Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., has been appointed to a state task force studying open records and open meetings laws.

MITCHELL, S.D. – Seth Tupper, the editor of The Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., recently was appointed to a state task force that will study open record and open meeting laws in the state, according to South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s office.

The governor and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced the formation of an Open Government Task Force this week in effort to ensure maximum public access to state government business. The Open Government Task Force will meet several times this summer and fall, and then report its findings and recommendations to the governor and attorney general. A likely result of the study will be legislation that would continue to improve and update open-record and open-meeting laws, according to the governor’s office.

The task force includes media; city, county and state officials; representatives of various organizations; law enforcement; prosecutors and others.

“The workings of government should be as transparent as practicable,” Daugaard said. “Unless there is a compelling reason otherwise, I believe government information should be open and easily accessible.”

Forum Communications Co. also has another connection to the newly formed task force in Terry Woster, the public information officer for the state Department of Public Safety. Woster is a regular columnist for The Daily Republic in Mitchell.

Members of the Open Government Task Force:

• Diane Best, assistant attorney general, Office of the Attorney General

• Dale Blegen, publisher, De Smet News

• Jim Bolin, state representative, Canton

• Dave Bordewyk, general manager, South Dakota Newspaper Association

• Pat Butler, managing editor, Rapid City Journal

• Jonathan Ellis, journalist, Sioux Falls Argus Leader

• Jason Gant, secretary of state

• Tena Haraldson, director of communications and media relations, University of South Dakota

• Joe Kafka, press secretary, Office of the Governor

• Maricarrol Kueter, executive editor, Sioux Falls Argus Leader

• Shawn Lyons, executive director, South Dakota Retailers Association

• Jack Marsh, president and chief operating officer, Al Neuharth Media Center, University of South Dakota

• Al Novstrup, state senator, Aberdeen

• Bob O’Keefe, deputy state’s attorney, Davison County

• David Owen, president, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Dave Pfeifle, city attorney, Sioux Falls

• Wade Pogany, executive director, Associated School Boards of South Dakota

• Sara Rabern, public information officer, Office of the Attorney General

• Bobbi Rank, assistant attorney general, state Department of Education

• Mark Roby, publisher, Watertown Public Opinion

• Lisa Rothschadl, chairwoman, South Dakota Open Meetings Commission

• Greg Sattizahn, director of policy and legal services, Unified Judicial System

• Yvonne Taylor, executive director, South Dakota Municipal League

• Kevin Thom, sheriff, Pennington County

• Seth Tupper, editor, The Daily Republic, Mitchell

• Tony Venhuizen, director of policy and communications, Office of the Governor

• Tim Waltner, publisher, Freeman Courier

• David Wiest, deputy secretary, state Department of Revenue

• Bob Wilcox, executive director, South Dakota Association of County Commissioners

• Steve Willard, president, South Dakota Broadcasters Association

• Susan Wismer, state representative, Britton

• Diane Worrall, executive director, South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships

• Terry Woster, public information officer, state Department of Public Safety

FCC’s Daily Republic earns first in General Excellence category at SDNA convention

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OACOMA, S.D. — The Daily Republic has been judged the best newspaper in its division of an annual South Dakota contest for the third straight year.

The newspaper received the General Excellence award Saturday during the announcement of the Better Newspapers Contest results at the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s annual convention, held this year at Cedar Shore Resort in Oacoma. The Daily Republic has won the award six of the last nine years.

The Daily Republic competes in a division consisting of daily newspapers that circulate fewer than 14,000 copies per day. The other newspapers in the division are located in Brookings, Huron, Madison, Pierre, Spearfish, Watertown and Yankton.

Chris Huber

In another contest highlight for The Daily Republic, photographer Chris Huber won an Outstanding Young Journalist award. The award is open to all newspaper journalists younger than 30 in the state, and only two winners are chosen — one from a daily newspaper and one from a weekly.

The SDNA awards were the second of two annual award announcements for South Dakota newspapers, following the Great Plains News and Photo Contest coordinated by The Associated Press. In its division of that contest, The Daily Republic won the most first-place awards and the most overall awards. The AP contest awards were announced earlier this month.

Following is the full list of awards won by The Daily Republic in the SDNA contest:

News-editorial awards:

- General Excellence: The Daily Republic, Publisher Korrie Wenzel and Editor Seth Tupper, first.

- Outstanding Young Journalist: Chris Huber, winner in daily division.

- Best News Story: Denise Ross, first.

- Best Feature Story: Anna Jauhola, first.

- Best Sports Series: Luke Hagen, first.

- Best Sports Column: Luke Hagen, second.

- Best Editorial Writing: Korrie Wenzel, first; Seth Tupper, third.

- Best Local General Interest Column: Terry Woster, second; Tom Lawrence, third.

- Best Local Humorous Column: Seth Tupper, third.

- Best Spot News Photo: Chris Huber, second.

- Best Sports Photo: Chris Huber, second.

- Best Photo Series: Chris Huber, first.

- Best Special Issue: Daily Republic news staff, third.

Advertising awards:

- Best Classified Section: Penny Hohbach and staff, first.

- Best Use of Local Photography: Janet DeRouchey, second.

- Best Newspaper Promotion: Daily Republic staff, second.

- Best 2×4 Ad: Janet DeRouchey, second.