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Al Día
Earns Sixteen Awards
Dallas, TX--April 18,
2006--Al Día, the leading Spanish-language newspaper in
North Texas recently earned a combined 16 awards from the National
Association of Hispanic Publications, the Texas Associated Press
Managing Editors, the Texas State Teachers Association, and the
Society for News Design.
“Dallas-Ft. Worth
is the sixth largest Hispanic market and the fastest growing of
the top 10. Al Día is proud to serve the market with the
largest and most talented staff of any Spanish-language daily
in the Southwest. These awards reflect our strong commitment to
deliver the most accurate, late-breaking, comprehensive and relevant
coverage,” said Gilbert Bailón, editor and publisher
of Al Día.
The National Association
of Hispanic Publications, whose members span the country, presented
Al Día with seven awards in March:
-- Gold award - Outstanding
Education Article: “Propuestas sobre directores bilingües
para las escuelas del DISD” Vanesa Salinas
-- Gold award - Outstanding Entertainment Article: “Selena
Vive” Lorena Flores
-- Gold award – Outstanding Ad Promoting the Publication
-- Gold award – Outstanding Circulation Program
-- Silver award - Outstanding Cultural/Community Photo: “Una
lección de Civismo” Roberto M. Sánchez
-- Silver award - Outstanding Hispanic Success Story: “Con
determinación avanza en su vida” Vanesa Salinas
-- Bronze award - Outstanding Community Service/Health article:
“Viviendo con el Olvido. Alzheimer entre los hispanos”
Patricia Estrada
Also in March, and
for the second consecutive year, the Texas State Teachers Association
awarded Vanesa Salinas the School Bell Award for outstanding continuous
coverage of the local school districts. Al Día was the
only Spanish-language newspaper in Texas that received a School
Bell award. In addition, in honor of her high-impact design work,
Danielle Levkovits received the Award of Excellence for Feature
Design and another for Features Page Design Portfolio from the
Society for News Design.
In April, the Texas
Associated Press Managing Editors, which has over 90 member newspapers,
honored Al Día with seven awards:
-- First Place News
Story: “Minuteman project” Isabel Rojas
-- First Place Feature Story: “Escuadrón 201”
Vanesa Salinas
-- Second Place Feature Photo: “Church Volunteers from New
Orleans” Deborah Turner
-- Second Place Photo Journalism: “Aids in Central America”
Sharón Steinmann
-- Second Place Sports writing: “Troyano Azteca” Carlos
A. Nava
-- Second Place Feature story: “Selena Vive” Lorena
Flores
-- Honorable mention Sports writing: “La Última Gambeta”
Gabriel Cabarrouy
Al Día, published
Monday through Saturday, has the largest ABC-audited daily circulation.
It is the only Spanish-language daily in the market that can deliver
to every doorstep via the strong distribution network of The Dallas
Morning News, and has thousands of premium distribution points
via colorful racks, and inside leading retailers. Al Día
continues to earn the trust of many national advertisers including
American Airlines, AT&T Wireless, Bank of America, Bank One,
Chase Bank, Circuit City, Disney, ESPN-Deportes, Home Depot, Jack
Daniel’s, JC Penney, MetLife, Nextel, SBC, Secure Horizons,
Target, Verizon, Wal-Mart, Western Union, Washington Mutual, as
well as important regional advertisers like Dillard’s and
Foley’s.
The Dallas Morning
News is published by Belo Corp., one of the nation's largest media
companies with a diversified group of market-leading television,
newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000
company with 7,700 employees and more than $1.5 billion in annual
revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets
in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic and Rhode
Island. Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in
the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or
operates seven cable news channels and manages one television
station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers
are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise
(Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX).
The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young
adults, affluent populations and the fast-growing Hispanic market,
including Quick and Al Día in Dallas/Fort Worth, an!
d El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30
Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional
information is available at http://www.belo.com or by contacting
Carey Hendrickson, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications, at 214-977- 6626.
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CONTACT:
Amy Hinojosa
(469) 977-3609
ahinojosa@aldiatx.com |
