The Toledo chapter of the Association for Women in Communications recently recognized two current The BG News staff members for writing excellence over the past year.
Laren Weber, city news editor in 2005-06 and executive editor in 2006-07, won the organization's highest honor -- the Crystal Award of Excellence -- for a feature article she wrote in summer 2005 while reporting for the Tiffin (Ohio) Advertiser-Tribune. Weber also won the Merit Award of Achievement for an Advertiser-Tribune news article.
Megan Schmidt, opinion editor in 2005-06, won the Merit Award of Achievement for news commentary for a column she wrote in March 2005 for The BG News on the death penalty. Schmidt is a staff reporter for the 2006-07 BG News staff.
