Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Staff members of The Woodstock Independent won 31 awards for writing and photography in the annual statewide contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. Seven first-place awards were among those the staff picked up last week at the IPA’s annual convention in Bloomington. Editor Larry Lough also was named the IPA’s Editor […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Judges from the Alabama Press Association liked what they saw from The Woodstock Independent in the annual newspaper contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. The Independent staff won 12 first-place awards – including the top prize for General Excellence – in competition with about 20 Illinois newspapers in the midsize non-daily […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com Staff members of The Woodstock Independent have won more than 30 awards in the annual statewide contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. Eleven of the newspaper’s 31 awards announced so far are first-place honors, including for Community Service, Newspaper Design, and Best Editorial Page. Winners of General Excellence and the […]
Every city council or school board has issues large and small that impact the lives of the people it serves. Should residents be allowed to have chickens within city limits? Should the city-owned hospital be sold? What programs should the school district cut to have a balanced budget? How should students be allowed to dress […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Staff members of The Woodstock Independent have won 26 awards in a statewide contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. The newspaper won 17 awards in the news-editorial competition, and designer Dianne Mitchell captured nine awards in the advertising contest of the IPA. Awards were officially announced Friday during the IPA’s virtual convention. Awards […]
The Independent ran its awards total to 24 in the annual Excellence in New Contest of the Illinois Press Association. Results announced last month included four first-place awards for The Independent in the small weeklies competition, in addition to eight seconds, seven thirds, and three fourths. At the awards banquet in Springfield May 3, two […]
Reporting projects on the opioid crisis and homelessness in Woodstock have earned The Independent eight awards in a statewide contest. Those are among at least 22 awards the newspaper has won in 13 different categories of the annual Excellence in News Contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. The awards will be presented at the […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
