The National Newspaper Association announced winners of the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest this week, and Rock County Star Herald editor Lori Sorenson is among the winning journalists.
She penned the Sept. 22, 2022, editorial, “Suicide note from a grieving mother,” following the Sept. 13, 2022, suicide death of her 21-year-old son, Carson Ehde.
The editorial received second-place honors among weeklies in the national contest that was judged by the Wyoming Press Association.
“This is a stunningly important message for a world of young humans bent on hero worship for those who take their own lives,” judges wrote of Sorenson’s editorial, which thanked supporters but warned of glamorizing suicide victims.
Uvalde Leader-News, Uvalde, Texas, won first place for its editorial, “Delay may be darkest hour ever,” about the Uvalde school shooting on May 24, 2022.
There were 1,312 entries in the National Better Newspaper Editorial Contest and winners were named at papers in 33 states.
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