The Park Rapids Enterprise received three awards at the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s (MNA) 2022 Better Newspaper Contest.
Contest winners are determined by judges from award-winning newspapers in other states.
Competing among multi-day newspapers with circulations under 5,000, Shannon Geisen, editor of the Enterprise, won first place in the arts and entertainment category for her article, “
Park Rapids man creates animated pirate menace.
” The judge wrote, “How fun. Great story.”
Enterprise staff placed second for general reporting.
The Enterprise won third place under special sections with its
. The judge commented, “This is the best layout I have ever viewed for a Veterans’ Day edition.”
The MNA awards banquet was held Thursday, Jan. 26 in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
