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For Alumni & Friends of the Western Kentucky University Department of Jounlalism S UMMER 1997 Journalisnl celebrates 20th anniversary in 1997

The WKU Department of Journalism Is 20! ary 1. 1977. In a dlssolulion of the Depart­ need your help. We want you to help us celebrate at ment of Mass Communication that Included Just send us a note. preferablyaccompa­ Homecoming 1997 and to compile a history print and broadcast journalism. David B. nied by a newspa per clipping or other of the department. Homecoming activities Whitaker, director of the Office of Univer­ documentation, of events of distinction in will Include a Friday, October 30, dinner, sity Publications, wa s named the first de­ the journalistic careers of you and/or fellow the Herald brunch on November 1 and a partment head. In the three years before ar­ classmates. We will Insert the items and In­ pre-game reception in the department tent rival of current department head Jo-Ann clude them in a display at the homecoming on the south lawn of Downing University Huff Albers In Fall 1987. Jim Highland was tent. Center. Interim department. head. On page 11 Is a reminder of how to fill in The second set of department profes­ Scattered throughout thIs Iss ue of The missi ng Information. The information can sIonal honorees will be dinner speakers. Nfl/topper Journalist Is the "Dld You reach us In many fo rm s: telephone to 502/ (See arUcle on award nominations on Page Kn ow ... " column, which contains a current 745-4143 around the clock (voice mall will _ 2.) More details w ill be forthcoming on the list of the distinctions won by the Depa rlr pick up mlddle-of-the-nlght messages), e­ dinner, which will help raise matching funds ment of Journalism. In recent years we mail to [email protected] or snail mail for a grant from the Knight Foundation to have done a fairly good job of racking to Department of Jou rnalism , 304 Gordon the department. events. We would like to fill In missing dis­ Wilson Hall, Western Kentucky University. The department was established on Janu- tinctions. going bad as far as possible, and One Big Red Way. Bowling Green. KY 42101-3576. Department seeks '97 award nominations

