The Coastal Star staff was honored Nov. 2 with first-place awards in environmental news coverage, opinion writing, news photography and feature page design by the Florida Press Club during its annual awards banquet.
Competing with other monthly, weekly and, in some categories, small daily newspapers, The Coastal Star took four first-place, six second-place and four third-place awards:
First Place:
• Environmental News (Class C&D) — Tim O’Meilia
• Layout Feature Page Design (Class D) — Scott Simmons
• Opinion Writing (Class C&D) — Mary Kate Leming
• Photography General News (Class D) — Jerry Lower
Second Place:
• Commentary Writing (Class C&D) — Thom Smith
• Environmental News (Class C&D) — Cheryl Blackerby
• General News (Class D) — Tim Pallesen
• Layout Front Page Design (Class D) — Staff
• Light Feature Writing (Class D) — Ron Hayes
• Photography Feature Photo Essay (Class C&D) — Jerry Lower
Third Place:
• Business Writing (Class D) — Tim Pallesen
• Commentary Writing (Class C&D) — Arden Moore
• Education Writing (Class C&D) — Ron Hayes, Emily J. Minor and Libby Volgyes
• Public Safety (Class D) — Steve Plunkett, Tim O’Meilia and Angie Francalancia
Class C includes small daily newspapers; Class D is weekly and monthly newspapers.
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