Two View Newspapers win top titles in MPA Better Newspaper Contest | News for Fenton, Linden, Holly MI

   The Daily News published in Greenville took the overall top spot in the Daily D class and the Huron County View won the top award in the Weekly A class.

   More than 2,900 entries covering four dozen categories were submitted by 96 Michigan newspapers and individual members for the annual contest. Judging by the members of the Arkansas Press Association awarded points for first, second and third place in each category and class with the paper achieving the highest point total in each class wining the Newspaper of the Year title.

   View Newspaper Group publications netted 32 First Place awards, 25 Second Place finishes and 19 Third Place spots as well as 15 Honorable Mentions.

   In addition to being named Newspaper of the Year, The Daily News was awarded the MPA Public Service Award in their class recognizing “meritorious public service by a newspaper or newspaper individual that has made a significant contribution to the betterment of their community,” for reporter Elisabeth Waldon’s story titled “Wind Energy.”

   Another View Newspaper, Fenton-based Tri-County Times, was a close runner-up in Newspaper of the Year scoring in their class, being edged by their sister paper, Huron County View. The Times won first place in their class for both Best Newspaper Design and Best Page Design.

   “We are very proud of our group’s overall showing in the annual MPA contest. Especially our teams in Greenville and Bad Axe, both of which took top honors in their classes. That’s the second year in a row for Huron County View and a remarkable seventh year in a row for The Daily News,” said Group Publisher Wes Smith. “We have an incredibly talented and dedicated team of journalists, editors, designers, sales professionals and support staff working at our 15 community newspapers across Michigan. It is truly an honor that our team members are recognized by our peers in the newspaper business for their efforts and achievements,” Smith said.

   View Newspaper Group, based in Lapeer, publishes 15 community newspapers covering 10 Michigan counties with more than 200,000 copies in print weekly and 13 websites with more than 588,000 monthly page views.