Broadside Wins Best Website
Student-run newspaper receives multiple honors from the Pacific Northwest Association
of Journalism Educators’ student contest
Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) student-run newspaper, The Broadside, recently took top honors in the best website category for two-year colleges at the
Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators’ (PNAJE) annual student contest.
The paper also received two second-place awards, two third-place awards and three
honorable mentions in the categories of writing, photography and graphic design. The
contest is open to two- and four-year schools in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Alaska.
“An exceptional combination of strong writing, deep sourcing and compelling visuals
pushed The Broadside to first place,” said Beth Slovic, president of the PNAJE and
a journalism professor at Clark College in Washington, of the website award, the only
category that recognizes a publication’s work as a whole. “The students’ achievement
with adviser Teresa Ristow is especially noteworthy given they had to rebuild their
program from the ground up just a few years ago.”
Having shuttered in 2018 due to waning student participation and readership, the long-running
student paper — first published in 1952 — underwent a series of changes at the recommendation
of a COCC task force, relaunching two years ago with a digital-only format and recently
receiving approval from college administrators to continue its publishing operations.
Award winners:
Best website, 1st place
News/feature/sports photo, 2nd place, Roman Russell
Portrait photography, 2nd place, Marvin Walder
Photo essay, 3rd place, Marvin Walder
Best use of media storytelling, 3rd place, Marvin Walder
Feature reporting, Honorable mention, Marvin Walder
Photo illustration/graphics, Honorable mention, Miina McCown
Personality profile, Honorable mention, Ayla Adkins
