June 27, 2002

WKU Newspaper Wins KPA
General Excellence Award

Bowling Green, Ky. - The College Heights Herald, the twice-weekly student newspaper at Western Kentucky University, won the General Excellence award in the 2002 Kentucky Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The paper had been runner-up in the Associates Division in 2000 and 2001.

Winners were announced Friday night at the summer KPA convention in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

The Herald received first place in typography, front page, sports page/section, local news pictures, local feature pictures and best use of photo illustrations.

The paper placed second in local sports pictures and best use of graphics and third in typography, editorial page, best use of graphics, special section and display advertising.

Mattias Karen, a May 2001 graduate, was editor in the spring of 2001 and Ryan Clark, a senior from Louisville, was the fall 2001 editor.

For more information, contact Bob Adams at (270) 745-6278. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

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