Nominations are wanted for the 1997 professional practitioner awards of the WKU Department of Journalism. The awards were launched last year to promote excellence In journalism and to recognize four outstanding professIonals for current outstanding achievement In areas In which the department grants degrees: advertising, . print Journalism and pub­ Susan Bandy AI Cross Bob Lynn Kevin S. Grangier lic relations. Nominations deadline Is ex~ tended to September15. first recipients were Susan Bandy, Bob Lynn. Al Cross and Kevin Grangler. Outstanding Journalism Professionals of1996 Eligible for the 1997 award are profcs~ slonals based In Kentucky or In a state that • SUSAN BANDY • BOB LYNN touches Kentucky: illinois. IndIana. Mis­ WKU Advertising Practitioner of the Year 1996 WKU Photojournalist of the Year 1996 Partner of B.C H. AdvertiSing Assistant Managing Editor/Graphics sourI. OhiO. Tennessee, Virginia and West The Virginian-Pil ot and Ledger Star Virginia. Honorees will be Individuals who Described in a nominating letter as a whirlwind, made notable advancements In their nelds Susan Bandy started her advertising career in 1972 A native of Charleston, W.Va., Lynn went [0 Norfolk, In the 12 month-period that ended June 30, as Burger Queen's "Queenie BeeWwith Bon Adver­ Va., as director of photography in 1990. He was a re­ 1997, and who serve as role models for tising, the agency she would return to and ulti­ porter-photographer for The from young people enterIng the four professional matelyown. 1962 to 1966 and The Cincinnati Enquirer from 1966 fields from the department's four degree ar­ In the next eight years, she graduated from high to 1977. He was 1971 Ohio News Photographer of eas. school, worked her way through Indiana University the Year. Recipients are expected to attend the by doing television commercials and personal ap­ Ajournalism graduate of Marshall University, he pearances and wrote a "Queenie Bee"training was graphics editor of The Charleston Gazette in West awards dinner on October 31 on the West­ manual for Burger Queen Enterprises. Virginia while completing a master's degree in j o ur~ ern campus accept theIr awards and give to She practiced advertising in New York City,even­ nalism from , graduating in 1979. attendees some Idea of what led to their tually becoming editor of the research department The Virginian-Pilot, under his direction, won best professional success. This year's dinner wBl at La idlaw Adams & Peck. picture use for large metropolitan newspapers in the benefit the department's faculty develop­ conUnued on page 2 continued on page 2 ment fund to finance faculty attendance at profeSSIonal and academic meetings. The • ALCROSS • KEVIN S. GRANGIER APR first 1996 raIsed funds for the Joseph A. WKU Print Journalist of the Year 1996 WKU Public Relations Practitioner of the Year 1996 Dear Memorial Scholarship, the Political Writer, The Courier-Journal Manager of Public Relations, Miller Brewing Co. department's scholarship program for mi­ nority students that recognizes scholarship. Since January 1989,AI Cross has had primary re­ After spending 10 years in health care commu­ leadership and Involvement In publications. sponsibilityfor the statewide newspaper's political nications, Kevin Grangier decided to establish his A list of honorees will be permanently coverage, from presidential to local elections and own public relations agency,Grangier/MedMark. and promInently displayed In the Western daily coverage of the Kentucky General Assembly. Then he had opportunity to move to the nation's Department or Journalism. A detailed bio­ In the year ending in June 1996, Cross covered a second largest brewer. The company has head ~ governor's race,presidential candidates wrestling quarters in Milwaukee, Wis. graphical sketch, together with reasons for with tobacco on frequent trips to Kentucky, and the His agency built on his experience in vari ous selection, will be kept on me In the depart­ most politically adventurous governor in decades. public relations and marketing capacities for hos+ ment. His other political topics also included campaign re­ pitals and health systems, including Alliant Health The 1997 Western Kentucky University form, candidates' advertiSing, candidates' profiles, Systems in Louisville and Floyd Memorial Hospital Advertising Practitioner of the Year will the legislative session, U.S. senators and would-be in New Albany, Ind. have made a SIgnIfIcant contribution to the senators from Kentucky and the current U.S.presi­ In March 1996 he assumed responsibility for all field of advertising. A nomInation should dential race. His hard-hitting Sunday column pro­ publiC relations and marketing communications demonstrate the nominee's awareness of vides analysis and commentary on current political activities for Miller lite and its franchise brands. In and Involvement In Issues that affect the issues. October he was named manager of public rela­ advertising Industry. Achievement could be A 1975 journalism graduate of Western, Cross tions for other Miller franchise brands, including lives in Frankfort where he heads The (-J's State Miller Genuine Draft. Genuine Draft light and the In advertising education. the creative area. Capital Bureau. Before joining the C-J in its South new Miller Beer. print. broadcasting, Interactive media or Central Kentucky Bureau in Somerset he was editor A 1986 public relations graduate of Western, conUnued on page 2 contfnued on page 2 continued on page 2 Department seeks '97 award nominations conUnued from page 1 .. ·I lill' (l~!lll'r.- I feet the public relations Industry. Achieve­ l ment could be In public relations education, J0111 .... IS other areas. and for-profit and non-profIt practice areas. The 1997 Western Kentucky University Judging will be done by faculty and mem­ Copyright 1997 Journalist of the Year will have made a sig­ bers of the Department of Journalism Pro­ nificant cont.rlbutlon to Journalism In Ken­ Summer 1997 fessional Advisory Committee. tucky or a neighboring state during the year ending June 30,1997. A nomination should The Hilltopper Journalist is a twice­ DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: outline achievement In any news/editorial September 15 annual publication of the Depart­ capacity and could be accompanied by work ment of Journalism of Western Ken­ samples. ALL NOMINATIONS ARE TO BE SENT TO: The 1997 Western Kentucky University Western Journalism Awards tucky University. It is published in - Photojournalist of the Year will have made Department of Journalism July and December to provide infor­ a significant contribution to photoJournal­ Western Kentucky University mation to the University community Ism through work In photography, visual de­ One Big Red Way Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576. about department programs, stu­ sign or management. Achievement can be for a newspaper, newspaper group, news A nomination should Include letter, resume dents, faculty, alumni and friends. It bureau or wire service. of nominee and evidence of the nominee's by is supported gifts to the Western The 1997 Western Kentucky University work. Letters of support are encouraged. Kentucky University Foundation Public Relations Practitioner of the Year Questions may be directed to Jo-Ann Huff will have made a significant contribution to (designated for Journalism). Albers. Department Head, 502n45-4143: FAX the field of public relations. A nomlnatlon 5021745-5835; e-mail: [email protected] should demonstrate the nominee's aware­ or journallsm@Wku,edu. ness of and Involvement In Issues that af- The Hilltopper Journalist Department of Journalism 304 Gordon Wilson Hall Susan Bandy Bob Lynn Western Kentucky University conUnued from page 1 continued from page 1 One Big Red Way In October 1989 she,along with Mark Carroll National Press Photographers Association Pictures Bowling Green, KY 421 01 and nm Hellige, purchased Bon Advertising and of the Year Competition in 1981,1989 and last year; renamed it Bandy·Carroll-Hellige Advertising, To· second place in 1986 and 1987. third in 1994,and day the company has billings of $17.85 million, an award of excellence in 1988.ln 1995, The Pi/ot Telephone: 5021745-4143 ranks No.5 in louisville, Ky" 15th in Indianapolis won the Angus McDougal Overall Excellence in Ed­ and in 1995 was No. 19 in the Metro 100 Fastest iting Awa rd. FAX: 5021745-5835 Growing Companies in Kentucky. lynn has been a staff member of the NPPA Flying e-mail:[email protected]. last year, Bandy and her partners founded two Short Course, the Northern Short Course, the Soci­ Internet: http://wkuwebl.wku.edu/ new companies, Media Venue and PRNetwork, ety of Newspaper DeSign's Quick Course and the and a wholly owned subSidiary, April Group, to fill University of 's Photo Workshop. He has Oept!Academ ie! AHS 51 Journali sml client niches in the advertising, public relations, judged the NPPNMissouri POY competition, been a jourhome.htm. technology and communications fields. discussion leader for the American Press Institute, She is on the advisory board for the annually participates in the Stan Kelish Picture Edit­ Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council. promotes the arts ing Workshop in Milwaukee, was editor of the 1988 Department Personnel with programs like Celebrate Talent - a youth NPPA Pictures of the Year annual, does consulting in Robert Adams, director, arts workshop for children, and donates her time the and abroad, and worked for six and agency creative and strategic planning ser­ weeks with the Singapore Straits Times in 1995. Office of Student Publications vices to Ronald McDonald House Charities. He was a professional in res idence on ca mpus Jo-Ann Huff Albers, department earlier in 1996, speaking in photojournalism classes and critiquing student portfolios, head Harry Allen Dr. John Barnum, coordinator, AI Cross Kevin S. Grangier APR conUnued {rom page 1 continued from page 1 public relations sequence Dr. Robert Blann of The Reporter in Monticello, Ky.;assistant manag­ Grangier has been president of both the Kentucky ing editor of The Logan Leader and The News Bluegrass Chapter of the Public Relations Society Timothy Broekema Democrat in Russellville and editor of the of America and the Kentucky Society for Dr.Corban Goble Leitchfield Gazette and the Grayson County News· Healthcare Public Relations and has participated in Suzie Hardin, office associate Gazette. or chaired various committees and task forces for Cross is a frequent panelist on KEf's ·Comment both organizations' national offices. He received Voletta Havener, office assistant on Kentucky" and other shows, has appeared on numerous awards from both PRSA and the Ameri­ Jim Highland, coordinator, (·SPAN, wrote the Wallace Wilkinson article for can Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public the Kentucky Encyclopedia and has written for na­ Relations and in 1989 was named Public Relations print journalism sequence tional publications, He has been active in the So­ Alumni of the Year by the KelJyThompson Chapter Dr. Augustine Ihator ciety of Professional Journalists, including being of the Public Relations Student Society of America. He has been a frequent speaker on campus. James Kenney elected region director. Wilma King-Jones Dave LaBelle Dr. Linda Lumsden Did you knOW" ... Michael Morse, coordinator. 1997 • EliubethJohnston and ChrisCovlngton, first photojournalism sequence • The WKU Department of Journalism was place, Yellow Pages Publishers Association stu­ Dr.Paula Quinn overall winner for eighth consecutive year in the dent design competition; honorable mentions, 37th William Randolph Hearst Foundation Overall Mark Everett, Kristen Hatchett, Chris Houchens, Cliff Shaluta Photojournalism Competition. This award has ex· Joe Moore and Renee Roush. Carolyn Stringer, coordinator, isted for only eight years. Individual awards: • In Columbia Scholastic Press Association com­ advertising sequence Jonathan Kirshner, unranked finalist and third petition The Herold placed second in overall de­ place, picture story and wild card. Chad Stevens, sign of a tabloid newspaper a nd Talisman Xposure best picture story, semifinalist and second place, was first in overall magazine design, First-place Produced by picture story and wild card. Chris Stanford, first Gold Circle Awards were won by Kevin Kelty, sports place, feature and portrait/personality, and semifi­ column, and Karin lowe, sports page design; sec­ the Office of University Relations nalist; Barry Gutierrez, sixth place, feature and ond-place winners: Emily Baker, health features, portrait/ personality, and fifth, news and sports; Mark Brown, non-fiction magazine article; certifi­ Jason Clark, second place, news and sports, and cates of merit, Scarlett Blandford, health features, semi-finalist, and Epha Good, front page design. • Since 1982, Western students have won 20,8% • Inthe S7th National Press Photographers Asso­ of the top-three awards in the Hearst photojour­ ciation/Missouri College Photog rapher of the Year .... nalism competition, amassing five first-, three sec­ Competition, Chad Stevens named CPOY after ond- and two third-place awards in the annual winning first in picture story, third in personal vi· "shoot oW competitions. sion, and award of excellence (AOE) in documen­ iii • The WKU Department of Journalism was tary. OtherWKU award winners: Robbie Hammer, eighth overall in Hearst combined scoring; fourth third, sports feature, and AOE, sports portfolio; WESTERN time infourconsecutiveyears tofinish intop eight. Stefanie Boyar, AOEs, feature and portrait; Jason Western enters only two of three competition ar­ Clark, AOE, sports action; Barry Gutierrez, AOE, KENTUCKY eas, sports feature; David Pierini, AOE, pictorial; and UNIVERSITY • Kevin Kelly, 11th place tie, sports writing, in Alyse Preston, AOE, portrait. Hearst competition, more on page 4

