Weirton Daily Times earns 21 awards in West Virginia Press contest | News, Sports, Jobs

CHARLESTON — The Weirton Daily Times collected 21 awards, together with 9 first-place recognitions, as a part of the 2025 West Virginia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The newspaper competes within the WVPA’s Division II, which incorporates the smaller day by day publications within the state.

The awards have been introduced in the course of the annual WVPA conference, held Saturday on the campus of the University of Charleston, and honoring information, sports activities, and editorial writing, together with promoting work finished in 2024.

“I’m incredibly proud of our news, sports and advertising staffs for consistently being recognized by their peers through the West Virginia Press Association contest,” stated Managing editor Craig Howell. “It reinforces the importance of community journalism and the work we do the inform our readers of the events of the Tri-State Area.”

Howell and former employees author Christopher Dacanay received first place within the Breaking News class for his or her protection of the EF2 twister which tore by means of parts of Hancock and Jefferson counties in May 2024, chronicling the harm from the storm and early restoration efforts.

Individually, Howell introduced dwelling first and third-place awards within the Business, Economic or Labor Reporting class for his protection of the idling of Weirton’s tinplate amenities and the announcement of a proposed transformer producer, in addition to first place in Best Headline Writing.

Staff author Warren Scott earned a third-place end within the News Photography class for “Off They Go!,” {a photograph} showcasing the annual Oil Can Derby race as a part of Wellsburg’s Independence Day festivities.

Dacanay additionally obtained a third-place pictures award, within the Feature Photography class, for “Naughty or Nice,” displaying depictions of St. Nicholas and Zwarte Piet throughout Steubenville’s 2024 St. Nicholas Lantern Parade.

Sports editor Andrew Grimm was acknowledged with 4 awards on this yr’s contest, receiving two second-place and two third-place finishes.

Grimm took second- and third-place spots in Best Sports Event Reporting, together with second place in Best Sports Columnist, and third place in Sports Photography. The pictures award was for “Broken Up,” a photograph from the October 2024 soccer recreation between Oak Glen and Steubenville Catholic Central.

Community editor Julie Stenger earned two first-place awards, within the classes of Best Lifestyles Feature and Best Lifestyle Columnist.

A employees award additionally was earned with a primary place in Best Sports Special Section for “High School Football 24,” the newspaper’s highschool soccer preview.

In the promoting classes, the newspaper obtained three first-place awards — within the classes of Best Color Ad, Quarter Page or Less; Best Process Color Ad, Larger Than a Quarter Page; and Best Theme Pages.

The promoting employees additionally obtained a second-place award in Best Special Section-Sports, and 4 third-place awards within the classes of Best Process Color Ad, Larger Than a Quarter Page; Best Agency Advertisement; Best Classified Section; and Best Online Newspaper Promotional Campaign.

This yr’s contest was judged by members of the New York Press Association and The New York News Publishers Foundation.