(The Beacon)
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The Beacon has won 10 regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, including five for first place. It competed with newspapers from colleges in five states in the category of institutions with 5,000 or fewer students.
First place winners advance to the SPJ national competition. Results will be announced in late August.
First Place:
General News Reporting- Philip Ellefson
Feature Writing- Kate Stringer
Column Writing- Amanda Munro, Sarah Hansell, Lydia Laythe
Sports Photography- Jackie Jeffers
Editorials- Caitlin Yilek
Second Place:
Best All-Around Non-Daily student newspaper
General News Reporting- Kelsey Thomas
Feature Photography- Joey Solano
In-Depth Reporting- Rosemary Peters
Third Place:
Breaking News Photography- Jackie Jeffers
