North by Northwestern has won 10 Mark of Excellence Awards from Region 5 of the Society of Professional Journalists, taking first place in five categories.
NorthbyNorthwestern.com took first place for Best All-Around Independent Online Student Publication and the print edition took second place for Best Student Magazine in the region covering Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
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We don’t talk about journalism awards much — seriously, wouldn’t you rather read about cute animals? — but today the Society of Professional Journalists named this site one of the top three student Web sites in the country, and also named Derek Thompson as the best online student columnist.
Earlier this year, NBN took home [...]

Contrary to what many at Medill might hold in their hearts and minds, the founder of the popular political blog DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas, thinks traditional media has prevented the masses from gaining a voice.
“The reason that media outlets are in trouble right now is because the technology now gives everybody a voice, and nobody [...]

Last quarter, the Medill School of Journalism* was not the happiest place to be. But as if to brighten our day, the school just unveiled the winners of its t-shirt contest. What got the most votes:

They’re available for the low price of $20 a shirt ($22 for XXL), plus $7.50 for shipping.

In another adventure in the saga of the Dean Lavine quote scandal, the dean held an open forum discussion with students Wednesday in the McCormick Tribune Center.
Read our liveblog of the heated discussion:

The forum opened with students associated with Journalists Speak, the blog that has been tracing coverage of the controversy, introducing themselves [...]

Medill lecturer Tom Hayden, who taught the Winter 2007 advertising class at the heart of the controversy over Medill Dean John Lavine’s use of unnamed quotes, released a statement Monday about the dispute.
More to come.
Dear colleagues:
Over the weekend I read the editorial in Saturday’s Chicago Tribune.
I’m sad. Very sad. Extraordinarily sad.
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Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn wrote Tuesday that the controversy surrounding Dean Lavine is not over, despite a letter from Northwestern Provost Daniel Linzer on Friday that said that a committee appointed to investigate the matter found “no evidence to point to any likelihood that the quotes were fabricated.”
Zorn wrote it was “odd” that the [...]

A special committee appointed by NU’s provost has found “no evidence” that Medill Dean John Lavine fabricated quotes in a column for the Medill alumni magazine.
Provost Daniel Linzer, who’s in charge of university academics, announced the findings Friday to the Medill community via e-mail. The committee comprised three people, who all serve on the [...]

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The five students to whom Dean John Lavine could have correctly attributed his now-infamous anonymous quote have made a second, on-record denial to Medill Prof. David Protess.
Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn posted Protess’s reporting methods and the students’ names on his blog.
While there were 29 students in the Integrated Marketing Communications class [...]

Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn added his opinion to the fray today, accompanying the Tribune’s report on Dean Lavine’s apology.
Calling the truth “all we’ve got in journalism,” he called on Lavine to go through “every possible source” to find the one who spoke to him.
Zorn has also contacted all the full-time faculty members [...]

The Medill students who started circulating a student statement, requesting Dean Lavine address students about the quote controversy, say they have already received 200 digital signatures.
I e-mailed Emmet Sullivan, a Medill senior, about why he, Aaron Gannon, Tricia Bobeda and Margaret Matray started the petition. He emphasized that the petition is about the dean’s response, [...]

With increasing media attention, Tuesday’s faculty statement and a new student petition: How do you think the quote controversy will play out for Dean Lavine and Medill?

Medill students Aaron Gannon, Emmet Sullivan, Margaret Matray and Tricia Bobeda have sent out an e-mail, which is being widely forwarded, with a statement criticizing Lavine’s use of anonymous sources, and asking that he address students about the issue.
They’re seeking the digital signatures of Medill community members, who can e-mail savejournalismatmedill@gmail.com with their name [...]

The Chicago Sun-Times also rehashes the faculty statement.
The Sun-Times did nab a quote from ethics professor and former Dean Loren Ghiglione, but misspells “Levine” in the third paragraph and doesn’t add much other context to the story, other than its brief history.