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Students revel in Austin, honors

Student Media staffers and pro staff enjoyed the ambience of Austin and created a little light of their own at the recent National College Media Convention, held in the Texas capitol Oct. 29-Nov. 1

Our publications and projects took home numerous honors, including a Pacemaker for oudaily.com, Best of Show for Sooner 2009 and national individual awards in writing and design. Student Media advisers and alumni critiqued publications from across the country and taught more than 10 total sessions for collegiate media students and advisers. More than 2,000 attendees chose from the 400+ sessions hosted by media experts and local professionals.

And everyone got to witness the magic weirdness of Halloween on Austin’s famous Sixth Street, during which more than 100,000 costumed revelers fill the area.

To learn about specific recognition, visit our awards and honors page.



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Projects, students win national honors

It’s awards season for collegiate media, and OU Student Media can barely keep up with the announcements rolling in.

Since mid-March, two projects (Sooner/Crimson Traditions and oudaily.com) have won Gold Crowns, one of college media’s biggest awards, and been named finalists for the Pacemaker, frequently referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate media.

More than 40 individual awards (including eight first-place honors) have been given to staffers at The Oklahoma Daily, Sooner/Crimson Traditions, oudaily.com and Sower magazine in the Gold Circle and SPJ Region 8 contests. 

The Gold Crowns and Circles were given at the recent College Media Convention in New York City. Seven students and an adviser were on hand to bask in the reflected glory (as well as lead and attend sessions, network and see the sights). The Pacemakers will be awarded at the fall version of this convention, held in October in Austin, Texas.

Visit our awards section to see specifics on these and more Student Media honors.



Daily named state's best paper in division

Oklahoma's Society of Professional Journalists' awards pit the students of The Oklahoma Daily against the state’s professional journalists. At the 2009 awards ceremony in Tulsa, The Daily was named the state’s best newspaper in Division B (circulation of 7,000-24,999), besting both OSU’s student paper and The Norman Transcript.

Student staffers of The Daily won 21 individual awards, including nine first-place honors (more than any other paper in this category), and swept the In-Depth Enterprise Reporting/Individual category. See all 21 awards here and more about Student Media success on our Awards and Honors page.



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