Newspaper staffers to be recognized

RITZVILLE — Ritzville Adams County Journal reporter Dale Brown will be among the Free Press Publishing staffers to be

recognized in October during the Better Newspaper Contest awards gala.

Brown will be joined by journalist and relative Byrne Bennett of Reardan, who writes primarily for the Lincoln County Record-Times, in receiving an award.

But they are not the only Free Press Publishing staffers to be receiving awards.

From the Cheney Free Press, graphic artist John Myers, sports journalist Paul Delaney and Owner/Publisher Roger Harnack will be receiving awards.

The staffers will be receiving awards in reporting, photography and digital efforts.

The company’s Whitman County Gazette will receive awards, too, for reporting and photography.

From The Gazette, reporters Olivia Harnack and Teresa Myers will be recognized, as will former sports writer Teren Kowatsch, General Manager Justin Slayton and Owner/Publisher Roger Harnack.

The Whitman County Gazette will also receive a General Excellence award for being one of the Top 3 newspapers in the state in its size

category.

The specific awards will be announced Friday, Oct. 7, during a gala celebration in Kennewick.