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seven awards in total, three for first place. The awards honor the best of collegiate journalism. The 2012 competition received more than 4,600 entries. After receiving first at the Region 10 level, The Mooring Mast went on to nationals receiving first place yet again for its coverage of the PLU student conduct system. [1] [2] [3] National Mark of Excellence Award winners are chosen from the first-place category winners in each of SPJ’s 12 regions. PLU is part of Region 10, which comprises Alaska

part-time reporter and photographer.  Comparing this year to his previous work with the paper, LaBrie said, “It’s interesting to see what it’s like in journalism right now because we’re trying to make sense of this new way of life just like everyone else. But at the same time, we’re the ones in charge of documenting it.”  LaBrie is building valuable skills, learning to find stories in unique places, writing, and practicing his photography skills.“I’ve had two of my photographs on the front page

October 13, 2008 A PLU education made a difference Three journalism graduates, from three decades, representing three Seattle media outlets shared insights on sports reporting during a Homecoming panel discussion Friday. Art Thiel ’75, Tom Glasgow ’81 and Chris Eagan ’95 spoke on how their PLU education helped them in their careers and on the nature of sports reporting and how it has changed. A sports columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who is also heard on KPLU, Thiel reflected on how

May 1, 2013 Mooring Mast wins national honor for in-depth reporting The Society of Professional Journalists announced today that Pacific Lutheran University’s Mooring Mast was awarded FIRST PLACE in the country for in-depth reporting for small universities. This year’s MOE Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism from 2012 calendar year. The Mooring Mast received this honor for its in-depth coverage of the PLU student conduct system. Links to the series of articles can be found here. [1

Minority Science Writers Summer Internship Posted by: alemanem / October 19, 2016 October 19, 2016 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Pitts Family Foundation is proud to offer a summer internship program for minority students interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing. Experience what it’s like to cover the scientific and technological issues that shape our global community. The Internship takes place at the Washington

to thrive, but where the revenue will come from and what it will look like isn’t exactly clear yet, she said. The Internet is the future, in whatever form news finally takes, Guzman said. “As far as I’m concerned, for the reader and for the writer it’s awesome,” she said. “On the business side we’re still trying to figure it out.” “Journalism is more alive than it ever has been,” Guzman said. The hard copy form of a newspaper was may be in danger, but journalism is not, she explained. Finding a

, an independent online news site devoted to covering aid, development, global health, poverty and the humanitarian community, purposefully combats our urge to simply skip over humanitarian journalism. Instead, says founder Tom Paulson ’80, it is “geared toward making people really care about poverty.” “When I was in college, we didn’t even know this stuff was going on,” Paulson says. In his quest to keep humanitarian stories interesting, evermore relevant and impossible to skip over, Paulson says

as an advisor. She wrote her first Fulbright application, which led her to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, while working as an academic consultant at the United Nations in Nairobi, and her second Fulbright was in Baku, Azerbaijan, during her second PLU sabbatical. She taught journalism both times. “It’s made me realize that I am really a risk-taker … I’d be willing to go anywhere at any time at the drop of a hat,” Joanne said. “And I thought that that would sort of age out of me—it really

teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. Read Previous Night of Musical Theater Read Next Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and

my field, and when I saw that this one combined environmental studies and journalism, it seemed like a perfect fit for the path I wanted to pursue. The goal laid out to us during interviews was that we would be formulating an anthology of Southern Iceland, and each intern would research and write a chapter to contribute – my topic was environmental conservation, but there were other interns studying anything from geology to health care and culture. Walk us through your internship experience from