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S.C. Press Association

Annual Meeting & Awards

Mike Beckom 2nd place — Cartoon

Ben Breiner 3rd place — Sports Enterprise Reporting

Scott J. Bryan 1st place — News Headline Writing 1st place — Inside Page Design 2nd place — Column Writing 2nd place — Feature Page Design Portfolio 3rd place — Photo Page Design 3rd place — Sports Column writing

Scott Chancey 2nd place — Sports Column Writing

St. Claire Donaghy 2nd place — Faith Reporting 3rd place — Series of Articles

Kelly Lafferty 1st place — Personality Photograph 3rd place — Personality Photograph 3rd place — Photo story

Sam O’Keefe 1st place — Unpublished Photo 1st place — General News Photo 1st place — Photo Story 2nd place — Photo Story 2nd place — Spot News Photo 2nd place — General News Photo 2nd place — Feature Photo 2nd place — Personality Photograph 3rd place — Sports Feature Photo Honorable Mention — Sports Feature Photo

Erin Owens2nd place — Series of Articles

Bob Simmonds 3rd place — Sports Page Design

Cheng Sio

2nd place — Sports Feature Story 3rd place — Sports Feature story

Joseph Sitarz 1st place — Humor Column Writing 2nd place — Lifestyle Feature Writing

Chris Trainor 3rd place — Humor Column Writing

Richard S. Whiting 2nd place — Column Writing 3rd place — Series of Articles

Index-Journal Winner of a newspaper-record 34 South Carolina Press Association awards

Winner of the 2011-12 President’s Cup Second-place finish in General Excellence

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Schedule Schedule

of Eventsof EventsFriday, March 16

3 –11 p.m. Winners’ displays open PierView Room

3 – 5 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting Atrium A

5:30 – 7 p.m. Opening Reception Shipwatch Room

Saturday, March 17

9 a.m. Registration, sponsor tables and winners’ displays open PierView Room

10 – 10:45 a.m. Top 10 Things Every Newspaper Executive Should Know Shipwatch Room

During more than 30 years in the media business – including serving as associate director of the American Press Institute from 2005 until 2011 – Mark Mulholland has seen a lot. Prior to joining Charleston’s Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group as vice president of marketing last fall, he held advertising and marketing positions at organizations including the Roanoke (VA) Times, Greensboro (NC) News & Record, Chicago Sun-Times, Lee Enterprises, WFLA-TV in Tampa, and others. In this session, Mark will share insights and observations about what newspaper organizations need to do to ensure ongoing success in the challenging environment in which we all now operate.

11 – 11:45 a.m. Clouds Blocking the Sunshine... A Look at FOIA Challenges in the Palmetto State Shipwatch Room

Join SCPA Attorney Jay Bender as he moderates a panel of editors and reporters who will discuss current open government challenges, especially dealing with police reports. Panelists include Glenn Smith of The Post and Courier, Tonyia McGirt of The Item, Mike Smith of the Herald-Journal and Richard Whiting of the Index-Journal.

11:45 – 11:55 a.m. SCPA Business Meeting & Election of Offi cers Shipwatch Room

12 – 2:15 p.m. Weekly and Associate Member Awards Luncheon & Hall of Fame Presentations Atrium

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. The Challenge of Preserving Newspaper Public Notice Advertising Shipwatch Room

John Bussian, attorney for the N.C. Press Association, will give a regional perspective and outline challenges they faced in preserving legals in North Carolina. Newspaper design consultant Ed Henninger will present some bold ideas on packaging legals for better readership.

4 – 5 p.m. AP News Council Meeting & Awards Shipwatch Room

6 – 7:30 p.m. President’s Reception PierView Room

7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Daily Awards Dinner Atrium

9:30 p.m. – midnight Bar and patio on the beach will stay open for you to celebrate!

Check out page 7 for restaurant and nightlife recommendations.

BILL HAWKINSEDITOR AND PUBLISHER

March 12, 2012

Welcome to the Edge of America!

What better time and place than St. Patrick’s Day at Folly Beach to celebrate a great year for the South Carolina Press Association and honor South Carolina’s best journalism.

We had record participation in this year’s contest with 3,500 entries and the quality of the work has never been better.

We can all take pride in our winners and the important work they are doing in their communities.

I also salute the untiring work of your SCPA staff in keeping our association strong, particularly on legislative matters, and helping spread the word across the state that newspapers remain viable and indispensable.

Yes, we really do have a lot to celebrate!

Please know that I appreciate your support this past year and I can assure you that the incoming slate of officers promises that our association’s future is in great hands.

Cheers!

Bill Hawkins

134 Columbus Street CHARLESTON, SC 29403-4800 (843) 577-7111

Congratulations to our fabulous team!

CHRONICLECAROLINA FOREST

General Excellence

We Couldn�t Be Prouder!

