The Sedalia Democrat was named the 2012 Newspaper of the Year by the Kansas City Press Club during the group’s Heart of America Awards dinner Saturday night at The Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City.
Democrat journalists won nine gold and 10 silver awards in the contest, which is for media outlets in the region stretching from Wichita, Kan., to Jefferson City. The Democrat, which competes among daily newspapers with less than 50,000 circulation, received 29 honors in total; the Newspaper of the Year award covers all daily papers in the region and is based on cumulative points earned by winning awards in individual categories.
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