March 26, 2004 Student Life
This feature, "Student Life," returns with a new
name, replacing "Student News." The intent, however,
is the same. "Student Life" brings readers the best
of student-produced journalism at Utah State University. Featured
items are written by students for The Utah Statesman,
the official student newspaper of Utah Sate University, or The
Hard News Café, the online publication from the
Department of Journalism and Communication. Both publications
are award winning and present the talents of Utah State's journalists-in-training.
This week's piece is from The Hard News Cafe
Hard News Cafe named
top online publication in region
From the The
Hard News Cafe 3-22-04
The Hard News Cafe was named best online independent student
publication/Web site and two HNC reporters won three individual
awards in the Region 9 Mark of Excellence competition sponsored
by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Earl D. Scott took first, second and third place in the online
sportswriting category with stories about women's
hockey, USU
women's basketball and joining
the Western Athletic Conference.
Shanna Nielsen took third place in the general news category
with her story about USU
President Kermit Hall's take on the JFK assassination files.
She also took a second and a third place in feature writing
with stories about Pilates
and yoga, and an ethnography
class that spent the summer in Peru.
"This is a terrific recognition for USU," Hard News
Cafe professor and webmaster Dr. Michael S. Sweeney said. "Our
students work very hard to keep the site fresh and interesting."
Recently, he said, HNC was the first media outlet to post stories
on the student body election and USU's early exit from the Big
West Conference basketball tournament.
USU's entries competed against colleges and universities throughout
Region 9, which comprises Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico
and El Paso, County, Texas. Winners automatically are entered
in the national competition sponsored by the Society of Professional
Journalists.
Utah State's winners are as follows:
Online independent student publication/Web site
First Place: Hard News Cafe
(Second place: Reflexions, Northern Colorado)
Online general news reporting
Third place: "Security that kept some JFK files ,"
Shanna Nielsen
Online feature reporting
Second place: "USU students learn ethnography in Peru,"
Shanna Nielsen
Third place: "Pilates, yoga aim to fix body and soul,"
Shanna Nielsen
Online sports reporting
First place: "Never mind the bruises," Earl D. Scott
Second place: "We're ready to sweat, new USU women's
basketball coach vows," Earl D. Scott
Third place: "Being in the WAC means more fame, fortune,"
Earl D. Scott
TV Sports Photography
Third place: "A Summer of Boise, Idaho, Sports,"
Jason Roundy
Sports Writing (Newspaper)
First Place: Roy Burton, the Utah Statesman
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