KATHY ROPPHORRY INDEPENDENT EDITOR

MICHAEL SMITHCHRONICLE EDITOR

CHARLES PERRYHERALD EDITOR

BETTY MOSESMYRTLE BEACH HERALD

HEATHER GALEHORRY INDEPENDENT

ROBERT ANDERSONHORRY INDEPENDENT

ETTIE NEWLANDSCAROLINA FOREST CHRONICLE

CHRIS MOWDERINTERNET DIRECTOR

KATHY ROPPHorry Independent Editor

MICHAEL SMITHChronicle Editor

HEATHER GALEHorry Independent

BETTY MOSESMyrtle Beach Herald

CHRIS MOWDERInternet Director

CHARLES PERRYHerald Editor

ROBERT ANDERSONHorry Independent

ETTIE NEWLANDSCarolina Forest Chronicle

Restaurant RecommendationsRestaurant Recommendations

ON FOLLY BEACH:

TACO BOY, 15 Center Street; 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Authentic taqueria/cantina with tasty tacos and nachos. Fun Margaritas and Tequila fl ights, too. "Skip Siesta, Let's Fiesta." Live entertainment Fri. and Sat. nights.

LOST DOG CAFE, 1106 West Huron Street; 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Great breakfast and brunch spot.

BLU RESTAURANT, downstairs at the Tides; 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Oceanfront dining featuring fresh local seafood. Special St. Patty's Day menu and Irish music from 2 – 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight.

WOODY'S PIZZA, 39 Center Street; Pizza, subs and cold beer. Live music.

TOKYO CREPES, 110 E Ashley Avenue; 9 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.; Sweet and savory crepes that are perfect after a night out on the town.

SNAPPER JACKS, 10 Center Street; 11:30 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Seafood and sports bar with open-air rooftop bar and live music.

LOGGERHEAD'S BEACH GRILL, 123 W Ashley Avenue; 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Live entertainment all day/night on Saturday.

SURF BAR, 103 W. Cooper; Happy Hour: 4-7 p.m.; Serving appetizers, burgers, sandwiches, salads and daily specials. Porch is dog friendly.

BLACK MAGIC CAFE, 103 W Erie Avenue; 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Coff ee, tea, sandwiches and bagels.

RITA'S SEASIDE GRILLE, 2 Center Street; Lunch, dinner and live music.

BERT'S MARKET, 202 E Ashley Avenue; Open 24/7. Great place to grab snacks, growlers of draft beer and local wine.

Near FOLLY:

BOWEN’S ISLAND RESTAURANT, 1870 Bowens Island Road; This old seafood dive has been around since 1946 and is loaded with context.

It’s defi nitely on the shabby side but off ers a spectacular view of the marsh, fresh fried seafood and most famously, locally harvested, roasted oysters.

FAT HEN, 3140 Maybank Highway, Johns Island; Casual vibe of a French farmhouse. Menu pays homage to Charleston's Huguenot history by off ering French Lowcountry cuisine with the farm-fresh ingredients.

GLASS ONION, 1219 Savannah Hwy.; Go-to spot for local foodies that off ers a hybrid menu drawing upon the rural South, the Lowcountry and New Orleans. It was started by Katrina ex-pats whose mantra is: “the simple joy brought about by the perfectly cooked fried chicken, hearty gumbo, crisp homemade pickles and soft, buttery cookies."

WILD OLIVE, 2867 Maybank Highway, John’s Island; House-made salumeri and pastas.Located under a towering majestic oak and the path is lined with olive trees and herbs.

Downtown:

BLOSSOM, 171 East Bay St.; Local seafood and produce are the backbone of menu that also features house-made pastas and wood-fi red pizzas in a casually chic setting.    FIG, Chef-owner Mike Lata, Beard Best Chef Southeast 2009, produces a market-driven menu without pretensions.

GIN JOINT, 182 East Bay St.; Classically trained chef-owners have created a gin joint with a focus on pre-Prohibition spirits and classic foods with a speakeasy twist. They juice their own fruits, prepare their own syrups, and take ice very seriously. The menu allows a dinner experience but is designed to off er  snacks worthy to the retro cocktail experience, such as Pad Thai popcorn and the “hog” dog.

HOMINY GRILL, 207 Rutledge Ave.; Chef-owner Robert Stehling, Beard Best Chef Southeast in 2008, puts his own stamp on Lowcountry cuisine. He has the nerve to serve the “Big Nasty Biscuit.” Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

HUSK, 76 Queen St.; Husk is Chef Sean Brock’s distillation of Southern with a capital “S.” The kitchen cures its own hams; makes its own preserves, conserves and pickles; grinds and puts up. All ingredients are sourced from the South and the menu is written daily. Brock is Best Chef Southeast 2010 and called “the best farmer who ever became a chef.” Also fi nd a good selection of small-batch bourbons here and a wine list grouped by soil type.

