| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION During the 43-year competition various other institutions have provided awards for winning papers Dixon Paper Company has beenlongtime sponsor of plaques in each group for the Best EditorColumn The University of UtahCommunications Department judged and presented awards for Excellence in Photography More recently the has been associated withBest Feature Story recognition and the Latter-day Saints Church has linked itself to the photographic contest Western Paper Company an association supporter since the turn of the century has in recent years sponsored the Best Feature Photo category From time to time others identify with phases of the competition by awarding plaques bearing their names Most journalists agreed afterfew years that the competition was achieving its objective Sam Taylor the 1965-66 president said in his report to the members All things considered it appears to me that over the years this program has haddesired effect Newspapers in Utah are better than they used to be and itnot just because modern equipment makes an easier job of printingquality paper The contest has been improved Care is taken in makeup procedures where once this waslast-minute chore anyone could be trusted with Photo selection and number of photo features has increased Editorial comment has become sharper and more widely used News reporting has become more detailed and accurate Perhaps our efforts to improve our product through the contest have not been entirely responsible for this change but the contest has made competitiontool Only less-than-daily papers were involved in the contest for its first four decades Then after the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune had become active members of the association the News entered several categories in 1990 winning General Excellence overspecial group composed of the largest weeklies and the Daily Spectrum The Tribune did not enter Perhaps embarrassed by its dominance that year the News did not enter the following year However with all of Utahmajor newspapers now association members it is 390 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
