Winners of the 2010 Associated Press Conference were announced
The Harrison Daily Times won a total of eight awards at the Associated Press Conference, held in Little Rock. Five out of the eight awards were first place. The individual winners are as follows:
General Excellence
Second Place- Harrison Daily Times
Column, Lifestyle, Human Interest
First Place- James White, "Open Letter to Barack Obama"
Second Place- Celia DeWoody, "Freedom, Joy, and Little Boys"
Sports Feature
First Place- Brandon Cone, "Horton's Attitude Keeps Him in Sports"
Third Place- Jeff Brasel, "All Star Game: All Star Manager"
News Feature
First Place- Celia DeWoody, "Long Journey to the Past"
Non-Traditional News Item
First Place- David Holsted, "Museum Tells About Arkansas Oil"
Headline Writing
Third Place- David Holsted, "Fred Whoehl's on the Farm in E-I-E-Iraq"
Associated Press Judges Comments:
"The Best writing of the group- this paper is really fun to read. Photography is good, depth of coverage is good. The is an overall excellent newspaper."