in the 1960s under the leadership of women's page editor marie anderson and assistant women's page editor marjorie paxson the "herald" won four missouri lifestyle journalism awards (then called the penney-missouri awards) for general excellence. the section won the award in 1960, the year of the awards' inauguration. in 1961, it won again, and the program director asked anderson to sit the 1962 awards out. in 1963 the paper took second place, and in 1964 another first, and the paper was barred from competing for the next five years. in 1969 it won another first. kimberly wilmot voss and lance speere, writing in the scholarly journal "florida historical quarterly", said anderson "personified" the penney-missouri competition's goals.