Lewiston Tribune Wins Award
The Lewiston Tribune took first place in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association Print Quality Award for newspapers with a circulation of 25,000 or less.
Second place went to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
Both newspapers are printed at the TPC Production Center in Lewiston. The center houses the company's MAN Roland Uniset 75 offset newspaper press, which was installed and began operations in June 2008.
"It's a highly coveted award in our industry," said Nathan Alford, Tribune editor and publisher. "Our press crew and photographers made it possible. They've been working together on adjusting the dials to get the most out of our state-of-the-art press. They're always pushing for higher quality. It's their focus and drive, along with our investment to stay on the front edge of printing technology, which made it possible."
The contest originated in 1992 as a competition among member newspapers and was eventually expanded to include nonmembers. This year's judging was by California Polytechnic State University's Graphic Communications Department in San Luis Obispo. Newspapers are rated on ink density and laydown, halftone and color separation quality, color registration, page alignment and page count, mechanical defects, lithographic defects and overall appearance. Fourteen newspapers from six states entered the contest.
The first-place winner in the circulation-25,000-and-over category was the Seattle Times.
The trade association of daily newspapers in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, works to advance the newspaper industry through information, education and service.
