SBJ wins 14 awards in state contest

Springfield Business Journal brought home 14 awards from the Missouri Press Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contest.

The selections comprise five first-place honors, three second-place awards, five third-place nods and one honorable mention. Presented during the 148th annual Missouri Press Association convention Sept. 27 in Columbia, SBJ was part of the Class 2 Weeklies category for a circulation of 3,001 to 7,000. Columbia-based Missouri Press Association, founded in 1867, represents more than 260 newspapers in Missouri.

First-place awards:

• Best Local Business Coverage
• Best Business Story: "The Next Justice Generation"
• Best Investigative Reporting: "Manufacturer wooed by 'Mr. Wu' in China"
• Best Page Design: "'Til Debt Do Us Part"
• Best Overall Design.

Second-place awards:

• Best Photo Illustration: "Tackling the White Elephant";
• Best Investigative Reporting, for civil charges against Nadia Cavner
• Best News or Feature Obituary: "The Classic Entrepreneur."

Third-places honors:

• Best Photo Illustration: "Carnahan-White Tax Tussle"
• Best Business Story: "Tackling the White Elephant"
• Best Information Graphic: "Nixa digs deep for broadband"
• Best Page Design: "Sales Byte"
• Best News or Feature Series: "Day in the Life."

Editor Eric Olson earned an honorable mention in the Best Columnist-Serious category for his "Eyes & Ears" series.[[In-content Ad]]