For the second year in a row, The Equinox was recognized with awards from the Society of Collegiate Journalists. The Equinox brought in a total of 12 awards. Listed below are all the awards. Names in parenthesis are the judges:
1. NP2: News Stories:
Second Place: Katie Gilligan,”Proposed ordinance targets disorderly house.” (Robert Naylor, Director, Career Development/News, Associated Press, New York, New York)2. NP3: Editorial:
Honorable Mention, staff, “KSC students left in the dark again.” (Pat McCubbin, Cleveland Plain Dealer)3. NP5: Series:
First Place: Meghan Foley, Melissa Ball, Ian Lord, Randy Booth, Casie Brown, “Getting the Lead out,” CDC playground lead contamination, (Robert Naylor, Associated Press)Second Place: Meghan Foley, “Unions seek to organize operating, professional staffs,” (Robert Naylor, Associated Press)
4. NP 9: Sports News
Honorable Mention, Sean Berry, “KSC implements own drug testing policy,” (Glen Kemery, senior editor, Yahoo! Sports)5. NP 10: Sports Features
Honorable Mention, Randy Booth, “I felt like I had no one,” (Glen Kemery, Yahoo! Sports)6. NP 17: Graphic illustration
Third Place, Tyler Donnelly, 10/23/08 Equinox (Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist, Chattanooga Times Free Press)7. NP 19: Photo Essay
First Place, Ryan McKernan, “Shut Down the SOA,” (Sterling Chen, News Art-page design, The Philadelphia Inquirer)8. NP21: Sports Page Layout
Third Place, Randy Booth, 12/4/08 Equinox, (Sterling Chen, Philadelphia Inquirer)Honorable Mention, Randy Booth, 10/30/08 Equinox, (Sterling Chen, Philadelphia Inquirer).
9. NP22: Inside Page Layout, Hard News
First Place: Randy Booth, 10/23/08 Equinox, C-2, (Sterling Chen, Philadelphia Inquirer)Third Place: Randy Booth, 10/23/08 Equinox, C-4, (Sterling Chen, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Congratulations to all the winners. Next year, though, we’re gunning for even more.
