Elizabethtown College Journalism Alumni Win Keystone Media Awards

Two Elizabethtown College Journalism alumni were recently awarded Student Keystone Media Awards by the Pennsylvania News Media Association for their work produced during their time at Etown.

Abigail Lindsay ’24 won first place in the Best Feature (Broadcast) category and Faith Morrow ’24 received honorable mention in the Video Story category. Both Lindsay and Morrow produced their videos as part of Elizabethtown College Professor of Communications, Dr. Kirsten Johnson’s COM 320: Advanced Multimedia Journalism course.

“Faith and Abby are both wonderful students and great storytellers,” Johnson said. “It was truly a pleasure getting to know them both and having them in class during their time at Etown. Winning these awards is a testament to the high quality work our Etown Communications students are capable of producing.”

Morrow and Lindsay were honored at the Keystone Student Media Awards Luncheon on April 3 at WITF’s Public Media Center in Harrisburg, Pa.

Lindsay’s package, “Reducing Food Waste,” covered the initiatives Etown’s Dining Hall, the Marketplace, has developed to reduce food waste and create sustainability on campus.

“Before coming to Etown, the only form of journalism I had experience in was writing articles for my high school’s student news site,” Lindsay said. “However, during my first semester at the College, I joined ECTV-40 and from day one I was able to get hands-on experience creating visual news stories. Through the mentorship of the professors and faculty in the Communications program, I gained the skills to tell stories in a visually compelling way that I have continued to use post-graduation working in non-profit communications.”

Morrow’s package, “Four-way Stop Sign Confusion,” grew out of a community listening exercise done in class. Students asked community members for specific issues they felt were important, and Morrow realized that many community members were concerned about the way drivers handled four-way stop signs. Her package explained the proper way for cars to interact at a four-way stop sign.

“I did my story on the dangers and proper use of four-way stops locally because community members voiced concerns about them,” Morrow said. “It proved to be a great community listening exercise in Dr. Johnson’s Advanced Journalism class, and I’m glad it spread some awareness and safety advice on the subject.”