SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD
The San Marcos Daily Record took home six awards from the 2024 Texas Better Newspaper Contest, including first place awards in sports photography and special section. This contest runs every year through the Texas Press Association and is an opportunity for publications of all sizes to highlight achievements in seventeen categories. In
SEE DAILY RECORD AWARDS PAGE 5A addition to the first place wins, the record won 2nd place Headline Writing, 2nd place Sports Coverage, 3rd place Feature Writing and 4th place in News Writing. Taking home first place in Division 3 Sports Photography is Sports Editor Colton McWilliams with an action shot of a bucking bronco and rider during the 78th annual Wimberley VFW Rodeo published in the July 9 edition. “What great photos! That rodeo photo put this entry in first place,” said a judge. Photos by Gerald Castillo of the Texas Water Safari in the June 11 issue also won as well as his TXST Softball team photo in the May 14 issue, his Rattlers volleyball photo in the August 9 issue, and his Lady Rattlers basketball photo in the December 18 issue. The 2024 San Marcos Chamber Welcome guide took home first place in the Special Section Semi-Weekly Division One category. The Daily Record placed second in Headline Writing for Division 3 for the November 21 headline “The day the music almost died: Council removes the decibel limit on Tantra’s Conditional Use permit,” written by Managing Editor Shannon West. Other winning headlines by West included “City out of the weeds, for now: Judge dismisses Paxton’s marijuana lawsuit, state to appeal” from the July 28 edition. The November 3 issue included the winning headline “Hell Ride in purgatory until next time.”
