Once more, The Monitor wins top newspapering prize

For the third straight year, the Boulder Monitor has been named the winner of the Montana Newspaper Association’s award for general excellence, recognizing its continuing record of high-quality journalism and service to readers.

At the newspaper association’s annual convention in Helena, June 16 and 17, The Monitor was awarded dozens of prizes for its reporting, writing, photography, and design, reaffirming its reputation as one of the top weekly papers in the state.

Among other awards, The Monitor was recognized for former editor Joshua Murdock’s story exposing the failure of most Jefferson County schools to comply with a new state rule requiring testing for toxic metals. The article won first place in the investigative reporting category.