Awards Won by The Columbia Chronicle 2000 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award (Region 5) Second Place -Best Online Student Newspaper: Sal J. Barry & James Norman Second Place -Sports Writing: Matt Richmond, A dying breed Second Place -Sports Photography: Bill Manley Second Place -Spot News Photography: Tasos Katopodis Third Place -Feature Photography: Bill Manley 2000 Illinois College Newspaper Business and Managers Association First Place -Best Newspaper Promotion Ad: Chris Richert (Under 40,000 Circulation category) 2000 Illinois College Press Association First Place - General Excellence: Chronicle Staff (non-daily category) First Place - Editorial Writing: Chronicle Staff, For students, no news is bad news (non-daily category) First Place - Feature Page Design, Michelle Flores (non-daily category) First Place - Sports Column: Graham Couch, Keeping Knight keeps IU from becoming a basketball factory (non-daily category) First Place - Photo Essay, Patricia Dieball (non-daily category) First Place - Feature Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category) First Place - General News Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category) First Place - Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category) Second Place - Photo Essay: Donnie Seals Jr. (non-daily category) Second Place - Sports Feature: Matt Richmond, A dying breed (non-daily category) Third Place - Sports News Story: Graham Couch Spartains vs. Illini (non-daily category) (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - In-Depth Reporting: Lee Sceier, Internet spawns online addictions (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Sports Page Design: Graham Couch (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Sports Page Design: Graham Couch (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Feature Page Design: Michelle Flores (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Column Excluding Sports: Amber Holst, Two's company, three's a crowd (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - News Story: Amber Holst, Gore, Bush reach out to voters (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Front Page Layout: Ryan Adair, Amber Holst (non-daily category) One of five co-winners - Chicago Photo Shootout: Brenna McLaughlin (non-daily category) 2000 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Competition Finalist - Best Online College Newspaper: Sal J. Barry 2000 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition Second Place - Overall Excellence in College Newspapers 2000 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition First Place - News Features: Leon Tripplett, Billy O'Keefe, and James Boozer First Place - Cartoons: Mark Stern, "Purgatory" Comic First Place - Photo Story (Black and White Section): Michelle Pinkowski, "Baby on Board" First Place - Advertising and Advertising Photography (Advertising Page): Chris Richert, "Grad School Open House" Second Place - Cartoons: Billy O'Keefe Second Place - Editorial: Billy O' Keefe Second Place - Photo Story (Black and White Section): Rob Hart, "Friends of the Elderly" Third Place - Editorial Writing: James Boozer Certificate of Merit - Photo Story (Color Section):Rob Hart, "Essence of Summer" Certificate of Merit - Advertising and Advertising Photography (Advertising Page): Chris Richert Certificate of Merit - Opinion Page Design: Billy O'Keefe 2000 ACP National College Newspaper Convention Best of Show First Place - Online Newspaper of the year (open category): Billy O'Keefe, designer and editor Third Place - Newspaper of the year (4-year weekly category) 1999 Illinois College Press Association First Place - Spot News Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category) First Place - Photo Essay: Michelle Pinkowski (non-daily category) First Place - Opinion Page Design: Billy O'Keefe (open category) First Place - Front Page Layout: James Boozer (non-daily category) First Place - Feature Writing: Valerie Danner, Jessica Quist and Chris Richert (non-daily category) Second Place - General Excellence (non-daily category) Second Place - Advertisement Less Than a Full Page: Chris Richert (open category) Second Place - Critical Review Other Than Film: Mike O'Brien (open category) Second Place - Sports Feature Story: Graham Couch (non-daily category) Second Place - Feature Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category) Second Place - In-Depth Reporting: Elizabeth Nendick, Stephanie Berlin, Carmen DeFalco, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Todd Hofacker and Jen Magid (non-daily category) Second Place - Headline Writing: Jotham Sederstrom (non-daily category) Second Place - Photo Essay: Bill Manley, Rob Hart, Chris Kubiet, Brenna McLaughlin and Kevin Poirier (non-daily category) Second Place - Sports Photo: Bill Manley (non-daily category) Third Place - Advertisement Less Than a Full Page: Chris Richert (open category) Third Place - Editorial: James Boozer (non-daily category) Third Place - Sports News Story: Graham Couch (non-daily category) Third Place - Chicago Shoot-Out Competition: Donnie Seals Honorable Mention - Editorial Cartoon: Billy O'Keefe (open category) Honorable Mention - Other Cartoon: Billy O'Keefe (open category) Honorable Mention - News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Graphic Illustration: Billy O'Keefe (open