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WKNC receives Indies Arts Award

By timo | Published: July 23, 2008

Steve Salevan, local music director for WKNC 88.1 FM, was honored as one of six recipients of The Independent Weekly’s annual Indies Arts Award. According to the July 16 edition of The Independent Weekly, “All of our honorees devote a significant portion of their energies—and their mission—to bringing the arts to our community.” On the [...]

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Wilson honored for service to scholastic journalism

By timo | Published: June 24, 2008

CHAPEL HILL – Bradley Wilson, coordinator of student media advising at N.C. State University, has been awarded the Kay Phillips Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association. The award, named in honor of the first full-time director of the association, recognizes two individuals each year who have supported the state’s scholastic journalism [...]

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WKNC, DJ named among ‘best’ by ‘Indy’

By timo | Published: June 13, 2008

N.C. State’s student radio station took dual honors in The Independent Weekly ‘s annual “Best of the Triangle” reader survey. WKNC 88.1 was voted best radio station, earning a top slot for the fourth straight year. Sam McGuire, on the air as Bigfatsac, was a finalist for best radio DJ. Leslie Evans from The Independent [...]

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WKNC named ‘Best Radio Station’

By timo | Published: June 4, 2008

WKNC 88.1 FM once again earned bragging rights as “Best Radio Station” in the Triangle, as voted by the readers of The Independent Weekly . This marks the fifth straight year the student-run station has taken top honors. Wythe Josey of The Independent Weekly presented the award to assistant indie rock music director Jenna St. [...]

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Technician staffers win SCJ awards

By timo | Published: May 5, 2008

The Society for Collegiate Journalists confirmed winners for the 2008 contest, although some winners were announced at it’s biennial convention held March 13 – 15 at Barton College in Wilson, N.C. Four NCSU students were among the students recognized. In addition to the individual recognition, the Technician placed first for overall excellence in the category [...]

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Teaching about Service Learning through photography

By timo | Published: April 24, 2008

With a grant from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Foundation, the NCSU Student Media photography staff set out to teach students about service learning and have them use that knowledge to document a service learning project taking place in their community. After training young photographers in the basics of photography and explaining what makes a [...]

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Agromeck staffers win 11 national, individual awards

By timo | Published: April 10, 2008

The staff of the 2007 Agromeck yearbook received 11 national Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. According to CSPA, “Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either print or online media.” According to CSPA, about 1,496 [...]

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WKNC to make program available as podcast

By timo | Published: February 19, 2008

WKNC 88.1 FM, the student radio station at North Carolina State University, made its weekly public affairs program, “Failure to Refrain,” available as a podcast on Feb. 20. CLICK HERE for the online feed. Jeff Horn, a senior in economics, started “Failure to Refrain,” a program centered on economics and its impact on politics, law, [...]

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Agromeck named finalist for top national award

By timo | Published: February 13, 2008

The Associated Collegiate Press announced Feb. 12, that the NCSU Agromeck yearbook is one of 15 finalists for the national Pacemaker award, one of two top national awards given to college media. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced earlier in the year that the same book, the 2007 edition, would receive a national Crown Award [...]

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Agromeck, Windhover to receive top national award

By timo | Published: December 17, 2007

N.C. State’s student yearboook, the Agromeck, and its literary and arts magazine,Windhover, will be recognized with a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association this coming spring. “This award indicates that your publication ranks among the best in student journalism,” said Edmund Sullivan, executive director of CSPA. A total of 1,882 newspaper, magazines and [...]

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