Our new Journalism Program faculty member, Tom Haines, took first place honors for newswriting in the 2011 Texas Press Association better newspaper contest.
Haines earned a first in the small weeklies category for articles that appeared in The Presidio International and The Big Bend Sentinel.
Haines and photographer Alberto Tomas Halpern took readers on a ride with two U.S. Border Patrol agents as they worked the area around Valentine last year. The article appeared under the headline, “Ever more eyes on the border.”
Haines and Halpern also delved into the workings of a Presidio County cattle operation as they documented a day of cattle shipping on the Love Ranch, a century-old family agribusiness and a way of life..
“Well done,” the judges said of the Border Patrol story. “Captivating reading for those of us that don’t live along the border. A great service to those folks, your readers, that do.”
“Colorful storytelling . . . and great quotes,” the judges said of the ranching article. “Another great service to your readers.”
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