...for smiling down upon us
Coming on the heels of yesterday's announcement about our N.C. Press Awards, today we picked up two-and-a-half of the four statewide prizes given by the N.C. Associated Press.
The winners:
* Mike Kernels, assistant features editor, the Carl K. Bell Award for editing
* Eric Collins, courts reporter, the Thomas Wolfe Award for writing
* Elyse Ashburn, environment and health reporter, honorable mention for the Walter Spearman Award for writing by a journalist with less than two years experience
The best thing about these awards is that the competition is intense and, aside from an honorable mention here and there, only one award is given per category. And, as with the N.C. Press Association Awards below, the competition is with papers across the state, including our much-larger sisters in Raleigh and Charlotte.