Louisiana’s Best Community Newspaper

The staff of Community Press, LLC, publishers of the Capital City News and Central City News, was honored at the 136th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Press Association in Lake Charles Saturday, June 18.

The newspapers received some of journalism’s top awards at the state level. Most important was First Place in the General Excellence Award. Accepting the honors were editor Woody Jenkins, business manager Jolice Provost, and account executive Kim Powers.

The newspapers won the following awards:

NEWS

•General Excellence, 1st Place, Capital City News

•Best Front Page, 1st Place, Capital City News

•Best Feature Story, 2nd Place, Woody Jenkins, Central City News

•Best Breaking News Story, 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, Central City News

• Best Regular Column, 3rd Place, Woody Jenkins, Central City News

• Best Lifestyle Coverage, 1st Place, Capital City News

• Best News Coverage, 2nd Place, Capital City News

• Best Investigative Reporting (Gibbs Adams Award), 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, Capital City News

• Most Effective Use of Graphic Design (Gary Hebert Award), 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, Capital City News

• Best News Photo, 2nd Place, Ron Moore, Capital City News, and 3rd Place, Jolice Provost, Central City News

• Best Photo Package, 2nd and 3rd Places, Woody Jenkins and Jolice Provost, Capital City News

• Best Special Section, 1st Place, Central City News

• Community Service, 1st Place, Capital City News

• Editorial Sweepstakes (Best Overall Performance), Capital City News

ADVERTISING

• Staff General Color Ad, 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, Central City News

• Best Ad Campaign, 2nd Place,  Candi Lee and Jolice Provost, Capital City News

• Multiple Advertiser Page, 1st Place, Candi Lee and Woody Jenkins, Central City News

• Best Service Ad, Non-Retail, 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, 2nd Place, Jolice Provost, Central City News

• Best Retailer Ad, 2nd Place, Jolice Provost, Central City News

• Best Special Section (Advertising), 1st Place, Central City News

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

• Best Feature Writing, 1st Place, Kim Powers, Central City News

• Individual Color Photo, 1st Place, Kim Powers, Central City News

WEB

• Best Website, 1st Place, Central City News

• Best Multimedia News Package, 1st Place, Woody Jenkins, Central City News