Student leaders from The Pendulum were honored with individual and Best of Show awards at the sixth annual North Carolina College Media Association conference Feb. 16 at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C.
Students and advisers from student media organizations from across the state participated in the daylong event.
Hundreds of entries from more than 20 media outlets submitted materials for awards consideration. Below is a list of only the Elon winners. (Numbers next to the names indicate the place students finished in a particular category.)
NEWSPAPER—SMALL SCHOOL (6,000 student enrollment and less)
Best of Show—Newspaper
Best of Show—Online
Photography
HM: Brian Allenby—
Single- or Two-Page Design
1. Kristen Case— (pgs. 12-13)
2. Madison Margeson— (pg. 6)
Illustration/Graphic/Cartoon
1. Paige Gregory— (pgs. 12-13)
3. Claire Esparros— (pg. 1)
Multimedia Package
1. Rebecca Wickel—
2. Samantha Parker and Doug Williams—
3. Jeff Stern and Paige Gregory—
News Writing
1. Katherine Blunt—
3. Rebecca Wickel—
Feature Writing
1. Katherine Blunt—
Sports Writing
1. Zachary Horner—
HM: Andrew Wilson—
Opinion Writing
HM: Dan Quackenbush—
HM: The Pendulum Staff—
Pendulum students who attended the NCCMA conference were editor Rebecca Iannucci, features senior reporter and Elon Edge photo editor Katy Canada and design editor Kaitlin Dunn. Pendulum adviser Colin Donohue also made the trip.
In total, more than 80 people from more than 15 universities and colleges in North Carolina were in attendance.