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Smoky Mountain News brings home numerous NCPA awards

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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The staff of the Smoky Mountain News won 20 combined advertising and editorial awards, including a combined 13 first-place honors, at the 2024 North Carolina Press Association annual awards banquet. Awards were won in Division C, the largest division for nondaily publications. 

In addition, the staff won the Public Service award for coverage of Canton’s mill closure, as well as the overall General Excellence Award.

Former SMN reporter Holly Kays also won the Duke University Green-Rossiter Award for Excellence in Higher Education. News Editor Kyle Perrotti won the Media and the Law Award, which is judged by the North Carolina Bar Association.

Perrotti said it’s an honor for SMN and its staff to gain recognition for a full year of hard work.

“I wouldn’t say we do this to win awards,” Perrotti said. “But when you have other journalists and professionals recognizing that what you do sticks out among your peers.”

Individual winners included Micah McClure, Jessica Murray, Sophia Burleigh, Jack Snyder, Cory Vaillancourt, Holly Kays, Chris Cox, Garret K. Woodward, Susanna Shetley and Kyle Perrotti.

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