By: The Decatur Daily won the news cooperation award and Glenn Stephens, metro editor of The Birmingham News, was elected president of the Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors as the state newspaper group completed its annual convention.
The organization, made up of Alabama newspapers that are members of the AP newsgathering cooperative, presented awards to winners of its annual journalism contest Saturday night at the Gulf State Park pavilion.
The Decatur Daily won the Ron Autry Award, named in memory of the late AP chief of bureau in Atlanta, for its consistent efforts to provide member AP newspapers with stories and photos of news events with state and national interest.
Stephens was elected president for the next year. Other new officers elected by the state APME board were: Ken Tuck, managing editor of The Dothan Eagle, president-elect; and Scott Morris, managing editor of The Decatur Daily, treasurer.
Members of the board of directors elected to a one-year term were: Bob Davis, editor of The Anniston Star; Kelly Kazek, managing editor of The News Courier in Athens; Michele Gerlach, publisher and editor of The Star News in Andalusia; J.D. Davidson, publisher and editor of The Times-Journal in Fort Payne; Curtis Coghlan, managing editor of The Huntsville Times; and Mel Gray, managing editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.
Stephens succeeds Graham Hadley, managing editor of The Daily Home in Talladega.
Winners of awards in the Alabama APME contest were announced earlier.
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here