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WKU Newspaper Staff Members
Bowling Green, Ky. - Thirty-three staff members of the College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University's student newspaper, won awards in writing, design, photography and advertising at the Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association meeting Feb. 25-26.
Michael Reuter, a May graduate from Gardendale, Ala., was named staffer of the year at the conference, based on his accumulation of points and awards. Reuter placed third in editorial cartooning, second in house ad design, first in advertising art and advertising copy. He also placed first in advertising campaign with fellow Herald staffer Katie Hollenkamp. Louisville junior Shawntaye Hopkins won first place in news writing, while Hopkinsville sophomore Tavia Green placed third in the personality profile competition. Louisville senior Joanie Baker, a former features editor and current opinion editor at the Herald, received an honorable mention in the same category. Bowling Green senior Natasha Allen, received first-place honors in the feature story category. Louisville senior Lindsey Sainlar placed third in the general interest column competition. In sports, Louisville junior Michael Casagrande placed first in game coverage. Bowling Green senior Wes Watt placed first in sports feature while Vanceburg sophomore Jason Stamm received an honorable mention. Louisville senior Keith Farner placed third in sports column writing. The Herald staff from spring 2004 received first-place honors in overall layout and design. Lauren Clifton, a May graduate from Simpsonville, placed third in feature page layout, while Louisville senior Danny Schoenbaechler and Columbia senior Justin Fowler placed first and third, respectively, in the sports page design competition. Schoenbaechler and Nashville junior Stephanie Toone placed first in special section design. Former Herald editor and Louisville graduate Brandy Warren and Matt Rountree, a graduate student from Elizabethtown, placed third in the same category. Bowling Green senior Ed Linsmier and Karl Newby placed first and second in news photography. Herald photographers Brian Wagner, a senior from Knoxville, Tenn., Bowling Green senior Wiqan Ang and Bowling Green senior Amber Sigman placed first, second and third in feature photography. Bowling Green senior Jim Winn and David Degner, a junior from Augusta, Ga., placed second and third in sports photography. Fielder Williams Strain, a December graduate from Tullahoma, Tenn., and Elizabeth Dodd, a senior from Smyrna, Tenn., placed second and third in the photo essay competition. The advertising staff from the fall placed second in advertising design. The spring staff received an honorable mention in the same category. Owensboro junior Rachel Griffin and Louisville senior Marcellus Neal placed second and third in advertising campaigns. More WKU news is available at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu. For information, contact Bob Adams at (270) 745-6278.
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