Photo by Erin Nelson. Starnes Media
First Place Awards from the 2021 Alabama Press Association Media Editors Awards, received by Starnes Media publications for work done in 2020. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Cahaba Sun, a Trussville community newspaper, brought home six editorial awards at the 2021 Alabama Press Association Better News Contest.
Cahaba Sun has been delivering community news to Trussville since November 2015 and has been under the leadership of Kyle Parmley since 2019. Gary Lloyd, a Trussville resident, is also a frequent contributing writer for the paper.
Cahaba Sun received the following awards:
Best Sports Coverage - 3rd Place
Best Human Interest Column - 1st Place for Southern Musings: Making Sense of the Muse
Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage - 3rd Place for Passing the baton
Best Sports Feature Story - 3rd Place for Glover twins making most of final chance to play together
Best News Photo - 2nd Place for Trussville Strong
Best Sports Photo - 2nd Place for Pinson Valleys wins class 6A state football title
This newspaper is part of Starnes Media. This year’s APA Better News Contest also favored the six other newspapers under the Starnes Media umbrella: Vestavia Voice, 280 Living, Village Living, The Homewood Star, Hoover Sun and Iron City Ink.
