The Observer named best daily in Indiana
By ANN MARIE MATTINGLY
News Editor
The Observer was recognized as 1999 Newspaper of the Year at the Indiana Collegiate Press Association's annual conference Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.
The staff of the Star-Gazette in Elmira, N.Y, judged the newspaper entries.
"Impressive newspaper with strong quality writing on both serious issues and lighter features and sports," wrote the judges. "Students have clearly mastered the basics of journalism in both words and visual presentation. This is a newspaper [of] which the Notre Dame and [Saint] Mary's community should be proud."
The association also recognized Dome as the second place yearbook and Scholastic Magazine as the second place magazine in the news magazine category.
The Observer won awards for the best single issue and the best special issue in addition to several individual category winners.
In writing, Observer staffers Michelle Krupa, Shannon Ryan, Laura Petelle and Colleen Gaughen won first place for best staff editorial, while Krupa and the 1999-2000 Edit-orial Board won second place in the same category. Petelle and Ryan took first and second place, respectively, for best column, and Finn Pressly, Tim Logan, Christine Kraly, Krupa and Petelle earned third place for best news story.
Staffers Brian Kessler and Tim Casey took the first place award for best sports story, while Kathleen O'Brien and Casey garnered second and third place awards, respectively, for best sports feature. Geoffrey Rahie and Joey Leniski took the top two awards in the category of best entertainment review.
In the design categories, Mark DeBoy earned second place for the best feature page or spread. Staffers Kevin Dalum, Kessler, Casey, O'Brien and Bill Hart tied with a second Observer entry by Kessler, Mike Connolly, Casey, Anthony Bianco and Hart for top honors in the best sports page or spread category.
John Daily took third place in the category of best news photo, while Dalum won both first and third place in the best sports photo category. Daily, Jeff Hsu and Dalum won first place for best photo essay or picture story. Cartoonist Jeffrey Beam earned first place in both the best editorial cartoon and best comic strip categories.
Ball State University and Indiana University came in second and third, respectively, in the competition, which is for college newspapers that publish three or more times per week.
All News Stories for Monday, April 3, 2000
