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March 38, 2011 / For immediate releaseContact: David Bordewyk /
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Longtime Aberdeen American News Editor to Receive SDNA Award
Cindy Eikamp, who worked in the newsroom at the Aberdeen
American News for morethan 36 years before retiring in 2010 as
executive editor/vice president, will receive theSouth Dakota
Newspaper Association Distinguished Service Award during the
groups
upcoming convention.
She will be honored April 8 in Brookings at SDNAs 129th annual
convention.
Eikamp, a Britton native and South Dakota State University
journalism graduate, began her
career at the American News in 1974. Through the years she led
the news coverage andreporting at the states third-largest daily
newspaper.
Cindy Eikamp has been a solid rock for not only the Aberdeen
American News for 36years but for the newspaper business in South
Dakota, SDNA President Doug Card said.
Her professionalism and love for the industry has served as an
example for her peers and
an inspiration for those who will follow in her footsteps. South
Dakota NewspaperAssociation is proud to recognize her for those
years of distinguished service, said Card,
publisher of the Britton Journal.
Eikamp and the American News won numerous awards through the
years for reporting,
writing, editing, photography and newspaper design. In 1996, the
newspaper won a
prestigious Silver Medal in the Society of Newspaper Designs
international competition
that drew more than 10,000 entries.
Under Eikamps direction, the American News published many
comprehensive news series
and special reports covering a variety of topics, including
water development and excessivegovernment spending and fraud.
Eikamp was elected president of the South Dakota Associated
Press Managing EditorsAssociation in 1998. She also served as
president of the Aberdeen Boys and Girls Club.
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