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work by Cox Newspapers Inc. journalists in calendar
2003. Cox Newspapers are located in Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. There were
547 entries, two more than last year’s 545.
For purposes of the contest, the Metro Division consists
of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman,
Dayton Daily News, Palm Beach Post and the Cox Washington
Bureau.
The Community Division is comprised of the Elizabeth
City Daily Advance; Grand Junction Daily Sentinel; Greenville
Daily Reflector; Hamilton JournalNews; Longview News-Journal;
Lufkin Daily News; Marshall News Messenger; Middletown
Journal; Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel; Palm Beach Daily
News; Rocky Mount Telegram; Springfield News-Sun; and
Waco Tribune-Herald.
The Non-Daily newspapers are divided into three divisions
and include:
Division 1 -- Florida Pennysaver, Pulse-Journal News
(Mason, Ohio), Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), Fairfield
Echo (Fairfield, Ohio), The Nickel (Grand Junction,
Colo.), Telegram Advantage (Rocky Mount, N.C.), and
The Duplin Times (Kenansville, N.C.)
Division 2 -- North Lake Travis Log (Lago Vista, Texas),
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.), The Enterprise (Williamston,
N.C.), The Oxford Press (Oxford, Ohio), The Bastrop
Advertiser (Bastrop, Texas), The Beaufort-Hyde News
(Bellhaven, N.C.), and The Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor,
N.C.)
Division 3 -- Lake Travis View (Lake Travis, Texas),
Westlake Picayune, (Westlake Hills, Texas), The Standard
Laconic (Snow Hill, N.C.), The Smithville Times (Smithville,
Texas); The Pflugerville Pflag (Pflugerville, Texas),
The Times-Leader (Ayden-Grifton, N.C.), Farmville Enterprise
(Farmville, N.C.), Perquimans Weekly, (Elizabeth City,
N.C.), The Weekly Herald, (Robersonville, N.C.)
A $1,000 prize is awarded in each category.
The Best of Cox Awards began in 1988, had a two-year
hiatus in 1991-92, and resumed in 1993.
Michael Schwartz is Best of Cox coordinator. Paul Cox
is Best of Cox associate. Patty Dontje has guided the
contest since its inception as Best of Cox assistant.
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