Photo by Ronnie Day
Barry Burleson (left), publisher of The South Reporter, presents a first-place award to Dillon Day for his sports action photo.
Newspaper wins five MPA awards
The South Reporter won five awards in the Mississippi Press Association 2016 Better Newspaper Contest.
The honors were announced during the MPA Summer Convention Saturday, July 8, in Biloxi at the Golden Nugget. Judges for this year’s contest were from the Kentucky Press Association.
Headlining The South Reporter’s awards was Dillon Day’s first-place plaque in the Best Sports Action Photo category. About his picture of Holly High basketball player DaQuan Smith in January 2016, the judges wrote – “Love the action, especially the look on the player’s face as he goes for the dunk. Very well done and way to be at the right place at the right time.”
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