Student media advisor Nancy Copic, student activities, reports that that The Beacon has placed third nationally for Best University Student Publication in the Catholic Press Association 2020 Media Awards. DePaul University placed first and University of Dayton placed second. Both of those programs have strong journalism curricula, so once again the University of Portland can […]
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Beacon Staffers Shine Again
The Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards were announced recently, and UP students journalists were named as winners and finalists in the following categories: Breaking news photography – Jennifer Ng Feature writing – Catherine Cieminski Editorial writing – Dora Totoian, Delaney Vetter and Gabi DiPaulo General news reporting – Madison Pfeifer […]
Beacon Wins Mark of Excellence Awards
Student journalists for the University’s news source, The Beacon, have been chosen as Mark of Excellence regional winners by the Society of Professional Journalists in the following categories: Breaking news photography – Jennifer Ng Feature writing – Catherine Cieminski Editorial writing – Dora Totoian, Delaney Vetter and Gabi DiPaulo General news reporting – Madison Pfeifer […]
“The Beacon” Wins CSPA Crown Award
The University’s digital student run news source, The Beacon, is among twenty-five digital publications chosen as finalists for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Crown Awards, to be presented in March 2019 at ceremonies in New York City. The digital publications were published during the 2017-18 academic year. The Crown Awards honor top student publications […]
Beacon wins eight Gold Circle Awards for Digital Media
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, based at Columbia University in New York City, has awarded The Beacon eight Gold Circle Awards for Digital Media. This national competition covers content published by student-run college media organizations during the 2016- 2017 academic year. The Beacon placed in the following categories: spot news photograph, sports photograph, editorial writing, breaking news, […]
Big Wins for The Beacon
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) just announced winners and finalists in its Mark of Excellence Awards for college media in Region 10, which is made up of colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Beacon won nine First Place awards, and those winners advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence competition in these categories: […]
The Beacon Debuts Weekly Newsletter
Many staff and faculty accustomed to reading The Beacon every Thursday in the past have asked how to keep up with the now all-digital Beacon. One convenient way is the new weekly Beacon e-mail newsletter, which includes headlines and links to articles, commentary, photos, videos, and other multimedia. If you would like to receive The Beacon in […]
Beacon Amasses Awards, Internships, Says Goodbye to Print
The Beacon has won four regional Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and advances to the national competition in the following categories: General News Reporting, In-Depth Reporting, Online Sports Reporting, and Photo Illustration. The regional competition involved student media from universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska with enrollment […]
Beacon Content Switching To All-Digital, Fall 2016
The University’s student-run weekly newspaper, The Beacon, has announced that all content will be available exclusively online and the print edition will be eliminated starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. Last fall, The Beacon launched a mobile app, and the newly redesigned website racked up more than 215,000 page views between October 1, 2014 and […]
Malika Andrews Named As Finalist For National Writing Award
Beacon sports editor Malika Andrews has been named as a finalist for the national Associated Collegiate Press Sports Story of the Year Award for her story, “His Way Out,” about Pilot basketball player Korey Thielke (http://tinyurl.com/puf636k). She joins finalists from Harvard, Stanford, and many major universities with long-established journalism programs. Each year the Associated Collegiate […]