JoeB: Press Sidesteps Tougher Contest

Joe Butler: I don’t think the Press has even entered this one since I left. As a perpetual club officer, it fell to me to hand out the forms and collect whatever entries people wanted to turn in. Mike Patrick never especially seemed to care for this one or wanted to spend the budget on it. But he never stopped people from entering on their own time and own dime. He also would occasionally give bonuses if people won big at this one or SPJ. (Mike preferred the AP contest, which represented more states, and also pitted papers against comparable sized papers, instead of all the papers in the state.)

Question: Do these media awards presentations mean anything to readers?