Register takes home awards

The Iola Register took home top honors for the fifth consecutive year during last weekend's Kansas Press Association's annual convention.

June 12, 2023 - 2:25 PM

Pictured from left are Quinn Burkitt, sports reporter, Nathan Cope, advertising representative, Kristi Kranker, graphic designer, Susan Lynn, publisher, Richard Luken, reporter, Vickie Moss, reporter, and Tim Stauffer, managing editor. Not pictured are Violeta Stauffer Rodriguez, marketing director, Paul Vernon, ad representative, Grace Garner, digital media, Paiton Richards, accounts representative, Susan Locke, circulation manager, and Liz Cox, office assistant. Courtesy photo

The Iola Register won the sweepstakes award in both the news and advertising divisions at last weekend’s Kansas Press Association’s annual convention.

It’s the fifth year in a row the Register has won the sweepstakes in its division of daily newspapers whose subscribers number from 1,500 to 2,200.

Judges from Missouri reviewed entries from across 2022.

The Register’s graphic artist, Kristi Kranker, won 10 first-place awards for her magic in designing advertisements and promotions for the Register’s print and online products.

Other first-place winners were reporters Vickie Moss and Richard Luken for their stories and photos; digital media specialist Grace Garner for the website’s photo albums; Tim Stauffer for the Register’s weekly newsletter, and Susan Lynn for column writing.

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