Monterey Herald unit members, Phil Molnar and Dave Royal, are pictured here covering a massive controlled burn on Fort Ord in summer 2013. Molnar and Royal's work has been recognized in the 2014 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest! Awards night is May 9. (Photo courtesy Phil Molnar.) — Monterey Herald unit members, Phil Molnar and Dave Royal, are pictured here covering a massive controlled burn on Fort Ord in summer 2013. Molnar and Royal’s work has been recognized in the 2014 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest. Awards night is May 9. (Photo courtesy Phil Molnar.)

Two of our Monterey Herald unit members are winners in the 2014 CNPA Better Newspaper Contest. Each of these entries has won 1st or 2nd place in its category among papers of the Herald’s size. Final placement will be announced May 9.

Unit chair Phillip Molnar is being recognized for his business and agricultural reporting. Links to the winning pieces:

Business News: ‘From China, with cash‘

Agricultural Reporting: ‘Schools near high levels of pesticide’ (Series)

1. Monterey County schools near high levels of pesticides, state report says

2. Monterey County pesticide levels protested in Salinas

3. Salinas’ Gavilan View Middle School tops Monterey County pesticide list

Unit member David Royal’s photography of the Big Sur fire is taking a prize. The photo essay is from December 2013.

Congratulations, Phil and Dave!

Monterey Herald members to receive awards from CA Newspaper Publishers

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