Celebrating Journalism

Strong Showing by The Advocate

On Friday, May 2, 11 Advocate staff members traveled to Albany, Oregon’s Linn-Benton Community College campus for the annual ONPA (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association) Collegiate Day Conference.

Following breakout seminar sessions led by professional journalists, awards were presented to two- and four-year college and university newspapers across the state for exemplary work done in the calendar year of 2024.

The half-day seminar included lunch, and prior to the announcement of the awards, there were three breakout sessions led by professional journalists, including a focus on feature writing with Samantha Swindler of The Oregonian; photojournalism with Andy Cripe, and beat reporting with Penny Rosenberg, Lee Enterprises regional editor for the Albany Democrat-Herald, the Corvallis Gazette-Times, and the Longview (Washington) Daily News.

As for the 2024 competition, The Advocate placed in 18 categories, including five first-place awards, for best special section, writing, series, review, and feature photo.

Below is the list of all the awards, along with some of the team who made it happen.

S. Cousins

Community Editor. Interim News Editor / A&E Editor