Topic: College of Communication Information and Media

January 12, 2007

The Ball State community can vote for the Daily News which is a finalist in two categories in the U.S.News & World Report "Best College Newspapers of 2006" online competition.

The campus newspaper's podcast is a finalist in the "Best Alternative Media Outlet" category. The podcast is a daily audio update that delivers a newscast via iTunes and MP3 on bsudailynews.com.

To cast your votes for the podcast, go to www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/tools/papertrail/070109/best_alternative_media_outlet.htm.


Editor-in-Chief David Studinski, a senior from Fort Wayne, is also nominated in the "Best College Paper Columnist" category for "Bewildered Society."

To cast your votes for Studinski, go to   www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/tools/papertrail/070109/best_college_paper_columnist.htm#more.


The contest is the first for U.S.News and World Reports' "Paper Trail," an online blog about college news and the media that covers it.

Voting will end Jan. 23 with winners announced Jan. 24.

By Marc Ransford, Senior Communications Strategist