JRN 200: A Message From The J-School, Part 2

Please help spread the word in your classes about a new campuswide journalism contest. The Best of MSU Journalism Awards, sponsored by the MSU chapter of SPJ, is designed to promote and recognize quality journalism produced by MSU students. Learn more or enter work at www.bestofmsu.com.

The contest is modeled on SPJ's national Mark of Excellence Awards, and first-place winners of the campus contest will be given financial aid from proceeds to enter the MOE contest. We hope this will help provide a strong pool of MSU entries for SPJ's national contest - as well as other journalism contests.

Entries must have been published during 2013 and entrants must have been enrolled as MSU students at the time of publication. Work published at campus student media outlets, in classroom laboratories such as Capital News Service and JRN 300, and at professional media outlets while on internships is eligible. All entries must be submitted in a digital format.

There are categories for reporters, designers, videographers and photographers, for work published by newspapers, magazines, radio programs, television program and online news sites.

Entries are $1 each for SPJ members and $2 each for non-members, and the contest is open to all majors. The deadline to enter is Dec. 6.

Entries will be judged by members of the SPJ Mid-Michigan Pro Chapter, other professional journalists and maybe by some of you! We aim to announce winners by mid-January, in time to help winners get into the Mark of Excellence Awards.

If you or your students have any questions about this contest, please don't hesitate to contact me. We hope this contest becomes a great campus tradition that brings together all of our student journalists!

Thanks!

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Jeremy W. Steele, Executive Director
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association o mipamsu.org
Michigan State University School of Journalism Communication Arts & Sciences Building, Room 338
Postal Address: 404 Wilson Road, Room 305 o East Lansing, MI 48824

Office: 517-353-6761Fax: 517-355-7710