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The Daily Telegram (Mich.) has been awarded Special Section: Niche Product of the Year for Lenawee Magazine in the 2009 Best of GateHouse contest.
About the entry
This quarterly magazine offers readers a variety of topics, organized by department and united by a clean, consistent design. Self-described as “a magazine about the good life in southeast Michigan,” this section includes stories and features that all have a local flavor: suggestions of local musicians to discover and a guide to fruit trees that will thrive in the region. The magazine also makes use of area writers: A local bookstore manager suggests books for holiday gift-giving, and a hospitality instructor from an area technical school offers seasonal recipes. Finally, Lenawee provides additional utility via an arts calendar and a clearly labeled advertising gift-guide section.
Judges’ comments
Judges appreciated The Daily Telegram’s editorial transparency and even-handed sourcing with this magazine, in which news and advertising were clearly defined. “I could see that the editors were striving to apply journalistic standards to a magazine format. It provides a rounded mix of features stories, quick hits and alternative story forms. The story choices strongly reflected the local community without becoming boosterish.”
Finalist
The Examiner Independence, Mo., 2009 Football Preview
The Daily Telegram (Mich.) has been awarded Special Section: Niche Product of the Year for Lenawee Magazine in the 2009 Best of GateHouse contest.
About the entry
This quarterly magazine offers readers a variety of topics, organized by department and united by a clean, consistent design. Self-described as “a magazine about the good life in southeast Michigan,” this section includes stories and features that all have a local flavor: suggestions of local musicians to discover and a guide to fruit trees that will thrive in the region. The magazine also makes use of area writers: A local bookstore manager suggests books for holiday gift-giving, and a hospitality instructor from an area technical school offers seasonal recipes. Finally, Lenawee provides additional utility via an arts calendar and a clearly labeled advertising gift-guide section.
Judges’ comments
Judges appreciated The Daily Telegram’s editorial transparency and even-handed sourcing with this magazine, in which news and advertising were clearly defined. “I could see that the editors were striving to apply journalistic standards to a magazine format. It provides a rounded mix of features stories, quick hits and alternative story forms. The story choices strongly reflected the local community without becoming boosterish.”
Finalist
The Examiner Independence, Mo., 2009 Football Preview
