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'OGB' brings home regional, national excellence awards
Old Gold and Black Staff report

The Old Gold and Black has recently been in the journalistic spotlight, receiving two national awards for excellence from separate media organizations.

The ‘OGB’ received a first place Society of Professional Journalist’s "Mark of Excellence" award April 27 in region two competition for Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper, published weekly or at least monthly.

At the Associated Collegiate Press National College Summer Convention, the ‘OGB’ was awarded third place in Best of Show.

The SPJ Virginia chapter hosted this year’s ceremony to recognize outstanding college journalism. Senior Lisa Hoppenjans, managing editor, and junior Elizabeth Bland, news editor, accepted the award on behalf of the staff at a ceremony in Fredericksburg, Va. The region two award considers college newspaper, radio, television and online submissions from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.

Winners were chosen from over 260 entries in 41 categories. First-place winners will go on to be judged nationally, and national finalists will be honored at the SPJ National Convention Sept. 12-14 in Fort Worth, Texas.

"The staff works hard every week to put out a newspaper, so it’s nice to have all our time and effort validated with an award," Bland said.

"It’s nice to know someone took notice of all our hard work," senior Phil Glynn, the perspectives editor, said.

Other institutions that participated in the event included the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia and Howard University.

The ACP summer convention was held Aug. 1-4 in Washington, D.C. and featured several workshops and speakers on writing, design, and management. Senior Will Wingfield, editor in chief, and sophomore Tom Clark, news editor, attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf of the OGB.

Convention Best of Show awards are on-site competitions open only to those publications attending and are awarded based on content, writing, layout, design, and photography. Best of Show entries consist of one issue of a newspaper from the previous academic year.

"It was great to see how our newspaper compared to student publications from other top colleges around the country," Clark said, "The workshops and speakers were very helpful and I am looking forward to putting new ideas into the paper this year."

The 81st Annual ACP National College Media Convention will be held Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 in Orlando, Fla. Several representatives of the OGB plan to attend the conference where the National Pacemaker awards, the ACP’s highest honors, will be given out.