Staff members Maddie MacFarlane, left, and Jessie Wade.
University Chronicle earned 11 Better Newspaper Contest awards at the 150th gathering of the Minnesota Newspaper Association Jan. 26 in Bloomington.
Three women — Sarah Rudlang, mass communications, Pequot Lakes; Maddie MacFarlane, mass communications, Dubuque, Iowa; and Jessie Wade, geography, St. Cloud — combined for three first-place, four second-place and four third-place awards.
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The awards:
FIRST PLACE
Best Website
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Local breaking news
Sarah Rudlang
Photo story
Maddie MacFarlane
SECOND PLACE
Local breaking news
Jessie Wade, St. Cloud
Multimedia use
Sarah Rudlang
Sports photo
Maddie MacFarlane
Photo story
Jessie Wade
THIRD PLACE
Human interest story/4-year college
Sarah Rudlang
Sports story
Maddie MacFarlane
Multimedia use
Sarah Rudlang
Multimedia use
Sarah Rudlang
Contest judges reviewed more than 4,200 entries in college and professional categories.
- View the college winners (PDF)
- View the professional winners (PDF)
Since 1924, University Chronicle has been St. Cloud State’s student-run campus newspaper. A dozen print versions are published each year.
Tim Hennagir is the newspaper’s adviser. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Mass Communications Department and editor of the Monticello Times, a weekly newspaper in southeastern Wright County.
Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) is the voluntary trade association of Minnesota’s general-interest newspapers. MNA represents its members in the Legislature and courts, manages newspaper advertising placement, operates a press-release service and enhances the quality of the state’s newspapers.
