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Jul 15

A nice day

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My co-worker Sadie Fowler and I went to Nashville today to attend the Tennessee Press Association awards luncheon. The T-G did well; we took first place in five categories.

I wasn’t personally involved in any of the first place awards (unless I had some minor content in the tearsheets that were submitted for “community lifestyles,” and that’s possible), but I was involved in several of our other awards.

TPA awards

These are the individual certificates that TPA makes up for honorees to take home. The certificate which stays with the newspaper only bears the name of the paper. The education award was shared with Sadie and Mary Reeves, while the web site award was shared with David Melson, Danny Parker and (I think) William Mitchell. The feature photo was mine alone:

From Kenya 2010

The photo was from one of my LEAMIS trips, which makes it even more special. I had not thought of it as a contest entry, but David Melson suggested it.

This is a different awards program from the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors awards announced back in May, at which I got a first place award for video.

Jun 18

Whirlwind

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I may not be blogging much for the next 36 hours or so.

I slept in this morning, because I have to put in a full afternoon of work, then cover a 5 p.m. meeting, then cover a 7 p.m. meeting (school board, which is usually a long one).

Tomorrow morning, we will rush to get the newspaper out earlier than normal so that several of us can go to Chattanooga for the Tennessee Press Association awards luncheon. I’ll be driving the Times-Gazette van.

As soon as I return from the TPA luncheon tomorrow afternoon, I will meet several of my fellow members of the Symphony in Shelbyville steering committee; we will carpool to Nashville for our annual wrap-up meeting, which will be held at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and we will stay for that night’s summer festival concert.

Fortunately, I have nothing on the agenda for Saturday — except finishing up my sermon for Sunday at Mt. Lebanon UMC.