In the better-late-than-never department, here are the winners of the annual statewide collegiate journalist competition sponsored by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.
The Beacon fared well, including snagging the award for General Excellence and First, Second and Third Place for Best Writing AND Best Sports Story, among others. Go team!
FIRST PLACE:
General Excellence- The Beacon
Best Writing – Malika Andrews
Best News Story- Students Witness Refugee Crisis (Alina Rosenkranz and Clare Duffy)
Best Feature Story- Class on the Cusp (Philip Ellefson and Cassie Sheridan)
Best Sports Story – His Way Out (Malika Andrews)
SECOND PLACE:
Writing- Cheyenne Schoen
Feature Story – Knowledge as Power (Clare Duffy)
Special Section – Get Outside (Rebekah Markillie and Karen Garcia)
Series- Transition: Transgender student finds home in Mehling Hall; Transphobic Incident spurs pain, action (Cheyenne Schoen, Lydia Laythe)
Sports Story – Socially Constricted (Malika Andrews)
Columnist – Heartbeat (Cassie Sheridan)
Photography – Hannah Baade
Design – Rebekah Markillie and Hannah Baade
Graphic: The Freshman Equation – Hannah Baade
Website – Christian Rodriguez and Beacon staff
THIRD PLACE:
Writing – Clare Duffy
Editorial- We Stand With Planned Parenthood (Lydia Laythe and Beacon Editorial Board)
Sports story- Behind the Game Face (Malika Andrews)
Section- Clare Duffy and Beacon reporters
Cartooning: Tell Us What You’re Doing For Mental Health (Nathan DeVaughn)
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