Newberg Graphic’s Gary Allen wins statewide award

The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association has bestowed a major award on Newberg Graphic editor Gary Allen.

The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association presented the awards in its Better Newspaper Contest on Thursday, July 18, at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. The association recognized reporters and editors across the Portland region and the Graphic’s sister publications for their outstanding coverage.

Allen was honored with first place in Business or Economic Issue coverage for his story on Francis Ford Coppola and his winery’s tasting room making moves in Newberg last year .

The association recognized reporters and editors from the Graphic and other sister publications, among other media outlets across Oregon, for their outstanding coverage.

Lauren Bishop, editor for the (Forest Grove and Hillsboro) News-Times, The (Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood) Times, the Columbia County Spotlight and the Newberg Graphic received two solo first-place wins and three more accolades for stories written in conjunction with colleagues.

Assistant editor Kaelyn Cassidy was honored with nine awards through ONPA in 2023, which she spent at the Graphic's sister publication the Wilsonville Spokesman.