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Oklahoma Daily ranked best in state division

The Associated Press/Oklahoma Newspaper Editors named The Oklahoma Daily the best newspaper in its division (besting professional papers The Norman Transcript and Daily Ardmorite) to win the first-place General Excellence Award. Daily staffers also won seven individual awards. To learn more about these and other Student Media awards, visit our awards and honors page.



Students bring Crown home from NYC

On a whirlwind trip to New York City, Student Media staff garnered a huge honor: Sooner 2007/Crimson Traditions 2006 won a Gold Crown at the College Media Advisers Spring National Convention. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, which awards the Crown and Gold Circle awards, only gave out two Golds in the collegiate yearbook category. The remaining eight finalists received Silver Crown awards.

Student Media staffers from the books, The Oklahoma Daily and Sower magazine also won 24 Gold Circle awards, which recognize individual achievements. A full list of OU Circle winners is posted here.

Ten students and one adviser from the department attended the CMA convention, which included full-day media professional workshops and more than 200 individual sessions. Lori Brooks (associate director and Features adviser), Breia Brissey and Kelsey Witten (Sooner editor and managing editor, respectively) presented five sessions of their own, on topics ranging from feature writing to student leadership. The group squeezed in some sightseeing, as well, including Central Park, the Empire State Building, Little Italy and every square inch of Times Square. Staff took in as much culture as possible, seeing Wicked, Spring Awakening, Hairspray and The Metropolitan Opera.

In addition to the convention and city exploration, students networked with professionals from The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and more, interviewed for internships (with Rolling Stone) and actually interned (at Hearst Magazines).

For more information on the Crown and Circles, as well as other Student Media awards, visit our awards and honors page.



Students win 20 SPJ awards

The Oklahoma Daily staff took home 20 awards, including 10 in first place, and was named the second-best paper in its division at the spring Oklahoma SPJ Pro Chapter banquet.

The Daily competes against the state’s professional papers in Division B, newspapers with circulations of 7,000-17,999. Visit our awards and honors page for information on individual awards.



Books compete for Crown; students place in Hearst
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association recently announced that Student Media’s yearbook package is a finalist for a 2008 Gold Crown. Sooner 2007/Crimson Traditions 2006 will take home either a Gold or Silver Crown from the 2008 College Media Convention in March in New York City. Student Media split in to two yearbooks in 2004 (Sooner, with a senior focus, and Crimson Traditions, for freshmen) and has won Gold Crowns for each of those packages. The 2007 package is the ninth OU yearbook in a row to win Crown finalist honors.

Also announced recently, two Student Media staffers placed in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Foundation competition. Tiara Etheridge won second place in the Feature Writing for “Taking Mind,” and Ashiq Zaman placed among the top 20 in Editorial Writing for PowerPoint Ineffective.

For more information on these and other Student Media awards, visit our awards and honors page.



Student Media staff win 13 national awards

From three Pacemaker finalists to seven Best of Collegiate Design awards, OU Student Media publications and projects won a variety of awards at the National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C.

Thirteen students and professional staff attended the October convention, which hosts more than 2,000 collegiate media attendees and more than 400 individual sessions. Four students landed nine internship and job interviews with various media companies, including Gannett, the Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News and The Arizona Republic. Watch this space for photos and a story on the trip from a student perspective.

Awards include placing in Best of Show for Crimson Traditions 2006/Sooner 2007, a first place national advertising award and a third-place design of the year award.

For more information on these and other Student Media awards, visit our awards and honors page.



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