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1996 Moulltaln Workshop As."'gIlIJJent Carrie Prall Minnie Pearl Maddox prepares breakfast for her family in a house built by her fale husband. Photojournalism major Carrie I'ralt look this picture as part of her assignment for the 1.996 Mountain I1vrkshop held In Campbellsville. Ky, Recognition, grants, and the Mountain Workshop made it a successful year.

By Mike Morse other journalism schools countrywide . cent times. j\.·finolta recently gave us a Photojournalism Program Cool'd/nawr This year The Freedom Forum made a desk-lOp mm scanner. and nJe St. Peters­ $75,000 grant to the department to su pport burg Times donated a used Lea fax 35 re­ The 1996-97 school year has been one of a year-long photojournalism profess ional­ mole location transmlLler. All things con­ the most successful in the hIstory of the in-residence posillon. 11m Broekema, sidered. we are gaining widespread industry photojournalism program at Western Ken­ sports picture editor at Thc Chicago Tri­ support. tucky University. bune, Joined us to teach and consult during Dean David Lee provided $20,000 and Our students won the Hearst Intercolle­ 1997. the university made a special grant totaling giate ChampIonship and the NPPNMlssourl Most recently, the Knight Foundation Is­ $50,000 this spring to help support our College Photographer of the Year tltle, as sued a challenge grant of $375,000 that equipment needs as we make the transition well as many other regional and national when matched will provtde $625,000 to ini­ from wet darkrooms to digital imaging. Our competiUons . tiate a new workshop that will be a com­ needs totaling over $500,000 are outlined In addition. vISIbility in the industry has panion to our well-known, 20-year-Old In an Imaging system proposal assemhled reached a high level. In November. News Mountain Workshop. The new program will last year. The $70,000 went a long way in Photographer, the magazine of recoro for teach students and professionals picture helping us stay In the ball game. the visual reporting Industry, featured our editing and design us­ The project that program In a nine-page story. Several stu­ ing digital techniques. led to the Kn ight denLS were featured In American Photogra­ We will train picture Celebrating its Foundation grant is phers campus edition. These articles fol­ editors and designers the Mountain Work­ lowed an article In Editor & Publisher and produce a book 20th anniversary shop. Celebrating its (Aprll 27, 1996) that essentially called the and CD-ROM from the 20th anniversary this WKU program the best In America, and a results of the Mountain this October, the October. it has been a June '96 piece In The Kentucky Press, Workshop. The inaugu­ career-changing newsletter of the Kentucky Press Assocla­ ral edition will be in Mountain Work­ event. In all ways, it lion. October. has been a successful Students work haro for their success and We also received sup­ educational project. see that hard work pays off. This past year port from Industry shop has been a It consists of an we placed over 50 interns at newspapers, manufacturers. Nlkon all-volunteer army of magazines and wire services across the Inc. honored our pro­ career-changing almost 30 faculty and country. gram this spring as the staff. drawn primarily There Is some gloomy news to report. only photojournalism event. from the ranks of Our needs are great! We are In the middle program where it has working profession­ of developing all-dlgU.allabs as we prepare established a major equipment loan ser­ als. and 40 to 50 participants who come to to switch from wet darkrooms to digital vice. It gave us over $50,000 worth of new hone and sharpen their professional skills. ones. cameras and equipment for our students to We go into a small town in South Central Fortunately. we have been successful In use. Kentucky or Northern Tennessee, set up a raising foundation funding to meet some of Canon USA established a similar program portable digital lab and wet darkroom and our needs. Two years ago, the Hearst Foun­ wJl.h over $50,000 worth of new EOS equip­ shoot picture stories on the people of a dation gave the department a $200,000 en­ ment. Representatives of both companies county, painting a visual portrait of that dowment for a vtsltlng professlonal-In-resl­ are visiting regularly to help train students county. dence program. Tom Eastham, the Hearst In using the equipment. We have been fortunate enough to secure vice president who had the authority to rec­ Eastman Is a long-Lime supporter the best photojournalists. photo editors and ommend the endowment, said he based his of the Mountain Workshop, helping the pro­ photo managers In the country as faculty decision In part upon the reputation of the gram in many other ways over the years. and staff for thiS project. It has been truly photojournalism program as renected In Others have also donated equIpment In re - a labor of love. as has the whole photojour­ t~e minds of Industry leaders and deans of nalism program at Western.

