Distinctions of the WKU School of Journalism and Broadcasting 1998 Department of Journalism was reaccredited for six years by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Department - Overall photojournalism winner for ninth consecutive year in the Hearst Foundation Journalism Competition; individual honors: Chad Stevens, second overall and first, portrait/ personality; Chris Hamilton, who transferred from the University of Kansas to Western for the spring semester, finalist and fourth, portrait/ personality; Jake Herrle, finalist and fourth, sports and news; Carrie Pratt, semifinalist, best single photograph, and second, picture story and wildcard; Barry Gutierrez, semifinalist and fourth, picture story and wildcard; Jason Clark, semifinalist and fourth, sports and news; David Pierini, 15th, portrait/personality. Department - 25th overall in Hearst writing completion; individual honor: Chris Hutchins, ninth, feature writing competition. Department - Tied for eighth place overall in Hearst competition for fourth consecutive year, marking fifth consecutive year in the top eight schools in the nation. Ad Club named American Advertising Federation's national chapter of the year. Western's advertising program celebrated its 20th anniversary during Homecoming Weekend. In Student Society of News Design competition, Dan Hieb, second in Designer of the Year contest and sports page design; Herald staff, second for special section on Gary A. Ransdell, new WKU president and department alumnus; third for overall design, and second for best use of photography; Lori Becker, Fall 1997 editor, third, Page One design; Carrie Pratt and Ken Harper, third, photo page design; and Harper, first, computer-generated illustration. Herald winner of its sixth national Pacemaker Award from Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers and Newspaper Association of America. Kelly Hobbs, student Emmy for film, "White Frenzy," from Mid-South Region Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Jason Hall, Fall 1998 Herald editor, one of 16 participants in the Ethics and Leadership for College Editors Seminar at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla. He also attended the College Newspaper Editors Management Seminar at the Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies at the University of Georgia. Chris Hutchins, second place, Roy Howard Public Affairs Reporting Competition. In Yellow Pages Publishers Association student design competition: Melanie Slaughter and Jami Dodson, third place; and Bill Becker, Chris Covington, Jason Seaton, third place, student marketing competition. Karri Emly, Karen Grigsby and Philip Yochim selected for Dow Jones Newspaper Fund copy-editing internships. George Robinson and Scheri Smith selected as Chips Quinn Scholars. John Stamper selected in national competition for Washington Journalism and Politics Internship to work for Knight-Ridder News Service. John Stoops received the Reed Blackburn Scholarship of the National Press Photographers Foundation. Advertising students' entry on Hallmark cards in the district AAF/NASC was disqualified "for being too professionally done." Team members: Jeremy Clemens, Whitney Jarrett, Kevin Finley, Christopher Houchens and Heather Milstead. In SPJ region competition: Kim Olson, first, radio news; Kristi Runyon, second, radio in-depth reporting, and TV in-depth reporting; Ashlea Campbell, second, TV spot news reporting; and Reanna Smith, third, TV feature. In second Kentucky AP student radio/tv news competition, 13 of 22 awards. Television: best newscast, first place; general news, Kim Olson, second place, and Vicki Logdon and Adrienne Nobles, HM; feature/human interest: Kristi Runyon, first, Brian Goode/Heath Myrick, second, and Reanna Smith, HM. Radio news report: Jay Howell, second, and Logdon, HM; feature/human interest: Olson and Meoshie Chuntel, tie for second, and Runyon and Shanda Larue, HM. Lisa Hughes, recipient of $1,000 Kentucky Broadcasters Association scholarship. In Kentucky Press Association (KPA) January newspaper contest, Herald, first place for classified page/section and best entertainment/ dining ad; second place for ads in professional services, creative use of newspaper, special events and general miscellaneous categories; and third for special sections, multiple advertising/sig page, best use of color, and special publications. In spring KPA Better Newspaper Contest, Herald won second place for general excellence in the associate newspapers division; first place, typography, Freedom of Information for series on closed door meetings of college boards, local news pictures, local feature pictures and local sports pictures; second place, sports page/section, best use of photo illustration and display advertising; third place, original ad idea; and honorable mention, editorial page. Alumni winning awards in the KPA fall newspaper contest included in Weekly Class I: Mike Finch, first, story series; Clay Scott, first, best sports feature; and Mark Stone, first sports picture, and third, sports picture essay. Weekly Class II: Gina Kinslow, third, story series; Tommy Newton, second, general news story, first, enterprise story; and Todd Turner, first (with Newton), story series, first and second, feature story, third, news picture essay, and first, sports picture and sports picture essay. Student Sharyn Magarian, second, sports feature. Weekly Class III: Michael Banks, first, feature picture essay and sports picture essay, second, feature story and sports feature, and third, sports story and news picture essay; and Amy Biggs, third, sports picture essay. Multi-Weekly: Christa Ritchie, first, story series and news picture essay, and second, investigative story; Steve Traynor, first and second, feature picture essay, and second, sports picture. Daily II: Jamie Burden, second, sports picture, and third, news picture essay; Risa Brim, third, feature story; Neal Cardin, first, feature picture, and second, feature picture essay; Ryan Craig, second, enterprise story; Jason Frakes, first, sports story; Wales Hunter, first, news picture essay; Mike Lawrence, third, spot news picture; Rebecca Lenz, second, feature