TRIB TOPS: National newspaper education awards

COLUMBIA, 8/12/10  (Beat Byte) --  The Columbia Daily Tribune and the Missouri Press Association top a list of national newspaper award winners scheduled to be announced and feted at an Omaha convention in October.

 

Winning first place honors in three categories -- General Excellence, Marketing, and Sponsorship -- the Trib joined The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Washington Missourian atop the National Newspaper Association's (NNA) 2010 Newspaper In Education Awards. 

 

The  Missouri Press Association, also based in Columbia, topped a list of state news education program awardees, beating New York (2nd place); Kentucky (3rd place); and Ohio (Honorable Mention). 

 

Ironically, the NNA announced in July that it was severing nearly decade-long ties to Columbia, the University of Missouri, and the MU School of Journalism over a failure to reach key agreements with University officials.