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Orange Media Network students have received three regional wins and several finalist honors from the Society of Professional Journalists.
SPJ Region 10, which is composed of chapters in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, recognizes the best in collegiate journalism. The awards were announced April 19.
OMN received wins for Best Ongoing Student Magazine (Beaver's Digest), Photo Illustration (Fern Barber, "Warning signs of abusive relationships") and Data Visualization (Alan Nguyen, "Possession laws in Oregon"). The three entries will be advanced to the national competition, results of which will be announced later this spring.
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OMN also had a finalist placing in the Photo Illustration category by Jason May and Ashton Bisner of The Daily Barometer for "127th Rivalry Game" .
Emma Coke, editor in chief of Beaver's Digest, said she was happy to hear of the award and credited training and work at OMN with inspiring her to apply for the leadership position. The Portland resident will graduate this summer with a degree in marine studies and will spend the summer as an intern with an online news site in Ashland through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. She said she hopes to work as an environmental journalist as a career.
"(Through OMN) I feel I gained confidence as a writer and as a person, which led me to think about becoming editor in chief," she said.
Other OMN Region 10 finalists:
General Column Writing: Alexander Banks, "Firing Lane," The Daily Barometer
Science/Environment/Climate Reporting: AJ Damiana, "At the end of the rainbow," Beaver's Digest
Wes Flow, "OSU archaeologists unearth oldest projectile points found to date in the Americas," The Daily Barometer
Sports Writing: Ryan Harlan and Wes Flow, "OSU track & field icon Dick Fosbury dies at 76," The Daily Barometer
Feature Photography: Madison Taylor, "Common Koi and their pond in the Corvallis," Beaver's Digest, Best of Beaver Nation
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Orange Media Network is a national award-winning student media program at Oregon State University. It is home to six student-run mediums: The Daily Barometer, the student newspaper; Beaver's Digest, the lifestyle magazine; DAMchic, the fashion magazine; Prism, the arts and literature magazine; KBVR-FM, the student radio station; and KBVR-TV, the student TV station. Photography, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Creative graphic design support the six mediums to inform, entertain and engage the OSU community.
