SoJ Web Report | April 5, 2011
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| Courtesy photo |
| Students who attended the SPJ conference were (bottom row, from left) Jake Wright, Chrissy Ashack, Stephanie Doctrow, Claire Aronson, (back row, from left) MJ Slaby, Danielle Rindler, Lindsey Erdody, Michael Auslen and Mary Kenney. |
The Indiana Daily Student and Inside magazine took first place in their categories and several students won or placed in individual categories of the Mark of Excellence competition. Judges evaluated more than 4,000 entries to determine winners. First place winners move on to national competition, with winners announced in May.
Nine students attended the conference, which included workshops for professionals and student members on a variety of topics, including writing mechanics, ethics and legal issues.
Winners are:
- First place: Indiana Daily Student, Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
- First place, Inside magazine, Best Student Magazine
- First place, “The accidental tenor,” by CJ Lotz and third Place, “The Shepherd's Lamb,” by Danielle Paquette in Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- First place, “Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter,” by Sarah Hutchins, Breaking News
- First place, “Akron now a soccer power under Porter,” by Stephanie Kuzydym, Sports Writing
- First place, “21st century soldiers,” by Biz Carson and Thomas Miller, Online In-Depth Reporting
- First place, Caitlin Johnston, Mickey Woods and Sean Morrison, Online Opinion and Commentary
- Second place, idsnews.com, Best Affiliated Website
- Second place, Sean Morrison, Sports Column Writing
- Second place, “Steak ’n Shake waitress walks fine line as local legend, rebellious server,” by Caitlin Johnston, News Reporting
- Third place, “Door-to-door sales persons linked to employee abuse,” by Jake New, In-Depth Reporting
- Read student blogs about their workshops.
- See the entire list of winners representing schools in a multistate area.
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