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ONPA awards 2007 Collegiate Newspaper Contest honors

05/08/2007

      The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (ONPA) presented its 2007 Collegiate Newspaper Contest awards to member Oregon college and university newspapers during the Oregon Newspapers Foundation’s annual Collegiate Day conference, held at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon on Friday, May 4.

      Sixteen of ONPA’s 21 Collegiate Member newspapers competed in this year’s contest. Together, these newspapers submitted a total of 539 entries in 20 categories that cover the spectrum of newspaper arts. Those entries were judged in March by a group of individuals in the editorial and advertising departments at Oregon newspapers.

     Southern Oregon University is proud to announce they walked away with many of the awards given out at this contest.  The judges awarded a total of 152 awards, including 59 first-place, 59 second-place, and 34 honorable mention awards. A complete list of these awards, including images of the winning entries, can be found on the ONPA web site at www.orenews.com.

     ONPA, founded in 1887, is a professional association of the state’s newspapers. Oregon Newspapers Foundation was incorporated in 1978 as the educational and development arm of ONPA.

     Below is a list of the awards Southern Oregon University’s Siskiyou Paper walked away with. Southern Oregon is part of the division 2: which is classified as a Four-year college or university weekly, bi-weekly or monthly newspapers

1. General Excellence                     

      Division 2             2nd       The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University

2. Best Design                        

      Division 2              2nd        The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University

3. Best Section                       

         HM   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Commentary)  

5. Best Headline Writing                          

      Division 2                 HM   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Scott Charlson)  

9. Best Feature Story                      

  2nd The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Kerry Lambeth)

12. Best Review                     

    Division 2                   2nd      The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Joel Buck)

14. Best Photography                     

      Division 2            

         2nd   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Matthew Gemmell)

         HM   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Jamie Lusch)

15. Best Spot News Photo                        

      Division 2                   2nd            The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Jamie Lusch)

16. Best Feature Photo                   

      Division 2                2nd   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Anne Hutchinson)

17. Best Sports Photo                     

    Division 2                    1st     The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Jamie Lusch)

20. Best House Ad                           

      Division 2             2nd   The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon University (Emily Higham)

 

 

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