JESTINE’S KITCHEN, 251 Meeting St.; Serves up Southern sacraments of fried, greens and sweets.

MAGNOLIAS, 185 East Bay St.; Pioneered the concept of “Uptown Down South” when it opened in 1990 and it was pivotal in sparking Charleston’s culinary renaissance. It’s still a force, and the Down South Egg Roll is still on the menu.

PENINSULA GRILL, 112 North Market St.; Four-star, four-diamond status. Sophisticated food and fi rst-class service in an elegant dining room. The Ultimate Coconut Cake is based on a family recipe and is sinfully rich – as in 12 layers and 12 pounds.

SLIGHTLY NORTH OF BROAD, 192 East Bay St.; Local favorite for lunch or dinner, SNOB is busy, energetic and most hospitable.

COCKTAILS WITH A VIEW: The Rooftop at Vendue, 19 Vendue Range, or the Pavilion Bar on the top of the Market Pavilion Hotel at 225 East Bay Street.

COCKTAILS WITH JAZZ: Charleston Grill at Charleston Place is a nice place to have a cocktail. Mercato on N. Market Street also off ers jazz most nights.

MORE BREAKFAST SPOTS: Dixie Supply Cafe, 62 State. St.; Bull Street Gourmet, 120 King St.; Caviar & Bananas in the Market; Marina Variety Store, 17 Lockwood Blvd. at the City Marina; Palmetto Cafe, 205 Meeting St, in Charleston Place Hotel; Toast, 155 Meeting St.; Tabbuli, 6 North Market St.; Sweetwater Cafe, 137 Market St.

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Congratulations to the 2011 News Contest winners!

Marion Brown; Feb. 2, 2011; Former Editor, North Myrtle Beach Times and Marlboro Herald-Advocate Sadie Want; Feb. 18, 2011; Former Reporter; Morning News, Th e State and Th e News and Courier William C. Morris ; Feb. 22, 2011; Former Editor, Greenville Piedmont Carl E. Langley; March 25, 2011; Former Columnist, Aiken Standard Jayne M. Speizer; June 13, 2011; Former Publisher, Th e Herald Bob Ford; June 19, 2011; Former Columnist, Reporter and Photographer; Th e Herald and Th e State Doug Nye; Jun. 20, 2011; Former Writer and Editor; Th e State Th omas W. Chadwick; June 21, 2011; Former Reporter, Th e State Vivian Miller; August 25, 2011; Former Columnist; Aiken Standard and Review Carl Edwin Meynardie, Sr.; Sept. 2, 2011; Founder and Former Editor and Publisher; Hanahan News, Moultrie News and Goose Creek News Martha Elizabeth Espedahl; Sept. 11, 2011; Former Writer; Th e News and Courier and Th e Evening PostRobert Lee Hawkins; Oct. 18, 2011; Former Copy Editor, Columnist and Community Editions Editor; Th e News and Courier and Th e Evening PostTh omas Langford; Dec. 26, 2011; Former Managing Editor and Columnist; Th e Times and Democrat and Greenville Piedmont Philip Gibbs Grosse; Jan. 3, 2011; Former Sports Reporter and Business Editor; Th e State William Chamberlain; Jan. 10, 2011; Former Assistant Editor and Reporter; Th e Evening Post and Th e News and Courier Joanne Th rift ; Feb. 18, 2011; Former Managing Editor, Anderson Daily Mail

Hall of Fame

Robert Ashe Pierce1928 - 2007

Few South Carolinians have matched Robert Ashe Pierce’s lengthy, diverse and productive career in journalism. Readers and the community at large were well served by his catholicity of experience and knowledge honed during 42 years at Th e State newspaper as reporter, state news editor, managing editor and senior associate editor of the editorial page and distilled later into several books of merit. A consummate craftsman from the trenches on up, Pierce won national press awards for typography and reportage of black migrant workers and state awards for reporting-in-depth, editorial and column writing. Upon retirement, he authored a centennial history of Th e State, Palmetto and Oaks, chronicling the growth of South Carolina’s largest daily newspaper and placing in historical perspective its role in events that shaped the state’s social, economic and political evolution from Reconstruction to the end of the 20th century. As news editor of Th e State, Pierce recognized that South Carolina was an assortment of local cultures with individual color and character: to wit, despite their proximity in the same coastal county, Beaufort was a vastly diff erent place from Hilton Head; towns like Loris, Lamar and Hartsville were diff erent contributors to the cultural mix of the Pee Dee; and that Springfi eld, his birthplace, had a uniqueness and charm that set it apart from neighboring Branchville and Denmark. Given Columbia’s centrality in a state as compact as South Carolina, Pierce helped make Th e State true to its name: the newspaper of record for readers from the Piedmont to the Lowcountry. Toward

