The Manitou Messenger also won first place in Best Headline Writing at the Minnesota Newspaper Associations competition, and third place in the best newspaper overall category at the Best of the Midwest competition put on by the Associate Collegiate Press. Individual awards were given to Variety Editor Molly Bayrd for a review and Executive Editor Julie Gunderson for an opinions piece.

"We have worked very hard this year to improve the quality of our writing," said Executive Editor Meg Anderson. "These honors reflect the combined hard work of everyone who has worked for the Messenger."

Printer friendly version | Email this | Write the editors | More articles by Executive Editors