The Beacon has won First Place in several categories, including Best Website, in the annual Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators (PNAJE) Awards. The winning content is especially noteworthy because the students produced all of it from a “virtual newsroom.”
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the campus to shut down and moved classes online in Spring 2020, Beacon staff doubled down on reporting, relying heavily on Zoom, Slack, Google Docs and phone calls to collaborate. Although campus partially reopened for Spring Semester 2021, classes remained virtual and so did Beacon operations.
Unsurprisingly, the pandemic was (and continues to be) such a looming presence that there was a COVID-19 angle in many of the stories The Beacon did in the 2020-21 academic year.
COMPLETE BEACON STAFF BLOG POST WITH AWARDS DETAILS: https://upbeaconstaff.wordpress.com/2021/10/08/beacon-wins-best-website-other-honors-in-pacific-northwest-association-of-journalism-educators-awards/
For more information, contact Nancy Copic, Assistant Director for Student Media: copic@up.edu.