Freeman newspaper publisher Tim Waltner honored

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Tim Waltner (photo courtesy of Freeman Courier)

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South Dakota publisher Tim L. Waltner has won the Eugene Cervi Award from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) for a career of outstanding public service through community journalism.

The 37th annual Cervi Award was presented to Waltner, publisher of the Freeman Courier and Hutchinson Herald, at the ISWNE’s annual conference at Western Washington University in Bellingham on June 30. The award honors the memory of Eugene Cervi, who established the Rocky Mountain Journal in Denver in 1948 under the conviction that “good journalism begets good government.” ISWNE, founded in 1955, promotes and encourages high standards in editorial writing and fosters the exchange of ideas and freedom of the press.

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