Student newspaper at Idaho wins award for general excellence

The student newspaper at the University of Idaho, the Argonaut, won first place in the national Mark of Excellence contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the UI announced Wednesday.

The newspaper, which appears twice a week, won the award for general excellence for issues published during 2004. The Argonaut competed against other nondaily student newspapers published at least twice weekly.

“The winners of the SPJ Mark of Excellence awards represent the best in college journalism and certainly are the result of exceptional work on the part of those chosen for the awards,” said Jim Highland, SPJ’s vice president for campus chapter affairs, in a news release.

The Argonaut’s editor during spring semester 2004 was Brian Passey. Fall semester editor was Abbey Lostrom.