Custer County Chronicle Publisher Charley Najacht was elected president of South Dakota Newspaper Association during the group’s 130th annual convention last weekend. Najacht and his wife Norma also publish the Hill City Prevailer and the Winner Advocate. In accepting the gavel from outgoing President Lucy Halverson of the Lyman County Herald, Najacht emphasized that South [...]
More than 160 first-place awards for excellence in news, editorial and advertising were announced during the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s 130th convention Friday and Saturday at Cedar Shore Resort, Oacoma. Awards were given in categories for news and sports writing, editorial and column writing, photography, page design and advertising. News-editorial contest results can be downloaded [...]
State Senator Al Novstrup of Aberdeen will be honored by South Dakota Newspaper Association this week for his legislative work to improve openness and transparency in government. Each year SDNA recognizes an individual or organization demonstrating outstanding efforts to protect the public’s right to know with its Eagle Award. The award will be given to [...]
Terry Woster, who covered most of the state’s biggest stories during his four decades as a journalist, will receive the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s Distinguished Service Award during the group’s upcoming convention. Woster will be honored April 27 at Cedar Shore Resort, Oacoma, during SDNA’s 130th annual convention. Woster grew up on a farm in [...]
Longtime newspaperman Noel Hamiel will be inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame on April 27 at Cedar Shore Resort, Oacoma. Hamiel will be honored during the 130th convention of the South Dakota Newspaper Association. He becomes the 103rd member of the Newspaper Hall of Fame. Hamiel retired as publisher of The Daily [...]