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ISU's Indy Newspaper Win First-Place Journalism Prize in National |
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by Indy
Email: indynews (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified!)
Address: http://indy.pabn.org |
16 May 2002
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In its first year of existence, the Indy, the independent student newspaper at Illinois State University, has won a first-place prize in a national journalism competition. The Indy received first place in the "Hellraising" category of the Campus Alternative Journalism Awards for its articles on the use of sweatshops to make ISU apparel and corporate hog factory farms in central Illinois. |
ISU's Indy Newspaper Win First-Place Journalism Prize in National Competition
In its first year of existence, the Indy, the independent student newspaper at Illinois State University, has won a first-place prize in a national journalism competition. The Indy received first place in the "Hellraising"
category of the Campus Alternative Journalism Awards for its articles on the use of sweatshops to make ISU apparel and corporate hog factory farms in central Illinois.
The Campus Alternative Journalism Awards are run every year by the Campus Alternative Journalism Project (CAJP), a national support network of over 100 social justice-oriented student publications. The CAJP is a sponsored
project of the Independent Press Association, a nonprofit membership organization of independent publications committed to social justice and a free press.
Other cover stories in the Indy this past year included "Free Taye!" (2/22/02), about ISU alum Dr. Taye Wolde-Semayat, who was freed from prison by Ethiopian officials this month after a campaign by ISU students and
faculty on his behalf.
The Indy was founded in August, 2001 to provide an alternative voice at ISU and in Bloomington-Normal. This fall, the Indy will continue to expand by publishing weekly, and increase its investigative reporting about ISU and the local community.
The Indy's website is http://indy.pabn.org
Contact:
Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Campus Alternative Journalism Project, 415/643-4401
x118, cajp (at) indypress.org
John Wilson, co-editor, the Indy, 309-452-2006, indynews (at) hotmail.com |
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Congratulations! |
by ML
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16 May 2002
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Congrats on this award. Your publication is an excellent example of the power and promise of independent student media and independent media in general. |
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Congratulations! |
by Michael Feltes
mfeltes (nospam) ucimc.org (unverified) |
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16 May 2002
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The Indy is a tremendous paper, and I hope that more cross-pollination with it is in the offing. |
