I got an award from the Illinois Press Association for third place in best single page design! I believe that was for this guy:
My co-worker beat me out with second place in the same category, our supervisor got himself an honorable mention for best informational graphic, and we got a whole slew of other awards this year. As soon as I heard, I went through this lengthy list of winners (PDF link at bottom). I might have smiled a bit at how many names I recognized — colleagues at my current job, people I studied journalism with in college, people I worked with at The Daily Illini and even in a couple cases oddly recognizable last names tipping me off through Facebook stalkerdom that I was a couple degrees separation away from them.
I smiled because most of the people I went to school with got out of newspapers (and understandably so). Also, many of those who are still in it I only see through Facebook, Twitter, their blogs or other side projects. But there are still quite a few in this state making a living in this business, and apparently producing some quality stuff. So congratulations to you all!
