Bluestone receives Gold Crown

Award given to yearbook for third consecutive year

JMU's yearbook won top honors for its 2002-'03 Bluestone at the College Media Advisers Spring National Media Convention in New York City last week.

The Bluestone won the Collegiate Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, which was awarded to two other yearbooks. This is the third consecutive Gold Crown Award the Bluestone has earned.

The Gold Crown Award is "the most prestigious award a university publication can receive," said sophomore Kerri Deputy, Bluestone section editor for the 2002-'03 yearbook and copy chief of this year's Bluestone. "To be one of only three books that are Gold Crown quality in the nation is amazing."

Senior Jessica Taylor, copy director of the 2002-'03 Bluestone, said she was pleased and surprised with the award and that it is great to be recognized for a project the staff completed a year ago.

"It's been so long; it's definitely a form of delayed gratification, but also very exciting," she added.

There are many aspects of the yearbook that were judged before it could receive a Gold Crown Award.

"The Bluestone stands out because it has shown consistent excellence in the areas of design, coverage and theme," said senior Gina Indellicate, class section editor of the winning yearbook and editor in chief of this year's Bluestone. "Our book continues to show a traditional and classy look in our editions, so this is expected of us and has made a name for the Bluestone among the yearbook media."