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5 awards(2 firsts)
2 awards(2nd& 3rd)
8 awards
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201324 awards
(4 firsts)
WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATIONCONTESTWINNERS2013
DIVISIONE
First Award |Entertainment Pages |Jessica Franzene The
Resorter
First Award |Local Columns |John Halverson Based on
three submitted columnsFirst Award |Overall Page Design |Jessica
Franzene Wel-
come Home
First Award |Special Projects |Joy Kowald, Phil Bonyata,
Robert Ireland What is Lake Geneva Missing?
Second Award | Innovative Online Advertising |Phil
Bonyata, Joy Kowald, Jessica Franzene, Robert Ireland
Reel Life TV
Second Award | Editorial Page(s) | Sarah Schauf, John Halv-
erson Community & Commentary pages
Second Award |Open Records/FOI Award |
Steve Targo, Robert Ireland Genoa City
Open Records Request
Second Award |Local Sports Column |Mike
Ramczyk Mike Ramczyk columns
Second Award |Business Coverage | ChrisSchultz The Cove
coverage
Second Award |Headlines |Robert Ireland
Council backs dam solution
Second Award |Page Design Feature |Jessica Franzene Welcome
Home
Second Award |Page Design Sports |Mike Ramczyk A winning streak
begins
Second Award | Reporting on Local Government | Robert
Ireland Coverage of Walworth County, Genoa City
Second Award | General Web Excellence |Robert Ireland,
Jade Bolack Lake Geneva Regional News: www.lakegene-
vanews.net
Second Award | Online Revenue Builder |Phil Bonyata,
Jessica Franzene, Joy Kowald, Robert Ireland Reel Life TV
Second Award |Editorial Award |John Halverson Based
on three submitted editorials
Third Award |Creative use of Multimedia |Mike Ramczyk,
Joy Kowald, Phil Bonyata Tony Romo Football Camp
Third Award |Spot News Photo |Joy Kowald Call it
Puppy Love
Third Award |Sports Photo |Joy Kowald Title dreams
dashed in thriller
Third Award | Photo Essay |Joy Kowald Circus comes to
Lake Lawn
Third Award |Investigative Reporting |Jade Bolack Too
close to kids
Third Award |Graphics |Sarah Schauf Where Does Your
Tax Dollar Go?
Third Award | Continuing Web Coverage | Robert Ireland,
Steve Targo Genoa City Village Hall project
Third Award |Web Special Project |Joy Kowald, Robert
Ireland, Phil Bonyata What is Lake Geneva Missing?
2A The Regional News March 6, 2014
LAKE GENEVA NEWS
Regional News & Resorter take home 24 awards
By John [email protected]
Last year the Regional News was rated the best newspa-per of its
size in the state by the Wisconsin Newspaper Asso-ciation. It also
won seven other awards from the WNA.
This year, we didnt win the top award for General Excel-
lence. But our crew overcompensated and won 24 otherawards
including four first place honors. That was 16 moreawards than the
paper has ever won in the past.
Two first place awards went to Jessica Franzene, editorof the
Resorter. She won for best entertainment pages forthe Resorter and
overall page design for a layout in WelcomeHome, our summer real
estate supplement.
The judges said the Resorter was absolutely chock full
ofinformation and noted the brilliant use of images in ads.
I won a first for local columns. The judges based theirdecision
on three column entries.
We won another first place for best special project. Thisaward
was for What is Lake Geneva Missing. Staff mem-
bers Phil Bonyata, Rob Ireland and Joy Kowald shared in
theaward, which featured local businessman Philip Sassano.Kowald
and Bonyata make up our ReelLifeTV staff.
As I said last year, awards arent our goal but they area great
honor for all the hard work our staff puts in each andevery
week.
Next year we plan to return to the top of the podium inthe
general excellence category.
In the meantime, well do our day jobs which is to pro-vide a
mirror of the Lake Geneva area and hope to be part ofmaking it
better.
Halverson is editor and general manager of theRegionalNews.
