An organization based at Columbia University honors the Beacon for reporting, writing, design
Liz Tertadian (The Beacon)
By Kate Stringer, Staff Writer stringer14@up.edu
On Oct. 11, The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) announced that UP's student-run newspaper, The Beacon, was among the winners of its annual Gold Circle Awards, a national journalism competition. The Beacon received six Gold Circle Awards and three Certificates of Merit for writing, reporting and design.
According to the CSPA, which is based at the graduate school of the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York, 10,444 entries from student-run newspapers and magazines across the country competed for 960 possible awards.
"I'm really excited - we worked really hard," said Elizabeth Tertadian, Editor-in-Chief. "The Beacon is an awesome paper and this proves it, especially on a national scale. For us to put out these stories without a journalism school is amazing - the definition of success."
Current staff winners include News Editor Laura Frazier, Opinions Editor Will Lyons, Design Editor Shellie Adams, and Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Tertadian. Last year's staff members who received awards include Editor-in-Chief Rosemary Peters, News Editor Hannah Gray, Opinions Editor Caitlin Yilek, and Reporter Natalie Wheeler.
"I'm so proud of our student journalists," said Nancy Copic, adviser to The Beacon. "I don't think most people know how hard they work, so it is great that they can get national recognition."
National awards for The Beacon staff
Editorial Writing: Second Place - Caitlin Yilek and Rosemary Peters, "Where are all the women?"
Personality Profile: Second Place - Laura Frazier, "Impossible is nothing."
Overall design: Tabloid format, Second Place - Hannah Gray, Rosemary Peters and Elizabeth Tertadian.
Page one design: Tabloid format, Second Place - Hannah Gray, "'Big Bang Theory' star returns to The Bluff."
Page one design: Tabloid format, Certificate of Merit - Hannah Gray and Rosemary Peters, "Would you pay $6.95 for this?"
Personal opinion: Third place, On-campus issues - Caitlin Yilek, "Breaking my silence," The Beacon, University of Portland.
Single subject news or feature package, single page: Third Place, Tabloid format - Shellie Adams and Will Lyons, "Netflix nosedives."
Personality Profile: Certificate of merit - Natalie Wheeler, "Homeless teen turned UP student."
Single subject news or feature package, single page: Certificate of Merit, Tabloid format - Rosemary Peters, "What's in our air?"
To see more on the award-winners, check out the Beacon Staff Blog at www.upbeaconstaff.wordpress.com