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By Jarlc Ucrman Lac secreta ry for Dan Quayle. on crIsIs man ­ Conferen ce Communications CoorriinalOr agement. The Kelly Thomp son Chapter of the PublIc • Heather (Iauer of Muscular Dystrophy In ~ e l atlo n s SlUdent SocIety of AmerIca at Nashville. on nonpront publJc re laUons. Wcslern Kentucky UniversIty hosted the • Jeff Polson. public relations manager, t 997 Bluegrass ~ eg lo n al Conference at the AJllant Heallh SyslCm. Louisville. on health Bowling Green UnIversIty Plaza & Conven­ care. tion Center. April 11-1 3. • Ronald Roberts of Dye, Van Mol & Seventy slUdcnts from nine unive rsitIes Lawrence. Nashville. on a public relations and sIx Slates allended the biggest and agency. Computer most Invlgorallng regional confe rence In • Dr. Augusti ne Ihator. Weslern aSSOcia te the UnlLed Sta les thiS year. professor of public relations. on public rela­ After losIng the bId for the 1997 naUonal tions from an International aspect. co nFerence In Nashville. Te nD .. the chapter Saturday night was devoted live mUSiC course pre­ sent a proposal to naLional PRSSA to host a and dancing. "Cigar Store Indians" from At­ regional conference. Aner four months of lanta. played their hearts out In front of an devoted and vigorous preparations. the con­ energetic and dazzled crowd of students on pares stu­ ference was launched on FrIday. April 11 . the dancing floor. The students said fare­ The conference motto. ~Ex p l ore the Paths well on Sunday afi.er breakfast. Several of Public Relations, ~ was not a coincidental students took the opportunity to ta lk about dents for chOice. Public relations Involves much portfolio and resumes wi th faculty members more than just publI c speaking. and we from Western. wanted to present slUdents the varIous Hostlng thiS regional con ference has pathS to a professional career In pubUc re ­ boosted self-confidence of the Kelly Thomp­ later lations. son Chapter of PRSSA at We stern Kentucky Friday. April 11. was marked by hotel and UniversIty. Ca rl Janson. chapter president, conference regIstration. Omcer roundtable sa id . "The chapter missed the opportunIty classes meeti ngs were followed by the omclal open­ to host the national conference. but was Ing and "A Thste of Southern H ospltallLy.~ able to host a very success ful regiona l con­ Students and fa culty membe rs met to net­ ference. The allendance was the highest In JOUR 232 ElectronIc Technologies for work. An Important pa rt of a conference Is ,Journalism Is a new course launched by the the naUon. and It has definitely put the to meet fellow slUdents from other universi­ Kell y Thompson Chapter and Western on Department of Journallsm In the Sp rIng '97 ties to share views and experiences. the map for some time." semester. Initial offerIngs were taught by Saturday sessIons Included presentations James Kenney for photojournalism majors Note to Former PRSSA Members: PRSSA by, no longer Is organized Into districts. Dis­ and Dr. John Barnum for all other majors. • Larry Smith. senior partner, Institute For tricts have been replaced by regions wHh The new course will Introduce students w Crisis Management, Louisville. and former software programs used In upper-level no defin ed borders. courses and reduce the time necessary In those courses to prepare students for work on Macintosh computers. With ils addItion, students declarIng a department major In the spring se mester and thereafter will have ma jors thaL tota l 36 hours. The num­ Did y o u knOW" .. . ber of hours a student must complete Lo gaIn adm ission to a malor was Increased 1997 from 32 to 48. • Ra>mIMaaloufwontheAlexiaFoundationCom­ deadline writing; Sherry Wilson. Jason Hall, Oarryn petition overall portfolio competition; Chris Simmons, Marie Holthaus, Matt Tungate and St.1nford, second, and aarry Gutierrez, runner Mitchell Quarles, analyses and special reports; "po Stacy Cu rtIs, editorial cartoon; Kurt Fattic. news • Jason Hall selected In national competition for photo; and Cha d Stevens, feature photo. Third­ Washington Journalism and Politics Internship to place awards: John St amper, analyses and special work fo r Congress Daily. reports; Spring 1966 staff, overall layout; Good, • aarry Gutl.rr.z, winner, Joseph Ehrenreich front page layout; Aaron Sa nderford, sports game photojournalism sc holarship. story; Jamal Wilson, original illustration; Phillips, • Advertising students, fourth in district, (Ken­ news photo; James Glover, feature photo; Stevens, tucky, Ohio and West Virginia) in the National Stu­ sports photo; Witty, photo essay. and Grant, house dent Advertising Competition for its campaign on .d. Pizza Hut. Team members: Erin Arvin, arian • PRSSA hosted regional meeting. Flanary, Angela Maler. Jim Owen and Heather • Kristie Young, winner of an Addy Award in RoMrtlI. competition sponsored by l ouisville American Ad­ • Whitney Jarrett, win ner, 5th District scholar­ vertising Federation professional chapter. ship, American Advertising Federation. • Kentucky News Photographers Association stu­ • Society of Professional Journalists Reg ion Five dent wi nners;Jason Clark. third place, feature and (Kentucky, Indiana and Illi nois) competition indi­ sports featu re and HM, sports feature; Ba rry vidual winners winne rs: first places, editorial Gutierrez. fi rst place, student portfol iO, second, cartooning, Stacy Curtis, column writing, Oarryn portrait personality and pictoria l, and third, picto­ Simmons, and feature photo, James Glover; sec­ rial; Katrina Kump, first, feature picture story; Chris ond places. spot news photo, Chad Stevens, in­ Obenchain,HM,piaorial;Wm Cha ndler,HM.sports depth re porting, CharbonH LaBelle, sports writ­ action; and Carrie Pratt, first runne r-up, student ing. Aaron Sanderford. and sports photo, Alyse portfolio. and HM, sports feature. Presto n; honorable mentions, column writing, • Jo-Ann Huff Albers, department head, pre­ Kelly Long, Sherry Wilson and Kim Thomas. Thf! senter at Freedom Fo rum Leadership Inst itute for Herald placed third in nonodaily student newspa­ journalism education administrators. pe'. • John EhIrnum, public relations coord inator. as­ • Kevin Kelly, named College Journa li st of the sociate editor of World Communication Journal. Year for the second consecutive year by Kentucky • Tim Broekema, 'B8 photojournalism g raduate Intercolleg iate Press Association for accumulati ng and sports photo editor for The , the most points in competition. He placed first in Freedom Forum Professional in Residence at West­ sports feature story, sports column and sports page ern. design and second in sports game story. Other • Wilma King-Jon. s, associate professor, se­ first-place winners: Teak PhIllips, personality pro­ lected for the American Society of Newspaper Edi­ file and photo essay. Chris Hutchins, general in­ tors Excellence in Journalism summer residency terest column; Jon Gra nt, feature page layout; program to work for News Service in Epha Good, tie with Kelly in sports page layout; Rosslyn. Va. Jason Clark. feature photo; and Patrick Witty. • Mike Morse, photojournalism sequence coor­ - sports photo. Second-placeawards; Stephen Lega, dinator. wi nner of WKU library Service Awa rd. more on page 7

