The Ball State Daily News online operation won two Silver Crowns and 23 Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, including national first-place honors for photography and commentary.
Former Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Dashley took first place for general or humor commentary with his essay, "Distant first: Live your life to the fullest." Dashley also won a first for short newswriting.
Photo Editor Bobby Ellis won a first for sports photography. SungMin Lim won the top award for personality profile and Tyler Poslosky took a first place for sports commentary.
The awards are for work produced in 2011-12. The Gold Circles were among 5,503 entries from college students across the United States.
The Gold and Silver Crown Awards are the CSPA's highest recognition for overall excellence, and the Daily News online operation was among 1,344 student outlets in the Crown competition. The Daily News won Silver Crowns for fall 2011 and spring 2012. A year ago the newspaper won the Gold Crown for online.
In the Crown competition, CSPA this year judged the Daily News and other outlets as hybrid print-online operations, which the collegiate press association said was a category for "publications moving from print to pixels."
The CSPA, operated by Columbia University since 1925, is an international student press association whose awards recognize the best student media work in the country. The group announced the awards at the Spring College Media Convention, which was held March 14-16 in New York City.
Here is a list of all the Ball State awards:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/2013-collegiate-circles.html
DM4. News feature
2. Bobby Ellis, “Muncie firefighters,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
3. Devan Filchak, “Restoring hope,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM5. In-depth news/feature story
CM. Sarah Boswell, “Poor lifestyles a chronic,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM6. Editorial writing
3. Staff, “Our view: Can’t extinguish compassion,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM7. Personal opinion: On-campus issues
2. Benjamin Dashley, “Letter from the Editor: Keep it clean and classy,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM8. Personal opinion: Off-campus issues
3. Evie Lichtenwalter, “From the other side: Richard Mourdock’s rape remark is ignorant,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
CM. Ashley Dye, “The dysessertation: Mitt Romney says single-parent families trigger gun violence,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM9. General or humor commentary
1. Benjamin Dashley, “Distant first: Live your life to the fullest,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
3. Ashley Dye, “The dysessertation: Do as you please,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM10. First person experience
3. Benjamin Dashley, “Distant first: Loan refunds,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
CM. Victoria Ison, “Kaleidoscope truth: Serve anyway,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM11. Sports commentary
1. Tyler Poslosky, “Poz’s Points: Golfer courageous,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
CM. Steven Williams, “Pitches & throws: Ball State,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM14. Personality profile
1. SungMin Lim, “Family comes first as gay couple,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM17. Entertainment reviews
CM. Michelle Johnson, “Reggie rock: Shut up and play,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM24. Headline writing
2. Staff, bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
DM25. Caption writing
2. Staff, bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
DM26. Briefs writing
1. Benjamin Dashley, “Breaking: Two robbed at gunpoint,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
2. Evie Lichtenwalter, “Breaking: Armed robbery reported,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
3. Benjamin Dashley, “Breaking: Oprah to come to Ball State,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
DM29. Single sports photograph
1. Bobby Ellis, “Trick play,” bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
DM38. Typography: Overall look of the entire website
CM. Staff, bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
DM40. News Online Design Web site
2. Staff, bsudailynews.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN;
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