27 Awards: The Journal staff earns WNPA honors

Three members of the Ritzville Adams County Journal were honored with 27 awards during the 126th Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Convention on Friday, Oct. 4, in Olympia.

The staff earned 14 news photography awards, seven advertising design awards and six news writing awards. All of the entries in the WNPA’s Better Newspaper Contest were judged by members of the Tennessee Press Association.

Janis Rountree collected a third place in the Best Personality Profile – Long category for her feature of Emilee Moeller. The judge wrote: “Not your typical Hollywood actress story which made th...