Six Mile Post

Inside March 15, 2005's Issue

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Major gifts campaign underway

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'Six Mile Post' brings home awards from regional press institute in Savannah

By Lindy Dugger
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Assistant Editor

'Six Mile Post' Editor Sam Chapman poses with the SMP's awards from the Southern Regional Press Institute in February. Four members of the "Six Mile Post" and two SMP advisers recently attended the 54th annual Southern Regional Press Institute in Savannah, Ga.

The institute, which was held at Savannah State University, was Feb. 24 and 25.

The theme for this year's institute was "Visual Journalism in a Digital Age." Many other topics were also discussed at workshops as well.

Overall, the "Six Mile Post" received nine awards in the institute's newspaper contest. The "Six Mile Post" won first place overall in the Outstanding College Newspaper category in the two-year division.

"I'm very proud of all our writers," said SMP Editor Sam Chapman. "They work hard to make this newspaper the best that it can be."

Sandy Watkins received first place in the Outstanding Feature Writing category and former "Six Mile Post" writer Bobby Moore received second.

Lindy Dugger won first place in both the Outstanding Column/Editorial Writing category and the Outstanding Sports Writing category.

Former SMP writers Jason Sapp and Michael Miller received second in the categories Outstanding Column/Editorial Writing and Outstanding Sports Writing, respectively.

In the Outstanding Photography division, SMP photographers also claimed first and second places. The late Rick Climer won first and SMP Chief Photographer Josh Grubb won second.

Material submitted to the SRPI contest was from the 2004 print year.

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