Friday, June 30, 2006

BJ wins seven awards

The Beacon Journal took home seven awards in this year's Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards in the 100,000-plus circulation division.

Firsts were won in the Best Public Journalism category for its Election 2005 Special Section and in the Best Web Site category, in which Linda Lyell and her staff won for their work with Ohio.com.

Elaine Guregian took first in the Best Arts Profile category and copy editor Chuck Montague nabbed a first in Best Headline Writing for his headline, ``Quail to the Chief: Fancy Lunch After Swearing In.''

Entertainment writer Malcolm X Abram was named Best Critic in Ohio, and the Beacon's This City Reads! literacy project took home top honors in the Best Defense of Literacy category. In the Best Criminal Justice Reporting category, Craig Webb and Gina Mace tied for second for their series, ``Dark Secrets of Christopher Below.''

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