The University Daily Kansan, Kansan.com win awards

By KANSAN

Monday, October 29, 2007

The University Daily Kansan and Kansan.com came home this weekend from the 86th annual National College Media Convention with honors. The Kansan placed as a Newspaper Pacemaker finalist, and Kansan.com was an Online Pacemaker winner in the nationally recognized contest.

The Kansan competed with more than 150 schools and universities, and 200 publications. According to the Associated Collegiate Press Web site, the Pacemaker award is based on coverage and content, writing and reporting quality, opinion page leadership, in-depth reporting, design, art and photography.

Kansan.com won an Online Pacemaker, which is judged by design, navigation ease and interactivity.

Erick R. Schmidt, Kansan editor-in-chief, said the award was a testament to all the work the entire staff put in on a daily basis. He said he was also pleased to see the Web site win a pacemaker because a lot of work had gone into updating the online version.

“With all the quality publications that were represented this week, it was an honor for both The Kansan and Kansan.com to be nominated and rewarded,” Schmidt said.

Malcolm Gibson, The Kansan general manager, said the Pacemaker was often considered one of the top awards for student media and virtually every college publication attended. Gibson said the award especially validated the work The Kansan put into Kansan.com. He said he was encouraged and proud of the web effort The Kansan continued to work on and improve.

The contest was sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press and Newspaper Association of America Foundation and was held in Washington D.C. from Oct. 24-28.

— Sasha Roe

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