Hoover Sun takes home APA awards

The Hoover Sun snagged more than a few awards last weekend at the annual Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee, Dee Ann Campbell, honored the winners at the APA convention in Destin, Florida, on June 18 with awards for outstanding reporting, photography, design, advertising and multimedia. A total of 110 newspapers across the state submitted 2,775 entries from their 2015 publications.

The Hoover Sun won five different awards in Division E:

1st Place - Best Sports Page

1st Place - Creative Use of Multimedia 

3rd Place - Best Public Service

3rd Place - Best Layout and Design

3rd Place - Best Photo Essay

In all, Starnes Publishing took home 39 awards across five of its papers — 280 Living, Hoover Sun, The Homewood Star, Vestavia Voice and Village Living.

Starnes Publishing distributes seven monthly papers in total — Hoover Sun, Village Living, 280 Living, The Homewood Star, Cahaba Sun, Vestavia Voice and Iron City Ink – as well as daily e-newsletters.

Some of the other exceptional awards presented to Starnes Publishing this year focused primarily on serving the local Birmingham community. These included:

Village Living

2nd Place - Best Local Education Coverage

280 Living

3rd place - Best Local Economic Coverage

3rd place - Best Local News Coverage

Vestavia Voice

1st Place - Best Public Service for “What’s in a name? Vestavia considers new mascot” by Katie Turpen

The Homewood Star

1st Place - FOIA/First Amendment Award

1st Place - Best Local News Coverage

2nd Place - Best Public Service for "Tuberculosis Outbreak" by Staff

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Awards from previous years can be found on the Starnes Publishing’s website at http://starnespublishing.com. To view previous Hoover Sun awards, visit the page here.