Half Moon Bay Review takes 8 awards in CNPA contest
The California Newspaper Publishers’ Association honored the Half Moon Bay Review with eight awards during its annual banquet on April 16.
The weekly newspaper, competing in a category reserved for newspapers with a circulation between 4,301 and 11,000, won first-place prizes for best feature story, lifestyle coverage and front-page design. It took home second-place awards for sports coverage, environmental/agricultural reporting, page layout and design, graphic illustration, and general excellence.
Reporter Mark Noack won first place for a July 2008 story of a local man who admitted to a vast car burglary operation that funded his meth habit. It was notable for Robert Fraser’s admission of wrongdoing and the subsequent fallout in the community. Noack took second place in environmental/agricultural reporting with his story of 81-year-old Ray Bandar, who makes the ghoulish collection of dead marine mammals his business.
The award for lifestyle coverage honors longtime Review reporter and El Granada resident Stacy Trevenon, who routinely writes as many as a dozen stories a week, including the weekly feature-section front piece.
Sportswriter Mark Foyer is the Review’s sports department. He covers all local sports and commonly takes photos to accompany his award-winning writing.
Design Director Bill Murray is primarily responsible for the newspaper’s front-page design and graphics awards. In addition, to being an award-winning newspaper designer, he is an artist and a Montara resident.
This year, the CNPA awards covered more than a year, a period stretching back to mid-2008 through the end of 2009.
“These awards, while sometimes honoring specific individuals, are a reflection of the consistent, hard work of everyone in the Review family,” said Review Managing Editor and Wick Editorial Director Clay Lambert. “Putting out this newspaper is a team effort. We appreciate the high standards set by staffers like Mark Noack, Mark Foyer, Stacy Trevenon and Bill Murray.”