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Sofia Tagkaloglou
  • Environmental Studies
  • Class of 2018
  • Galesburg, IL

The Knox Student Newspaper Named 2017 Pacemaker Finalist

2017 Oct 10

Knox College's student-run newspaper, The Knox Student (TKS), was named one of 43 finalists for the Associated College Press Newspaper Pacemaker award, often referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.

Students who contributed to the achievement include Sofia Tagkaloglou.

"TKS has had a steady line of strong editors with talented and diligent staffs," said Tom Martin, editor of Galesburg's The Register-Mail and TKS advisor since 2009. "They take journalism seriously, and the awards show that."

"TKS has a second Pacemaker finalist designation in three years, which puts TKS with the best collegiate newspapers in the country," Martin said.

Along with the Pacemaker award, the Associated College Press (ACP) announced that last year's editor-in-chief, Rachel Landman '17, is in the running for the 2017 Reporter of the Year. Sofia Tagkaloglou's discourse piece titled "I'm Sorry, Knox" is also a 2017 finalist for Opinion Writing. Erika Riley '19, one of the news editors of last year's Pacemaker-nominated paper, has been promoted to the position of editor-in-cheif for the 2017-2018 school year.

"Pacemaker is the big award, but Reporter of the Year is also prestigious. Only 10 college reporters in the nation earned that distinction," Martin said.

The winners of the Pacemaker award will be announced at the National College Media Convention, October 25-29, in Dallas, Texas.

"It's an historic year for TKS, even if none of the nominations become winners later this month in Dallas. It's sort of like the Oscar's in that being nominated puts you in elite company," said Martin.