The Beacon, UP’s award-winning student newspaper, has earned two national first place honors from the Society of Professional Journalists for work published last year. SPJ’s 2021 Mark of Excellence Awards recognized The Beacon with first place in the Breaking News Reporting (small schools) category for its reporting on the campus power outage that cancelled classes […]
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The Beacon Wins First-Place Video Award from the Catholic Media Association
A video by Beacon video producer Andrew Gotshall won first-place in the category of Best Presentation of Faith on Campus for “Easter Mass during a Global Pandemic.”
Beacon Shines Again
The University’s award-winning student publication, the Beacon, has won 10 regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, according to advisor Nancy Copic, student activities. The competition encompasses student newspapers from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. The Beacon competed in the Small College or University category, with 5,000 or fewer undergraduate […]