Deseret News takes home 24 awards in AP contest

SALT LAKE CITY — The Deseret News won 24 awards in the annual Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association contest this year. The contest, held Thursday night, in Park City, is sponsored by The Associated Press.

Awards include four first-place honors, including Deseret News photographer Jeffery D. Allred in the portfolio photo division, Mike Terry for portrait photography, Stuart W. Johnson in spot news photography, and Geoff Liesik and Pat Reavy together for a spot news story.

The Deseret News took home eight second-place awards, with Allred winning one each in feature photography, general news photography and for the photo essay category. Other winners in second place included Terry, for photo portfolio and sports photography; August Miller in photo illustration; Tom Smart in portrait photography; and Amy Donaldson for sports column.

Third-place winners included Ravell Call, for feature photo; Joseph M. Dougherty, for feature story; Smart, for general news photo, sports photo, spot news photo and portfolio photography; Allred, for photo essay; Lois M, Collins, James Thalman and Carrie Moore for special interest projects; T.J. Kirkpatrick, for sports feature photo; and Mike Sorensen, for spot news story.

In all, Deseret News' photography staff was awarded 17 photography honors, placing in every category.

The Deseret News competed in Division 3 of the contest, for newspapers with a circulation greater than 50,000.

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