At the 2024 Alabama Press Association Summer convention banquet, Tallapoosa Publishers’ newspapers and magazines were awarded some of the top honors throughout the state.
Of the 56 papers submitting over 1,700 entries, TPI writers and staff were awarded top honors like Best Newspaper Website and Best Sports Coverage.
The Alexander City Outlook took first place in Division B for Best Newspaper Website. The Outlook also took home first for Best Production and Printing.
In Division D, the Wetumpka Herald was awarded second place for Best Newspaper Website and the Dadeville Record earned third in Division D’s Best Production and Printing.
Dalton Middleton, sports editor for the Wetumpka Herald and Tallassee Tribune, took home first place in Division D’s Best Sports Coverage category.Â
The staff for the Outlook and Herald each took third in their respective divisions for Best Local Economic Coverage.
Cliff Williams spearheaded the effort for both the Herald and Tribune taking home first and second respectively in the Best Local Education Coverage category.
In Best Local News Coverage, the Outlook was awarded first place. The Record and the Tribune took home second and third. The Outlook also was awarded first place in Best Use of Photographs/Editorial Content.Â
For General Excellence, the Outlook was awarded second place in Division B. The Herald and Record were awarded second and third respectively in Division D.
In the advertising sphere, the Outlook won first place in Best Advertising Sweepstakes. The Herald and the Record won second and third.Â
The Outlook’s own Audra Spears also won the statewide Ad of the Year.
LAKE Magazine won third place overall in the Magazine of the Year category.
These recognitions came after TPI and its staff won 68 awards upon the preliminary announcement of the 2024 APA media awards.
