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AltWeekly Winners Announced; JFP Walks With Two ‘Firsts’
Kate Medley
This Saturday, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and Medill School of Journalism announced the winners of the 2008 AltWeekly Awards at its national convention in Philadelphia, Pa. Top winners were the LA Weekly with three first place awards, and the Texas Observer, also with three. The Jackson Free Press won two first place awards, for Feature Writing ("We Are Family: A Klan Child Fans a Different Flame" by Donna Ladd") and "Public Service" package ("Road to Meadville" by Donna Ladd, Kate Medley and Matt Saldaña).
Reporter Adam Lynch received an honorable mention for his long-form new stories "The State of the JPD," his third nod in three years.
The Public Service category was new to the AltWeekly Awards this year and designed to honor a newspaper for a package of stories, photos, blog entries and other material that had a significant impact in the newspaper's community.
The Jackson Free Press has won 17 AltWeekly Awards in its five years of eligibility, and first place in Feature Writing (one of the most heavily contested categories) in three out of the last four years.
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