Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. earned a total of 84 awards in the Alabama Press Association’s 2020 Media Awards, including General Excellence at the virtual awards ceremony held Friday afternoon.
The Outlook earned 52 awards in the editorial portion of the contest in Division B, which includes daily newspapers with a circulation of 9,999 and below.
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