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Saint Michael's newspaper wins 3rd in Associated Collegiate Press competition; five student editors attend national journalism workshop
Five student editors attended the 26th Annual National College Summer Journalism Workshops
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Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Five Saint Michael's College student editors attended the 26th Annual National College Summer Journalism Workshops held July 23 to 26 at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. At the conference, the students learned their newspaper, the Saint Michael's College Defender was cited for Best of Show recognition, winning 3rd place in the Four-year College Non-daily Newspaper category.
The Defender was the only winning paper in its category produced by a four-year college. The other winners, from larger universities, were the following, from first through seventh place (source http://studentpress.org/acp/winners/dc09bs.html:)
1. The State Hornet, Sacramento State University
2. The Volante, University of South Dakota
3. The Defender, St. Michael's College
4. Cardinal Points, State University of New York, Plattsburgh
5. The Johnsonian, Winthrop University
6. The Mirror, Fairfield University
7. The Recorder, Central Connecticut State University
Students attending were Rob Zodda, of Norwood, Mass., executive editor; Lucia Suarez of Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, managing editor/print; Andrew Kuzmin of Simsbury, Conn., managing editor/online; Jacqueline Cain of Berlin, Mass., multimedia producer; and Rachel Allen of Torrington, Conn., co-news editor.
The conference featured training workshops and opportunities to network with practicing journalists and journalism professors. The program was designed to allow students to work side-by-side with instructors in such sessions as "How to Survive Being an Editor Without Killing Someone," "Daily News, Weekly Edition: Closing the Gap with Newsfeatures," "What Makes a Great Blog: Principles for Success," "Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Using Social Media as a College Journalist," "Building Your Newsroom from the Ground Up," "Stop Ignoring Data!" and more.
"The workshops were great, and the students came away brimming with fresh ideas about design, multimedia projects and reporting," said Paul Beique, Saint Michael's journalism instructor, who accompanied the students to the workshops.
According to their website, the Associated Collegiate Press is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association, a nonprofit educational membership association founded in 1921. Today, ACP is the largest and oldest national membership association for college student media in the United States. More than 20,000 student journalists work on the staff of an ACP member publication.
Saint Michael's College is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides an education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools they need to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges, ranking as 9th among institutions in Quality of Life and 2nd in Town-Gown Relations. It is one of only 270 institutions nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and its professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last nine years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Five Saint Michael's College student editors attended the 26th Annual National College Summer Journalism Workshops held July 23 to 26 at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. At the conference, the students learned their newspaper, the Saint Michael's College Defender was cited for Best of Show recognition, winning 3rd place in the Four-year College Non-daily Newspaper category.
The Defender was the only winning paper in its category produced by a four-year college. The other winners, from larger universities, were the following, from first through seventh place (source http://studentpress.org/acp/winners/dc09bs.html:)
1. The State Hornet, Sacramento State University
2. The Volante, University of South Dakota
3. The Defender, St. Michael's College
4. Cardinal Points, State University of New York, Plattsburgh
5. The Johnsonian, Winthrop University
6. The Mirror, Fairfield University
7. The Recorder, Central Connecticut State University
Students attending were Rob Zodda, of Norwood, Mass., executive editor; Lucia Suarez of Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, managing editor/print; Andrew Kuzmin of Simsbury, Conn., managing editor/online; Jacqueline Cain of Berlin, Mass., multimedia producer; and Rachel Allen of Torrington, Conn., co-news editor.
The conference featured training workshops and opportunities to network with practicing journalists and journalism professors. The program was designed to allow students to work side-by-side with instructors in such sessions as "How to Survive Being an Editor Without Killing Someone," "Daily News, Weekly Edition: Closing the Gap with Newsfeatures," "What Makes a Great Blog: Principles for Success," "Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Using Social Media as a College Journalist," "Building Your Newsroom from the Ground Up," "Stop Ignoring Data!" and more.
"The workshops were great, and the students came away brimming with fresh ideas about design, multimedia projects and reporting," said Paul Beique, Saint Michael's journalism instructor, who accompanied the students to the workshops.
According to their website, the Associated Collegiate Press is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association, a nonprofit educational membership association founded in 1921. Today, ACP is the largest and oldest national membership association for college student media in the United States. More than 20,000 student journalists work on the staff of an ACP member publication.
Saint Michael's College is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides an education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools they need to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges, ranking as 9th among institutions in Quality of Life and 2nd in Town-Gown Relations. It is one of only 270 institutions nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and its professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last nine years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
