The Cap Times won 14 journalism excellence awards Friday in the annual review of Wisconsin newspapers, taking top honors for photography, opinion writing and reporting on health, environment and local government.
At an awards ceremony Friday night at the Madison Concourse Hotel, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation announced the winners from among more than 2,000 entries submitted by more than 100 newspapers across the state.
The Cap Times competed with the largest circulation newspapers in this category, winning seven first place awards, five second places, one third place, and one honorable mention.
Wisconsin's entries were judged by newspaper reporters from Kentucky.
photo director Lucy Haug It won 1st and 2nd place in the art photography category, and 1st and 3rd place in the photo essay category, making it a total of 4 awards.
“At first I thought it was a photo of a painting. It's a great piece of work,” one of the contest's judges wrote of Hauge's image for the “Immersive Van Gogh” exhibit at Madison's Greenway Station.
Lucy Hauge, Director of Photography at the Cap Times, presents an image of a person walking during a preview screening of the “Immersive Van Gogh” experience at the Greenway Station in Middleton as part of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation's “Art Photography” award ceremony. Won first place in the division. November 2022.
business economic reporter Natalie Yar It also earned four accolades: 1st Place for Environmental Reporting, 2nd Place for Business Reporting, Honorable Mention for Enterprise/Interpretive Reporting, and 1st Place for Health Reporting. Kayla Hine.
“An engaging read with a compelling story that captures the reader's attention.
From the beginning,” the contest judges wrote about the entries from Yahr and Huynh, who worked together to cover the sudden influx of new ketamine clinics in the Madison area.
reporter alison garfield It won three awards: 1st place for local government reporting, 2nd place for long-form story, and 2nd place for localizing a national story.
The judge said some of Garfield's reporting on the city of Madison and Dane County “helps you really understand how the issues affect the average person. Allison's story is a typical local government… It doesn't make you feel like you're reading a story.” Public service.
opinion editor steve elbow With Cap Times Columnists John Nichols and Dave Zweifel He received the state's highest editorial award for his assistance with the selected piece.
The editorial judges praised the paper for “successfully leveraging the newspaper's voice and platform to address issues that readers care about in the national interest.''
Mr. Nichols also won the top award in the local column category.
“These columns tackle important issues with a focus on local impact. They are very well written and clearly well researched,” the competition judges said of Nichols' work. I wrote about selection.
feature editor rob thomas won second place in the headline category for catchy headlines.
“The big winner was a play on 'gooaaallll' to sell the story of a football-themed play. The opening of the story was all about authenticity, so headline writers scored it.” the judge wrote.
