NEWSROOM
Suburban Newspaper Association (SNA)
- 3rd Place -- Best Ad Series -- Girard Electric
- 3rd Place -- Best Classified Advertising Section -- Reflections
- 2nd Place -- Best Single Black & White ROP Ad -- KVSO "A Night At The Oscars"
- 2nd Place -- Best Single ROP Ad (Two or More Colors) -- French Toast
- Honorable Mention -- Best Single ROP Ad (Two or More Colors) -- Tholen's Landscape and Garden Center
- 1st Place -- Best Single Classified Ad (Two or More Colors) -- Toot Your Horn
- 3rd Place -- Best Cover Design -- 2010 Puzzle Book
NEWSROOM
- 1st Place -- Government Beat Reporting -- Breaking ranks -- Le Provost
- 1st Place -- Editorial Page - staff
- 2nd Place -- Best Legal Media Coverage -- The Sunshine Laws: FOIA Forum - staff
- 3rd Place -- Public's Right To Know The Sunshine Laws: FOIA Forum - staff
- 3rd Place -- Informational Graphic -- Wrestling 101 - Evan Hill
- 3rd Place -- Newspaper Design -- Best overall newspaper design - staff
- 3rd Place -- Best Coverage of Taxation -- Variety of stories on taxation - staff
- 3rd Place -- News Reporting (series) -- Education in Crisis - staff
- 4th Place -- General Excellence - Best overall newspaper
- 4th Place -- Enterprise Reporting -- Silent Sirens - staff
- 4th Place -- Photo Series -- Home again - troop return - Scott Anderson, Mike Voss, Nicholas Holstein
- 4th Place -- Informational Graphic -- Help pick the new Bourbonnais - Evan Hill
- 4th Place -- Business/Economic Reporting -- One-sided market - Lee Provost
ADVERTISING
- 1st Place -- IPA 2010 Advertising Contest
- 1st Place -- Garage Sale Mapping, Amy Fields & Marcia Hellmuth
- 1st Place -- Run With Staley, Dawn Breeden & Amy Fields
- 1st Place -- Best Ad Series (Girard Electric), Dave Dressler & Monte Parsons
- 2nd Place -- Grocery Grab, Dawn Breeden
- 2nd Place -- The Daily Journal School Donation Subscription Promotion, Dawn Breeden, Amy Fields, Craig Campbell, & Chad Campbell
- 2nd Place -- Best Shared/Signature Page, Let's Eat Out, Dawn Breeden & Denise Renckens-Olszewski
- 2nd Place -- Best On-going Special Section (Parenting), Kim Carpenter, Mary Ellen Smith, Newsroom Staff & Advertising Sales Staff
- 3rd Place -- Best Classified Promotion (6ClicksToSell.com), Amy Fields & Marcia Hellmuth
- 3rd Place -- Best House Ad, Dawn Breeden & Cindy Bradley
- Honorable Mention -- Best Static Online Ad, Dawn Breeden
- Honorable Mention -- Best Marketing Campaign/Jobfinder, Dawn Breeden & Amy Fields
- Honorable Mention -- Best Holiday Ad, Sonia Marrs & Cherie Smolkovich
NEWSROOM
- 1st Place -- Enterprise Story, Staff, "Education in Crisis"
- 1st Place -- Entertainment, Susy Schultz, "A Christmas Carol"
- 1st Place -- Investigative Reporting, Lee Provost and Jon Krenek, "Burger King Murders Investigation."
- 1st Place -- Web Site
- 2nd Place -- Sports Breaking News, Rob Liard, "2nd to No One"
- 3rd Place -- Public Service, Dimitrios Kalantzis & Jon Krenek, "Silent Sirens"
NEWSROOM
- 1st Place - Online Photo Gallery, Slideshow - Kankakee Fire Lt. Frank Fouts - Staff
- 1st Place - Editorial - Time to hang him, Judge's comments: - staff
- 2nd Place - Personality Profile, Funeral for a friend - Dennis Yohnka
- 2nd Place - Online Photo Gallery, Slideshow - 2010 Summer Little League - staff
- 2nd Place - Technology, Medical Story - Bourbonnais man isn't afraid to talk about cancer - Dennis Yohnka
- 3rd Place - Business, Financial, Consumer Story - Seed Expansion - Robert Themer
- 3rd Place - Editorial Pages - staff
- 3rd Place - Feature Section - staff
- 3rd Place - In-Depth News Story - Burger King Murders - Lee Provost, Jon Krenek and Susy Schultz
- 3rd Place - Religion Story - Chrisian gift s hop more ministry than business - Dennis Yohnka
- 3rd Place - Spot News - Rescue Team Saves Farmer - Kristen Zambo
- 3rd Place - Sepecial Section - Football Preview - Sports staff
- 3rd Place - Sports Columnist - Tim Ahrens
USA Today
- ACE award - The ACE (Achieving Constant Enhancement) award is presented to those sites that showed improvement in both PEP and Quality compared to the previous year.
