Happy trails, Andy!
Archive for April, 2010
Andy Matarrese’s Beacon farewell
Posted in The Beacon staff blog, University of Portland, tagged andy matarrese, college journalism, The Beacon, university of portland on April 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
“Memo to mainstream media”
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Interesting piece on The Huffington Post – College by the student editor of North by Northwestern on how college journalists could teach the “mainstream media” a thing or two:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-litman/memo-to-msm—-pay-attent_b_534012.html
Link to Special Section: 75th Anniversary of The Beacon
Posted in 75th Anniversary of The Beacon, The Beacon staff blog, University of Portland, tagged Anniversary, Beacon, college journalists, college newspapers, university of portland, UP Alums on April 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Click here to get to the special section on Issuu.com. From there, you can also download it as a PDF file and print it.
2009-2010 Beacon Staff
Teaser: Special section for 75th Anniversary of The Beacon
Posted in 75th Anniversary of The Beacon, The Beacon staff blog, University of Portland, tagged 75th Anniversary, college journalism, College newspaper, Portland Pilots, The Beacon, university of portland, UP Alums on April 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Watch for it this Thursday, April 15!
First issue of The Beacon- 1935
Beacon staff 1948
2001 staffers celebrate award-Nathan Dinsdale, Casey White, Sarah Ogle, Clinton Vining(1998) Joe Freeman-former Beacon asst. news editor, sports editor and news editor. CUrrently covers the Trailblazers for The Oregonian
Joe Freeman
(1976 photo)Former Beacon sports editor and editor-in-chief Pete Lesage, currently front page and Sunday editor for The Oregonian
1986-87 Beacon editor-in-chief Dan Christopherson, currently a sportscaster at KOIN TV
Mark of Excellence Awards
Posted in Awards, The Beacon staff blog, University of Portland on April 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Andy Matarrese and Hannah Gray!
They each placed third in Society of Professional Journalists ‘”Mark of Excellence” awards for Region 10 (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana) in the following categories:
1)Editorial Writing (Andy)
2)General Reporting (Hannah) – Hannah’s entry was her Oct 2009 Beacon story about sex trafficking in Portland and some UP students’ efforts to raise awareness about the issue.
Andy's Award
SPJ announced the winners and runners-up at a luncheon in Seattle over the weekend.
Mark of Excellence- Editorial Writing
• First Place:The Daily Evergreen, Editorial Board,Washington State University.
• Second Place: In the Loop, Editorial Board, Whitworth University.
• Third Place: The Beacon, Staff, University of Portland.
Hannah's award
Mark of Excellence- General News Reporting
• First Place: Dead in the Water; Alumni saddened by loss; Football to blame; Grassroots – by Christian Caple and Maks
Goldenshteyn, University of Washington.
• Second Place: Gay to straight lecture draws mixed response – by Andrew Sheeler, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
• Third Place: Sex Trafficking in Portland – by Hannah Gray, University of Portland.
For a complete list of award winners in all categories, go to this SPJ page.
Next Up: ONPA (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association) Awards on May 7th
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