Virginia Gazette writers take home 8 awards in journalism contest

Virginia Gazette writers won eight awards in the annual Virginia Press Association contest, including a first-place award for Frank Shatz, who has been writing a weekly column for more than 40 years. The awards were among more than 70 won in news and advertising by The Virginian-Pilot, Daily Press, Inside Business, Tidewater Review and other Virginia Media papers. The announcement came during VPA’s awards banquet, which capped off its annual conference in Charlottesville on Saturday. Virginia Media newspapers, including the Gazette, won more than 30 first-place awards in their divisions...