2009.07.17
Roanoke Times wins national features awards
The Roanoke Times has won five awards in a national features writing contest.
The annual American Association of Sunday and Features Editors announced Friday the winners in its Excellence-in-Feature-Writing Contest. The Roanoke Times earned honors in these categories:
MULTIMEDIA
1st place -- For the "Age of Uncertainty" series.
2nd place -- For its interactive guide to the opening of the new Taubman Museum of Art
GENERAL FEATURE
Honorable mention: Erinn Hutkin, for her story on Randolph College's first year as a co-ed campus.
FEATURE SPECIALTY REPORTING
1st place -- Beth Macy, for three stories in the "Age of Uncertainty" series.
A & E COMMENTARY
3rd place -- Ralph Berrier Jr., for three Riffs columns, including one about why women will love the new "Sex in the City" movie.
Also, a few months ago, The Roanoke Times was named one of 15 finalists in AASFE's annual Best Sections contest. We compete in Division I, which includes newspapers with circulations of up to 90,000.
Congratulations to all involved!
For more information, go to aasfe.org.
