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22.3.09

Pitt News gets journalism accolades

It's awards season for college newspapers, and the results are in for the contests The Pitt News entered this spring.

There's the state-wide Keystone Press Awards, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. To view the full list of winners, click the Collegiate tab under the Student Division listing.

We also enter the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Gold Circle Awards, which is a national contest.

Both contests asked for submissions from the 2008 calendar year.

Here are our winners in the Keystones:

1st Places
Hayley Grgurich – Feature Story (“Welcome to Iron Mountain”)
Elham Khatami – Column (“Trip to Israel”)
Hannah Pilling – Graphic Illustration (“Election covers”)
Pete Madia – Sports Photo (“March Madness”)

2nd Places
Pat Mitsch – Sports Story (“Successful recruiting takes endless effort”)
Tom VanBuren – Review (“Roscoe redefines waste of time”)
Ben Filio and Victor Powell – Photo story (“Pitt vs. Iowa”)

Honorable Mentions
Justin Jacobs – Personality Profile (“Girl Talk”)

And the Gold Circles:

Certificates of Mention
Holden Slattery – General feature ("K-9 squad sniffs out trouble")
Jake Brett – Editorial cartoon ("The Newest American Addiction")
Jake Brett - Cartoon Portfolio of work ("Jake Brett's Portfolio")
Ben Filio - Single feature photograph color ("Breaking Bread in Tower B")






Braque Hershberger – Single subject news or feature package, two pages, double-truck or special section: Tabloid format color ("You'll need Safe Rider")

4.3.09

LOST "La Fleur" Live Blog

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