Mitch Sherman, a former senior sports reporter, won first place among sports story entries for his profile of NU Men's Gymnastics Coach Francis Allen last fall. This entire campus can be proud, too. The Daily Nebraskan won its first Pacemaker Award for general excellence of a student publication at the National College Media Convention here Saturday. Fla. Pacemaker Awards have been given to college publications since the 1920s. Publications are asked to submit issues from specific dates of the last academic year.
Professional journalists judge the entries based on content, design and overall quality.
Chris Hain, Daily Nebraskan editor during the 1995-1996 year, said the award reflected on an experienced, committed staff. During his year as editor, Hain said that the Daily Nebraskan started with an experienced fall staff. They took pride in their work. We had people who cared about the newspaper and it showed. The efforts of the Daily Nebraskan's staff were matched up against about 75 entries.