RELEASED: Nov. 10, 2003
DALLAS -- The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers
announced at their convention in Dallas, Nov. 5-9 that two student media
from North Carolina State University won national awards.
The most prestigious of these was the Pacemaker award which N.C. State's
literary magazine, Windhover, won. The Pacemaker is the highest award
given by the Associated Collegiate Press. Since 1928, ACP's Pacemaker
competition has been considered by many to be student journalism's
highest honor. All ACP magazine members are eligible to compete in their
respective national Pacemaker competitions.
Emily Townley edited the 2002 Windhover and Fran Dickenson was the
adviser.
In the Best of Show convention, which ranks only schools in attendance
at the national convention, the N.C. State newspaper, the Technician placed fourth in the Newspaper Special Edition: Daily category for a
newspaper supplement, "Red" edited by Carie Windham and Thushan
Amarasiriwardena.
In addition, the Technician and 2002 Windhover placed in five
categories in the national "Best of Collegiate Design" competition by
the College Media Advisers. Entries in this newspaper, yearbook,
magazine and online media competition had to be published between April
1, 2002 and March 31, 2003. They were judged by some of the nation's top
professional designers.
- Informational graphic, Thushan Amarasiriwardena, second place
- Nameplate/standing head, Matthew Pelland, second place
- Magazine cover, Geoff Halber, first place
- Contents page/spread, Geoff Halber, first place
- Feature spread, Geoff Halber, first place
For two days prior to the start of the convention, N.C. State
coordinator of student media advising, Bradley Wilson, presented a
pre-conference, hands-on workshop on using Photoshop. Matt Stamey, a
photographer at the Topeka Capital-Journal, and Austin Dowd, photography
editor for the 2004 N.C. State Agromeck yearbook assisted him.
Wilson also presented two one-hour sessions, "Photography for
Non-Photographers" and "Lighting: Quantity, Quality and Direction" and
sat on a panel on "Crossing Over: (When) Is Race an Issue?" about racial
issues in college media.
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For more information:
N.C. State Student Media
College Media Advisers
Associated Collegiate Press
