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The Los Gatos Weekly-Times continues its track record of being an award-winning newspaper, earning a list of honors in the California Newspapers Publishers Association 2003 Better Newspapers Contest.
At the awards ceremony, held in Southern California on July 17, the Los Gatos Weekly-Times won first place in the photo essay category for work by photographer George Sakkestad and intern Saori Yoneda and second place in the editorial pages category. The paper was also named a Blue Ribbon Finalist in the categories of general excellence, page layout & design and editorial comment. The Los Gatos Weekly-Times competed with other newspapers in the 11,00125,000 non-daily circulation division.
"Our goal each and every week is to produce the highest quality community newspapers possible within our economic model. It is not to win awards," said David Cohen, publisher of Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, parent company of the Los Gatos Weekly-Times. "The fact that we are recognized by our fellow journalists for our efforts is certainly gratifying and reaffirms that we are fulfilling our mission. I'm proud of our editorial department."
Honors awarded to the Los Gatos Weekly-Times' sister newspapers in their respective circulation divisions were: Saratoga News, first place sports story for Sarah Hazelwood, second place writing for Gloria Wang, Blue Ribbon Finalist photo essay, feature photo and editorial cartoon; Almaden Resident, first place editorial cartoon for Steven DeCinzo, Blue Ribbon Finalist sports coverage and sports photo; Rose Garden Resident, first place editorial cartoon for DeCinzo; Cupertino Courier, Blue Ribbon Finalist business for financial story; Willow Glen Resident, Blue Ribbon Finalist editorial cartoon.
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