Two Breezers win kudos for work on LMU paper
Two Daily Breeze staff members played key roles in improvements to The Los Angeles Loyolan, the student-run newspaper at Loyola Marymount University, that helped the paper win the 2007 Newspaper Pacemaker award for exceptional college journalism. The paper won the award for the first time in its 86-year history.
Natalie Nordseth, a copy editor and designer, and Rachel Jones, a reporter with sister-publication More San Pedro, were editor in chief and opinion editor respectively.
"We're so honored to receive the award not only because it's our first time, but also because we beat out our arch-rival Pepperdine," Nordseth said.
Nordseth oversaw the paper's transition from a weekly to a twice weekly with the help of Jones. The two brought speakers to campus such as conservative pundits Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin, Democratic consultant James Carville and blogger Arianna Huffington.
They also presided over daily stories and editorials meant to provoke discussion on campus.
"I think we made people care about what was in it," Jones said Monday. "I think we made it relevant about telling them about student government and making it entertaining."
The paper won in the four-year, non-daily category based on "coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics" for the 2006-07 academic year. The college accepted the award on Oct. 27 at the National College Media Conference in Washington D.C.