Pine Needle Staff
Zachary C. Young
Editor-in-Chief
Victoria Brousseau
Managing Editor
Savanna Rudolph
Copy Editor
Alyssa Hernandez
Campus News Editor
Andrew Thrift
Sports Editor
Noah Chenoweth
Entertainment Editor
Lakota Craft
Reporter
Mitchell Doub
Reporter
Mahala Treish
Reporter
About the Pine Needle
The Pine Needle was founded in 1947 at UNC Pembroke.
Accolades:
2020 North Carolina College Media Awards (Small Campuses, 6,800 or fewer)
- "Best of Show" award winner
- Honorable Mention in two-page layout "Trump Visits Lumberton"
2020 Society of Professional Journalists, three “Mark of Excellence Awards.”
- Finalist Award in the category of "Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper."
- Finalist Award Students React to Police Pepper Spray Incident Following
Homecoming Tailgate.
- Finalist Award Soccer Records Two Shutout Victories, Braves Are Now 14-4.
- Finalist Award AD Christy Talks Student-Athlete Compensation.
2020 ACP/CMA National Fall College Media Convention "Best of Show" for Website.
Associated Collegiate Press held a virtual conference and the Pine Needle place #9 nationally for the web newspaper among universities under 10,000 students.
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The Society of Environmental Journalists 19th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The World’s largest and most comprehensive environmental journalism competition.
- 3rd Place Outstanding Student Journalism “Hurricanes Spawn a Flood of Problems.”
American Scholastic Press Association Scholastic Newspaper Awards 2020.
- 2nd Place Newspaper
North Carolina College Media Association 2019 Statewide College Media Awards.
- Honorable mention in Sports Writing “Braves Track Club's Second Anniversary.”
- 3rd Place for Single- or Two-Page Design “Hurricanes Spawn a Flood of Problems.”
- Honorable Mention for Single- or Two-Page Design “Who did it? PAC hosts Murder Mystery Dinner.”
North Carolina College Media Association 2018 Statewide College Media Awards.
- Honorable Mention Illustration/ Graphic “Parks' Punts.”
- Honorable Mention “Faculty Respond to Mary Livermore's Removal of Resources.”
American Scholastic Press Association Scholastic Newspaper Awards 2019.
- 2nd Place Newspaper