Collegian honored with 20 MPA awards

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February 2, 2017July 12, 2022By The Editorial Staff
Collegian honored with 20 MPA awards
The Collegian came home with many awards from the Michigan Press Association last week. (Photo: Madeline Berry / Hillsdale Collegian)

The Michigan Press Association awarded The Hillsdale Collegian with 20 awards Friday, for the 2015-2016 academic year issues.

The Collegian received recognition for its news, features, and opinions writing as well as layout and features photographs.

Hillsdale College reporters swept in the column and review category, winning first, second, and third places as well as honorable mention.

The Collegian’s coverage of Hillsdale’s exclusion from the Education Department’s Scorecard also earned it first place investigative reporting.

 

All awards:

  1.     Best Writer, Second Place – Breana Noble
  2.     Column/Review, First Place – Sarah Albers “From a millennial: an open letter to those who raised us”
  3.     Column/Review, Second Place – Hailey Morgan “The Confederate flag is an important part of history”
  4.     Column/Review, Third Place – Katie Scheu “Schumer: feminist ‘train wreck’”
  5.     Column/Review, Hon. Mention – Stevan Bennett “Curt Schilling, sports, and character”

(You can see we swept the column/review category – yay us!)

  1.     Editorial (Collegian Weekly), First Place – “Stop telling us we’re smart” (Sarah)
  2.     Editorial, Second Place – “A footnote for educational freedom” (Macaela)
  3.     Feature Photo, First Place – Ben Block, cheetah photo
  4.     Feature Photo, Second Place – Madeline Barry, kitten photo
  5.  Feature Story, First Place – Micah Meadowcroft “An ode to the Donnybrook”
  6.  Feature Story, Second Place – Lillian Quinones “Nation’s oldest living auctioneer lives in Hillsdale County”
  7.  Front Page Design, First place – Meg Prom, March 10 paper
  8.  Front Page Design, Hon. Mention – Vivian Hughbanks, Oct. 29 paper
  9.  Investigative Reporting, First Place – Vivian Hughbanks, College Scorecard series
  10.  Investigative Reporting, Third Place – Natalie McKee “Seventy percent of Hillsdale felons do not go to trial”
  11.  News Story, Second Place – Breana Noble “Skyfall: Sauk Theater ceiling collapses”
  12.  News Story, Third Place – Evan Carter “L’horreur: Students honor victims of ISIS terror attacks”
  13.  Non-Front Page Design, Third Place – Megan Prom, page with violin/words
  14.  Original Cartoons, First Place – Forester McClatchey

20.  Sports News/Feature, Second Place – Stevan Bennett “Thanks for the memories, Jim”

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