The Yellow Jacket (newspaper)
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| Student produced since 1924 | |
| File:Yellow Jacket newspaper.jpg | |
| Type | Student Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Waynesburg University |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Headquarters | 51 W College St. Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370 |
| City | Waynesburg, Pa |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 1,200 weekly |
| Website | www |
The Yellow Jacket is the student newspaper for Waynesburg University. The newspaper is produced entirely by Waynesburg University students and is incorporated into many classes within the university's Department of Communication.[1] The Yellow Jacket features news on campus and community news, student opinion, coverage of the Presidents' Athletic Conference sports teams, and other topics of student or faculty interest. The Yellow Jacket publishes weekly during the academic year in print[2] and online.[3] The newspaper has been published under the Yellow Jacket nameplate since 1924, though student newspapers at Waynesburg University (then Waynesburg College) date back to 1894. Federal Judge John Clark Knox served as the first student editor of the first student newspaper at Waynesburg College.
The Yellow Jacket is a member of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and is affiliated with the Waynesburg University student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Awards and nominations
The student staff of the Yellow Jacket has been recognized several times by the Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence competition. In addition to individual or team awards, the newspaper has been a regional finalist for the Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper award in 2004, 2005, 2013,[4] and 2014.[5][6]
In 2015, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association recognized the Yellow Jacket with three 2015 Student Keystone Press Awards in Division II, the category for four-year colleges and universities with enrollment under 10,000 students within the commonwealth. The Yellow Jacket’s PNA awards include first place in the category "Ongoing News Coverage"; first place in the "Feature Story" category; and an honorable mention for sports story.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Department of Communication". waynesburg.edu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "ISSUU: Yellow Jacket". Issuu.com.
- ^ "The Yellow Jacket". Yellow Jacket. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Student newspaper named regional winner". waynesburg.edu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Athens, Ohio". www.spj.org. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Yellow Jacket lauded with SPJ and PNA awards". waynesburg.edu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "2015 Student Keystone Winners - Division II" (PDF). www.panewsmedia.org. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Yellow Jacket lauded with SPJ and PNA awards". waynesburg.edu.