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Producing leaders for the state, nation and world

Our student staff members produced more than 155 editions of the Technician and 22 (of the 23 planned) editions of the Nubian Message , kept a 25,000-watt radio station on the air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, produced a spring delivery yearbook and a literary and arts magazine. The skills needed to maintain this $800,000 operation help produce leaders in print, online and on-air media. The skills they learn in managing people, budgets and customers will help them in any profession and will help them be educated consumers of the mass media as well.

Specifically, the creation of a Corrections Policy this year is an example of how the students are taking a leadership role not only from within their own media and on campus, but within the greater media community. The creation of this one-page policy involved consultation with a wide variety of media outlets, print, online and broadcast as well as numerous other college media outlets. While other college media outlets have corrections policies, and this was a first for the NCSU Student Media, this one takes into consideration online updates and, as such, is a contemporary policy. Staff members, particularly for the Technician , this year, have been conscious of the need to produce corrections/clarifications in a timely fashion, including working with the reporter who published the story with the potential error, contacting the sources involved, discussing the situation with the senior staff members involved and taking whatever actions are necessary.

Led by a newly reformed Board of Directors, the NCSU Student Media received much national acclaim this year for the yearbook and the literary magazine specifically. As one of the Board members said toward the end of the year, as high-quality as these publications are, now we need to find ways to get them in the hands of more students.

Kay Phillips, center, former director of the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association at UNC-Chapel Hill, presented Robin Sawyer (left), publications adviser at First Flight High School in Manteo, and Bradley Wilson (right), publications adviser at North Carolina State University, with the NCSMA Distinguished Service Award June 19, 2008. Photo by Tyler Anastasi

Wilson honored for service to scholastic journalism

Bradley Wilson, coordinator of student media advising at N.C. State University, has been awarded the Kay Phillips Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association. The award, named in honor of the first full-time director of the association, recognizes two individuals each year who have supported the state’s scholastic journalism association and its mission. CLICK HERE for more information.

Paul Williams, WKNC DJ "Uncle Paul," host of Friday Night Request Rock/Penetiary Rock reads a letter from a prisoner in North Carolina's Central Prison. Williams is one of the approximately 100 student disc jockeys on WKNC, recently named the "Best Radio Station" in the Triangle by the Independent Weekly. Photo by Josh Lawson.

WKNC named 'Best Radio Station'

WKNC 88.1 FM once again earned bragging rights as "Best Radio Station" in the Triangle, as voted by the readers of The Independent Weekly. This marks the fifth straight year the student-run station has taken top honors. CLICK HERE for more information.

Sophomore Bella Book, a Book Club member, reads to a toddler at a Mother's-Day-Out event. Photo by Breanne Long; Bishop McGuinness High School

Teaching about Service Learning through photography

With a grant from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Foundation, the NCSU Student Media photography staff set out to teach students about service learning and have them use that knowledge to document a service learning project taking place in their community. After training young photographers in the basics of photography and explaining what makes a good photo, we were then able to explain to them service learning and allow them to become more aware of it in their community. CLICK HERE to read more about the project and to see samples of the students' work.

‘Agromeck,’ ‘Windhover’ receive national Crown awards

N.C. State's student yearboook, the Agromeck, and its literary and arts magazine, Windhover, were recognized with a Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at the CSPA convention in New York City, March 16. The Windhover literary and arts magazine received the highest award, a Gold Crown, while the Agromeck yearbook received a Silver Crown.

"Our students continue to produce some of the finest publications in the country, even at a school without a journalism degree," said Bradley Wilson, adviser to both media. "They work hard every day to document the activities of some 30,000 students and additional faculty and staff as well as to give them an outlet for creativity." CLICK HERE for more information.

March 16-22 is Sunshine Week, a chance to reflect on the need for open government in the United States. Click on the image above to watch a short video about Sunshine Week. Tom Brokow video Barry Bostwick video Lou Gossett Jr. video Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know Webcast broadcast March 19, 2008

Board hires new student leaders

The Student Media Board, in six unanimous decisions, hired the editors and managers for 2008-2009 academic year.

• John Cooper Elias, current managing editor of the Agromeck, was hired as Agromeck editor. Elias takes over on June 1.
• David Mason, account representative, was hired as student business office manager. Mason takes over on April 26.
• Kishea Phillips, current managing editor of the Nubian Message, was hired as Nubian Message editor. Phillips takes over April 26.
• Saja Hindi, current news editor of the Technician, was hired as Technician editor. Hindi takes over April 26.
• Joe Wright, current co-editor of the Windhover, was hired as Windhover editor. Wright takes over June 1.
• Kyle Robb, current WKNC program director, was hired as WKNC general manager. Robb takes over April 1.

