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Show 4 | MyWeberMedia.com | April 19, 2018 GENERALLY EXCELLENT The Signpost celebrates superiority at Utah Press Association Awards By THE SIGNPOST The Signpost took home 17 awards, including General Excellence in Group Five, at the Utah Press Association awards banquet April 14. The Signpost received seven first-place awards, three second-place awards and seven third-place awards for work published in 2017, including the award for general excellence. The only first-place award for writing was the column “Suicide’s imprint” by copy editor Daryn Steed. Steed’s column won first prize for best editor’s column over those written by students from Utah State University and Utah State University-Eastern. Various Signpost writers worked together to earn a pair of second-place prizes and one third-place. The staff was given second-place awards for best community event for the story “Block Party brings out heroes” and for best news coverage. Multiple authors were awarded third place for best feature series for the now-defunct “Signpost Profiles” created by former photography editor Emily Crooks, in which staffers profiled students about their lives at Weber State. The third-place award for best general news story went to Rachel Badali for her investigative news story on the local prison system, “Incarceration instead of medical care.” Sports editor Harrison Epstein received the final writing award in the best sports column category for the column “A tryout story: Aim for the stars, land among the bleachers.” The only first-place prize for photography came by photo editor Joshua Wineholt for his photo of Weber State football wide receiver TyJuan Prince from the team’s season opener against Montana Western University. Wineholt’s win was for best sports photograph. The staff received three third-place awards for photography: best feature photograph, best news photograph and best photo page. Feature photo was Dalton Fladro’s front page photo from Weber’s Got Talent. The other two awards both went to the photo page “Cultures collide under colorful sky,” created by Wineholt and graphic designer Madison Osborn. After the writing and photography awards were handed out, the committee began to name the winners of advertising and design awards. The Signpost brought in five first-place awards in these categories and one second-place prize. Designer Erik Bremer’s advertisement for Dr. D.A. Graham’s speech at Weber State won the best use of ad color and best staff-produced ad. The 2017 Waldo’s World ad, which was produced by several members of the staff, was given the best in- house self promotion, best circulation promotion and best advertising idea awards. The second-place prize went to graphics editor Maddy Van Orman for best lifestyle page, “Women’s Center confidentiality status furthers fight against sexual assault,” written by former news reporter Briana Whatcott. Van Orman and the graphics staff won first place in best in-house self promotion for the Waldo’s World campaign. To top off the night, The Signpost was awarded third place for the newspaper’s website, signpost.mywebermedia.com. The Signpost ended up receiving general excellence in Group Five. The other newspapers to receive general excellence were the Emery County Progress, the Sun Advocate, Iron County Today and the Daily Herald. The Signpost won first place in General Excellence out of all the college newspapers in the state. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com The Signpost |