John Carroll’s student newspaper, The Carroll News, set an award-winning record this year, by earning 10 national and regional awards and setting an achievement record in the paper’s 80-year history.  Recognition comes from the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for the 2004-2005 academic year.  SCJ is a national society of collegiate mass communications and the nation's oldest organization designed solely to serve college journalists. SCJ has approximately 1,200 members and 100 active chapters nationwide. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.

“It’s wonderful that these national organizations have honored our hard-working, dedicated student journalists for the high quality product they have provided the JCU community this school year. I'm very proud of our staff of reporters and editors this year,” said Robert Noll, an instructor in the Department of Communications at John Carroll University and the advisor to The Carroll News.

The John Carroll University Carroll News awards from the Society for Collegiate Journalists include:  “Newspapers,” Overall Excellence, First Place, Beth Stallings, editor-in-chief; “Editorials,” Third Place, “Our Game Plan”; “Features,” Second Place, “Battling Terror,” Beth Stallings; “Sports News,” First Place, “McConville, Ferdanez Shine,” Kevin Yanik; “Honorable Mention,” “Fantastic at the Final Four,” Kevin Yanik; “Spot News,” Third Place, Greg Hoener; “Honorable Mention,” News Story, Lisa Schwan.

At the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 4 Conference, the Carroll News Staff was honored with a Second Place, “Mark of Excellence Award” as the “Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper” and Third Place in “Sports Photography” for Kevin Yanik.

Additional honors were given to The Carroll News staff by The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, which honored Angela Yingling with a Certificate of Merit for her personal opinion column. The Jim Murray Sports Journalism Workshop honored Kevin Yanik as one of only 25 student journalists selected from across the country by the The Los Angeles Times to attend the Jim Murray Sports Journalism Workshop at the LA Times.  Finally, the National College Editors Seminar for the third consecutive year, selected a Carroll News Editor-in-Chief to attend the Management Seminar for College Newspaper Editors at the University of Georgia.  This year’s JCU attendee will be Tricia Graham.

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