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news_KielyFound_1_web — DIVERS RECOVER: On the morning of Sunday, Aug. 21, volunteer divers from Adventures With Purpose located Kiely Rodni’s silver Honda CR-V about 55 feet off the shoreline of Prosser Reservoir, where she’d been partying Friday night and Saturday morning Aug. 5 and 6. Photo by Mayumi Peacock

Moonshine Recognized Nationally for 2022 Reporting

August 24, 2023

It is tradition for Moonshine Ink to submit staff-selected best-of-the-best stories/illustrations/photos/advertisements to the National Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper contests each year. The organization seeks to recognize top community journalism efforts across the country.

TWO DECADES OF THE INK, our November 2022 edition, won first place for best front page design in the non-daily division, circulation 6,000 to 9,999 (because we’re a monthly publication, our circulation, though larger, falls in this category alongside weekly publications). Our September 2022 cover won second place in the same category. Illustration by Mike English/Moonshine Ink

The past few years have yielded an adjacent tradition for the Ink: winning awards.

Our latest batch of submissions, which covered our 2022 publications, received accolades in the following categories:

3rd place, Best Series Ad Idea, Color: Pass It On, Heather Solomon, Sarah, Mayumi Peacock, and Gen John
2nd place, Best Original Editorial Cartoon: Water Clarity, Mike English
2nd place, Best Breaking News Photo: Finding Kiely, Mayumi Peacock
Honorable Mention, Best Environmental Story: Why Is it Taking so Long for AT&T to Remove the Abandoned Cables From Under Lake Tahoe?, Megan Michelson
2nd place, Best Health Story: The Spirit in the Water, Le’a Gleason
3rd place, Best Health Story: Legalizing the Therapeutic Trip, Brian Broom-Peltz
2nd place, Best Non-Profile Feature Story: The Secret Mountain Laboratory, David Fenimore
3rd place, Best Non-Profile Feature Story: Growing Old in Tahoe, Alex Hoeft
1st place, Best Front Page Design: November 2022: Two Decades of the Ink, Mike English
2nd place, Best Front Page Design: September 2022: Workforce Woes, Sarah Miller
Honorable Mention, Best Business Story: Days Gone By, Ted Coakley III

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Alex Hoeft

Alex Hoeft joined Moonshine staff in May 2019, happy to return to the world of journalism after a few years in community outreach. She has both her bachelor's and Master's in journalism, from Brigham Young University and University of Nevada, Reno, respectively. When she's not journalism-ing, she's wrangling her toddler or reading a book — or doing both at the same time.

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