Monday, April 30, 2012

Marion's Daily Republican earns top honors in newspaper contest

Congratulations to the staff of The Daily Republican in Marion, which brought home seven awards from the Southern Illinois Editorial Association's Best Newspaper Contest awards banquet last Friday.


The newspaper received first place in both Advertising Design and Advertising Excellence categories, and third place in the General Excellence category. A second place for Best Use of Photography and honorable mentions for Best Local News Coverage, Best Editorial Page and Best Local Sports Coverage were also awarded to the DR staff.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Three Southern Illinois GateHouse papers receive recognition

Congrats to three Southern Illinois newspapers that have received "Inner Circle" recognition from our parent company, GateHouse Media: 

  • The Daily Register (Harrisburg)
  • Murphysboro American
  • Randolph County Herald Tribune (Chester)

After a week of evaluating GateHouse newspapers and websites, 178 newsrooms were certified into the company's "Inner Circle" for the first quarter; the announcement was made today. The quarterly program measures newsrooms in several print and online categories, including updates, photo galleries, and Facebook, as well as categories such as specific alternative story formats in print. This year, categories such as video and community blogs are new to the process.

Friday, April 13, 2012

SIU student - a Marion HS grad - earns more recognition from GateHouse Media

I recently blogged about Southern Illinois University sophomore and Marion High School graduate Riley Swinford, who designs killer front pages for the Daily Republican in Marion, has received recognition from GateHouse Media for his work. Here is some more news of recognition received yesterday ... one of his page designs was named best in all of GateHouse for March.

Congrats Riley and keep it up!

We're looking for a few great nurses ....

Do you know a Southern Illinois nurse who is caring, dedicated and hard working?
Nominate them to be honored in our special section,"Salute to Nurses." Visit http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/salutetonurses by Monday, April 16th so they will receive the recognition they so deserve.

The survey is also available through our sister GateHouse Web sites from West Frankfort, Harrisburg, Benton and elsewhere.