The Oklahoma Press Association announced winners of the 2019 Better Newspaper Contest Awards in a video released on June 15. The video is featured below and all contest results are posted at www.okpress.com/contest.
In the daily divisions, winners of this year’s Sequoyah Awards in the OPA Better Newspaper Contest were: The Norman Transcript, The Ardmoreite and McAlester News-Capital. Sequoyah winners in the weekly divisions were The Purcell Register, Countywide & Sun, Wagoner County American-Tribune, Tri-County Herald and Sequoyah County Times. The Oklahoma Daily at the University of Oklahoma was the winner in the college division.
Several additional awards were announced in the video:
The Norman Transcript received first place in the OPA Magazine Contest, which debuted last year.
Michael Clements, Durant Democrat, winner of the ONF Ray Lokey Memorial Award for Excellence in Reporting.
Kelly Bostian, Tulsa World, winner of the ONF Joseph H. Edwards Outdoor Writer of the Year.
Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press, winner of the Editorial Sweepstakes Award, sponsored by ONG.
Jaden Jennings, Tri-County Herald, winner of the Column Sweepstakes Award, sponsored by ONG.
Billy Hefton, Enid News & Eagle, winner of the Daily Photo of the Year, sponsored by OGE Energy Corp.
Chuck Reherman, Yukon Progress, winner of the Weekly Photo of the Year, sponsored by OGE Energy Corp.
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