Craig Daily Press

Denver — The Craig Daily Press won 53 Colorado Press Association awards at the CPA’s annual meeting in Denver.

The awards were announced Saturday night. The Daily Press’ total marks the third straight year the Craig publication has set the state record for number of awards won by any newspaper, regardless of division. Last year, the Daily Press brought home 51 awards, and the year before 44.

Major honors include Gen­eral Excellence, Advertising Excellence and Editorial Excellence in the Class 4A division, which includes daily newspapers with a circulation up to 7,500.

“It is always an honor to earn the respect of your industry,” publisher Bryce Jacobson said. “But, it’s more important to judge our newspaper with how we cover the community, and I can say that I’m proud of the Daily Press staff in that regard.”

Winners include:

Joshua Roberts

• Best feature story, first place

• Best business story, first place

• Best story-photo combo with John Henry, second place

• Best sustained coverage, with Alexis DeLaCruz, second place

David Pressgrove

• Best sports story, first place

• Best sports column, first place

Editorial Board

• Best editorial writing, third place

Collin Smith

• Best sports story, second place

Drew Turner

• Best sports Event story, third place

Dan Olsen

• Best agriculture story, second place

Michelle Perry

• Best educational story, third place

• Best story photo combo with John Henry, third place

• Best headline writing, third place

John Henry

• Best series, first place

• Best feature photo, first place

• Best educational story, first place

• Best news photography, first place

• Best story-photo combo with Josh Roberts, second place

• Best story-photo combo with Michelle Perry, third place

• Best sports photo, third place

Jerry Raehal

• Best deadline news reporting, first place

• Best serious column writing, third place

• Best photo essay, third place

• Best newspaper promotion, along with Bryce Jacobson and Francisco Picado, third place

Staff

• Best special section, first place (Locals)

• Best special section, second place (Colorado Hunter)

• Public service, first place (Series on Suicide)

• Public service, third place (Coverage of Relay for Life)

• Best feature page design, second place

• Best editorial layout and design, first place

• Best editorial layout and design, second place

• Best advertising special section, first place (Colorado Hunter)

• Best advertising layout and design, third place

• Best newspaper promotion, second place

• Best Web site interactivy, third place

Bryce Jacobson

• Best newspaper promotion, along with Jerry Raehal and Francisco Picado, third place

Francisco Picado

• Best newspaper promotion, along with Bryce Jacobson and Jerry Raehal, third

Amanda Fuerte

• Best page one design, third place

Meg Wortman

• Best feature page design, first place

Renee Campbell

• Best black and white ad, first place

• Best small space ad, second place

• Best real estate ad, second place

• Best advertising campaign, first place

• Best advertising campaign, second place

Amanda Schneider-Ott

• Best black and white ad, second place

• Best use of color in an ad, second place

• Best small space ad, third place

Cori Kroese

• Best use of color in an ad, first place

• Best real estate ad, first place

• Best real estate ad, third place

Tracy Shaffer

• Best circulation promotion, first place

• Best circulation promotion, second place

Fran Reiner and Nancy Bechhold

• Best classified page(s) or section (s), first place

• Best classified page(s) or section (s), third place