The Daily Progress won Grand Slam honors at the annual Associated Press Sports Editors national writing and sections contest, which concluded on Sunday. <\/p>\n
The Daily Progress, competing in the under-15,000 circulation division, earned top-10 recognition for its daily, Sunday and special sections as well as its web site. <\/p>\n
The Daily Progress was one of 13 media organizations to earn Grand Slam honors in this years contest. The others were the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Washington Post, Indianapolis Star, Oklahoman, Omaha World-Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tuscaloosa News, Opelika-Auburn News and Wyoming Tribune Eagle. <\/p>\n
In the APSE writing competition, Daily Progress University of Virginia athletics writer Andrew Ramspacher received two top 10 honors. Ramspacher was recognized in the features category for his story on Virginia quarterback Matt Johns and his friendship with a young cancer patient, as well as in the beat writing category for his beat coverage of the Virginia football program. <\/p>\n
The APSE awards, voted on by sports editors and journalists from across the nation during four days of judging in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, honor work published in 2016. <\/p>\n
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