Portland Part One

One week ago today, a group of us at the Evergreen headed to Portland for the regional Society of Professional Journalists conference.

Part One: Friday

The journey began early in the morning with three staffers each in two cars. The drive was long and not particularly pleasant. I have nothing else to say about it.

The other car arrived at Victor's house (where we were staying) first. My driver got a bit lost and we arrived about a half an hour later. We changed our clothes and Brian hogged the iron. We then headed to the awards banquet. The Evergreen picked up seven awards, 3 for columns, 3 for photos, and one for breaking news reporting. Much my horror, The Daily from UW won best student newspaper.

Conference organizers tried to get the 30 people or so at the banquet to mingle, but we would have none of it. We left after the awards and walked to the mall so Melanie and I could take advantage of no sales tax. We both bought dresses. When the boys had enough, we returned to Victor's.

Staff Awards again (Toot Toot)

I am still not above telling others about my accomplishments. Expect a post like this once a semester until I leave the paper. My Fall 2007 staff awards:

Most likely to achieve future Evergreen glory

Newsroom dweller (apparently me living in the newsroom hasn't gone unnoticed)

Most helpful

Outstanding underclassman

Most likely to find her phone dead in a ditch (I always leave my phone in the newsroom while I'm at class and everybody hates my ring tone)

Also, I am returning next semester as News editor. It's unusual to hold the same position two semesters in a row, but not really that unusual for me since I'm not a fan of change.

Last semester's awards here

My Awards

I am not above telling others of my accomplishments. This is why I am willing to share all of the Spring 2007 staff awards I received from The Daily Evergreen. I was awarded the following:

Outstanding Rookie

Reporter of the Semester

Most likely to achieve future Evergreen glory

and

Outstanding Underclassman (For this award, my name gets added to a plaque in our hallway.)

I am very pleased. Though I would still spend all my free time in the newsroom, it's nice to know that all my work doesn't go unnoticed. Tonight we are putting together the very last issue of this semester. It is both satisfying and a little bit sad to be at the end, but I have thoroughly enjoyed this semester. Now that newspaper is done, I shall also have more time for blogging and reading and all those other free time activities I can never seem to get to.