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WKU Student Newspaper Wins Awards In KPA Contest
Bowling Green, Ky. - The College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University’s student newspaper, brought home 27 awards, including seven first-place plaques, in the 2006 Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers annual contest.
The Herald placed second in the General Excellence competition in the Kentucky Press Association’s college and university division. The awards were presented at the annual KPA convention in Lexington. First-place winners were Louisville senior Ashlee Clark and Keith Farner, a May graduate from Louisville, best general news story; Joanie Baker, a May graduate from Louisville, best feature story; Clark and Farner, best on-going/extended coverage; Brett Flashnik, a May graduate from Columbia, S.C., best spot news picture; Herald photo staff, best picture essay; Yoko Furukawa, best sports picture; Elizabeth Dodd, a senior from Smyrna, Tenn., best sports picture essay; Matt Rountree, a May master’s graduate from Elizabethtown, Louisville senior Nicole Koestel and Jim Winn, a December graduate from Bowling Green, special section. Receiving second-place honors were Natasha Allen, a May graduate from Bowling Green, best feature story; Michael Casagrande, a senior from Louisville, best sports story; Farner, best sports feature story; Allen, best business/agribusiness story; Josh Armstrong, a senior from Monument, Colo., best spot news picture; Chet White, a May graduate from Louisville, best general news picture; Carl Kiilsgaard, a sophomore from Bowling Green, best feature picture; Carla DePoyster, a senior from Big Clifty, best sports picture essay; Dinara Sagatova, a December graduate from Evansville, Ind., best graphic; Casagrande, best sports page/section. Placing third were West Watt, Bowling Green senior, best sports feature story; Samantha Hupman, a sophomore from Shelbyville, best enterprise or analytical story; Joe Leslie, a sophomore from Robinson Creek, best business/agribusiness story; Casagrande, best headline; Herald staff, special section; and Jenica Miller, senior from Tampa, Fla., best lifestyle page and front page. Honorable mentions were awarded to White, best feature picture; and Lisa Ross, a senior from Merrillville, Ind., best editorial page. 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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