Student magazine attracts national attention
ALT magazine earns top honors in nation
Stephanie Ivankovich
Issue date: 11/20/09 Section: News
ALT magazine won a Pacemaker, a national award, in Oct. at a journalism convention in Austin, TX.
The Pacemaker is a national award recognizing excellence in the students across America's journalism work. ALT won fifth place for the best cover design and second place for best feature spread, "Vitae la Vida."
"[The Pacemaker is] an acknowledgment of all the hard work these students put into the publication," Mark Siebert, an advisor for ALT, said.
The judges were from Wired magazine.
"Someone in the magazine industry is saying that these are the best journalism/design students in the country," Siebert said.
A total of twelve students from last year's Honor Magazine course put together the issue.
"I was excited for those 12 students that put so much work in it," Siebert said. "I knew they were good, but it is nice to see somebody else recognize that they were good."
"I think that the reason our magazine is top quality because the journalism and art department collaborate at Grand View, we learn from each other and share skills good for our students," Mary Jones, ALT advisor said.
"I don't think there was either a very weak story or design anywhere in the publication, it was consistently good, " Siebert said. "The design and photography made it stand out and the magazine is a place for students to really show their talents."
Kristy Knapp, graphic design senior, is a designer.
"I was excited for winning it, it was a lot more than what I was expecting for our magazine," Knapp said. "Its nice to get that national recognition."
ALT comes out once a year. The writers/designers for ALT have two semesters in Honors Magazine to complete a magazine. This is the first Pacemaker ALT has received. It has been the publication's third year, Siebert said.
"We didn't think to enter it just starting up, we thought we were putting a good magazine and we wanted to see how good we were," Siebert said.
ALT is a general interest publication and it has an alternate view, Siebert said.
"ALT is short for alternate, and it has stuff you might not think about," Siebert said.
ALT can be found across campus in the newspaper stands and is free of charge.
The Pacemaker is a national award recognizing excellence in the students across America's journalism work. ALT won fifth place for the best cover design and second place for best feature spread, "Vitae la Vida."
"[The Pacemaker is] an acknowledgment of all the hard work these students put into the publication," Mark Siebert, an advisor for ALT, said.
The judges were from Wired magazine.
"Someone in the magazine industry is saying that these are the best journalism/design students in the country," Siebert said.
A total of twelve students from last year's Honor Magazine course put together the issue.
"I was excited for those 12 students that put so much work in it," Siebert said. "I knew they were good, but it is nice to see somebody else recognize that they were good."
"I think that the reason our magazine is top quality because the journalism and art department collaborate at Grand View, we learn from each other and share skills good for our students," Mary Jones, ALT advisor said.
"I don't think there was either a very weak story or design anywhere in the publication, it was consistently good, " Siebert said. "The design and photography made it stand out and the magazine is a place for students to really show their talents."
Kristy Knapp, graphic design senior, is a designer.
"I was excited for winning it, it was a lot more than what I was expecting for our magazine," Knapp said. "Its nice to get that national recognition."
ALT comes out once a year. The writers/designers for ALT have two semesters in Honors Magazine to complete a magazine. This is the first Pacemaker ALT has received. It has been the publication's third year, Siebert said.
"We didn't think to enter it just starting up, we thought we were putting a good magazine and we wanted to see how good we were," Siebert said.
ALT is a general interest publication and it has an alternate view, Siebert said.
"ALT is short for alternate, and it has stuff you might not think about," Siebert said.
ALT can be found across campus in the newspaper stands and is free of charge.
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