28-04-2025
Herald-Banner earns 11 honors at state newspaper convention
SAN ANTONIO – The Herald-Banner was recognized with 11 awards over the weekend at the annual Texas Managing Editors convention in San Antonio.
Topping the winner's list for the Herald-Banner was longtime sports editor David Claybourn who was named the Class A Star Sports Reporter of the Year.
The Star Awards are the top individual honors with newspapers and online media outlets competing in three divisions. The Herald-Banner competed in bi-weekly and ti-weekly division.
In addition to Claybourn's win, the Herald-Banner also placed in three other Star Awards categories with editor Kent Miller claiming second for Star Designer of the Year and third for Star Opinion Writer of the Year. Laurie White King received honorable mention for Star Photojournalist of the Year.
Staffers also collected seven other individual awards with Claybourn earning second in news photography and third in sports column writing, Miller earning third in feature writing and honorable mention in general column writing and deadline writing, King earning second in photojournalism and Warren Morrison earning second in headline writing.
The Herald-Banner finished third in the overall Class A division for total individual awards behind the Nacogdoches Daily-Sentinel (16 awards) and the Lufkin Daily News (12). Awards are based on work published in 2024.
Other newspapers competing in Class A included the Abilene Reporter-News, El Paso Inc., the Baytown Sun, the Odessa American, the Bryan-College Station Eagle, The San Angelo Standard-Times, the Sequin Gazette-Enterprise, the Wichita Falls Times Record News and others.
