PULLMAN, Wash.Two student-run media organizations at Washington State University have received awards for their work.
The Daily Evergreen, WSU’s student-run newspaper, has been named the second-best daily student newspaper by the Society for Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Region 10, which covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Montana.
The honorees were recognized on April 25 during the regional spring conference held at the University of Montana. This year, collegiate journalists submitted more than 3,700 entries in 39 categories across SPJ’s 12 regions.
Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
The student-run TV station Cable 8 received the 2008-2009 Outstanding Student Organization Award for WSU.
The Outstanding Organization Award is presented by WSU’s Student Involvement and Leadership Development and honors an organization that has made a lasting impact at WSU or in the Pullman community. Cable 8 Productions directly involves 200-250 students with a hands-on opportunity to work with a television station.
“This is very well-deserved validation of the excellent and dedicated work of our students, as well as a tribute to the expert mentoring they are receiving from Ben Shors and Yevgeniya Solodovnikova,” said Erica Austin, dean of the College of Communication.
More information:
https://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=884#884
https://www.thedivision.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=819
