An embarrassment of riches

It was an embarrassment of riches at today’s statewide collegiate awards ceremony of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. The Beacon won 27 awards  including First Place for General Excellence.

What the judges said about The Beacon:

List of awards:

FIRST PLACE awards

General Excellence- Beacon Staff

Best News Story- “We all want something better.” Philip Ellefson, Laura Frazier, Jackie Jeffers

Best Section -Beacon news section Laura Frazier, Beacon staff

Best Special Section- “What’s in our air?”- Rosemary Peters

Best Series- Ongoing coverage of nondiscrimination policy and Redefine Purple Pride- Kelsey Thomas, Philip Ellefson,Laura Frazier

Best Editorial-”It is time for our nondiscrimination policy to change.” – Sarah Hansell

Best Design- Shellie Adams, Liz Tertadian, Laura Frazier, Rachel McIntosh

Best website- Et Begert

Best Review-  ”The Casual Vacancy” – Kate Stringer

Best Spot News Photo- “She said yes!”- Jackie Jeffers

1st Place Breaking News photo by Jackie Jeffers

Best Sports Photo- “Round Two!”- Jackie Jeffers

Best Feature Photo- Athletes and their tattoos- Joey Solano

Best Photography- Jackie Jeffers

Best cartoon – “Theology 101″ – Ann Truong

SECOND PLACE awards:

News story- “Access Denied”- Philip Ellefson

Writing-”Students cooperate, but still can’t party”- Kelsey Thomas

Section- “VOTE”- Shellie Adams, Kelsey Thomas, Beacon staff

Graphic- “VOTE”- Shellie Adams

Special Section- “What’s on your bucket list?”- Shellie Adams + Beacon staff

Columnist- “Keep your legislation out of my body, thanks” – Amanda Munro

Photography- Joey Solano

Feature Photo- “Elderly Prom” – Stephanie Matusiefsky

THIRD PLACE awards:

Feature Story: “Molly’s Legacy: Hope for Hait”i- Kate Stringer

Editorial: “Theo 101 change limits diversity and stifles thought”- Will Lyons

Columnist: “Rape is not a joke” – Lydia Laythe

Sports Photo- Men’s soccer- Joey Solano

Cartoon- “Coffee Crawl”- Ann Truong

Beacon staffers Nastacia Voisin, Laura Frazier, Liz Tertadian and Kelsey Thomas car barely hold the 27 ONPA awards The Beacon won

WOW!

Caitlin Yilek wins First Place in the U.S, two other Beacon staffers are national finalists in SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Caitlin Yilek, the 2011-2012 Beacon opinions editor, has won First Place  (in the nation!) for Editorial Writing in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards for editorials she wrote for The Beacon.

Two current Beacon staffers, Kate Stringer and Jackie Jeffers, are national finalists for Feature Writing and Sports Photography, respectively. The Beacon journalists competed in the “Small School” category, meaning colleges/universities with 5000 or fewer students.

Caitlin’s reaction when she heard the news? “I AM GOING TO FAINT. Oh. My. God.” (via Twitter. Follow her at @hausofcait.)

Caitlin Yilek
First Place for Editorial Writing

Here are the three editorials that won Caitlin this national award:

Where are all the women?

University disregards student media

What has ASUP done for you?

Caitlin, who graduated from UP last May, is a copy editor at the St. Cloud Times in her home state of Minnesota. She will receive the award at the SPJ Excellence in Journalism convention in Anaheim, Calif. in August.

Kate Stringer is a national Mark of Excellence finalist for Feature Writing. The story that won her this honor was the first story she wrote for The Beacon. Molly’s Legacy: Hope for Haiti

Kate Stringer
Nat’l finalist for Feature Writing

Kate Stringer
A bit excited to see The New York Times during National College Media Convention in March

Next year, Kate will be Living/Faith & Fellowship editor at The Beacon.

Finally, Photo Editor Jackie Jeffers is a national Mark of Excellence finalist for Sports Photography. Jackie, who graduates from UP this weekend, recently accepted a position at Marchex, a mobile marketing/analytics company in Seattle.

Jackie Jeffers
National Finalist for Sports Photography

Here is Jackie’s award-winning photo, taken at Merlo Field last fall.

award-winning photo by Jackie Jeffers

Well done, Caitlin, Kate and Jackie!

-Nancy Copic

Ass’t Director of Student Media & adviser to The Beacon

Announcing the 2013-2014 Beacon Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief Kelsey Thomas

News Editor Sarah Hansell

Design Editor Shellie Adams

Living/Faith & Fellowship Editor Kate Stringer

Opinions Editor/Social Media Manager Philip Ellefson

Sports Editor Katie Dunn

Copy Editor/Reporter Kathryn Walters

Big Win at regional SPJ Awards

The Beacon made an impressive showing over the weekend at the regional Society of Professional Journalists conference at Gonzaga, winning First Place in five categories in the Mark of Excellence awards.

The Beacon also won Second Place for Best All-Around weekly college newspaper (5000 students and fewer).

First Place winners advance to the national competition. Results to be announced at the national SPJ conference in Anaheim, CA in late August.

Here’s the list of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Beacon winners:

First Place:
General News Reporting – Philip Ellefson – “Access Denied”
Feature Writing – Kate Stringer- “Molly’s Legacy:Hope for Haiti”
Column Writing: Amanda Munro, Sarah Hansell, Lydia Laythe
Sports Photography- Jackie Jeffers “Round Two!”
Editorial Writing- Caitlin Yilek (last year’s Opinions editor)

1st Place photo by Jackie Jeffers

 

2nd Place:

Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper (schools with 5000 or fewer students)
General News Reporting- Kelsey Thomas- “Students cooperate but still can’t party”
Feature Photography – Joey Solano- “The story behind the ink”
In-depth Reporting- Rosemary Peters (last year’s editor in chief)- What’s in our Air?

2nd Place Feature Photography by Giovanna Solano

 

3rd Place:
Breaking News Photography- Jackie Jeffers- “He said yes!”

3rd Place Braeking News photo by Jackie Jeffers

Region 10 includes collegiate newspapers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

-Nancy Copic

SPJ Awards Region 10

The Beacon has won 10 regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. The competition includes collegiate newspapers from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. The Beacon competed in the “small” university/college category (5000 or fewer undergrads).

What we don’t know is whether the awards were for First, Second or Third Place. That will be announced at the SPJ regional conference at Gonzaga the weekend of April 13. First Place finishers advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence competition.

Here’s the list of award-winners from The Beacon:

Editorial Writing – Caitlin Yilek
Best All-Around Non Daily Student Newspaper  - Beacon staff
Breaking News Photography “She said yes!” -Jackie Jeffers
Feature Photography  “The story behind the ink” by Giovanna Solano
Feature Writing “Molly’s Legacy: Hope for Haiti” – Kate Stringer
General Column Writing Sarah Hansell, Amanda Munro & Lydia Laythe
General News Reporting “Access Denied” – Phillip Ellefson
General News Reporting “Students Cooperate but still can’t party”-Kelsey Thomas
In-Depth Reporting “What’s in our air?” – Rosemary Peters
Sports Photography “Round Two!” -Jackie Jeffers

-Nancy Copic

Day 2 Exploring NYC

Katie and I took a trip down to the Museum of Natural History where we saw butterflies in the conservatory!

Day 1 Beacon has arrived!

Dinner at Ellen’s Stardust and Beacon photos in front of NBC and The Rockefeller Center.

- Giovanna Solano