October 29, 2001

WKU Student Newspaper's Extra
Edition Named Best Of Show

Bowling Green, Ky. - The College Heights Herald's Extra published Sept. 12 after the terrorist attacks was named the Best of Show winner for nondaily tabloid student newspapers Sunday at the National Student Media Convention in New Orleans.

In its category in the overall Best of Show competition, the Western Kentucky University student newspaper was second. The Herald's Sept. 18 issue entered in the contest included photographs from the aftermath of the tragic events in New York City. San Francisco State University placed first and the University of Missouri was third in the contest based on a single issue of the paper published this fall.

Herald staff members also returned with four individual awards, including the Reporter of the Year title.

Caroline Lynch, the Herald's managing editor for news, was named the Associated Collegiate Press four-year College Reporter of the Year. Lynch, a senior from Louisville, received $1,000. Second place went to a reporter from the University of

Georgia and third was a reporter from Southern Illinois University.

Lynch placed second in the ACP/Los Angeles Times News Story of the Year competition. Her story involved the overnight rescue of Western geologist Chris Groves from Sides Cave where he had been conducting research. A Michigan State University reporter won the category.

Herald Editor Ryan Clark, a senior from Louisville, was second in the same competition's Diversity category for a story that explored how religion and basketball brought the men's basketball team together. The winner was a reporter from the University of Wisconsin.

Erica Walsh, a Louisville junior and the Herald's features editor, earned honorable mention in the Feature category for a story focused on the Salvation Army's efforts to provide for the homeless. The features winners were from Oregon, Harvard and Santa Clara.

Sixteen staff members, photo adviser Tim Broekema and Herald adviser Bob Adams represented the Herald at the Oct. 25-28 convention. Adams is co-chair of the College Media Advisers Newspaper Committee that plans newspaper sessions for the fall and spring national conventions.

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