Voice staff wins eight awards
In this year's national Gold Circle competition sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, editors and writers on The Voice netted eight individual awards for their page design and writing in News, Sports, Features, Arts, and Opinion. These awards were announced just last week at the annual College Media Convention in New York City, which was attended by 15 staff members and their faculty adviser, Mary Bernath.
Nick Jones, opinion editor, received a Certificate of Merit for his opinion piece entitled "How so you define progress?" and a 2nd Place Award in Editorial Page Design for his submission of a portfolio of opinion pages from Spring and Fall 2008.
In Features, Rebecca Hall, features editor, received a 2nd Place Award for Feature Page Design for her portfolio of pages from Fall 2008. Holly Bergin also received a 2nd Place Award in the category of Single Subject Feature Package for her page on Spring Break in March 2008. In addition, Joe Arleth, Rebecca Hall, and John Kubik received a Third Place Award in the same category for their Halloween page published in October 2008.
In News, Melissa Eby, BU '08, and Mallory Szymanski, BU '08, received a 3rd Place Award in the Single Subject News Package category for their front page "Presidential Overhaul" coverage in January 2008.
In the Single Subject News or Features Package (double-page, black & white), The Voice won both awards given. Kate Firestone, Nick Jones, and Brendan Schaller collaborated on a double-page A&E spread on a Love Theme in February 2008 that won them a 1st Place, and Joe Arleth, Rebecca Hall, and Tim Rosini took 2nd for their double-page Sports spread previewing the 2008 Huskies Baseball/Softball Season.
Gold Circle Awards have been offered by CSPA since 1984 to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as a section or entire staff working together. Presently, 241 different categories of entry are provided, with about 13,000 entries being submitted yearly. Judges are experienced journalists and educators familiar with student journalism as produced in universities and colleges throughout the nation. For more information, check www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa.