The Dispatch advertising staff, led by director Beth Proffitt, earned top honors for the fourth straight year in the Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
The newspaper’s first-place for General Excellence was among 29 awards it received competing among the state’s largest newspapers. Former graphic designer Kelly Ervin’s digital ad for The Dapper Doughnut earned Ad of the Year honors among all Mississippi newspapers.
The General Excellence and Ad of the Year awards were announced Saturday at the annual MPA Convention in Biloxi, while MPA announced The Dispatch’s other advertising awards in March. All awards were for work produced in 2023.
Ervin notched 11 individual awards, including five additional first-place honors. She also shared a first-place for Ad Series with fellow graphic designer Jackie Taylor.
Among Ervin’s other awards were first place for Small Space Ad, Magazine Ad-Retail, and Magazine Ad-Institutional, Financial or Service. She placed first and second for both Digital Ad and Magazine Ad-Grocery or Restaurant, as well as second, third and fourth for Grocery or Restaurant Ad.
Taylor placed second for Retail Ad and Health Care Ad, second and third for Small Space Ad, third for Institutional Ad and Political Ad, and third and fourth for Ad Series.
Deanna Robinson earned second place for Classified Page.
The Dispatch also placed second in Editorial Special Section and Niche Product, second and fourth for Magazine, third for House Ad, and fourth for both Advertising Special Section and Theme Page.
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