The Chronicle was honored in a number of categories at the National College Media Convention held last weekend in St. Louis.
The annual event brought together hundreds of college newspapers, yearbooks and magazines for a four-day conference.
Duke's independent daily newspaper took second place in the Best in Show category for four-year daily tabloids, which honors a single issue from the current academic year.
The Chronicle submitted its Oct. 16 issue, which featured front page stories about, and campus reaction to, the "60 Minutes" episode that examined the lacrosse rape case.
"I'm incredibly proud of The Chronicle and of this year's staff in particular," said junior Ryan McCartney, editor of the paper. "We have a great team, and it's nice to see everyone's hard work recognized on a national level."
Senior Alex Fanaroff, Towerview editor, won first place in the "features story" category, for "The Chronicles of Redick" in the April/May issue of Towerview.
"It's exciting, I didn't expect to win," Fanaroff said of his article, which details former men's basketball captain J.J. Redick's career at Duke. "I interviewed him through the whole year... and I got to watch him in a variety of situations and see how he reacted to all of them. I felt like I could really get into his head."
Towerview magazine's April/May issue also won Best in Show in the Magazine Feature-Special Audience category.
McCartney placed third in the four-year reporter of the year category.
He was recognized for his work last year, including traveling to New Orleans to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and community reaction to the lacrosse incident in the neighborhood of Walltown.
-compiled from Staff Reports
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