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For the fifth time in six years — and the third consecutive year — the Carroll County News was awarded first place for general excellence among medium weekly newspapers in the Arkansas Press Association’s 2022 Better Newspaper Editorial contest.
Carroll County News won the general excellence award for the first time ever in 2017 and followed up with wins in 2018, 2020, 2021 and now 2022.
In addition to the general excellence honor, CCN staff members won a total of 32 awards in 19 categories — including 11 first-place honors.
The awards were presented during a luncheon at the APA’s annual convention Saturday, June 25, at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Memphis.
Scott Loftis“I just can’t express how proud I am of our staff,” CCN managing editor Scott Loftis said. “We don’t do what we do to win awards, but it’s always exciting to be honored and it’s one way we measure how well we are achieving our primary mission — which is to serve our readers and the people of Carroll County. The fact that we’ve done so consistently well year in and year out tells me that we’re doing some things the right way.”
CCN associate editor Robert Cox won first place for front page design, general interest column and news feature story and teamed with Loftis to take first place for coverage of agriculture and business.
Loftis took first place for news/political column, sports news story and headline writing.
Former associate editor Samantha Jones, now the marketing director for Eureka Springs Hospital, received first place honors for news photo and COVID beat reporting.
Photographer David Bell won first place for news feature photo and photographer Charles Chappell took first place for sports action photo.
“Every single person who contributed to our news and sports page in 2021 won at least one first-place award,” Loftis said. “And the judges’ comments mentioned things like ‘teamwork’ and ‘vision.’ That doesn’t happen by accident. It’s a result of our staff working hard and helping one another.”
Cox, who joined the CCN staff in December 2020, also took second place for series reporting, COVID beat reporting, general interest column, humorous column, news photo and sports feature photo; third for sports feature photo; and honorable mention for news feature story, news photo and sports action photo.
Cox and Jones shared second place for coverage of education and health and medical coverage.
Loftis won second place for news/political column and investigative reporting, third place for headline writing and sports column and honorable mention for sports column.
Jones was awarded second place for news feature story and third place for series reporting while Chappell won third place for sports action photo. The CCN staff earned second-place honors for best digital presence and online engagement.
“We have so many talented people contributing to our publications,” Loftis said. “I really believe that we are stronger now than we have ever been and it’s because of their hard work. I feel blessed to be a part of it.”
Newspapers compete in divisions based on their publishing frequency and circulation. Thirty newspapers submitted a total of 1,066 entries, which were judged by members of the Wisconsin Press Association.
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