Lake Okeechobee News has been announced as finalists in multiple categories at the 2026 Florida Press Association Florida Press Association (FPA) Weekly Newspaper Awards.
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ORLANDO- Lake Okeechobee News has been announced as finalists in multiple categories at the 2026 Florida Press Association Florida Press Association (FPA) Weekly Newspaper Awards.
Richard Marion was chosen as a finalist by FPA judges in the Multimedia Storytelling category for the True Okee podcast on the death of Okeechobee dairyman Charles McArthur.
Katrina Elsken was selected as a finalist in three categories: In-Depth Reporting for her series on herbicide spraying on Lake Okeechobee; Best Obituary for the obituary of Gordie Peer; and Sports Column for her ‘Rodeo 101: A guide for greenhorns’ article.
Newspaper staff were also nominated in the Special Issue category for their work on the 2025 Okeechobee County Community Guide.
The Florida Press Association was founded in 1879 as a nonprofit corporation to protect the freedoms and advance the professional standards of the press of Florida. Its purpose includes the promotion and encouragement of higher standards of journalism to the benefit of the industry and the public.
The Florida Press Association includes all of the daily and most of the weekly newspapers in the state in its membership.
The 2026 FPA Weekly Newspaper Awards are scheduled for June 5 at Disney Springs in Orlando.
