The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, won nine awards during the Illinois College Press Association’s annual college media conference in Chicago Feb. 22-23.
“We had an interesting mix of awards this year in many different types of categories,” said Alestle Program Director Tammy Merrett-Murry. “It shows the all-around strength of the Alestle staff. “The 2012 staff did a good job of carrying on the Alestle’s award-winning tradition.”
The Alestle earned second and third place awards in the features, sports news, editorial writing, special supplement and advertising categories.
Sports Editor Roger Starkey won third place in features. Managing Editor John Layton achieved third place and an honorable mention in the sports news story category.
Online Editor Michelle Beard won a second place award in advertising, and former Alestle reporter Victoria Mizel won a third place award in the critical review category.
The staff won a third place award in editorial writing, as well as third place for its annual special supplement “Back to School Survival Guide.”
Two former staffers were honored as David Pruitt received an honorable mention in the sports feature category. Online Editor Joseph Scoggins shared an honorable mention in the advertising/in-house promotion category with Beard.
Entries in the competition were judged for excellence by members of the Illinois Press Association and working journalists in Missouri and Ohio. The Alestle competes in the category for non-daily, student-run newspapers with campus populations of more than 4,000.
The Alestle competes regularly against student newspapers statewide: Bradley Scout at Bradley University, Chicago Maroon at the University of Illinois, Chicago Weekly at the University of Chicago, the Columbia Chronicle at Columbia College, DePaulia at DePaul University, Dominican Star at Dominican University, Chicago Flame at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the Journal at University of Illinois-Springfield, the Loyola Phoenix at Loyola University, the Independent at Northeastern Illinois University, The Torch at Roosevelt University and the Xavierite at St. Xavier University.
For more information about The Alestle, contact Tammy Merrett-Murry at 618-650-3597 or tmerret@siue.edu.