Observer takes top honors at ACP national convention
ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY
News Editor
The Observer took home its first ever Newspaper of the Year award Sunday from the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP).
"This was the result of many long hours in the office four our staff and is proof that The Observer is continuing it's long legacy of excellence," said Noreen Gillespie, managing editor of The Observer.
Editor in Chief Mike Connolly echoed Gillespie's praise of The Observer's staff.
"It's nice for the entire staff to be recognized for all the hard work that so many people put into the paper," he said.
The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association and is the oldest and largest organization for college student media in the United States. Founded in 1921, the ACP today has nearly 800 members, including close to 600 student newspapers.
The Newspaper of the Year award is presented annually at the ACP's National College Newspaper Convention. The Observer won in the category of newspapers produced by students at four-year colleges that publish more than once a week.
Second place went to the Indiana Daily Student, the collegiate paper of Indiana University, while the University of California-Berkeley's Daily Californian earned third place.
The Observer won third place honors from the ACP in 1997 and 1999 and has won Division I Newspaper of the Year accolades from the Indiana Collegiate Press Association every year since 1996.
All News Stories for Monday, February 26, 2001