WKNC to make public affairs program available as podcast

WKNC 88.1 FM, the student radio station at North Carolina State University, has made its weekly public affairs program, "Failure to Refrain," available as a podcast. CLICK HERE for more information or CLICK HERE for the feed.

‘Agromeck’ named finalist for national Pacemaker award

Honor society inducts new members

The N.C. State Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists accepted seven new members Jan. 18. The new members will be inducted at a ceremony Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. in the Student Media conference area. New members are:

• Hannah Branigan, promotions director, WKNC
• Kathleen Gordon, reporter, Technician
• Nicole Griffin, asst. promotions director, WKNC
• Erwin Brian Lewis, reporter, Technician
• Morgan McCormick, reporter, Technician
• Zachary Moser-Katz, Viewpoint editor, Technician
• Laura White, managing editor, Technician

Advisory boards offer feedback

Each semester, members of the academic community, professional journalists, alumni and students get together to offer feedback and recommendations on the student newspapers. This semester, for the first time, a group met to offer feedback to the Technician staff. And a separate group, meeting for the third year, met to offer feedback to the Nubian Message staff.

CLICK HERE to read the feedback for the Nubian Message staff

CLICK HERE to read the feedback for the Technician staff

‘Windhover’ receives Pacemaker;
other media, individuals recognized at national level

At the national convention of the Associated Collegiate Press, College Media Advisers and College Broadcasters, Inc. in Washington, D.C. Oct 25-28, the NCSU Student Media received national recognition and students attending the conference did everything from participate in critiques to attend sessions taught by professional journalists and instructors from all over the nation. Some NCSU students and their advisers also taught sessions. "If the recognition our Student Media received in Washington, D.C. isn't evidence of a thriving and successful student media program, I don't know how anyone could define a successful, all-around program," said media adviser Bradley Wilson.

• Windhover receives national Pacemaker
• Windhover named second place in Best of Show
• 2007 Agromeck named Best of Show
• 2006 Agromeck a Pacemaker finalist
• Technician designer Katie Graf places first in national design contest
• WKNC/Technician "88.1 Seconds of Technician" places second in Best of Show
• WKNC a finalist for the Best Station Promotion
• Student Media photographer finalist in national photo contest
• Student Media first recipient of the Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur grant
• 2006 Windhover, Technician and Agromeck designs recognized in Best of Collegiate Design

CLICK HERE for more information.

Student Media Board hires yearbook editor

The first meeting for the academic year of the Student Media Board of Directors was Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. in Riddick 319. At the meeting, the Board hired Mary Beth Hamrick as the editor of the Agromeck yearbook for the 2007-2008 academic year. CLICK HERE for the minutes.

‘Technician’ announces recipients of grant

The Technician announced that three incoming freshmen will be the recipients of the $1,000/year grant beginning in the fall of 2007.

These recipients have completed fewer than 36 credit hours at NCSU, must maintain a 2.50 grade point average and plan on assuming leadership roles on the staff in the near future.

• Susannah Brinkley graduated from the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte where she served as editor of the student newspaper, Intermission. She won numerous awards in high school for her work from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute, including third place in graphics, third place in feature article. She received the Rachel Rivers-Coffey scholarship and was named alternate high school journalist of the year in 2007 by NCSMA. Her publications adviser, David Jackson, said, "She willingly accepted whatever challenge I put forth to her, whether learning new publishing software, making assignments to staff members or editing copy from other students."
• Luis Zapata graduated from the North Carolina School of Science of Mathematics with an interest in digital imaging, graphical and media design and journalism. He was photography editor for the student newspaper, the Stentorian. He did a co-op internship at IBM from June-August of 2007 where he worked on online media.
• Sarah Hardin graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh where she served as news editor for two years of the school newspaper, The Crusader. She won two awards from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute in 2007, including honorable mention for an editorial and second place for her news section.

These students join three other previous recipients, Colleen Forcina, Saja Hindi and Helen Dear. The Technician grant is funded solely through the use of advertising monies. No state funds or student fees support the grants.

Annual report serves as record of year

Every year, Student Media administrators have to submit the budget, the Compact Plan, impact reports, and the annual report to the Center for Student Leadership Ethics, and Public Service. CSLEPS Director Mike Giancola then selects from those reports what he passes along to Associate Vice Chancellor Evelyn Reiman who selects what she wants to pass along to Vice Chancellor Thomas Stafford who combines all the reports from the division into a report for the chancellor and Board of Trustees. CLICK HERE for the 2006-2007 annual report.

WKNC, DJ named among 'best' by 'Indy'

WKNC 88.1 was voted best radio station, earning a top slot for the fourth straight year. Sam McGuire, on the air as Bigfatsac, was a finalist for best radio DJ. CLICK HERE to read more.

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