story; Brian Leazenby, first, spot news picture; Linda Morris, third, general news story; Jeff Nations, first sports feature; Melinda Overstreet, third, investigative story; Darren Phegley, second, news picture essay and sports picture story; Sharon Wright, first, feature story; and Chuck Stinnett, third, extended coverage. Current student Joe Imel, first, general news picture. Daily III: Michael Collins, first, business story; Monica Dias, first, spot news story, and third tie, business story; Bill Estep, first (with Chris Poore), extended coverage, and third tie, general news story; Karen Owen, third tie, enterprise story. Associate: Herald, second, general excellence; individual student winners: Jason Behnken, first, sports picture essay, and second, feature picture story; Jerry Brewer, second, sports column, sports story and sports feature; Nick Fedyk, first spot news picture; Kristina Goetz, second, enterprise story; Chris Hutchins, third, column; Brian Mains, Shannon Back, Hutchins and Scheri Smith, second, story series; Carrie Pratt, first, general news photo, and second, news picture essay; Stephanie Siria, second, feature story. In Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA) newspaper contest, Chris Hutchins, Kentucky College Journalist of the Year, winning first in general interest column, editorial, and editorial and opinion page, and honorable mention (HM) in features; Shannon Back, first, deadline writing; and Kristina Goetz, third, deadline editing. Other firsts: Back, investigative reporting; Stephanie Siria, personality profile; Kelley Lynn, reviews; Jerry Brewer, sports features; Kevin Kelly, sports column; Dan Hieb, feature page layout; Herald staff, special section, Jonathan Kirshner, news photo, Clinton Lewis, feature photo, Jason Behnken, sports photo, Scott Vineyard, advertising design, and Herald Online (Mike Petruna, webmaster), best home page and second for overall web site. Second-place awards: Herald Online, overall website, Brian Mains, news story; John Stamper, investigative reporting; Charlie Lanter; continuing news, Mikki Olmsted; news analyses and special reports; Fred Lucas and Lori Becker, editorial; Darryn Simmons, sports news; Brewer, sports game story; Ken Harper, original illustrations; Sean Loftin, feature photo; Will Goodwin II, sports photo; Chris Covington, advertising campaign and house ad; and Kirshner, Behnken and Christine DeLessio, photo essay. Winning thirds: Stamper, general interest column; fall staff, overall layout and front page layout, Jason Clark, sports photo; Chris Stanford, photo essay, and Brian Nicely, advertising design. Matt Zavala, recipient of $1,000 Bud Ballard scholarship given by the Advertising Club of Louisville. Alumnus Al Cross and professor Jim Highland spoke on "The Importance of Keeping Open Records and Open Meetings As They Relate to the First Amendment" at the national SPJ convention in Los Angeles. Alumnus William D. Estep, winner of Knight Ridder Award for Journalistic Excellence and WKU Print Journalist of the Year. Other 1998 department honorees, all alumni: Jamie Houchins Sizemore, Advertising Practitioner of the Year; Martha Crawford Johnson, Public Relations Practitioner of the Year; and Robert Pope, Visual Journalist of the Year. The annual department awards for outstanding professional achievement in Kentucky and contiguous states are presented in the disciplines for which the department grants degrees. Alumnus Jim Hannah appointed to one-year journalist exchange program in Shanghai, China. Alumna Janet Pinkston, special merit award in the internal tabloid category of the 1998 District III awards competition of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Alumnus David Stephenson, NPPA Region 4 Photographer of the Year. Dr. Vernon Stone, alumnus and professor emeritus of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, named Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator of the Year by the Radio-TV Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Alumnus Patrick Witty established Untitledmagazine, a monthly e-zine on the Internet that features photography, much of it by Western alumni. Specifically mentioned in a full-page article in Editor & Publisher (Feb. 28, 1998): Chris Stanford and Andrew Cutraro. URL for the website is http//www.untitledmagazine.com Jo-Ann Huff Albers, department head, spoke on "Applications or Artifacts? Putting Technology to Work in the Classroom" and "The Kincaid Case: Are High School Publications Problems Appearing on Our Campuses?" at the national meeting of the AEJMC in Baltimore; and continued service on the Accrediting Council and the advisory committee for the Hearst Foundation Intercollegiate Journalism Competition. Dr. Augustine Ihator, associate professor, published paper, "Effective PR Techniques for the Small Business in a Competitive Market Environment," in Public Relations Quarterly, Summer 1998, and paper on global PR in the Electronic Journal of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences -- www.eckerd.edu/academics/bes/aabss/. Wilma King-Jones, associate professor, served on selection committee for the ASNE 1998 Institute for Journalism Excellence; and appointed associate editor of World Communication Journal. Dr. Linda Lumsden, assistant professor, featured speaker at the Women's History Month luncheon of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University and presenter of a paper at the Northeast meeting of American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division. Dr. Paula Quinn, associate professor, selected for the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Excellence in Journalism to work in the newsroom of the San Angelo Standard-Times in Texas for the summer. Carolyn Stringer, associate professor, received the 1998 fellowship from the Direct Marketing Association to attend its Institute for Professors in Chicago in May. Is your achievement listed here?If not, please send documentation for archives of newspaper/magazine clipping or letter or e-mail message that lists award, year awarded and identification of organization presenting the award to: Journalism & Broadcasting Archives TOP | |||
