Issue: Spring 2016 | Posted: April 25, 2016

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C&C again named top college magazine in Southeast

Union’s student news publication, the Cardinal & Cream, won eight awards in the 2015 Best of the South competition sponsored by the Southeast Journalism Conference, including first place for both best college magazine and best public service journalism.

The annual conference, held Feb. 18-20 at Austin Peay State University, draws journalism students from more than 45 member colleges and universities in all states across the Southeast.

It was the second straight year for the Cardinal & Cream to take top honors for best college magazine.

“I feel like our writing is showing increasing depth, maturity and focus as our students are really pushing themselves to work beyond ‘obvious’ story ideas and really create the kinds of articles they would choose to read,” said Ted Kluck, assistant professor of communication arts and Cardinal & Cream adviser. “I was especially proud of our Public Service Journalism award, as it highlights some of the creative friendships we’ve been able to cultivate with faculty and students at Lane College.”

In the Cardinal & Cream’s informal partnership with Lane College, Lane students and their professor, Siobahn Stiles, occasionally come to Monday meetings on the Union campus with the C&C staff. Kluck said the C&C staff also hopes to help Lane start its own student newspaper.