that end, he drew on grass-roots perspective and played a key role in establishing a network of nearly 100 stringers in most of the state’s 46 counties and setting up and overseeing staff ed-based bureaus in Aiken, Rock Hill, Newberry and Florence. As an insightful memoirist, Pierce went beyond the nuts and bolts of day-to-day journalism. In South Carolina and Me and Between the Sheets, the latter published posthumously, he added fl esh and bones with whimsical, fl avorful snapshots of places and people, especially the eccentricities of fellow journalists, screwball warts and all. Away from his ink-stained, professional environment, Pierce participated meaningfully in other community endeavors. As master bridge player, he mentored others in print and in person and served as president of the South Carolina unit of the American Contract Bridge League. He was a director of the Columbia Jazz Club which was instrumental in staging the fi rst Carolina Summer Jazz Festival in Columbia in 1960. Later, he played a big role in Main Street Jazz, an annual festival in downtown Columbia. Finally, in what became a particular passion in his later years, Pierce returned to his roots and was a leader in preserving for posterity his old high school in Springfi eld, a landmark structure of architectural signifi cance. In recognition of his eff orts, an old classroom, fi lled with personal memorabilia, is dedicated in his memory. Journalism was Bob Pierce’s chosen profession. For nearly half a century, he did it and his community proud.

South Carolina Press Association

Hall of Fame

Peter Manigault1927 - 2004

Modest in his manner and a genuine Southern gentleman, Peter Manigault was a brilliant intellectual; keen businessman; excellent writer and newsman; decorated Navy veteran; nationally known preservationist and conservationist; internationally known defender of press freedom; accomplished linguist; amateur ornithologist and patron of the arts. A descendant of this country’s early French Huguenots, his namesake was the speaker of the Colonial S.C. Assembly and planter. Th e younger Peter Manigault was fourth member of his family to lead Charleston’s daily newspapers. His family’s newspaper involvement began with his grandfather, Arthur Middleton Manigault, a Santee Delta rice planter who invested in Th e Charleston Evening Post, which later acquired Th e News and Courier. His uncle, Robert, next took the reins, followed by his father, Edward, after Robert’s death. Peter Manigault became president and publisher of Th e News and Courier in 1959, and, later, chairman of the board of the Evening Post Publishing Co., a family owned media and marketing company with holdings throughout the United States. For more than 40 years, Peter Manigault played key but quiet roles in all the communities in this nation and abroad served by the Evening Post Publishing Co. It was under Mr. Manigault’s guidance that Evening Post Publishing Co. experienced its greatest expansion in its more than 200-year history. Also, Mr. Manigault’s involvement in the Inter-American Press Association led to EPPC’s purchase of the Buenos Aires Herald

in Argentina. Mr. Manigault soon became known internationally for his work to protect press freedom, which was being stifl ed by several Latin American dictatorships. Peter Manigault, who began his education in Charleston, graduated with the highest honors from both Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., and Princeton University. His graduate work was at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and Commerce. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and later became a commissioned offi cer. His service was distinguished by combat decorations from both the United States and South Korean governments, and he continued his reserve service as a Navy commander. Mr. Manigault started his newspaper career as a reporter for the Columbia (S.C.) Record and later joined the Manigault family’s newspaper business in Charleston, where he worked in various other departments before moving into the administrative offi ces. He was a canny businessman, beloved employer, patron of the arts, renowned conservationist and quiet benefactor of numerous major civic projects in and around Charleston. Under his leadership Evening Post Publishing Co. also gave millions of dollars via the Post and Courier Foundations to a wide range of non-profi t and educational organizations. His son, Pierre, currently is Evening Post Publishing’s chairman of the board.

South Carolina Press Association

Hall of Fame

Benjamin F. Perry1805 - 1886

Benjamin F. Perry was South Carolina’s most signifi cant editorial voice against secession and disunion from 1829 until the Civil War began. He began his career as an editorial writer for the Greenville Republican, where he worked from 1826-1827. As editor of the Greenville Mountaineer, which became the Greenville Piedmont in 1909, Perry wrote so ardently against disunion that he was forced to fi ght a duel in 1832 with Turner Bynum, editor of the Southern Sentinel, a newspaper that had been founded in 1832 to counteract Perry’s Unionist infl uence in the Upstate. After killing Bynum, Perry vowed that he would never fi ght another duel, no matter how often he was challenged. After Bynum’s death, Perry also added a standing head over his editorial column that said, “Th e Union Must Be Preserved.” In 1850, Perry founded a new newspaper, the Southern Patriot, and bought the Mountaineer, which he published and edited as the Patriot and Mountaineer until 1858 when he sold his interest in the newspaper. However, Perry continued to write articles and books until he died.

Perry also served in the S.C. House of Representatives from 1836 to 1842 and from 1849 to 1860 and in the S.C. Senate from 1844 to 1848.

