Courier tapped for national award

TAMPA, FLA. — The Pike County Courier’s photography and page design was recognized this week in the judging of the annual Editorial Excellence Contest, sponsored by Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA). The association reported that the 2008 contest resulted in an extraordinary number of entries from across North America, in a total of 36 categories. The contest was judged by the Journalism Department faculty of Loyola University Chicago. Competing among other papers of 10,000 circulation or less, the Courier won third-place in the category of Best-Non-Page-One Layout, for the Aug. 1, 2008 edition photo story about Milford’s annual Secret Gardens Tour. The story was photographed by Kathryn Braisted and designer Stephanie Eichelberger created the page design. The contest recognizes editorial excellence in six different circulation classes that separates dailies from non-dailies. According to an association statement, “These entries once again proved the outstanding editorial content of community and suburban newspapers.” For more about the contest visit www.suburban-news.org . Winners of this contest were recognized earlier this week at the SNA Spring Publishers Conference held in Tampa, Fla. The Pike County Courier is one of nine New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania community newspapers published by StrausNews Inc., of Chester, N.Y. Visit pikecountycourier.com