WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE EARNS SEVEN AWARDS IN FOUR-STATE SPJ JOURNALISM CONTEST

Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Associates at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne received seven awards last weekend from the Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 in Denver.

During a ceremony at The Slate hotel, the following Top of the Rockies awards were received:

• Jeremiah Johnke, first place, Single Page Design, “Female Prep Athlete of the Year”

• Brian Martin, second place, Editorials, “Our View” editorials

• Jasmine Hall, third place, Specialized Reporting: Politics: Feature, “Will Wyoming turn a darker shade of red?”

• Will Carpenter, third place, ColumnPersonal/Humor, three “Weekend

Picks” columns

• Jeremiah Johnke, third place, Information Graphic, “All-Laramie County football team”

• Alyte Katilius, third place, Feature Photography/Videography, “Riding for Raylan” photo story

• Alyte Katilius, third place, Sports Photography, “Down, but not out”

The contest for professional journalists has been administered for more than a decade by the Colorado Professional Chapter on behalf of SPJ chapters in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Top of the Rockies is a regional, multiplatform contest for reporters and news organizations in the four states. The contest grew from a Colorado-only contest on the heels of the closure of the Rocky Mountain News in 2009 to ensure a robust and competitive field.

The 2023 contest had more than 1,750 entries from more than 100 news media outlets and freelancers, a 12% increase over the number of entries in 2022. The entries were judged by journalists in Illinois and Ohio.

Entrants compete in four divisions based on newsroom staff size: extra-large newsrooms, large newsrooms, medium newsrooms and small newsrooms. The WTE competed in the large newsrooms division.