After the war began, Perry joined the Confederate army and became

state district attorney while he continued to serve in the S.C. House of Representatives from 1862 to 1864. When the war ended, President Andrew Johnson appointed him as the fi rst provisional governor of South Carolina in June 1865. Perry resigned in November 1865 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate, but he never served because he was refused a seat. Perry authored several books including “Reminiscenses of Public Men, Vol. 1” published in 1883; “Reminiscenses of Public Men, Vol. 2” published after his death in 1889; and “Biographical Sketches of Eminent American Statesmen,” published after his death in 1887. A biography and autobiography, “A Tribute to Benjamin Franklin Perry, ex-governor of South Carolina,” was published after Perry’s death in 1887. A book containing the letters of Perry, titled “ “Letters of My Father to My Mother,” was published in 1890.

Born in Pickens District on November 20, 1805, Perry died on December 3, 1886 and is buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery in Greenville. He lived most of his life in Greenville in his home called Sans Souci, which burned in 1927.

South Carolina Press Association

SCPA Hall of Fame

1973 1973 1974 1974

1974

1974 1975 1975 1975

Elizabeth Timothy

(-1757)South Carolina

Gazette

Francis W. Dawson

(1840 - 1899)Th e Charleston Mercury; Th e

Charleston News; Th e News and

Courier, Charleston

Narciso G. Gonzales

(1858 - 1903)Th e State,

Columbia; Th e News and Courier,

Charleston; Charleston Journal

of Commerce

Bony Hampton Peace

(1874 - 1934)Carolina Spartan, Spartanburg; Th e Greenville News;

Greenville Piedmont

Peter Timothy(1721 - 1782)South Carolina

Gazette

Aaron Smith Willington(1781 - 1862)Th e Charleston

Courier

William Watts Ball

(1868 - 1952)Th e Evening Post, Charleston; Th e Greenville News;

Laurens Advertiser; Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e State, Columbia

Arthur B Jordan Sr.

(1876 - 1956)Th e Dillon Herald

James Rion McKissick

(1884 - 1944)Times-Democrat,

Richmond, Va.; Th e Greenville News;

Greenville Piedmont

1976

1976 1977 1978 1978 1979 1980 1980 1981

Hubert Graham Osteen

(1870 - 1955)Watchman and

Southron, Sumter; Sumter Daily Item

Edward Hope DeCamp

(1865 - 1952)Th e Gaff ney Ledger; Th e State, Columbia

Arthur M. Manigault

(1851 - 1924)Th e Evening Post,

Charleston

Harold C. Booker Sr.

(1888 - 1960)Spartanburg Herald-Journal; Greenville

Piedmont; Th e Sumter Daily Item;

Th e Columbia Record

Charles Oscar Hearon

(1876 - 1959)Th e Spartanburg Herald; Herald,

Bristol, Va.; Times, Richmond, Va.

Robert Lathan(1881 - 1937)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e State,

Columbia; Asheville (NC) Citizen;

1924 Pulitzer Prize Winner

Tom O’Connor(1902 - 1969)

Hampton County Guardian; Allendale

County Citizen

Louis W. Cassels(1921 - 1974)United Press International

Robert Craft Peace

(1899 - 1968)Th e Greenville News

1981

1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984

George A. Buchanan

(1898 - 1976)Th e Columbia

Record; Dean of Journalism, USC

Robert M. Hitt, Jr.

(1914 - 1968)Bamberg Herald;

Charleston Evening Post

W.W. Smoak(1877 - 1947)

Press & Standard, Walterboro

Wood Davidson Grist

(1865 - 1925)Yorkville Enquirer;

Atlanta Constitution

Hall Th omas McGee

(1889 - 1963)Charleston Evening Post; Th e News and Courier, Charleston

Edmund Adams Ramsaur

(1925 - 1976)Th e Greenville

News; Greenville Piedmont

James Loyal Sims

(1914 - 1962)Th e Times and

Democrat, Orangeburg

James Edward Chaffi n

(1913 - 1977)Th e Index-Journal,

Greenwood

Ambrose Elliott Gonzales

(1857 - 1926)Th e State,

Columbia; Th e News and Courier,

Charleston

The S.C. Journalism Hall of Fame was established in 1973 to recognize and honor men and women who have excelled in their craft and made significant contributions to journalism and their communities.

Only 67 newspaper journalists – from Colonial and Civil War days to the present – have been chosen by their peers for this recognition. Honorees must have made their journalistic reputation in South Carolina. If the reputation reflects achievements outside the state, the nominee must have been a native of South Carolina. Nominees must have been deceased for four or more years.

