April 20, 2016
The Society of Collegiate
Journalists (SCJ) has announced the results of this year's national competition
for college and university news media. I am pleased and proud to share with you
some very good news from Dr. Lisa Lyon Payne, Associate Professor and
Coordinator of Communication/Advisor to our student-operated campus publication
The Marlin Chronicle.
The Chronicle's staff received a
total of 9 awards, including second place for newspaper overall excellence in
the weekly or less category, and second place in sports news.
Other awards went to:
- Sarah Antozzi -- Honorable mention, sports feature
- Anthony Dellamura -- First place, feature photo
- Anthony Dellamura -- Second place, sports photo
- Michael Wilson -- Second place, sports column
- Richard Cremin -- Honorable mention, editorial cartoon
- Thomas Mills -- Honorable mention, graphic illustration
- Aoife Branco -- Honorable mention, column or commentary
As a former collegiate student
newspaper editor, professional journalist and longtime advisor to the Society
of Collegiate Journalists, I congratulate our student journalists for their
tremendous achievements in this year's competition. I sincerely hope that this
recognition, which joins many other awards for the Chronicle, will encourage
other students to take to their keyboards and keep the tradition of an
independent, student-edited newspaper strong and vibrant.
All of us at Virginia Wesleyan
College should be very proud of our newspaper, its talented editors and
reporters, and the vital tradition of journalism practiced here.
