Eunice News wins 18 state press awards

The Eunice News won 18 awards in the Louisiana Press Association’s Better Newspaper Editorial and Better Newspaper Advertising competitions.
The awards were for work done in 2014.
Award winners were announced at the 135th Annual Louisiana Press Association Convention in New Orleans.
The South Carolina Press Association judged the editorial and advertising competitions.
Fifty-four newspapers, publications, and college/university student newspapers submitted 2,485 entries.
The Eunice News competed in Division 4, which includes newspapers with average paid weekly circulation 3,000 to 1,501.
The Eunice News won three first-place awards.
Jim Butler, former editor, won first-place awards for Best Headline and Best News Photo.
Anissa Israel and Misty Deaville Gilley won a first-place award for Staff Generated Color for an Augie’s Maple Avenue Pharmacy & Gifts advertisement published Nov. 27, 2014.
The Eunice News second-place awards were:
Best News Coverage.
Misty Deaville Gilley, Most Effective Use of Graphic Design on a Single Page.
Jim Butler, Best Headline.
Tom Dodge, Best Sports Photo.
Misty Deaville Gilley, Best Ad Campaign.
Anissa Israel and Misty Deaville Gilley, Multiple Advertiser Page.
Third place awards for The Eunice News were:
Jim Butler, Best Regular Column.
Tom Dodge, Best Sports Column.
Best Overall Sports Coverage.
Misty Deaville Gilley, Most Effective Use of Graphic Design on a Single Page.
Claudette Olivier, Best Feature Photo.
Tom Dodge, Best Sports Photo.
Best Special Section, 2014 Hunting and Fishing.
Misty Deaville Gilley, Staff Generated Color.
Jim Butler, Best News Photo.