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• pjctures By: Chad Stevens 1997 College Photographer of the Year

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Pregame Prayer Ch~ Members of the Shepherd JJigh School basketball team pause to pray for a team member who died during the year before a big game.

Hilltopper Journalist 6 S UMMER 1997 CHAD STEVENS. Bowling Green senior and story In the 1996-97 pholojournallsm com­ photojournalism major. won the 1997 Col­ petition of the William Randolph Hearst lege Photographer of the Year \\1th a port­ Foundation and brought him a $500 schol­ folio of work that Included the Images arship award in addition to earlier win­ shown here. His picture story "And We SaL nings of $1.500 for placlilg second In the in Silence" was judged the best picture picture story/wild ca m competition.

Did you knO", ... '997 • Dr. Linda Lumsden, assistant professor, win­ card; Stefanie Boyar, fifth place, portraits; and Joe first and second, editorial cartooning, Cara nerof faculty fellowship to Poynter Institute Semi­ Stefanchik; 18th, portraits. VanWinkle, third, business and economics writ­ nar on Journalism Ethics in St. Petersburg. • TheWKU DepartmentofJournalism was tied ing, Mark Brown, third, d iversity/multiculturalism • Lumsden presented paper on Inez Milholland for 18th place in Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Com­ story; photography awards: Joe Stefanchik, first, at the Women and Power Conference at Middle petition Individual awards: Kevin Kelly, eighth, and Alyse Preston, second, feature; Jason Clark, Tennessee State University, and received $4,000 sports news writing; MatthewTungate, ninth, edi­ first, sports; honora ble mention: Teak Phillips, fea­ WKU junior faculty research grant to do further torial!colum n of opi nion (Dec.); and Kristina Goetz, ture, Patrick Witty, sports, and Stefanchik, news work on Milholland. 17th, spot news writing. photography. • Lumsden published two chapters - "Suffra g­ • The WKU Department of Journalism was • Patrick Witty named Southern Student Pho­ ist" and "Equal Rights~ in Volume II of Guide to eighth overall in Hearst competition for second tographer of the Year and Michael Williamson, Women's Periodicals. consecutive year. formerfaculty member, Southern Photogra pher of • Dr. Paula Quinn, associate professor, book • TheWKUDepartmentofJournalism received the Year by the 47th Southern Short Course. lndi­ MShadowon My Sou/,wtranslated into Chinese. a $375,000 challenge grant from the Knight Foun­ vidual competition winners: Witty, first, sports • Pictures ofthe YearCom­ dation to esta blish a new media visual editing work­ feature and Best of Show; alum Francis Gardler, petition: Alumni AndrewCutraro, first, spot news, shop in connection with the Mountain Workshop. second, feature; Williamson, first, news picture a nd Mark Osler, Award of Excellence, general news. • In the S 1Sf National Press Photographers Asso­ story, second, pictorial and third, feature picture • KNPA winners: alumni, Brian Bohannon, first ciation/Missouri (POY competition, Patrick Witty story. place, feature; Robert Bruck, second place, sports named CPOY, and Chris Stanford, first ru nner-up. • NPPA College Division Pictures of the Year com­ feature, and honorable mention, general news; In individual categories: spot news, Teak Phillips, petition: Joe Stefanchik, first, features, and HM, Wales Hunter, HM, spot news; Mike Lawrence, Award of Excellence (AOE); general news, Jason news; Jason Clark, first, sports; Alyse Preston, Judges Award; Bryan Leazenby, second place, Clark and Jamal Wilson, AOEs; feature, David second features; Teak Phillips, HM, feature s; feature; HM, sports action, sports feature and news O'Connor, first; sports feature, Stefanie Boyar, Patrick Witty, HM, sports. picture story. Scott Panella (two) and Jason Clark, AOEs; per­ • TalismanXposurenamed a Gold Crown Maga­ sonal vision, Barry Gutierrez, second, and Michel zine by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association '996 Fortier, AOE; picture story, O'Connor, first, (CSPA) magazine competition. Individual awards: • The WKU Department of Journalism was Stanford, second, and Fortier, two AOEs; sports First, Craig Fritz and Andy Frazier, overall deSign, overall winner, forthe seventh consecutive year, in portfolio, Witty, second; and documentary, David and use of typography through magazine; Fritz, the 36th Hearst Foundation Photojournalism Com­ Pierini, AOE. black and white cover design; Fritz and Amethel petition. Individual awards: Michel Fortier, first • Talisman Xposure awarded a national Pace­ Parel-Sewell, title and conte nts page; Fritz, spread overall and fourth place, picture story and wild maker by Associated Collegiate Press-College Me­ design; Rachel Griffith, single photographic illus­ card; Ct)ris Stanford, second overall, tie for best dia Advisers, its seventh. The edition was edited by tration; Chad Ress, single illustration; Ray Meese single picture and first place, sports and news; Amethel Pare I-Sewell; designed by Craig Fritz. Jr., black a nd white photo; Andrew Cutraro, si ngle Scott Panella, unranked finalist and third, sports The November 19 edition of The Herald placed photo complementing copy; and Patrick Witty, and news; David O'Connor, semi-finalist, best pic­ fourth in the Best of Show competition for non­ portfolio of work. ture story and third place, picture story and wild daily newspapers. Individual honors: StacyCurtis, more on page 9

S UMMER 1997 7 Hilitopper Journalist pjctures By: Rami Maalouf

RAMI ~IAALOUF. Fayetteville. N.Y., senior and photojournalism major, won the 1997 photojournalism competition of the Alexia Foundation with a portfolio of work that in­ cluded pictures taken In Palestine and New York state. He Intends to complete his col- lege work In the Syracuse University pro­ gram In London and In Palestine where he plans to launch a photojournalism career.

