The Rockbridge Report wins
regional journalism award
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| The Rockbridge Report staff from fall 2007 produced at least one of the editions that the awards committee reviewed. (Rockbridge Report) |
The Rockbridge Report has been named the best independent online student publication in the Society of Professional Journalists' Region II Mark of Excellence awards.
The award was announced Saturday at an SPJ regional conference in Lexington. Region II includes Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
The first-place finish in the category at the regional level qualifies The Rockbridge Report's Web site for the SPJ national competition in Atlanta in September.
The regional conference at Washington and Lee University featured workshops for journalists and a keynote address by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
Produced by
Washington and Lee
journalism students.
Lead Supervisors:
Prof. Brian
Richardson
Prof. Phylissa
Mitchell
Editing supervisor:
Prof. Pamela Lucke
Technical supervisor: Michael Todd