Herald-Standard staff members’ work recognized
Three Herald-Standard staff members recently were honored for their work. Editorial Page Editor Luanne Traud (center) won a Golden Quill award for editorials in the daily newspapers and wire services, under 45,000 circulation, from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. She also received second-place awards for editorials and for columns in the Keystone Press Contest, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation and the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors. Traud was recognized for a selection of editorials entitled “The Honorable Bill DeWeese” and for a sampling of columns. Photographers Dave Rafferty and Randy Laskody earned honorable mentions in the photography features category in the Association for Women in Communications Matrix Competition. Rafferty (left) is pictured with his winning photograph, “Dark Passage.” Laskody is shown with his winning entry, “Clowning Around.”