Glen Arbor Sun wins seven awards from Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest
From staff reports
The Glen Arbor Sun won seven awards in five different categories from the Michigan Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest among local news media for stories published between August 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022.
In the Best Opinion category, Mae Stier won first place for her July 3, 2022 story, “Reduced access to abortions, reduced access to freedom.”
The Sun won three awards in the Business/Agriculture News category: Susan Ager won second place for her December 24, 2021 story, “A passage to India, here in Lake Leelanau“; Madeleine Vedel won third place for her August 19, 2021 story, “What heat waves, frost, drought and torrential rain mean for our cherry orchards,” and Jacob Wheeler received an honorable mention for his June 19, 2022 story, “Goats feast at Port Oneida Rural Historic District.”
In the Feature Photo category, Mae Stier won third place for her November 14, 2021 photo story, “A tour of the North Manitou Shoal Light Station.”
In the Feature story category Kathleen Stocking received an honorable mention for her December 25, 2021, “Looking for God’s Infinite Plan in the Footprints of Wolves.“
And in the Government/Education News category, Jacob Wheeler won third place for his January 23, 2022 story, “Solving Leelanau’s Child Care Crisis: Early Childhood Development Commission launches innovative home-based business model.”
