Saturday night, the University of Missouri-St. Louis' student newspaper, The Current, attended the annual Missouri College Media Association conference at Saint Louis University where they took home the Best in State title for the third year in the row.
The title Best in State is judged in between the four divisions of schools who won in the Best Overall category of their division.
The Current is a division one school and was up against other large universities such as University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Saint Louis University and Washington University.
At the conference, The Current was judged on submissions from 2008, in multiple categories by volunteer judges.
Former advisor for The Current, Judith Linville, was the presenter for the awards after Kent Ford could not make the ceremony.
Linville, who retired in 2008, was named as Advisor of the Year for all of her dedication to The Current and to the MCMA.
The Current took home awards in multiple categories including Feature writing, News Photography and Page One design in addition to the Best Overall and Best in State awards.
In addition to the awards ceremony that was held Saturday night, there were workshops during the day that focused on different fields in journalism that members of The Current attended.
The conference, which was based mainly out of the Busch Student Center at SLU, included a Friday night social gathering at Salsaritas and a free buffet lunch on Saturday at Vito's.
The annual awards banquet was held on Saturday night beginning at 7:00 with a cocktail hour that lead into a keynote speaker address from Margaret Freivogel, the Editor of the St. Louis Beacon, an online-only news publication. Freivogel had worked for the St. Louis Post Dispatch years before leaving to begin the Beacon.
MCMA is held yearly.
Next year it is going to be held in Kansas City.
The Current's 2009 Awards
Best in State - The Current Adviser of the Year - Judi Linville
1st Place
Best Overall Newspaper Division 1 - The Current Feature Writing - Jessica Keil News Photography - Matthew Hill Entertainment Cartoon - Elizabeth Gearhart Illustration - The Current Page One Design - The Current Feature Page - The Current Photo Page - Carrie Fasiska Best Overall Newspaper - The Current
2nd Place
Sports Column - Scott Lavelock
3rd Place
Sweepstakes (Tie with SLU) - The Current Editorial Writing - The Current Sports Page - Brian Goers
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