The Texas Press Association recognized The Clarendon Enterprise as one of the best weekly newspapers in the state Saturday, June 21, in Denton.
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The Enterprise earned the Sweepstakes Award for the third time in four years, besting its competitors in Division 9 for weekly papers in the 2024 Better Newspaper Contest. Clarendon placed in ten categories and won first place in five of those.
“We are honored to be recognized again by our peers for the work we put into our newspaper and are proud to bring this recognition to our community,” publisher Roger Estlack said.
“This is truly a group effort, and we are very blessed to have a super talented team. Local journalism cannot exist without local support, and we are thankful for the readers and advertisers who support us and encourage us.”
The Enterprise earned First Place in Advertising for ads designed by Tara Allred, Roger Estlack, and Ashlee Estlack, First Place in Column Writing for commentaries by Roger Estlack on the role of newspapers and the Cub Reporter turning 18, First Place for Sports Coverage by Sandy Anderberg, and First Place in Editorials on the topics of a proposed sales tax district and the efforts of anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dixon.
The Enterprise also received First Place in Feature Photos for entries by Anndria Newhouse, Ashlee Estlack, and Kari Lindsey with judges writing, “The Clarendon Enterprise has a knack for capturing the human face and a willingness to play it up on the page. Love the energy of these photos.”
The local paper also earned Second Place honors for Special Sections and Headline Writing, Third Place for News Photography, and Fourth Place for News Writing and Sports Photography by Elaina Estlack, Tara Allred, and Roger Estlack.
The Enterprise was first in the Division 9 Sweepstakes count with 675 points followed by the Flatonia Argus with 400 points, the Texas Spur with 400 points, and the Archer City News with 350 points.
The 2024 Texas Better Newspaper Contest featured 17 categories. Participating newspapers were invited to submit entries from work published during the calendar year 2024. This year, 108 newspapers submitted 1,021 entries in the contest. Competitions were divided into divisions in which newspapers competed against publications of similar circulation. Seventy-four weekly newspapers competed in divisions 5 through 10.
Entries were judged this year by members of the Kansas Press Association.
Roger and Ashlee Estlack attended the TPA Convention and accepted the awards for the Enterprise. Roger Estlack was also elected as second vice president of the TPA for the coming year.
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