The Vanguard’s Oregon Newspaper Publisher Awards 2011–12

First place
General Excellence
Best Section (News)
Best Editorial (“A real fixer upper”)
Best Review (“Black Swan lacks grace”)
Best Spot News Photo (Saria Dy)
Best Design
Best Graphic (“Battered Barbie”)
Best Cartooning (Joe Manetcon)
Best House Ad (“Continuing coverage of Occupy Portland”)

Second place
Best Special Section (Dining Guide)
Best Headline Writing (Erick Bengel)
Best Feature story (“Remembering the Vanport Campus”)
Best Editorial (“Education, Inc.”)
Best Spot News Photo (Adam Wickham)
Best Graphic (“Record enrollment at PSU”)
Best House Ad (“Party Hard”)

Honorable mention
Best Section (Arts and Culture)
Best Series (“Student government presidential arrest coverage”)
Best Website

Visit http://orenews.com/Contests/2012/cnc/ for a detail of full results.