The Bainbridge Island Review won 15 awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Bellingham Oct. 8.
“We have a talented team in the Kitsap News Group in both the news and advertising side,” Publisher Terry Ward said, adding it’s a pleasure working with them, and he looks forward to the group winning more awards in the future.
Editor Steve Powell took two first places in election coverage and short general features, along with sharing the first place tourism award with Robert Smith, Drew Herman and Raquee Rivera.
Powell, who was president of WNPA this past year, also won a second-place honor for government reporting and third places in education, sports news and sports layout.
Review reporter Nancy Treder, who taught a seminar on photography at the convention, took a second-place award for sports personality profile.
Tyler Shuey, a reporter for the North Kitsap Herald, took third in sports personality profile.
Shuey, Treder and Powell also shared top honors for having the best website in the state among all the circulation classifications in the WNPA.
“That was a great win for us, as there were dozens of papers in that category,” Powell said.
Review freelancer Leslie Kelly took third in long general features.
In advertising for the Review, Dakota Harr and Brenda Jorgens took a first; Linday Smithberg and Jorgens a second; Jorgens and Smithberg combined with Molly Omann for a third; and Jorgens paired with Rivera for another third-place award.
Port Orchard is in Circulation Group 1, up to 2,000 circulation; Bainbridge and North Kitsap are in category 2, up to 3,400 circulation. Almost 50 papers competed with 1,166 entries for news, 280 for photography and 231 for advertising.
Bainbridge Island Review
Advertising
1st place: Color ad smaller than half page, Dakota Harr and Brenda Jorgens, Robin Callahan Designs.
2nd place: Color ad half page or larger, Lindsay Smithberg and Jorgens, Ace Hardware.
3rd place: Single advertiser half page or larger, Raquee Rivera and Jorgens, Realogics Sotheby’s Realty, Marie Sinclair Bennett.
3rd place: Ad campaign, Smithberg, Molly Omann and Jorgens, John L. Scott Bainbridge Prepares
Special sections
1st place: Tourism, Discover Kitsap, Rivera, Drew Herman, Robert Smith and Steve Powell
1st place: Covers, Best of Bainbridge, Rivera.
Website
1st place: Best, all 4 classifications, Powell, Nancy Treder, Tyler Shuey
News
1st place: Election coverage, Powell, Hiding pro-growth debate
1st place: General feature short, Powell, Climb every mountain
2nd place: Sports personality profile, Treder, Water polo coach’s splash of success
2nd place: Government, Powell, Video on police-court facility is ‘propaganda’
3rd place: Sports design layout, Powell, State swim meet
3rd place: Education, Powell, It’s not a fairytale, it’s a school
3rd place: Sports news, Powell, Top of the mound, top of the world
3rd place: General feature long, Leslie Kelly (freelancer), Death with dignity
North Kitsap Herald
3rd place: Sports personality, Shuey, La Tour sets sight on state title
Port Orchard Independent
News
1st place: Education, Smith, COVID can’t dull the joy of being a new teacher.
1st place: Personality profile long, Mike De Felice (freelancer), Dealing with sadness through song
1st place: Lifestyle, Smith, Olalla’s ‘little slice of heaven’
1st place: General feature long, Smith, Escaping Ukraine’s horrors
1st place: Crime and Court, De Felice, Sheriff’s deputy cleared of wrongdoing
2nd place: Social issues, Smith, Mayor threatens to take county to court
2nd place: Art reviews, Smith, Mediascape: You Tube and paid streaming services
2nd place: Editorial, Smith, Electing candidates is serious business
2nd place: Short news story, De Felice, Mom charged in death of daughter.
3rd place: Personality profile short, Smith, Spelling bee goal-setter writes her first book
3rd place: Government, Smith, Transportation needs top city’s 2022 wish list
3rd place: Social issues, De Felice, Staff shortages impact care at Veterans Home
