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Aug. 19, 2005 |
Feb. 8, 2006 |
Jan. 24, 2006 |
2005-2006 ‘Technician’
to be recognized with national award
RELEASED: Jan. 2, 2007
N.C. State's daily student newspaper, the Technician, will be recognized with a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association this coming spring.
Although the announcement of whether the publication, nominated for both the fall and spring semesters, will receive a Gold Crown or a Silver Crown remains secret until the announcement in March, this is the first time the daily newspaper has received one of the top national awards.
"This award indicates that your publication ranks among the best in student journalism," said Edmund Sullivan, executive director of CSPA.
Rebecca Heslin edited the newspaper. She is now a associate editor at DC Magazine magazine in Washingon, D.C.
Eleven college newspapers were nominated for Crown awards.
- College Heights Herald - Spring 06, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY;
- Daily News - Fall 05, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
- el Don - Fall 05, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA;
- Indiana Daily Student - Fall 05, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN;
- Indiana Daily Student - Spring 06, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN;
- Kansas State Collegian - Fall 05, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS;
- Kansas State Collegian - Spring 06, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS;
- Technician - Fall 05, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC;
- Technician - Spring 06, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC;
- The Daily Collegian - Fall 05, Penn State University, University Park, PA;
- The Ithacan - Fall 05, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY;
- The Ithacan - Spring 06, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY;
- The Oklahoma Daily - Fall 05, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK;
- The Shorthorn - Spring 06, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX;
- Wingspan - Spring 06, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY.
The Technician was the only North Carolina collegiate publication of any kind to be named a finalist.
This is only the second time an NCSU publication has received one of the top national awards. The 2004 Agromeck yearbook received a Silver Crown for the 2004 edition. The Gold Crown award, given since 1982, represents the top 2 percent of media in the nation. A total of 1,860 newspapers, magazines and yearbooks published during the 2005-2006 academic year were eligible for judging in the 2007 Crown Awards Program.
The Crown Awards are considered at Columbia by panels of invited judges, working in small groups to review each publication. During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. Crown Awards summarize overall excellence in the entire publication and function as a “top-down” view of general excellence.
"We've taken great strides in the past few years to make the paper more readable and to make it appeal to a wider audience," said Bradley Wilson, adviser to the newspaper. "Localization of national news, inclusion of feature stories on a regular basis, alternative copy and a modern look help make the paper serve the campus better. I'm glad the judges recognize the hard work the students have been doing."
STAFF MEMBERS
| Editor |
Rebecca Heslin |
| Fall Managing Editor |
Patrick Clarke |
| Spring Managing Editor |
Jake Seaton |
| News Editor |
Tyler Dukes |
| Viewpoint Fall Editor |
Jason Eder |
| Fall Sports Editor |
Ian Jester |
| Spring Sports Editor |
Tanner Kroeger |
| Features Editor |
Greg Behr |
| Fall Photography Editor |
Jeff Reeves |
| Spring Photography Editor |
Nick Pironio |
| Design Editors |
Win Bassett and Katie Graf |
| Business Manager |
Robbie Williams |
| Classifieds Manager |
Meghann Dominie |
| Deputy News Editors |
Haley Huie and Kasey Butler |
| Deputy Sports Editors |
Joe Overby, Josh Harrell and Clark Leonard |
| Deputy Features Editors |
Kathleen Gordon |
| Science & Technology Editor |
Cynthia Marvin |
Other Crown winners are posted on the CSPA Web site:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/2007-collegiate-crown.html#N100B1.
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For more information:
Agromeck
N.C. State Student Media
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
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