We’re extremely proud to be celebrating a few recent accomplishments and milestones at the Ponte Vedra Recorder.
We took home 18 awards – including four first-place honors – at the annual Community Papers of Florida conference held in October in South Florida. The Recorder received First Place for Best Editorial for an article on the Riding the Wave of Autism Surf Camp (credit: Jon Blauvelt); Real Estate Advertising for Fred Miller Group (full color/process, less than half page, credit: Kristin Flanagan-King); Black and White and/or Spot Color Ads for Bath House Pet Grooming (credit: Ed Johnson); and Best Special Section Cover Design- Newsprint for the Recorder’s Birthday Party Planner (credit: April Snyder).
The Recorder received nine second-place honors in the following categories: News Story for an article on Hurricane Matthew (credit: Jennifer Logue); Self-Promotion in the newspaper (credit: April Snyder); Retail Advertising for Lemon Twist Boutique (full color/process, less than half page, credit: Ed Johnson); Automotive Advertising for Fields Auto Group (full color/process, half page or more, credit: Kristin Flanagan-King); Dining & Entertainment Advertising for Le Macaron (full color/process, less than half page, credit: April Synder); Black and White and/or Spot Color Ads for TechVine (credit: Susan Griffin); Advertising Campaign for Pivot CPAs (credit: Mark Berman); Best Special Section Cover Design - Newsprint for the Recorder’s Sand Castles supplement (credit: April Snyder); and Best Special Section Cover Design – Glossy for the First Coast Register (credit: Don Christian and Cary Howard).
The Recorder also received five third place honors in the following categories: Personal Column on mainstream media (credit: Jennifer Logue); Automotive Advertising for Atlantic Infiniti (full color/process, less than half page, credit: April Snyder); Real Estate advertising for Kathleen Floryan (full color/process, half page or more, credit: Susan Griffin); Best Community Newspaper Cover Design for Riding the Wave (credit: Leigh Mitchell); and Best Special Section Cover Design – Glossy for the First Coast Register.
48th anniversary
We’re also excited to be celebrating our 48th anniversary on Nov. 7.
As Ponte Vedra’s paper of record since 1969, we firmly believe that the Recorder is the paper residents can turn to for credible, thoughtful, original and interesting reporting, and we’re proud to be a fixture of the community.
With that being said, we want to celebrate this milestone with you. Do you have any old Recorder articles or memories of the paper? If so, please bring them to our office or email them to me at JonB@opcfla.com. We’ll plan to publish them in next week’s paper to reflect on our long-standing commitment to the Ponte Vedra community.
Thank you for your continued support! We wouldn’t have made it to 48 without you!