(len) Prlmltwe PaUent care RamI Maalouf A Pa/estlnc patient drinks water from a rln can In a hospItal for the mentally III near the West Bank town of Jericho. 7'he hospJWI was ne­ glected durIng the 27 years of Israeli occupation.

(Below) Maranda flunn/ns Rami tuaa/oul Maranda, 14, a chronic runaway from Vancouver; spends some nighlS on lhe street. some at home and some at friends' homes. The overpass of a freeway provided shelter this day.

Hilltopper Journalist 8 SUMMER 1997 FictureBy: Michel Fortier

Wlnnlns Close Up Michel Fortier This portrait taken by Michel Fortier was in­ cluded in his porlfollo that got him Into thc /1- nals of the 1996 photojournalism competition of the Hearst Foundation. He nnlshed No. 1.

Did you knoW" ... 1996 • In (SPA Newspaper Competition, fir.;t-place per Designer of the Year by Student Society of Johnson, first, Chris Stanford, second, and Jason awards, Stacy Curtis, comic strip; Dana Johnson, Newspaper Design. Clark. third;feature photo, David Smith, second; spot news photograph; Joe Stefanchik, feature • Advertising students placed second in the dis­ sports photo; Chad Stevens, second, and Chris photo; staff, tabloid design; Dennis Varney, tab­ trict in the NSAC for campaign on the American Obenchain, third; photo essay, Joe Stefanchik, loid page one design; Epha Good and Catherine Red Cross, maintaining a 16-year record of placing first, and Jamal Wilson and Barry Gutierrez, sec­ Whipple, tabloid sports page design; and Chris in the top three in the district, accumulating six first ond; advertising art, Curtis, second; house ad, staff, Stanford, Teak Phillips and Joe Stefanchik, mul­ places, eight seconds and two thirds. Team mem­ second. tiple-page photo layout. Second: Chris Hutctlins, bers: Tammy Bynum, Don Edwards, Karen • Creative Exchange, the agency operated by health feature; Curtis, sports cartoons and portfo­ Graybill, Brett Riettke and Christy Withers. Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations lio of work; Stefanie Boyar, single sports photo­ • Kevin Kelly, College Journalist of the Year in Student Society of America, was named best-run graph; Good, tabloid sports page design; Boyar the 1996 Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Associa­ student firm in EastCentral District (Kentucky, Indi­ and Stefanchik, multiple-page photo layout. Third: tion competition; Melissa Gagliardi, runner up. ana and Michigan). Curtis, black and white art illustration; Stanford, Other first -, second- and third-place awa rds: dead­ • Jake Herrle, runner-up, Wisconsin CPOY. spot news photo; Chad Stevens, sports photo­ line copy editing, Dennis Varney, first; news story, • Bob Adams, director of Student Publications, gra ph; Varney and Joe Howell, tabloid sports page Kelly and Gagliardi, first, Stephanie Broadbent, was president of the Associates Division of the design; Whipple and Witty, full-page photo lay­ second, and Jason Hall, third; investigative report­ Kentucky Press Association and served on the KPA out. ing, Karen Lowe and Tonya Root, first place tie; board of directors. • In the Student National Advertising Competi­ personality profile, Gagliardi, second; featu re story, • In Kentucky Press Association competition, tion, honorable mention won by two teams - Chris Hutchins, first, and Lori Becker, third; re­ Teak Ph imps placed second in spot-news photog­ Ronnie Couch and Carol Clements and Tami views, Adam and Jenny Black. second; general raphy, competing against professionals. Bynum and Karen Graybill. Sponsors: American interest colum n/ed itorial, Jim Hannah, first; edito­ • Harry Allen and Wilma King-Jones, associate Academy of Advertising and Newspaper Associa­ rial cartoon, Stacy Curtis, first; opinion page, Leslie professors, awarded Kentucky Press Association's tion of America. Flynn, third; sports game story, Kelly, first, and first educators' fellowships. Allen worked with The • Angela Maler, one of 1 S students selected na­ Mike Scott, second; sports news, Karen Brown, Sentinel-News, Shelbyville, and King-Joneswith The tionallyto attend the 1 996 Yellow Pages Publishers second, and Kelly, third; sports column, Kelly, sec­ Fulton Leader. Student Seminar in Florida. ond; overall layout, Varney, first, and Cara Anna, • King-Jones awarded Yellow Pages Publishers • Michel Fortier, second, and Stefanie Boyar, second; feature page layout, Gagliardi and Association Educators' Seminar fellowship in Den­ third, Alexia Foundation Competition. Whipple, second; sports page layout, Epha Good, ver, Colo. • DarrynSlmmonsnamed a Chips Quinn Scholar second; special sections, staff, second and third; • James Kenney, recipient of Freedom Foruml by the Freedom Forum. informational graphics, Jon Grant, first; original Indiana University Teaching Fellowship. • Catherine Whipple, named College Newspa- illustrations, Curtis, third; news photo, Dana • Dr.Paula Quinn,second book. ~ritingtoHeat ~ published. more on page 10

