On The Edge News

On The Edge is proud to announce we have earned six awards at the 2019 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest. Three of the awards are first-place. 

Awards

First place: Breaking News Reporting for the series “Planned Parenthood controversy divides Catholic college” (Alyssa Allemand, editor; Robin Gee, media editor; Anna Hansen, assistant editor; Jena Emmert, reporter)

The judges left comments for some of the awards. They congratulated OTE, saying, “On The Edge reporters were diligent in following this story. They avoided the ‘he-said, she-said’ of it and reported the real issue. The writing was clear and organized.”

First place: Arts and Entertainment Story for “Gina Adams art exhibit exposes injustices done to indigenous peoples” (Mimi Wells, reporter; Alyssa Allemand, editor; Robin Gee, media editor) 

First place: Page Design for April 2019 issue (Robin Gee, media editor; Alyssa Allemand, editor) 

“The use of the faceless photos is very clever” said the judges. “Brings home the point.”

Second place: In-Depth Story for the series “Edgewood College plans for restructuring, layoffs” (Alyssa Allemand, editor; Robin Gee, media editor; Anna Hansen, assistant editor; Jena Emmert, reporter) 

“On the Edge News did a great job staying on top of layoffs and program cuts at their school. They covered all their bases and included many sources in the series,” the judges said. 

Third place: General Excellence 

The judges said On The Edge is a “very professional and well put together publication” with “great local content written very well.”

Third place: Use of Multimedia for “Students protest Planned Parenthood link removal” (Robin Gee, media editor; Jena Emmert, reporter; Alyssa Allemand, editor) 

Banquet

The conference was scheduled to be held in Pewaukee, Wis., on March 20 but was cancelled because of COVID-19. OTE staff planned to attend the luncheon where the awards would have been presented.

WNAF is still working on rescheduling the conference. “The WNA Foundation looks forward to celebrating in person with our state’s fantastic student journalists again soon,” they said in the press release.

Thanks

OTE is grateful we can share these awards with the Edgewood community before the academic year ends in just over a week. We spent late nights and early mornings working on these stories so you, the students, faculty and staff at Edgewood College, could seek out truth.

We are honored to accept these awards for our efforts, but we know that our work is so much more important than just plaques and certificates. Our work this year has proven the importance of the Edgewood College values: truth, partnership, community, justice and compassion. It takes a group of people — reporters, editors, interviewees and readers alike — staying dedicated to these values for change to happen.

Thank you to all who make our journalism not only possible, but worthy of such awards. We make this campus, and we can know the truth about it.