Record Wins Pair of State Journalism Titles

The Fayette County Record earned two state titles, as part of 10 overall awards at the state level, as awards were announced Saturday in San Marcos at the Texas Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.

Competing in the Large Semi-Weekly Category, The Record won first place in Feature Writing and Sports Photography and was tied for third in the Sweepstakes category with the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, behind second place Uvalde Leader-News and first place Hood County News of Granbury. Judging was done by members of The West Virginia Press Association, and was for work done during 2021.

Of the 80 newspapers competing, The Record was one of only five that placed in at least 10 categories (the others were The Galveston Daily News, The Victoria Advocate, The Hill County News of Leander, and The Longview News Journal.)

Here are the state awards The Record won:

First Place Feature Writing – For work done by Andy Behlen and Elaine Thomas

First Place Sports Photography – For work done by Jeff Wick and Audrey Kristynik

Second Place Column Writing – For work done by Jeff Wick

Second Place Online Live Coverage – For work done by Andy Behlen

Third Place Advertising Design – For work done by John Castaneda

Third Place Best Magazine – For Fayette County Visitors Guide

Third Place Special Section – For Record’s 100th anniversary section

Third Place Public Notice Reporting – For work done by Andy Behlen

Third Place Headline Writing – For work done by Jeff Wick

Fourth Place New Photography – For work by Andy Behlen