SUMMER 1997 9 Hilltopper Journa li st \ Faculty News

NeltV Hires Add to Breadth of JournalisIn Faculty

1\\'0 new full·tlme faculty members Instltute. communlcaUons adviser to the the student newspaper. greeted students at the start of the t 996-97 U.S. Department of the Army Lumsden holds a bachelor's school year. They are Dr. Augustlne [hator Office of the Chief of degree In SOC iology from Cen­ and Dr. LInda Lumsden. Both were hired to Public Af­ tral Connecticut State Uni­ replace faculty members who have gone on fairs in versity, master·s degree In optional retirement. D.C., and magazine Journalism fro m Ihator re places Dr. Robert Blann In the communica­ Syracuse Un Iversity and public relalions sequence. He was hired af­ tions con­ Ph .D. in mass communica­ ter a th ree-year search. Dr. Blann Is teach­ sultant for Af­ tion from the University of ing part-Ume and will retire altogether at rican Develop­ North Carolina-Chapel the cnd of the 1998-99 academ ic year. ment Bank and Hill. Lumsden re pl aces Dr. Corban Goble. who the World Her 12 years of started the first of five years of part-time Bank. ncwspaper experience leaching this year. Hi s last· year of part­ In addition to Incl udes beIng features time teaching will be 2000-01. the ASNE fellow­ editor of Adirondack Daily ship, he has had Enterprise, Saranack Lake, N.Y.: as­ [hator came to WCSlCrn from Lane Col­ fellowships to the sistant Sunday editor of Middletown TImes­ lege in Jackson. Tenn .. where he was an as­ Minority Journalism Herald Record, N.¥': reporter for Lake PlacId sociate professor and coordinator of Com­ Program of t he American Press In­ News and the Journal Inquirer in J\.Ia nches­ munication Arts. He simulwneously was an stitute, Journalism education workshops at te r. Conn.: and a reporting Intern at the adjunct professor at Jackson Slate Commu­ the Poylller Institute for Media Studies and Harlford Courant, nity College. the Dow Jo nes Newspaper Fund copy edit­ She has done freelance work for 'nle New A Nigerian who is an alien resident of the Ing sem ina r for professors. York TImes, Los Angeles TImes, Milwaukee Un ited States, he TIlles of two stud­ Journal, Ha rtford Courant, Ralelgll News & started his jour­ Ies he completed are Observer, I\omens Sports, Adirondack Life, nalism at Ohio '·Evaluating the U.S. New York Alive, Lifelines, the Associated Un iversity and Army Public Affairs Press and Unitcd Press International. carned his Performance - Meth­ She has written a book, Adirondack Arllsts bachelor's degree ods and Techniques·· and Cratrspeop/e and coa ulhored another, in journalism and and ·' Enhan clng the Living Well and Eating Well with Osteoporo­ master"s degree in Public Communica­ sis. She also edited four newsletters, rang­ speech communi­ tlons and the Institu­ ing from Images for UNC Hospitals to Gefl­ cation from Texas tional Image of African eratlons fo r the Foundation for Southern Univer­ Developmen t Bank - Grandparcnting, Lake Placid. sity, and his Ph .D. Practical Approaches. A successful scholar, she won four studen t in mass communi­ Strategies and Melh­ paper com petitions during graduate studies, cation from ods.- His doctoral Her research interests are rooted In the lib­ Howard University. Dr. Augustine IhalQr lhesl s was "The Im- eral arts, focusing on media history, First He spent th e pact of the Second Amendment history and women's journalism summer before starting at Western as one World War on West African Press and PolI­ history. Her dissertation wjJl be published of 25 fe llows in the American Society of Lies.'· by the University of Tennessee Press In Sep­ Newspaper Editors' Journalism Institute for At Western he currently teaches JOUR tember as a book, "Rampant Hvmen:" Suf­ Excellence, which Included a week-long 35 1 Fundamentals of Public Relations, fragists and the RJght ofAssembly . workshop at the American Press Institute JOUR 352 Public Relations Communica­ At Western she won a $4,000 junior faculty in Virginia and six weeks on the staff of HIe tions and JOUR 202 Basic Reporting. grant to help fu rther her research on Inez J<,wkson Sun in Tennessee. Milholland, suffragist Icon active in radical A public relations specialist. Ihator has Lumsden ca me to Western from Peace causes In the 191 Os. been a rescaf'(;h analyst in Washington. College in Raleigh. N.C .. where she laught She currently teaches JOUR 201 ,lournal­ D.C. , director of the Africa CommunIcations journalism and was adviser to Peace TImes, ism and Society, JOUR 202 BaSic Reporting. JOUR 421 American Press History and JOUR 422 Current Issues In Mass Communication. Did you knOW" ... 1996 • The Kentucky Museum staged the first publi c • TheWKUDepartmentofJournalismwas 13th awa rds, Stacy Curtis, sports cartooni ng a nd comic showing, February-June, of some of several hun­ in Hea rst writing competitio n. Individual awards: strip; and Stefanchlk, feature photo and sports d red photographs by George Tames, longtime Matt Tungate, unranked finalist after placing first, photography portfolio. Second: Curtis, sports White House photogra pher for , editorial writing for 1994-95; Cara Anna, nin th, cartooning; Leah Hogsten and Stephanie that were given to the Photojournalism Fo unda­ sportswriting;and MarkBrown, 13th, personality/ Broadbent, photo layout - two or more pages; tion headed by Mike Morse, phq.tojournalism co­ profile writing. Jason Koski and Triilcey Steele, full-page photo ordinator. • Chris Hutchins, winner of $500 and trip to layout; Stefanchik, feature photography portfo­ • SP J's National Award for Public Service won by Washington in U.S. Department of Education col­ lio; Matt Tungate, tabloid opinion page design; the Lexington Herald·Leader featured work of lege journalism competition. and Steve Perez., illustrative infographics. Third: alumni Bill Estep and Chris Poore. The award­ • The Herald was a Pacemakerfinalist and placed Stefanie Boyar, sports photography portfolio; winning news project exposed corruption in county second in the Associated Collegiate Press best of Maria Burnham, tabloid page one design; Curtis, governments. show competition for non-daily tabloid newspa­ sports cartooning and cartoon portfolio; and staff, G~uy Hiilirlson, a lu mnus and photo editor, pers.lndividual awa rds: Matt Tungate, honorable special section. Winners of certificates of merit: Pensacolo News·Journal, recipient of Gan nett news­ mention, the Los Angeles Times editorial writing Craig Allen, Cara Anna, Boyar, Tim Cobb, Greg room supervision award, competition; Stacy Curtis, HM , College Media Ad­ Cooper, Jason Frakes, Good, John Grant, Julie visers comic strip competition; Joe Howell, third, Grundy, Jim Hannah, Jason Koski, Sherri 1995 feature picture of the year, and Andrew Cutraro, Osborne, Chris Poynter, Steele and Dennis • The WKU Department of Journalism was third, sports picture ofthe year. Varney. overall winnerin photojournalism ofthe 3Sth Hearst • Talisman Xposure, second, general inter~ st • In the Best ofCoJlegiate Design III competition, Foundation Journalism Awards Program for the magazine, ACP/(MA best of show; editor, Amethel sponsored by the University of Missouri Student sixth consecutive year. In dividual awards: Criilig Parel-Sewell. Society of Newspaper Design and SND: photojour­ Fritz and Joe Stefanchik, unranked finalists; • Talisman Xposure 1994-95 edition named a nalism, Maria Burnham and Joe Stefanchik, first; Stefanchik, best single photo for a news picture Gold Crown Magazine by the Columbia Sc holastic Jason frakes and Stefanie Boyar, second; Den­ earlier nominated by TheCourier-Journalfof a 1995 Press Association ((SPA) magazine competition. nis Varney and Scott Panella, third; Ken Harper, Pulitzer Prize; Elin Maple, seventh, and Joe Individual awards: First: Frances Gardler, feature Amethel Parel-Sewell and Kathryn Scott, fourth. Howell, ninth overall; Fritz, fi rst,and Howell, third, photo. Second: Good, Varney and Jennifer Ta bloi d front pages, Stephanie Stivers, second; in personality/profile and features; Stefanchik, Provano, caption writing; Ken Harper, Amethel sports pages, Varney, first; photo pages, Joe fourth, and Chris Obenchain, sixth, sports and Pare I-Sewell and Good, coverdesign; and Gardler, Howell, second, Stefanchik, fourth, and Tracey news; Maple, third, and Kurt Vinion, 17th, picture sports action photo. Third: Joe Stefanchik, color Steele, fifth; feature presentations, Craig Fritz, first; story/best effort. spread, Certificate of merit: Harper, Amethel Parel­ people spreads, Harper and Parel-Sewell, fifth; • The WKU Department of Journalism was Sewell and Epha Good, division page deSign. and ifldex spreads, Epha Good, third. eighth in overall scores in the Hearst competition. • In CSP A Newspaper Competiti on, first-place • ACP: Talisman Xposur~, second, and Herald

