The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has awarded The Beacon several Gold Circle Awards for Digital Media:
Breaking News- Second Place: Claire Desmarais “Protest Over Scalia’s LGBTQ Views Draws Hundreds”
News writing (planned news)
Second Place: Rachel Rippetoe, “Rocky Start: Health Center Frustrates Some with Lack of Transparency,”
Personal opinion: On-campus issues
First Place: Rachel Rippetoe, “UP’s Sexist Culture Starts and Ends at the Top”
Second Place: Olivia Sanchez, “Why I Felt Trapped by Violent Misogyny at the Wally Awards”
General or humor commentary
First Place: Erin Bothwell, “Adulting with Erin”
Interactive graphic
Second Place: Autumn Fluetsch, “Civil Rights Immersion Timeline”
The following Certificates of Merit were awarded:
Personality profile- Olivia Sanchez, “A Veteran’s Journey: From Combat to the Classroom”
General feature- Hannah Sievert, “Call to the Church,”
Video News Package- David Jacobs, “Students Lead Protest Against Red Mass Speaker Scalia”
Single sports photograph- Certificate of Merit: Annika Gordon, “Pilots Fall to St. Mary’s”
Tense moments between Pilots Men’s Basketball Coach Terry Porter and a referee Photo by Annika Gordon
Full list of awards here.
