The White Pine Press staff earned numerous editorial and design awards at the Michigan Community College Press Association annual conference held April 21 at Central Michigan University. We spent the day on campus meeting other student journalists and learning from top state and national journalists. We are so very proud of the staff, which took First Place in General Excellence and First Place in Overall Newspaper Design, among other awards. Please join me in congratulating this year’s White Pine Press staff. 

 – Heather Durocher, faculty adviser
 – Joan Richmond, design adviser

The following awards were presented to Northwestern Michigan College’s White Pine Press :

First Place      General Excellence (Division II)   WPP Staff
First Place      Overall Newspaper Design (Division II)   WPP Design Staff
First Place      Headline Writing  WPP Staff

Second Place  Feature Story: Jack Hagen
Second Place  Column, Serious: Emily Magner
Second Place  Inside Page Design: Anjanette Merriweather

Third Place    Editorial: WPP Staff
Third Place    Informational Graphic/Illustration: Cody Aldrich and Sarah Nixon
Third Place    Front Page Design: WPP Design Staff:  Anjanette Merriweather, Cody Aldrich, Sarah Nixon, Alice Iott and Paul Cecilio

Honorable Mention   Original Cartoon, Editorial: Nick Walsh
Honorable Mention   Informational Graphic/Illustration: Anjanette Merriweather