02.27.10

SIUE Alestle wins five journalism awards through ICPA

Posted in at 7:15 pm by toddsmith

(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s college newspaper, The Alestle, recently won five state awards through the Illinois College Press Association at the organization’s annual convention in Chicago.

The awards included:

  • An honorable mention in the general excellence category for non-daily newspapers with a circulation of 4,000 or more;
  • First place for Sports Editor Allan Lewis, a junior mass communications major, for a sports news story examining money in Division I sports;
  • First place for Photographer Derrick Hawkins, a senior art and design major, for photos taken during the annual campus March Down event;
  • The Alestle took third place in its division in the photo essay category. Photographers Sean Roberts, a sophomore, and Hawkins won for their photo essay about fire damage at SIUE’s Cougar Village Apartments;
  • An honorable mention for Copy Chief Kenneth Long, a senior mass communications major, in the column-writing category.

The Alestle Editor-in-Chief Karina Swank, a senior English language and literature major, accepted the awards on behalf of the staff members from the 2009-2010 academic year.

“Being back in the general excellence category at ICPA is a big deal. The competition in the category is very strong,” Alestle Program Director Tammy Merrett-Murry said. “This award points to the hard work that The Alestle staff has been doing to continually improve the quality and level of journalism at SIUE. I’m very proud.”

The Alestle competes nationally against many other newspapers from across the country. State-wide The Alestle competes regularly against newspapers from such student newspapers and schools as the Bradley Scout at Bradley University, Chicago Maroon at the University of Illinois, Chicago Weekly at the University of Chicago, the Columbia Chronicle at Columbia College, DePaulia at DePaul University, Dominican Star at Dominican University, Chicago Flame at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the Journal at University of Illinois-Springfield, Lewis University, the Loyola Phoenix at Loyola University, the Independent at Northeastern Illinois University, The Torch at Roosevelt University and the Xavierite at St. Xavier University.

Entries in the competition were judged for excellence by members of the Illinois Press Association.

Tammy Merrett-Murry is also the campus liaison for SPJ’s St. Louis Pro Chapter.

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