The Daily Reveille won Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2010 Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards, SPJ announced Monday.
The Daily Reveille beat The Daily Beacon of the University of Tennessee (second place) and The Daily Mississippian of the University of Mississippi (third place) for the award.
The Daily Reveille’s website, lsureveille.com, also won Best Affiliated Web Site for Region 12. Legacy Magazine claimed second place for Best Student Magazine.
Both top awards come after The Daily Reveille revamped its print and online design, added blogs and other online features as well as an iPhone app.
Other Reveille first-place winners include staff photographer Martin McCallister for Breaking News Photography, and chief staff writer Matthew Albright for Breaking News Reporting.
Other honorees include: Brianna Paciorka (third place, Feature Photography); Zach Breaux (second place, General News Photography); Adam Vaccarella (third place, Photo Illustration);  Daily Reveille Editorial Board (third place, Editorial Writing); Rob Landry (second place, Sports Writing); Daily Reveille staff (second place, Online News Reporting); and Lauren Langlois (second place, Radio Feature).
SPJ gives regional awards each year for excellence in
collegiate journalism.
First place region winners advance to the national round of judging, and national awards will be announced in May.
Region 12 also includes the University of Arkansas, Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech University, the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University, among others.
The contest received almost 4,000 entries, according to a news release. The Region 12 winners received their certificates at a conference on Sunday.
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