The S.C. Hall of Fame began in 1972 when SCPA President William L. Kinney Jr., of Bennettsville, acting on a suggestion from Secretary-Manager Reid H. Montgomery, set in motion activities that led to the establishment of a S.C. Press Association Hall of Fame. The first Hall of Fame inductees were presented at the SCPA Winter Meeting in 1973.

Honorees are chosen by the press association’s Hall of Fame committee. This year’s committee was comprised of John Heath, retired from Beaufort Gazette; Tom McLean, retired from The State; Pat McNeely, retired from the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Louis Sossamon, retired from The Gaffney Ledger.

Members

of Commerce

pD C M i l B k S H

1984

William Elliott Gonzales

(1866 - 1937)Th e State, Columbia

1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990

John Kelly Sisk(1913 - 1980)

Greenville News-Piedmont

Wilson William Harris

(1889 - 1955)Th e Clinton Chronicle

William Light Kinney

(1902 - 1983)Marlboro

Herald-Advocate, Bennettsville

Talbot Patrick(1897 - 1980)

Chicago Evening Post; Th e Goldsboro (NC)

News-Argus; Th e Herald, Rock Hill

Frank Wilmore Sossamon

(1887 - 1979)Th e Gaff ney Ledger

Paul S. League(1920 - 1978)

Th e Lancaster News

Edward Manigault

(1896 - 1983)Charleston Evening

Post

Edd A. Burch(1907 - 1985)Greer Citizen

1993

Hubert Duvall Osteen

(1904 - 1987)Th e Item, Sumter

1987

Robert Melvin Hitt

(1886 - 1963)Bamberg Herald

1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986

William R. Bradford Sr.(1874 - 1957)

Th e Fort Mill Times; Th e State, Columbia

Elbert Herman Aull

(1857 - 1929)Th e Newberry

Herald and News

Ernest Allen Cutts

(1912 - 1980)Charleston Evening

Post

Noah Graham Osteen

(1843 - 1936)Th e Item, Sumter

Phil Buchheit(1907 - 1978)

Spartanburg Herald-Journal

R. Frank Mundy(1915 - 1982)

Th e Index-Journal, Greenwood

Samuel L. Latimer Jr.(1891 - 1975)

Th e State, Columbia

Harry L. Watson(1876 - 1956)

Th e Index-Journal, Greenwood

1993 1995 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2002

Miles Benjamin McSweeney(1855 - 1909)Th e Ninety-Six

Guardian; Hampton County Guardian

Th omas Pettigrew Davis

(1926 - 1990)Georgetown Times

James A. Rogers(1905 - 1990)

Florence Morning News

William D. Workman

(1914 - 1990)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Th e Greenville

News; Th e State, Columbia

Joseph F. Smoak(1936 - 1993)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston; Charleston Evening

Post

Marcellus C. Garner

(1920 - 1992)Th e Sun News, Myrtle

Beach; Th e Myrtle Beach News; Th e Myrtle Beach Sun; Th e Field, Conway; Th e Horry Herald; Th e Loris Sentinel

Reid H. Montgomery(1909 - 1993)

Th e State, Columbia; Th e Item,

Sumter; Winthrop College; University of South Carolina;

South Carolina Press Association

August Kohn(1868 - 1930)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston

2002

Annie Laurie Mayer Kinney

(1902 - 1999)Th e Marlboro

Herald AdvocateGuardian; Hampton Courier Charleston; Charle

2003 2005 2005 2007

Annie Howell King

(1893 - 1973)Aiken Standard

William E. Rone(1926 - 1998)

Th e State, Columbia

Alfred B. Williams

(1856 - 1930)News and Courier,

Charleston

Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes

(1809 - 1866)Th e South Carolinian

2008

Felix Gregory de Fontaine

(1834 - 1896)Charleston Daily

Courier, Th e South Carolinian; Daily South Carolinian; New York Herald

2009

Robert Quillen(1887 - 1948)Fountain Inn

Tribune

2010

Henry Timrod(1829 - 1867)

Charleston Mercury

2011

Charles H. Wickenberg Jr.

(1923-2004)Th e State

2011

William Gilmore Simms

(1806-1870)Charleston City

Gazette, Daily South Carolinian, Th e

Phoenix

2012

Robert Ashe Pierce

(1928 - 2007)Th e State, Columbia

2012

Peter Manigault(1927 - 2004)Th e News and

Courier, Charleston

2012

Benjamin F. Perry

(1805 - 1886)Greenville

Mountaineer; Southern Patriot,

Greenville

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Anne HutchinsHonoree’s FamilyPennellville, NYCorey HutchinsFree TimesColumbia, SCSteve HutchinsHonoree’s FamilyPennellville, NYDenise K. JamesTh e Summerville Journal SceneSummerville, SCClaire JamiesonTh e Associated PressAtlanta, GAAshley Jenkins Chester, SCMary JenkinsChester, SCTravis JenkinsTh e News & ReporterChester, SCFrank JohnsonTh e Berkley IndependentSummerville, SCNicole JohnsonHall of Fame Honoree’s Family/FriendColumbia, SCRichard JohnsonIndependent MailAnderson, SC

