Our staff competed at the annual Illinois College Press Association competition in Chicago last weekend, and we were honored with second place in General Excellence, competing against non-daily newspapers with an enrollment of 4,000 or more.
Our team received eight other awards:
– 1st place in Headline Writing: Tori Moses, managing editor
– 1st place in Sports Game Story: Garth Shanklin, former sports editor
– 3rd place in Feature Page Design: The Scout staff
– 3rd place in Graphic Illustration: Kristin Kreher, former managing editor/design editor
– 3rd place in Advertisement Design (less than one page): Kreher
– Honorable mention in In-depth Reporting: Sam Pallini, former editor-in-chief
– Honorable mention in Sports News: Chris Kwiecinski, sports editor
– Honorable mention in Graphic Illustration: Kreher
