Herald Wins 9 Awards In Statewide Contest

The Morrisons Cove Herald has won nine awards in the 2023 Professional Keystone Media Awards contest.

The awards are:

• Correspondent George Berkheimer, Second Place in Enterprise Reporting for his series, "The Changing Cove"

• Publisher Allan Bassler, Honorable Mention for Feature Story for his article, "Cove Woman Details 'Amazon' Phone Scam"

• Staff Writer Rick Boston, Honorable Mention in Editorial for his piece, "Survival of the American Newspaper Critical to Democracy"

• Columnist Richard Tate, Second Place in Sports/Outdoor Column for "The Sportsman's Corner"

• Bassler, Honorable Mention in breaking news Photo for his photo "Cause of Martinsburg Fire Unknown"

• Photographer Gary M. Baranec, Honorable Mention in Sports Feature Photo for "Dragons Can't Be Stopped This Time"

• Editor Anna Baughman, First Place for Sports Page Design. Baughman was also awarded Second Place for Feature Page Design

• Baughman, Composing Manager Dessie Carpenter, Circulation Manager Lugene Shelly and Bookkeeper Martin Bakner, Second Place in Special Section for the Herald's "Jingles"

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA) sponsors the Professional Keystone Media Awards contest every year. Newspapers submit their best work and are judged by a peer newspaper staff from another state.

PNA is an association of newspapers and news media organizations in Pennsylvania.

The Herald is thrilled with the results of this year's Professional Keystone Media Awards and grateful to PNA for the recognition. A lot of hard work went into every edition throughout 2022, and the results of this contest show these efforts.

Every week, we continue to produce the best product we can, not to submit our articles and photos for awards, but to provide the Cove and friends of the Cove with the best local newspaper possible. We are extremely honored to be a small part of the Herald's immense history.

As the editor of this fine paper, I thank my coworkers for their award-worthy work and their constant support and passion as we navigate our role in the present and future of print media.

As ever, the Herald staff extends our appreciation to Herald advertisers, subscribers and readers for their continued support. We also thank every columnist and correspondent for their continuous contributions that offer better coverage and make the Herald more far-reaching.

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