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Roger LeeTownNews.comMoline, ILRoger LeeTh e Summerville Journal SceneSummerville, SCAnna Lesley Manning, SCJason LesleyTh e Manning TimesManning, SC

Mark LettTh e StateColumbia, SC

Rebekah LewisTh e HeraldRock Hill, SCDale Linder-AltmanTh e Times and DemocratOrangeburg, SC

Brandon LockettAiken StandardAiken, SC

Andy LyonsTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SC

Jen Barclay MaddenS.C. Press AssociationColumbia, SCJeremi Madden Columbia, SCPatti ManigaultHall of Fame Honoree’s FamilyCharleston, SC

Pierre ManigaultTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCNikie MayoIndependent MailAnderson, SCNick McCormacTh e ItemSumter, SCShamira McCrayRodney McMillian RecordWinthrop UniversityTonyia M. McGirtTh e ItemSumter, SCLaura J. McKenzieBarnwell Newspaper GroupBarnwell, SCNed McKenzie Barnwell, SCMeg McLean Columbia, SCTom McLeanTh e State - RetiredColumbia, SC

Mike McMillanIndependent MailAnderson, SCPat McNeelyUniversity of South Carolina - retiredColumbia, SCWayne Miles Anderson, SCBetsy MillerTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCMarlene Mischner Camden, SCMichael MischnerCamden Media Co.Camden, SCEva MooreFree TimesColumbia, SCSusan Mosely Chester, SCBetty MosesMyrtle Beach HeraldMrytle Beach, SC

AttendeesDebbie Mulholland Charleston, SCMark MulhollandEvening Post Publishing Co.Charleston, SCSteve MullinsIndependent MailAnderson, SCCarolyn MurrayTh e Sun NewsMyrtle Beach, SCTom Murray Myrtle Beach, SCJessica NelmsTh e JournalSeneca, SCAkilah Imani NelsonTh e StateColumbia, SCRick NelsonTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCTim O’BriantAiken StandardAiken, SCSissy O’DanielHall of Fame Honoree’s Family/FriendMt. Pleasant, SCSam O’KeefeIndex-JournalGreenwood, SCDan O’MaraTh e HeraldRock Hill, SCSheila O’Mara Rock Hill, SC

Paul OsmundsonTh e HeraldRock Hill, SCGraham OsteenTh e ItemSumter, SCJack OsteenTh e ItemSumter, SCJackie Osteen Sumter, SCJulie Osteen Sumter, SCKyle OsteenTh e ItemSumter, SCSusan D. Osteen Sumter, SCSusan Osteen Sumter, SCHubert D. OsteenTh e ItemSumter, SCDianne Owens Pawleys Island, SCErin OwensIndex-JournalGreenwood, SCBill PackardTh e Herald IndependentWinnsboro, SCAndy ParasTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCDoug PardueTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SC

Bobby Parker Gaff ney, SCLaura ParkerTh e Gaff ney LedgerGaff ney, SCCandace Parris Rock Hill, SCNancy ParsonsTh e News & ReporterChester, SCWarren PeperTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCCharles PerryMyrtle Beach HeraldMyrtle Beach, SCJennifer Perry Myrtle Beach, SCBo PetersenTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCCathy Petersen Charleston, SCViriginia PierceS.C. Digital Newspaper ProgramColumbia, SCNicole Pioly Myrtle Beach, SCJohn S. PittmanTh e Greenville NewsGreenville, SCPolly PlayerHonoree’s FamilyMt. Pleasant, SCStokes PlayerHonoree’s FamilyMt. Pleasant, SC

Warren PlayerHonoree’s FamilyMt. Pleasant, SCWill PlayerHonoree’s FamilyMt. Pleasant, SCJohn PourtlessMedia Span Group, Inc.Ann Arbor, MIEllen PriestTh e Summerville Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent & Th e Goose Creek GazetteSummerville, SCGuy ReelWinthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC

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DAN BROWN 1st Place – Sports Column Writing

2nd Place – Humor Column Writing3rd Place – Reporting in Depth

3rd Place – Spot Sports Story3rd Place - Sports Feature Photo

LESLIE CANTU 2nd Place - General News Photo

2nd Place – Feature Photo

ROGER LEE 2nd Place - Sports Beat Reporting (All Weekly)

1st Place – Spot Sports Story2nd Place – Spot Sports Story

2nd Place – Sports Feature PhotoHonorable Mention – Sports Action Photo

FRANK JOHNSON 1st Place - News Headline Writing

2nd Place – Sports Page Design Portfolio3rd Place – Short Story

ROB GANTT3rd Place – Sports Headline Writing

(All Weekly)