category) Honorable Mention - Critical Review - Film: James Boozer (open category) Honorable Mention - Column: Billy O'Keefe (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Column: Valerie Danner (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category) 1999 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition Second Place - Overall Excellence in College Newspapers 1999 ACP/CMA National College Media Convention Honorable Mention - Reporter of the Year: Kimberly Brehm 1999 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition First Place - Health Features Category: Eileen Lavelle and Felicia Dechter for a story on student nutrition 1999 Illinois College Press Association First Place - In-Depth Reporting: Eileen Lavelle and Felicia Dechter for a story on student nutrition 1998 University of Missouri College Photographer of the Year Silver Medal - Pictoral: Alyce Henson Bronze Medal - Illustration: Kevin Poirer 1998 Illinois Press Photographers Association First Place - Creative Vision: Jason Glaser Honorable Mention - Portrait: Jason Glaser Honorable Mention - Pictoral: Jason Glaser Honorable Mention - Sports Action: Rob Hart Honorable Mention - Pictoral: Rob Hart 1998 Associated Collegiate Press's Best of the Midwest competition First Place - News Story: Leon Tripplett First Place - Online Publication: Billy O'Keefe Second Place - Feature Story: Leon Tripplett 1998 Illinois College Press Association First Place - Critical Review Other Than Film: Lawrence Benedetto (open category) First Place - Sports Column: Rob Steva (non-daily category) First Place - Sports Feature Rob Steva (non-daily category) First Place - In-Depth Reporting: Eileen LaVelle, Felicia Dechter and others (non-daily category) First Place - Feature Photo: Tobias Lopez (non-daily category) First Place - Spot News Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category) First Place - Photo Essay: Vince Johnson, Rob Hart and Tamera Bell (non-daily category) Second Place - News Story: James Boozer (non-daily category) Second Place - Editorial Cartoon: Billy O'Keefe (open category) Second Place - Photo Essay: Rob Hart (non-daily category) Second Place - Feature Story: Leon Tripplett (non-daily category) Second Place - Sports Photo: Rob Hart (non-daily category) Third Place - Cartoon Strip/Other Panel: Billy O'Keefe (open category) Third Place - Full Page Advertisement: Chris Richert (open category) Honorable Mention - Front Page Layout: James Boozer, Billy O'Keefe,Vincent Johnson and Tim Lofgren (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Column: Benjamin Trecocci (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Sports Feature: Marcus Jenkins (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Feature Photo: Vince Johnson (non-daily category) Honorable Mention - Chicago Shoot-Out Photo Competition: Rob Hart 1998 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition Second Place - Overall Excellence in College Newspapers 1998 College Media Advisers Best of Collegiate Design 6 Competition Fourth Place - Photo Section: Blair Fredrick 1997 Illinois College Press Association First Place - Column Sports: Sara Willingham First Place - News Story: Rui Kuneya First Place - Sports Photo: Blair B. Fredrick First Place - Feature Story: Leon Tripplett First Place - In-house Promo Ad: Amy Pickle First Place - In-depth Reporting: John Henry Biederman Second Place - In-depth Reporting: Bob Chiarito & Antoine Lindley Second Place - Spot News Photo: Marc Tobin Second Place - Photo Essay: Felicia Dechter Third Place - Feature Story: Jerry La Buy Third Place - Feature Photo: Blair B. Fredrick Third Place - Front Page Layout: Rui Kuneya Honorable Mention - Other Cartoon: Jeff Heydt Honorable Mention - Editorial: John Henry Biederman 1997 Associated College Press First Place - Reporter of the Year: Rui Kaneya 1997 Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Awards/Region Five Second Place - Spot News: Bob Chiarito Second Place - Column Writing: John Biederman Third Place - Editorial Writing: John Biederman 1996 Illinois College Press Association Second Place - Column writing: John Henry Biederman Second Place - Photo Essay: Natalie Battaglia Third Place - Feature Story: Ryan Healy Honorary Mention - Feature Story: Kim Watkins Honorary Mention - Editorial Cartooning: John Henry Biederman Honorary Mention - Headline Writing: John Henry Biederman Honorary Mention - Front Page Layout: Staff Honorary Mention - General Excellence: Staff Honorary Mention - In House Promotional Ad: Amy Pickle 1995 Illinois College Press Association First Place - News Story: Ryan Healy and Robert Stevenson (non-daily category) First Place - Feature Photo: Chris Sweda (non-daily category) First Place - Critical Review Other Than Film: Barry Sorkin (overall category) Second Place - Headline Writing: Staff (non-daily category) Second Place - Photo Essay: Chris Sweda (non-daily category) Honorary Mention - Shoot Chicago Photography competition: Natalie Battaglia Honorary Mention - Spot News Photography: Chris Sweda (non-daily category) Back to top   |   Home Copyright © 2001, Columbia Chronicle Columbia Chronicle articles, photos, and graphics are the property of the Columbia Chronicle and may not be reproduced or published without written permission from the staff, editors, or faculty advisor. 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