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Macalester College Graduate Is Named Winner of Student-Journalism Award From The Chronicle
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Macalester College graduate is named winner of student-journalism award from The Chronicle
The Chronicle has awarded its fourth annual David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists to Eliot Brown, a 2006 graduate of Macalester College.
The $2,500 prize was given to Mr. Brown, 23, for articles published last year in The Mac Weekly, the student newspaper at Macalester, in St. Paul.
Mr. Brown, who was born and grew up in Massachusetts, majored in history and geography at Macalester, and is now between internships. He completed a fall internship last month at the Journal Star, in Peoria, Ill., and he will start a spring internship in a few weeks at The New York Sun.
Interviewed by telephone at his parents' house, in Amherst, Mass., Mr. Brown said he had "always been a newspaper junkie" but started writing for The Mac Weekly only after he suffered injuries that made him unable to compete any longer on the college's track or cross-country teams.
He described his Peoria internship as "a blast" and said that after the internship at the Sun, he hoped to "get a real job," even though he acknowledged that this is "not a great time" to be looking for work in the newspaper business. His dream job, he said, would be to work at a daily paper in a major city.
Mr. Brown won the Miller Award for three articles that appeared in The Mac Weekly early last year. All of them explained to readers different aspects of the complex financial issues that face American colleges in general, and small colleges like Macalester in particular.
The first article described the many roles of the members of the college's Board of Trustees, in terms of governance, leadership, and, most important, financial generosity. The second article reported on a controversial plan by a local politician to start imposing a $25-per-student fee on all private colleges in St. Paul, a move that would have challenged their tax-exempt status.
The third article analyzed the financial pressures afflicting private liberal-arts colleges, including rising tuition, escalating labor costs, and a constant struggle with competitors to attract faculty members and students. The article, in which Mr. Brown reported the candid comments of Macalester's president and other officials, concluded that many college officials wonder "where the breaking point will be." The Chronicle committee that selected Mr. Brown for the award singled out this article for its sophistication and wide range of sources.
The Miller Award commemorates David W. Miller, a senior writer at The Chronicle who in 2002, at the age of 35, was killed by a drunken driver.
With the award, The Chronicle seeks to pay tribute to Mr. Miller's first-rate journalism, insatiable curiosity about people and ideas, and talent and love for great writing. The Chronicle also hopes to identify and recognize future generations of reporters who show promise of reaching the same level of professional achievement as Mr. Miller attained.
About 140 students applied for the 2006 award. The applicants came from 38 states and the District of Columbia. One was from Canada, and another from Morocco.
Undergraduates interested in applying for the 2007 award, based on articles published in the current academic year, should submit their applications by June 1, 2007. Information on applying appears on The Chronicle's Web site.
Background articles from The Chronicle:
- Fordham U. Graduate Is Named Winner of Student-Journalism Award From 'The Chronicle' (11/30/2005)
- Michigan State U. Graduate Is Named Winner of Student-Journalism Award From 'The Chronicle' (11/8/2004)
- Yale Graduate Is Named Winner of Student-Journalism Award From 'The Chronicle' (10/27/2003)