The Alestle Wins American Scholastic Press Association Award
The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, won second place in the annual awards given by the American Scholastic Press Association.
The ASPA’s annual review and contest for scholastic newspapers, yearbooks and magazines compares student publications at colleges, universities and high schools around the nation. Judges base their scores on page design, story layout, graphics, headlining, style, advertising and photography, content, creativity and editing.
Points are allocated in the various competition categories based on a judge’s assessment.
In the page design and artwork categories, The Alestle scored high, in addition to scoring well overall.
The judge’s comments about Editor-in-Chief Hailey Huffines and her staff in the letter from ASPA described The Alestle staff as showing “emerging creativity and journalistic knowledge of your editors, reporters, writers, photographers, layout/graphics designers and advisor.”
The Alestle competed nationally against several other four-year school newspapers from across the country. SIUE’s student newspaper regularly wins awards in the annual Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show Awards and the annual Illinois College Press Association awards as well.
For more information about The Alestle, contact Tammy Merrett, Alestle program director at 618-650-3597.
