Daily Herald garners seven Illinois AP awards
The Daily Herald has won seven awards from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors 2021 newspaper contest.
The Division II winners include:
General Excellence, second place
• The Daily Herald staff
Feature Photo, first place
• Daily Herald Photo Editor Jeff Knox for "A-mazing sunflowers," featuring a family walking through a maze at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Pingree Grove.
Portrait/Personality, first place
• Daily Herald photographer Brian Hill for "Tough teenager," featuring Caroline Provost of Palatine being interviewed about having a rare skin disorder, and how her neighbor, Joe Ahlgrim, was raising funds for research by running in the Chicago Marathon.
Sports photo, first place
• Daily Herald photographer John Starks for "Made It!," featuring Grayslake Central High School's Mia Morello and her reaction to clearing 12 feet 6 inches in the pole vault at the Lake County girls track meet at Antioch High School.
Sports photo, second place
• Daily Herald photographer Brian Hill for "Eyeing his Helmet," featuring Grayslake North High School's Tony Hines losing his helmet while being tackled during a football game.
News photo, third place
• Daily Herald photographer Brian Hill for "Celebrating discharge," featuring Northwest Community Hospital's 2000th COVID-19 patient Charles "Chuck" Rizzo being cheered on by more than 90 staff members in Arlington Heights.
General News, second place:
• Katlyn Smith, Lauren Rohr and Scott Morgan for "Our neighbor's house is gone" about the tornadoes that tore through Naperville and Woodridge.