Daily Cardinal Columnist Wins National Writing Award
Congratulations to The Daily Cardinal's sports columnist and incoming managing editor Nico Savidge, who won the National Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Award in sports column writing:
Sports Column Writing
National Winner: “Savidge Nation,” Nico Savidge, The Daily Cardinal , University of Wisconsin-Madison
Read columns online [opens in new window]First-place national winners will be recognized at the Excellence in Journalism 2011 conference Sept. 25-27 in New Orleans.
Daily Cardinal Wins SPJ Awards
INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award winners for the 2010 calendar year. This year, the contest received almost 4,000 entries.
The honorees were awarded certificates on April 9 during the Region 6 SPJ Spring Conference held in Bloomington, Minn. First place regional winners will advance to the national round of judging. National winners will be announced in early May.
The Cardinal's winners were:
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
• Second Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Editorial Writing
• Third Place: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Feature Writing
• Second Place: The Daily Cardinal Features Entry – by Allison Dirr, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sports Column Writing
• First Place: Nico Savidge, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Second Place: Ben Breiner, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Congratulations!
Forsmo Family Announces UW/Cardinal Art Scholarship
On Saturday, March 12, James Forsmo, Daily Cardinal graphics editor in Fall 1981 and 1984, passed away.
The DCAA is working with his widow, Sharon Ely Forsmo, also a Cardinal alumna, and the UW Foundation to create a benefit in his name.
The James J. Forsmo Art Scholarship would be a one-year scholarship for art students at the UW, with preference for those working at the Daily Cardinal. The UW Foundation will manage the fund and the amount and number of scholarships will depend upon the amount raised. The minimum that would need to be raised is $10,000 to endow a $1,000 annual scholarship (a matching fund scholarship with the Wisconsin Alumni Association).
The fundraising is starting with the sale of a poster that Jim designed. This poster can be purchased through the DCAA on this site. Of the cost, $25 will go to the scholarship and the rest toward shipping and handling.
Sharon will be holding a live silent art auction in Phoenix at First Studio on April 9. The DCAA hopes to follow this with an online art auction on eBay the following week through the end of the month. More information on the art auction will be forthcoming.
Any Cardinal alumni artists or photographers interested in donating work should contact us at +1 877 THE DCAA (843 3222) or dcaa@dailycardinal.net for more information.