Congrats to the Ithacan and WICB!

This just in from Ithacan Editor Erica Hendry from the Society of Professional Journalists Region 1 conference in Portland:

The Ithacan was awarded the First Place Mark of Excellence Award for Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper.

Erin Geismar was awarded Second Place Mark of Excellence Awards in both the In-Depth Reporting and Feature Writing categories.

Emma Strachman and Michael Vasios received a Third Place Mark of Excellence Awards in the Feature Photography category.

And in radio:
Chris Baxter was awarded the First Place Mark of Excellence Award for Radio News Reporting.
Rob Schroeder was awarded the Second Place Mark of Excellence Award for Radio Sports Reporting.

Congratulations to everybody who works so hard to make our student media the best in the country...year after year after year....

Hurrah!