The Camas-Washougal Post-Record won several awards in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s statewide 2023 Better Newspaper Contest.
The WNPA announced winners of the annual journalism contest, which had more than 1,500 entries from nearly 50 weekly and small daily newspapers throughout Washington state, during the association’s annual convention, held Oct. 6-7, in Kennewick, Washington.
The Post-Record and its editorial team – managing editor Kelly Moyer and reporter Doug Flanagan — received eight journalism awards at this year’s convention.
The newspaper took second place in the overall “General Excellence” category and editor Kelly Moyer won third place in the statewide “News Writer of the Year” competition.
Other awards included:
• First place for general feature story (long): Doug Flanagan for his story, “Washougal man invited strangers to play catch with him”