Awards
2018
The Camas-Washougal Post-Record recently won a first-place General Excellence award for newspapers our size in Washington state and Managing Editor Kelly Moyer took home the first-place “News Writer of the Year” award in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) 2018 Better Newspaper Contest (BNC).
Winners were announced at the WNPA’s 131st annual meeting, held Oct. 11-13 in Yakima, Washington.
Post-Record reporters also took home six other first-place awards, four second-place awards and two third-place awards.
Following is a list of the 2018 BNC winners at The Post-Record:
First Place:
Business News Story: “Camas Mill Eliminating Jobs” by Kelly Moyer
Social Issues Story: “Homelessness on the Rise” by Kelly Moyer
Election Story: “Who’s Funding Whom?” by Kelly Moyer
Comprehensive Coverage, Single Writer: “Washougal mayor scandal and investigation” by Kelly Moyer
General Feature Story, Short: “Summer Aviation Camp” by Dawn Feldhaus
Editorial: “Big Oil and Local Voices” by Kelly Moyer
Second Place:
Business Feature Story: “A Bittersweet Goodbye” by Dawn Feldhaus
Education Story: “Parkland Stirs Safety Fears” by Tori Benavente
General Feature Story, Long: “Second Chance at Life” by Tori Benavente
Lifestyle Feature Story: “Buzzing About Bees” by Tori Benavente
Third Place:
Personality Profile, Long: “Benevolent Queen Nan” by Kelly Moyer
Breaking News Story: “Wildfire Leaps Columbia River” by Kelly Moyer
2019
The Camas-Washougal Post-Record recently won a first-place General Excellence award for newspapers its size in Washington state at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA)’s 2019 Better Newspaper Contest.
Winners were announced at the WNPA’s 132nd annual meeting, held Oct. 10-12 in Olympia, Washington.
The Post-Record editorial staff also took home 10 awards for reporting and editorial writing.
Following is a list of the 2019 Better Newspaper Contest winners at the Post-Record:
First Place:
General Excellence: Kelly Moyer, Wayne Havrelly, Dawn Feldhaus and Tori Benavente
News Story, Long: “Far-right groups rally at gun shop” by Kelly Moyer
Breaking News: “Camas in top 10 for web series contest” by Kelly Moyer
Sports News Story: “Camas gymnasts two-time champs” by Wayne Havrelly
Environmental: “Explore the Gorge” by Kelly Moyer
Second Place:
News Story, Long: “Valentine’s Day fire” by Kelly Moyer
Sports Feature: “Fit, Fitter, Fittest” by Wayne Havrelly
Editorial: “Gun violence is a bipartisan issue” by Kelly Moyer
Government Story: “Gun debate comes to Camas” by Kelly Moyer
Third Place:
Crime and Court Story: “Police visits spike” by Kelly Moyer
Sports News Story: “Panthers Prevail” by Wayne Havrelly
2020
The Camas-Washougal Post-Record earned seven journalism awards, including four first-place reporting awards, at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Contest, held virtually on Friday, Oct. 9.
Kelly Moyer, the Post-Record managing editor, placed third in the WNPA’s “News Writer of the Year” competition, which is open to all non-daily newspaper writers in the state of Washington.
Post-Record reporters also took home six other journalism awards for the following articles and series of articles:
First Place:
Lifestyle Feature Story: “Finding her bliss” (Kelly Moyer)
News Story, Long: “Camas principal on leave after Kobe Post” (Kelly Moyer)
Personality Profile, Long: “Turn of the century” (Kelly Moyer)
Sports News Story: “Papermaker Perfection” (Wayne Havrelly)
Second Place:
Comprehensive Coverage, Single Writer: Series of articles on the city of Camas’ community-aquatics center bond proposal (Kelly Moyer)
Social Issues Story: “Their bold voices” (Kelly Moyer)
2021
The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association awarded The Camas-Washougal Post-Record 10 journalism awards this week, during the WNPA’s virtual presentation of its 2021 Better Newspaper Contest awards on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Post-Record reporters nabbed five first-place journalism awards for their environmental, sports news, general feature, lifestyle and arts coverage; four second-place awards for education, COVID-19 coverage, election and business reporting; and one third-place award, also for election coverage.
The awards included:
- A first-place award for arts reporting award for reporter Doug Flanagan’s article, “Pushing through to create works of art,” concerning the creation of a virtual 2020 Washougal Studio Artists Tour during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- A first-place award for environmental coverage for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Cleaning up the ‘crown jewel’ of Camas,” concerning efforts to kickstart a years-long campaign to improve water quality in Camas’ Lacamas Lake;
- A first-place feature writing award for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Teens honored for lifesaving rescue,” about the rescue of a father and his young daughter at Camas’ “potholes” near Round Lake;
- A first-place lifestyle feature writing award for reporter Doug Flanagan’s article, “Learning on the road,” about a Washougal family who decided to take their children’s home-schooling on the road for a hands-on American history lesson;
- A first-place sports news reporting award for reporter Doug Flanagan’s article, “Camas graduate signs with San Francisco Giants,” about Camas alumnus Tyler Forner’s baseball career;
- A second-place business feature writing award for reporter Doug Flanagan’s article, “Farming Possibilities,” about Washougal farmers finding new markets during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- A second-place award for COVID-19 coverage for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Painter finds inspiration in desolate downtown,” about Camas painter Anna Norris’ “We’re Not in Camas Anymore” painting of Natalia’s Cafe;
- A second-place education reporting award for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Small, but mighty,” about the struggles the Camas-Washougal Parent Co-op Preschool faced during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- A second-place election reporting award for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Campaigning in a time of COVID,” about how a few local candidates reacted to a campaign season devoid of in-person town halls, door-to-door introductions and meetups with voters; and
- A third-place election reporting award for editor Kelly Moyer’s article, “Voters to decide fate of Camas school levies,” regarding the February 2021 Camas School District levies.
