Lincoln Academy catcher Wally Morris dives to tag Mount View’s Nathan Wren in extra innings May 8, 2013. Paula Roberts’ shot won top honors for sports photo at the Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. “Of all the entries, this one caught our attention immediately,” the judges said. “It has nice peak action coupled with great reaction from the players.” |
The staff of The Lincoln County News collected 16 awards in the 2014 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including top honors in eight categories.
The Lincoln County News competes in the division of the contest for the state’s biggest weekly newspapers.
Dominik Lobkowicz took home the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award
and seven individual awards, half of the newspaper’s total haul.
Editor Sherwood Olin received two awards for editorial writing. Olin won first-place honors for “On the Precipice,” an editorial about Maine’s Freedom of Access Act
and third place honors for “Move the Question,” about his decision to cease publication of letters to the editor on the topic of abortion.
Sports Editor Paula Roberts took first place for sports photo for the second consecutive year.
Glenn Chadbourne took first place as the top editorial cartoonist for any weekly in the state, as the judges considered entries from both large and small weekly
newspapers for this category.
Former LCN reporter Kathy Onorato took first place for feature story for “Wiscasset teen enjoying life after leukemia battle,” about Cainin Griffin’s successful
fight against the disease.
The awards showcase the long-standing reputation of The Lincoln County News as one of the pre-eminent weekly newspapers in Maine, as well as the hard work and
talent of its staff, according to Olin.
“I am incredibly proud of my staff,” Olin said. “The whole crew from top to bottom: my deputy editor, J.W. Oliver; Dominik Lobkowicz, Paula Roberts, Kathy Onorato,
Charlotte Boynton. Seriously, it’s a great team, and it’s nice to see the MPA recognize their work.”
The complete list of awards appears below:
- Glenn Chadbourne, first place, editorial cartoonist
- Dominik Lobkowicz, Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award
- Dominik Lobkowicz, first place, news photo, “Waldoboro Arson Argument”
- Dominik Lobkowicz, first place, people photo, “Rope Challenge”
- Dominik Lobkowicz, first place, scenic photo, “Sheepscot Sunshine”
- Sherwood Olin, first place, editorial, “On the Precipice”
- Kathy Onorato, first place, feature story, “Wiscasset teen enjoying life after leukemia battle”
- Paula Roberts, first place, sports photo, “Diving Tag”
- Eleanor Cade Busby, second place, feature photo, “Fire Dancer”
- J.W. Oliver, second place, environmental story, “Damariscotta attorney, Somerville senator lead charge on labeling law”
- Dominik Lobkowicz, second place, spot news photo, “Waldoboro Mobile Home Fire”
- Dominik Lobkowicz, third place, feature story, “Waldoboro police capture runaway gingerbread man”
- Dominik Lobkowicz, third place, news photo
- Dominik Lobkowicz, third place, spot news photo, “Friendship Road Fire”
- Sherwood Olin, third place, editorial, “Move the Question”
- J.W. Oliver, third place, business story, “Monhegan couple starts brewing company”