- STAR/BEST of the Best award - The STAR/Best of the Best award is presnted to those sites that consistently earn high Quality and PEP scores.
NEWSROOM
- 1st Place - Enterprise Reporting - Fatal Inexperience Series - Jon Krenek, Leila Noelliste and Hayley Graham
- 1st Place - Front Page Design -- Fatal Inexperience Series - Kim Caprenter
- 2nd Place – General Excellence
- 3rd Place - Entertainment Writing - Dennis Yohnka
- 3rd Place - Informational Graphic - Look at the Anatamy of a Tomato - Kim Carpenter
- 3rd Place - Newspaper's Suit & Settlement agains the Kankakee School District 111 to release the settlement package for former Superintendent Brian Ali. - Staff
Suburban Newspaper Association (SNA)
NEWSROOM
- 1st Place - Newspaper Design - Kim Carpenter, Evan Hill, and Amy Fields
- 1st Place - Editorial Page - Phil Angelo
- 1st Place - Life Section - Rachael Reynolds-Soucie and Mary Ellen Smith
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1st Place -- Best Promotion to Build Circulation and/or Readership
-- 90-Second Grocery Grab
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2nd Place -- Best Public Service/Community Event Promotion -- Chicago Bears Training Camp
- 3rd Place -- Newspaper of the Year
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3rd Place -- Best Promotion to Build Circulation and/or Readership --
Enjoy Weekends Again
- 3rd Place -- Personality Photo - Michelle Gannon
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Honorable Mention --
Best Public Service/Community Event Promotion --
Gamers Gala
ADVERTISING
- 1st Place - Best Holiday Ad - Tholen's Ad - Dave Dressler
- 1st Place - Best Marketing Campaign - Gamer's Gala - Dawn Breeden, Cherie Smolkovich, and Amy Fields
- 2nd Place - Best One-time Special Section - Christmas Coloring Book, collaborative effort by newsroom, advertising, and marketing
- 3rd Place - Best Ad Series - The Spot series, created by Eli Hansen
- Honorable Mention - Best Holiday Ad - NIE Holiday Card Contest, created by Dawn Breeden
- Honorable Mention - Best One-time Special Section - 100th Anniversary of the Nazarene Church, created by Kim Carpenter
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3rd Place -- Portrait, Michelle Gannon, Bailee Schingel photo
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3rd Place -- Spot News, Mike Voss, FBI Raid
- 2nd Place -- Dennis Yonka, Sports feature category for "A valuable experience"
- Honerable Mention -- Nicholas Holstein - Sports Photo - Track Runner
- Honerable Mention -- Nicholas Holstein - Feature Photo - Corn Bowl
- Honerable Mention -- Mike Voss - Spot Photo - FBY Foray
- 1st Place –
John Stewart - Reviews (June 22 review of the Darwin Exhibit at The Field Museum)
- 2nd Place – Nicholas Holstein - Spot News Photo - The ripple effect
- 3rd Place - Steve York - Editorial Cartoon (collection of 10 cartoons)
- 3rd Place - Jon Krenek - Best Promotion of Public's Right to Know ("Not Satisfied" stories)
- 4th Place - Web Team - Best Web Site
Illinois Associated Press Editors Association
- 1st Place – News Reporting – Jon Krenek, "Saving the Yearbook"
- 3rd Place – Picture Story – Nicholas Holstein, For the photo "Slava Finds a Home"
Suburban Newspaper Association (SNA)
- 3rd Place – General Excellence – Dailies, Under 30,000 Circulation
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