IPC Honors Russell, HBO, SR

Put your hands together for Betsy Russell, the SR’s state political reporter extraordinaire, who hauled in some big time hardware at the annual Idaho Press Club’s awards ceremony Saturday. Betsy shared the IPC’s First Amendment Award w/the Idaho news media for Joseph Duncan trial access. Also, she shared a first-place award with Meghann Cuniff for her Duncan trial coverage and came in third in the Reporter of the Year category. The SR won first in the General Excellence category. Huckleberries took first in the Best Blog category. And the North Idaho College Sentinel and UIdaho Argonaut won several awards, too. You can view all the categories and winners here .