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25 Ways to Build an Award-Winning Newspaper Rachele Kanigel San Francisco State University [email_address]

Why should you care about awards? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

To win awards you must: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1. Train your staff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2. Network with the pros ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3. When news breaks pull out all the stops ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

4. Use public records ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

An investigative story by The Daily at the University of Washington on the university president’s salary helped the newspaper win a Pacemaker in 2010

5. Teach your reporters to mine their sources. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

6. Beef up your online edition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

After the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech the Collegiate Times published a police report on an earlier incident involving the man who shot 32 people on campus.

7. Make use of new technology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

8. Think about a redesign ,[object Object],[object Object]

9. Take a stand ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

10. Look for the unusual ,[object Object]

11. Push projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

12. Package stories well ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

13. Set up an investigative team ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

14. Encourage specialty reporting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

15. Develop your talent ,[object Object],[object Object]

16. Dare to be different ,[object Object]

16. Pay attention to ledes ,[object Object],[object Object]

17. Sweat the small stuff ,[object Object]

18. Be creative ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Indiana Daily Student won first place for Editorial/Opinion Page in the Best of Collegiate Design contest in 2009 for this opinion page.

19. Review the competition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

20. If you’ve got a good story, tell it ,[object Object]

21. Tell important stories ,[object Object],[object Object]

22. Plan to compete ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

23. Put someone in charge of contests ,[object Object]

24. Hand out your own awards ,[object Object],[object Object]

25. Enter contests ,[object Object]

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