GREENSPUN MEDIA EARNS BOUNTY OF AWARDS FROM STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION

nomenal eye for presentation.”

Torres-Cortez’s profile on summer crime for The Sunday was picked as the best news feature for urban weeklies. He also won first place in the same class for community service, a story he wrote with colleague April Corbin on the value of hiring veterans.

“Not only were these stories well written, but they were well crafted,” a judge said of Torres-Cortez. “I didn’t feel like I had read pieces about evolving senseless gang violence or a mass shooting — but rather was taken on an emotional experience. This work is exceptional in every way.”

Other GMG winners include:

Urban daily

(All awards for Las Vegas Sun)

First place: best editorial page, Brian Greenspun, Ric Anderson and Mike Smith; best page one design, Sun staff; best sports news story, Mike Grimala

Second place: general excellence, staff; best sports news story, Ray Brewer; best overall design, Sun staff; best explanatory journalism, Kim Palchikoff

Third place: best explanatory journalism, Yvonne Gonzalez; best sports column, Ray Brewer; best editorial cartoon, Mike Smith; best feature photo, Steve Marcus

Urban weeklies

(All awards for Las Vegas Weekly)

First place: best entertainment writing, Brock Radke; best local column, Brock Radke; best portrait, Wade Vandervort; best graphic designer, Ian Racoma; best multiple photo essay, Wade Vandervort; best explanatory journalism, Chris Kudialis, C. Moon Reed and Geoff Carter; best feature photo, Wade Vandervort

Second place: best digital news feature storytelling, Mikayla Whitmore and C. Moon Reed; best advertising innovation, staff; best investigative story, staff; best local column, Mike Prevatt; general excellence, staff; best niche magazine, staff; best portrait, Wade Vandervort; best graphic designer, Corlene Byrd; best special section, staff; best nonstaff story, Danielle Kelly; advertising general excellence, staff; best breaking news reporting, C. Moon Reed; best business spot news story, C. Moon Reed; best feature photo, Wade Vandervort; best illustrated photo, Christopher DeVargas Third place: best overall design, staff; best niche magazine, staff; best multiple photo essay, Mikayla Whitmore; best page one design, staff; best critical writing, C. Moon Reed; best feature writing, C. Moon Reed; community service, staff; best business feature, Mike Prevatt; best feature photo, Wade Vandervort

Urban weeklies

(All awards for The Sunday)

First place: best editorial page, Ric Anderson and Mike Smith; best editorial writing, Ric Anderson; best print ad, Dany Haniff; best special section, staff; best sports feature writing, Ray Brewer; best nonstaff story, Rob Miech; best editorial cartoon, Mike Smith; best in-house promotion, Dany Haniff; community service, Ricardo Torres-Cortez and April Corbin; best business spot news feature, Mick Akers; best illustrated photo, Elizabeth Brown and Christopher DeVargasSecond place: best print ad, Dany Haniff; best ad series, Elizabeth Brown and Emma Cauthorn; best editorial writing, Ric Anderson; best overall design, Elizabeth Brown; best multiple photo essay, Mikayla Whitmore; best sports feature writing, Ray Brewer; best editorial cartoon, Mike Smith; community service, staff; best explanatory journalism, Adam Candee; best news feature story, April Corbin

Third place: best print ad, Dany Haniff; best ad series, Elizabeth Brown, Emma Cauthorn and Sean Rademacher; general excellence, staff; best graphic designer, Elizabeth Brown; best sports feature writing, Jesse Granger; advertising general excellence, staff; best news feature story, staff

Magazine

(All awards for Las Vegas Magazine)

Second place: advertising general excellence, staff

Third place: best page one design, staff; best portrait, Christopher DeVargas; general online excellence, staff.

Greenspun Media Group’s Las Vegas Sund and its former publication The Sunday are the first-place award winners for breaking news reporting for their coverage of the Oct. 1 mass shooting as judged by the Nevada Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper contest. At left is a spread from the magazine’s coverage of the shooting.