Germantown-Menomonee Falls NOW places in state newspaper contest

NOW Newspapers, publisher of Germantown-Menomonee Falls NOW and seven other suburban weekly newspapers, was presented with 22 awards Friday at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association annual convention in Madison.

The Better Newspapers Contest recognizes the top journalism in the state. Eligible entries were published between Sept. 1, 2011, and Aug. 31, 2012.

Germantown-Menomonee Falls NOW sports reporter Steven L. Tietz took second place in the Sports Feature Story category and online editor Matt Newman won a third-place award in the Web Special Project category for its Battle of the Burbs feature.

NOW Newspapers also won the following honors:

Continuing Web Coverage, second, South Shore NOW

Feature Photo, first, Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW

Web Special Project, first, Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW

Front Page Design, first, Hales Corners-Franklin-Greendale-Oak Creek NOW; second, Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW; second, North Shore NOW

Overall Page Design, second, Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW and Muskego-New Berlin NOW

Sports Feature Story, third, Greenfield-West Allis NOW

Web Special Project, first and second, Wauwatosa NOW

Sports News Story, second; Muskego-New Berlin NOW

Local Sports Column, first, North Shore NOW

Spot News Photo, second, North Shore NOW

Sports Photo, second, North Shore NOW

Continuing Web Coverage, third, North Shore NOW

General Web Excellence, first, Wauwatosa NOW

Spot News Story, second; Hales Corners-Franklin-Greendale-Oak Creek NOW

Feature Page Design, third Hales Corners-Franklin-Greendale-Oak Creek NOW

Photo Essay, first, Hales Corners-Franklin-Greendale-Oak Creek NOW