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South Dakota Searchlight wins 12 awards in annual contest • South Dakota Searchlight [1]

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Date: 2025-04-26

South Dakota Searchlight won 12 awards, including seven for first place, in the South Dakota NewsMedia Association’s annual Better NewsMedia Contest.

The association consists of more than 100 members, including newspapers and digital news outlets. Awards for work published in 2024 were announced Saturday during the association’s 142nd annual convention in Aberdeen.

Searchlight competes in Division 3, for media outlets in cities with a population greater than 15,000. The contest’s other two divisions are for outlets in cities with populations less than 3,000, or between 3,000 and 15,000.

Members of the Louisiana Press Association judged the contest entries. A complete list of results is available on the SDNA website.

Searchlight’s awards

Other special awards Two reporters were named Outstanding Young Journalists for 2024 by the South Dakota NewsMedia Association: Amelia Schafer, of the Rapid City Journal, and Wren Murphy, of the Madison Daily Leader. Journalists under the age of 30 are eligible for the honor. Former winners include South Dakota Searchlight’s Seth Tupper and Makenzie Huber. SDNA also announced the winners for the top prizes in the contest: General Excellence and Sweepstakes. General Excellence recognizes news organizations for overall quality work in news, editorial, advertising, design, digital and social media. The Sweepstakes category honors news outlets that garner the most points through awards won in categories within their respective circulation divisions. The SDNA General Excellence winners for 2024 are: Division 1 (cities under 3,000): Hill City Prevailer News.

Division 2 (cities 3,000 to 15,000): Vermillion Plain Talk.

Division 3 (cities over 15,000): Aberdeen Insider. The SDNA Sweepstakes winners for 2024 are: Division 1 (cities under 3,000): Timber Lake Topic.

Division 2 (cities 3,000 to 15,000): Custer County Chronicle.

Division 3 (cities over 15,000): Spearfish Black Hills Pioneer.

Last updated 6:51 p.m., Apr. 26, 2025

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