Congrats to the Mark of Excellence winners in Region 7!

We couldn’t be more proud of our midwestern student journalists in their showing in the annual Mark of Excellence Awards at SPJ! The full press release from SPJ National is below, but we’d especially like to congratulate local winners from The Alestle at SIUE and Vox Magazine and KBIA at the University of Missouri on…

Congratulations to the Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award winners!

The Region 7 Mark of Excellence awards were presented via a Zoom ceremony on Monday, April 22. St. Louis Pro president Elizabeth Donald and Region 7 coordinator Loretta McGraw announced the list of winners and finalists, which included students from universities across five midwestern states. The awards were presented online following the cancellation of the…

SIUE’s Alestle staff wins 17 state awards

The Alestle won 17 awards at the recent Illinois College Press Association’s Convention and Awards in Chicago. The publication ranks third in the top student news orgs in the state — improving upon its position in the most competitive division that it joined two years ago. After a reorganization of ICPA divisions two years ago,…

Congratulations to the SIUE Alestle!

The Alestle wins big in national college media competitions The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student news organization, recently won several national awards during the 102nd annual Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association National College Media Convention. This year marks the most national awards that The Alestle was nominated for and received. For the first time…