Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 | 3:21 p.m.
Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Weekly staffers received honors in the 2014 Best of the West journalism awards.
Sun reporter Ed Komenda won third place for short form feature writing with “Unsolved mystery: Who is sabotaging the Strip’s sheets and towels with dye bombs?”
“‘Unsolved Mystery’ deserved attention because it was told smartly with wonderful flourishes and humor,” the judge wrote. “It made a topic that could put anyone to sleep — the laundry business — come alive with drama. The quotes were expertly selected.”
Sun columnist John Katsilometes nabbed second place for Special Topic Column Writing for his column the Kats Report.
Las Vegas Weekly writer Andrea Domanick was awarded second place for Arts and Entertainment Writing for “Survival Song: How Ministry of Love’s Meg Vitale Battled Cancer to Sing Again.”
“In the hands of a lesser journalist, this could have been a cliche — just another story about another person battling cancer,” the judge wrote. “But (Domanick) found a fascinating subject, teased out evocative quotes, paid painstaking attention to detail in her reporting, then proceeded to choose all the right words in her writing.”
Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith won second place with cartoons that took on such topics as terrorists as cowards and Congress’ inaction.
