Monday, December 11, 2023

ACCOLADES FOR THE PINE NEEDLE STUDENT NEWSPAPER

2022 SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS  

REGION 2 MARK OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS  

The Winners advanced to the National Competition 

Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper (Small) Finalist: The Pine Needle — by staff and Managing Editor Anayah Peterson. The Pine Needle Homecoming IssueMay 6, 2021 Spring Compilation. 

General News Photography (small schools) Mahala Treish winner. March Honors Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 

Alyssa Hernandez, finalist. Vanilla Ice Homecoming Show 

Zachary Young, finalist. Native Youth Roadside Cleanup 

Sports Photography (small schools).  Andrew Thrift winner. National finalist. UNCP Military Appreciation at Football 

Andrew Thrift, Finalist. UNCP Soccer Alexis Pittman. 

Andrew Thrift, Finalist. UNCP Basketball. 

General Reporting (small schools). Zachary Young, finalistTown of Pembroke Awarded 5.2 Million DoT grant 

Sports Writing (small schools). Mahala Treish, finalist. 

2022 North Carolina College Media ConferenceUNC Chapel Hill. “Best of Show” Zack Young, Anayah Peterson and staff.  Honorable Mention, Feature Writing, Zack Young. Honorable Mention: 1 or 2-page layout, Andrew Thrift. 

2022 AMERICAN SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLASTIC NEWSPAPER COMPETITION. 1st Place – The Pine Needle 

– Outstanding Sports Photography Andrew Thrift for Alexis Pittman soccer photo 

 

THE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS  

2019-2020 Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The World’s largest and most comprehensive environmental journalism competition.  

3rd Place “Hurricanes Spawn a Flood of Problems.” Jessica Horne, Tyana Morris Emberton, Alex Smith, Sadira Bacchus and Jonathan Miller

 

2020 ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention. “Best of Show.” Zack Young, Anayah Peterson and staff. 

 

2020 North Carolina College Media Conference. East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. Mentored student newspaper staff and facilitated entry of their work into the competition. Attended awards banquet where the staff members received two honorable mentions. 

2020 AMERICAN SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION Scholastic Newspaper Awards. Category Colleges and universities enrollment over 2,501:  2nd Place 

2019 NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION. Statewide College Media Awards. NCA&T Greensboro. Large Campuses over 6,800: 

–  Honorable mention in Sports Writing “Braves Track Club’s Second Anniversary.” 

– 3rd Place for Single- or Two-Page Design “Hurricanes Spawn a Flood of Problems.” 

– Honorable Mention for Single- or Two-Page Design “Who did it? PAC hosts Murder Mystery Dinner.”  

2018 NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION.  Statewide College Media Awards. Large Campuses over 6,800: 

– Honorable Mention Illustration/ Graphic “Parks’ Punts.” 

– Honorable Mention 

 

PINE NEEDLE STAFF

Editor in Chief

Raven Hanning

Managing Editor

Sports Editor

Zack Ciboth

Entertainment Editor

Victor Mays

Photo Editor

Andrew Thrift

Web Editor

Bryan Ndum

Social Media Manager

Andrew Thrift

Graphic Artist

Photographer

Reporters

Jalayna Pough
Jayden Berkin
Chantal Fountain

Adviser/Instructor

Dr. Darlene W. Natale

To contact the Pine Needle directly, please email us at pineneedle.news@uncp.edu or email the editor at rmh025@bravemail.uncp.edu

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