280 Living snagged more than a few awards last weekend at the annual Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
Chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee Dee Ann Campbell honored the winners at the Alabama Press Convention in Destin, Florida, on June 18 with awards for outstanding reporting, photography, design, advertising and multimedia. A total of 110 newspapers across the state submitted 2,775 entries from their 2015 publications.
280 Living won six different awards in Division E:
2nd place - Best Lifestyle/Family Pages
2nd place - Best Use of Photos/Editorial Content
2nd place - Creative Use of Multimedia
2nd place - Best Sports Page.
3rd place - Best Local Economic Coverage
3rd place - Best Local News Coverage
In all, Starnes Publishing took home 39 awards across five of its papers — 280 Living, Hoover Sun, The Homewood Star, Vestavia Voice and Village Living. Starnes Publishing distributes seven monthly papers in total — Hoover Sun, Village Living, 280 Living, The Homewood Star, Cahaba Sun, Vestavia Voice and Iron City Ink – as well as daily e-newsletters and 24/7 websites for its publications.
A few of the other notable awards presented to Starnes Publishing this year focused primarily on serving the local Birmingham community. These included:
The Homewood Star:
- 1st place - General Excellence
- 1st place - Best Local News Coverage
- 1st place - Freedom of Information (FOI)/First Amendment award
- 2nd place - Best Public Service
Vestavia Voice
- 1st place - Best Public Service
Village Living
- 2nd place - Best Local Education coverage
Hoover Sun
- 3rd place for Best Public Service
Awards from previous years can be found on the Starnes Publishing’s website at http://starnespublishing.com. To view previous 280 Living awards, visit the website here.