STEFAN ROGENMOSER 2nd Place – Pictorial (All Weekly)

3rd Place –Unpublished Photo (All Weekly)1st Place – News Feature Writing

1st Place – Personality Photo or Portrait2nd Place –Spot News Photo

2nd Place – Personality Photo or Portrait3rd Place –General News Photo

PAUL ZOELLER 2nd Place – Single Online Photo

(Open Division)Honorable Mention – Single Online Photo

(Open Division)1st Place – Photo Gallery on a Newspaper

Website (All Weekly)1st Place – Online Feature Video (All Weekly)

2nd Place – Photo Gallery on a Newspaper Website (All Weekly)

2nd Place – Online Feature Video (All Weekly)

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Kitty SmithCharleston, SC

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Santi Th ompsonS.C. Digital Newspaper ProgramColumbia, SCJeremy TimmermanAiken StandardAiken, SC

Chris TrainorIndex-JournalGreenwood, SCChristina TrainorGreenwood, SC

Drew TrippTh e Press and StandardWalterboro, SC

Sharon TruexAnderson, SCCathy Dreher TrzcinskiS.C. Press AssociationColumbia, SCKonstantin VengerowskiClarendon CitizenManning, SCJonathan VickeryTh e People-SentinelBarnwell, SC

Dana WachterAnderson, SCKate WaldhauserColumbia, SC

Patrick WallFree TimesColumbia, SC

Judy WattsTh e Summerville Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent & Th e Goose Creek GazetteSummerville, SC

Pat WattsSummerville, SC

Sarah WelliverTh e Island Packet/Th e Beaufort GazetteHilton Head, SC

Richard WhitingIndex-JournalGreenwood, SC

Wendy WhitingGreenwood, SC

Don WilderTh e Greer Citizen / Hometown News, Inc.Greer, SC

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Matt WinterTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCWarren WiseTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SCFrank WootenTh e Post and CourierCharleston, SC

Don WorthingtonTh e HeraldRock Hill, SC

Kylie YerkaIndependent MailAnderson, SCGene ZaleskiTh e Times and DemocratOrangeburg, SCSally ZaleskiOrangeburg, SC

Michael ZellmerS.C. Lawyers WeeklyHolly Springs, NCChris ZoellerTh e Summerville Journal Scene, Th e Berkeley Independent & Th e Goose Creek GazetteSummerville, SCPaul ZoellerTh e Summerville Journal SceneSummerville, SC

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We are proud to recognize 17 individual Independent Mail journalists and the entire newsroom staff as winners of

Annual South Carolina Press Association Awards

CONGRATULATIONSON YOUR SUCCESS!

Best Entertainment Section

Best Photo Gallery on a Newspaper Website

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Kirk Brown

Nathan Gray

Jake Grove

Nikie Mayo

Mike Ellis

Mike McMillan

Jennifer Crossley Howard

Scott Adamson

Sefton Ipock

Erin Gillespie

Richard Johnson

Liz Carey

Independent Mail staff

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Independent Mail staff

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Rusty Boggs Anna Mitchell

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

THIRD PLACE

Ken Ruinard

Charmaine Smith-Miles

Kylie Yerka

Grace BeahmTony BrownRenee DudleyChad DunbarGill Guerry

Chris HancloskyBob KinneyAdam ParkerBo Petersen Gene Sapakoff

Fred SmithWade SpeesYvonne Wenger

Grace BeahmPhilip M. BowmanTony BrownAlmar FlotildesTravis HaneyJeff Hartsell

Brian HicksBrad NettlesAllison NugentDoug PardueAndy ParasBo Petersen

Fred RindgeGlenn SmithBill ThompsonTim ThorsenYvonne WengerWarren Wise

Grace BeahmTommy BraswellEdward FennellLaura Joyce GoughChris HancloskyBeth Harrison

Jeff HartsellAndrew MillerDoug PardueAdam ParkerLuke ReasonerDoug Rogers

Gene SapakoffGlenn SmithWade SpeesTim ThorsenYvonne WengerFrank Wooten

The Staff of The Post and CourierInnovative Concept: “Experience Charleston”Affiliated or Niche Website: “charlestonscene.com”Public Service for Daily Newspapers: “The Price of Living”Integration of Print and Web Coverage: “Cooper River Bridge Run”

Individual winners:

The Staff of The Post and CourierNews Special Edition or Section: “9/11”Facebook PageDaily Newspaper Website: “postandcourier.com”Public Service for Daily Newspapers: “Tracking an Arsonist”Integration of Print and Web Coverage: “Tracking an Arsonist”

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Individual winners:

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Second Place

Third Place

Honorable MentionGrace BeahmGill Guerry

Alan HawesBrad Nettles

Wade Spees

2011 President’s Award for Excellence