The 2019 WNAF Better Newspaper Contest included 2,533 entries from 106 newspapers.
Recipients of 2019 Newspaper of the Year Awards were Publisher Mary Jo Villa and The Gazette, Janesville, (Daily Division) and Publisher Gregg Walker and The Lakeland Times, Minocqua (Weekly Division).
Also being honored with Best of Division Awards were the Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire (Division B), The Northwoods River News, Rhinelander (Division C), Ripon Commonwealth Press (Division E) and The Valders Journal (Division F).