The Highlander newspaper Marble Falls Texas

The Highlander has won three awards in the 2017 Texas Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The awards were announced during the awards brunch at the Texas Press Leadership Retreat held this year at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

The newspaper won second place in Community Service in Division 4, Semiweeklies, for its coverage and support of a possible bridge crossing at Wirtz Dam and its inclusion in the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) transportation plan for Burnet County. The Highlander ran numerous articles on the proposal, columns in support of a bridge crossing and stories about open houses held in the area regarding the transportation plan.

AUSTIN—Texas Press Association, an organization of more than 400 paid-circulation newspapers, has named Jim Moser the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Frank W. Mayborn Award for Community Leadership. 

The presentation was made at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, during the association’s annual Summer Leadership Retreat on June 17.

Presenting the award was Charles Moser, longtime editor and publisher of the Brenham Banner-Press and a previous recipient of the award presented annually to a publisher or newspaper executive who has displayed outstanding and exemplary leadership to the community. Outgoing TPA President Randy Keck noted that Charles and Jim Moser are the first father and son recipients in the history of the Mayborn award.

The award comes with a $3,000 scholarship to a Texas college or university of Moser’s choice, to be used to further the education of a full-time student journalist.