News > March 6, 2008

By Elliot Engstrom | News editor

The Old Gold & Black won two awards at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media Convention held Feb. 29-March 2 in San Francisco. The newspaper won third place in the four year weekly broadsheet “Best in Show” category.

The Feb. 21 issue of the Old Gold & Black was ranked behind The Orion of California State University-Chico, which came in first, and The Nevada Sagebrush of the University of Nevada-Reno, which came in second.

“I’m proud that our newspaper was awarded the honor,” Editor in Chief Kell Wilson said. “It shows our improvement over the year. Hopefully we can continue with our high standards of journalism, both in print and online.”

Photography Editor Kelly Makepeace, Managing Editor Mariclaire Hicks and News Editor Elliot Engstrom attended the conference on behalf of the Old Gold & Black.

“The conference was a great place to learn about all of the latest developments in newspaper photography, as well as other forms of multimedia,” Makepeace said. “Hopefully, the knowledge that we took away from the conference will help to move us up to an even higher rank at next years ACPs.”

Each of the staff members attended meetings that pertained to their sections and particular areas of interest.

“It was nice to get recognized on a national level,” Hicks said. “The conference also offered a great opportunity to meet with others working on college newspapers around the country.”

The Old Gold & Black’s Web site, www.oldgoldanblack.com, came in 10th in the category of newspaper Web site. The Web site was up against those of both daily and weekly newspapers’ online sites from around the country.

“We’re gratified to be recognized as one of the best, even competing with much larger papers with many more resources,” Contributing Editor Kevin Koehler said. “We hope to continue to grow and offer bigger and better things for our readers online.”

Koehler, last semester’s online editor, led the redevelopment of the site last year. The staff plans to make an effort to continue to bring readers well-packaged and informed information about news, sports and other events on campus.