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WKNC, DJ named among ‘best’ by ‘Indy’
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 Weekly stopped [...]
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WKNC named ‘Best Radio Station’
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. Pierre [...]
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Technician staffers win SCJ awards
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 including [...]
Teaching about Service Learning through photography
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
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 awards, representing [...]
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WKNC to make program available as podcast
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, philosophy and [...]
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Agromeck named finalist for top national award
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 [...]
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Agromeck, Windhover to receive top national award
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 yearbooks published [...]
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Agromeck, Windhover to receive top national award
In addition, WKNC was a finalist in a national competition and the Technician podcast broadcast on WKNC received recognition
At the national convention of the Associated Collegiate Press, College Media Advisers and College Broadcasters, Inc. in Washington, D.C. Oct 25-28, the NCSU Student Media received national recognition and students attending the conference did everything from participate in [...]
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Wilson honored for service to scholastic journalism