Bowling Green, Ky. - The College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University’s student newspaper, won two Silver Crown Awards in New York City last week for the fall 2004 and spring 2005 newspapers.
The Herald also received five Gold Circle awards while the Talisman, WKU’s yearbook, won nine Gold Circle Awards.
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association presented the awards at the annual spring National College Media convention.
Danny Schoenbaechler, a senior news editorial journalism major from Louisville, was editor for the 2004 fall semester. Shawntaye Hopkins, a senior news editorial journalism major from Louisville, was editor for the spring 2005 semester.
The Herald and The Michigan Daily were the only papers to received two Silver Crowns. Five daily papers and one weekly received two Gold Crowns.
In the Gold Circle newspaper competition, Natasha Allen, a May graduate from Perry Park and copy editor at the Daily News in Bowling Green, placed third in general features. Brett Flashnick, a May graduate from Columbia, S.C., was second in spot news photograph and Josh Armstrong, a senior from Monument, Colo., was third. Jim Winn, a December graduate from Bowling Green, placed first in sports photograph. The Herald staff received a certificate of merit for overall design.
In the yearbook competition, Crestwood senior Rachel Droste placed first in feature writing in student life and J. Michael Moore, a May graduate from Franklin, Tenn., received a certificate of merit in personality profiles. The 2005 and 2006 Talisman editor, Katie Clark, a Bowling Green senior, placed second in people spread design and first in organization or Greeks spread (extended) design. She and Dinara Sagatova, a December graduate who is a page designer at the Evansville Courier & Press, received a certificate of merit in color spread design.
Other award winners were David Degner, a senior from Augusta, Ga., third, sports action photo; Yoko Furukawa, a May graduate from Bowling Green, third, academic photo; Ryan Long, a senior from Cashmere, Wash., certificate of merit, academic photo; and Big Clifty senior Carla DePoyster, certificate of merit, feature photo.
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