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The Camas-Washougal Post-Record took home 13 statewide journalism awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2022 “Better Newspaper Contest” awards event held Oct. 8, in Bellingham, Washington.
Managing Editor Kelly Moyer won second-place in the WNPA’s annual “News Writer of the Year” category. Other awards included six first-place awards, five second-place awards and one third-place award.
First-place reporting awards included:
- Business news story — for “Upping al fresco,” an article exploring a Camas business’ efforts to expand their outdoor dining after running into permitting roadblocks with the city of Camas, by Kelly Moyer;
- Comprehensive coverage (single writer) — for Moyer’s coverage of Discover Recovery, a drug treatment and rehabilitation center that met with fierce community opposition when its owners applied for a conditional-use permit to site in Camas’ Prune Hill neighborhood near the Dorothy Fox Elementary School;
- COVID-19 coverage — for “Safety is the most important thing,” an article detailing teachers’ views on heading back into the classrooms full-time, by Kelly Moyer;
- Environmental story — for “Teens tackle toxic algae,” an article about Camas teens who developed an algae-eating device to help clean Camas’ lake water, by Kelly Moyer;
- Sports feature story — for “Football helps Camas teen cope with mental health diagnoses,” a story featuring a Camas teen’s quest to find balance and health after being diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar depression, by Doug Flanagan; and
- Sports personality profile — for “The Comeback Kid,” a feature on Washougal basketball player McKenna Jackson and her rebound from injury, by Doug Flanagan.
Second-place reporting awards included:
- Business feature story — for “Washougal couple commits to full-time farm life,” about Andra and John Spencer’s efforts to build Get To-Gather Farm in Washougal, by Doug Flanagan;
- Comprehensive coverage (single writer) — for Kelly Moyer’s coverage of a Washougal physician assistant whose medical license was suspended after he openly opposed public health rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and allegedly prescribed unproven drugs to treat critically ill COVID-positive patients;
- Election story — for “Far beyond typical politics,” a story by Kelly Moyer, that described far-right attempts to derail then-Washougal School Board member Donna Sinclair during the 2021 general election;
- General feature story (long) — for Doug Flanagan’s story, “Making a more beautiful Washougal,” which described Washougal art students’ efforts to beautify a busy corner of the city’s commercial strip on “E” Street; and
- Government story — for “Fire department merger ‘not sustainable,'” a story by Kelly Moyer detailing conflicts between the cities of Camas and Washougal over the future of the joint Camas-Washougal Fire Department.
Post-Record reporter Doug Flanagan also won a third-place “sports personality profile” award for an article about Cassie Templer, the only member of the 2020-21 Camas girls bowling team.