Hilltoppcr Journalist 10 SUMMER 1997 PJ graduate returns as Fellow

TIm Broekema Is back at Western. but Advanced PhotoJournalism. the latter be­ he's teaching classes, not taking them. cause of lack of sumclent student demand Broekema, sports photo editor for The for JOUR 437 Electronic Photo Editing and Chicago Tribune. the successful applicant Design. for the Freedom Forum Professional In Asked how It feels to be Issuing grades Residence position. taught In the spring se· Instead of receiving them. the 1988 photo­ mester and will be back for Fall '97. journalism graduate of Western said. The $75.000 grant from Freedom Forum ~Gradlng deftnltely is the hardest part of covers his salary, fringe benefits and some the whole thing. mostly because there Is no expenses for a calendar year. The depart­ right or wrong In this business. I did to an ment sought the grant to be able to bring In extent use my experience as a student In an accompllshed photo editor for an ex­ grading. thinking how I would feel about tended period of InteracUon with students geUlng a particular grade 00 a project. ~ and updating of faculty members on con­ He hasn't had many surprises at Western. temporary newsroom practices. ~Every day Is a learning process,H he said. In the spring semester, Broekema taught "I was surprised at how little I knew about JOUR 435 Photo Editing and JOUR 438 management styles when I started prepar­ Photo Management. This fall he will teach Ing to teach Photo ~Ianagement. I'll use

JOUR 334 Photojournalism and JOUR 436 what I learned when I leave here. H

Depart:lnent: seeks 17m Broekcma reneltVal of accredit:a­ Goble t:ion in 1998 endows Faculty members spent 1996-97 preparing for reaccreditation by the Accrediting Coun­ cil on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The site visit learn will be on campus Jan. 25 through 28, 1998, to verify authenticity of the self-study report and make scholarship a recommendation on the department's request for accreditatIon renewal. The department was first accredited in 1979. [n the shortest time posslbleafierlts es­ As he ended full-time teaching at WKU. Dr. tabllshmen~. Accreditation Is grante9 for· six years. The departnient was reaccredited [n G. Corban Goble made a parllng gift. 1.0 fu­ 1986 and 1992.,' ..••• •• .• •.. 5f>' " """" !" S, ...... '" ., " . \ " .' ' Being accredited means th~ department adheres to national standardS. of quality, Includ­ ture students. The teacher who first Ing emphasis on the liberal arts and sciences education. in offerIng degrees In.advertis­ taught JOUR 201 Journalism and SOCiety In Ing., photolournallsf!:!. print Journalism. and public relatlons. · the fall of 1985 made an Initial investment In the Corban Goble ScholarshIp Fund that will be managed by the College Heights Foundation. Endowment earnings will be awarded as scholarships lo Journalism ma­ jors. Anyone wanting to pay trlbule to Dr. Goble may send a check to the foundation: 201 Foundation Building. Western Kentucky University. One Big Red Wa y. Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576.

(Mariah's issue), second, Best of Show; Andrew Cutraro, third, sports picture of the year; and Joe Howell, third, feature picture of the year. • In 50th NPPNMissouri CPOY Competition, Keep in Touch Patrick Witty, first feature photography; Joe Stefanchllc, second, sports folio, and two Awards Changes In address, employer and/or marital status and any other personal of Excellence, spot news; Craig Fritz, third, spot news you would like to share wIth Journalism a[umnlls wanted for The news and sport s action, and AOE, portrait; Chris HlIItopper Journalist. Use this form for submitting information, but don't Obenchain, third, spot news; Tracy Alb.no, AOE, hesitate to send more than will fit. portrait. • Dawn Ballard selected in national competi­ tion to attend the Direct Marketing Collegiate In­ Name stitute in Nashville. Address • Karen Brown named a Chips Quinn Scholar by the Freedom Forum. • Public relations students are national finalists Employer ______in the PRSSA competition sponsored by Jergen's. Team members: Gretchen Fella, Rebecca Flynn, PosItion ______Cheri Glass, Gina Goff. Lynette Guthrie and Mat­ thew Logsdon prepared a campaign for imple­ Personal news for shariog ______mentation on WKU campus. • Elisa Maple, second place, Alexia Foundation Competition. • Andrew Cutraro, named Wisconsin CPOY by Wisconsin News Photog raphers Association. • At[anta PJ Seminar: Patrick Witty, first, Chris Stanford, second, and Stefanle Boyar, honorable mention, student portfolio; Sc:ott Panella, third place. spot news, and HM, sports feature; Craig i" Fritz, HM, pictorial; and Stanford, HM, news-pic­ ture story. more to come In the next Issue

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