The Bugle Yearbook at Virginia Tech earned a Silver Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at an awards ceremony March 14, 2014. The yearbook is one of seven winners in the nation.

The prestigious award is the third consecutive Crown Award for the Bugle, which won Gold in 2012 and Silver in 2011.

This year 1,236 digital, newspapers, magazines and yearbooks published during the 2012-2013 academic year were eligible for judging in the 2014 Crown Awards Program. All entries were judged at Columbia University from Dec. 14-16, 2013, by the Board of Crown Judges. Publications were judged on writing/editing, design, content, concept, photography, art and graphics. Only seven yearbooks nationally earned gold or silver Crown awards.

The CSPA is an international student press association uniting student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges and award programs. Owned by Columbia University since 1925 and operated as a program affiliated with its Graduate School of Journalism, the association offers three major services: annual competitions and awards for members, including the Crown Awards; planning two conventions and a week-long summer workshop; plus small press publishing activities.

The Bugle is in good company on this year’s Crown list. Other Silver Crowns went to Cactus at the University of Texas and Razorback at the University of Arkansas. Yearbooks at the University of Miami, University of Oklahoma, Western Kentucky University and Loyola Marymount University earned Gold Crowns.

The Bugle, which has been serving the Virginia Tech community since 1895, is a student-run division of the Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech. The yearbook has a history of excellence including multiple honors in recent years:

2013 Bugle: statement.

• Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown

2012 Bugle: There Are No Words

• Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown
• Printing Industries of America – 2013 Award of Recognition Winner

2011 Bugle: Within This Fray

• Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown
• Best in Show – Top 5 for Yearbooks Over 300 Pages from Associated Collegiate Press at the 2011 National College Media Convention

Copies of the most recent book, 2013 statement., as well as pre-orders of the 2014 book are available at bugleonline.com. You can also order copies of other past Bugles.

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Did you know you can support student media at Virginia Tech by shopping at Amazon.com?

It’s true. By using our link, a portion of your final sales price comes back to the Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech to help fund student media learning. Purchases of items that you would buy every day can also help buy things like new equipment, fund travel and conferences, and contribute to the overall student media experience at Virginia Tech.

All you have to do is use our link every time you shop!

Lean more about the Bugle yearbook at Virginia Tech and order the 2014 edition today. Copies of the 2013 Bugle are still available as well.
The Crown Awards are sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m.

Applications are open for 2014-15 student leadership positions. Interviews will be held on Feb. 7-8. Download the appropriate application packet and return via email. If you have questions, stop by and talk to Carrie in 362 Squires Student Center or email carrie at collegemedia dot com.

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CONTACT: Carrie Cousins, EMCVT General Manager
540.231.4054

The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech is pleased to name Michelle Sutherland as Advertising Adviser.

Michelle is a recent Virginia Tech graduate who has been with EMCVT in a variety of roles since 2011. She is the former director of advertising for College Media Solutions and editor-in-chief of the Collegiate Times.

In her term as director of advertising, Michelle boosted summer advertising sales and helped train and mentor a staff of account executives. She helped develop sales and training plans and sold the first advertising in the Collegiate Times mobile application.

As a writer, she was part of a team that received first place in the Virginia Press Association college contest for coverage of the Dec. 8, 2011, campus shooting and third place for breaking news coverage of the Sept. 23, 2011, earthquake. She has also been published in The Atlantic.

We are thrilled that Michelle brings skills and experiences that are directly applicable to so many of the diverse aspects of leading and managing EMCVT’s student media mission and non-profit business.

Please contact Michelle today at michelle@collegemedia.com to learn more about all of the advertising opportunities available to help you directly connect with the Virginia Tech community.

ABOUT EMCVT
Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, Inc. (EMCVT) manages the student media outlets on the Virginia Tech campus, including the Collegiate Times, College Media Solutions, WUVT FM 90.7, VTTV Channel 33, Silhouette Literary and Art Magazine, Student Publications Photo Staff and the Bugle yearbook. EMCVT’s mission is to provide co-curricular educational experience in business and production of mass media for Virginia Tech students as part of the student activities program. We reach thousands of people daily with our student media products on the Virginia Tech campus and in the surrounding community. EMCVT employs three full-time and one part-time professional staff members and more than 100 student employees. Our offices are open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. when Virginia Tech is in session.

Print advertising is important as ever and should be part of your overall strategy and budget.

Why?

Because people are still reading. Despite the perception that the under-30 crowd is leaving newspapers and their websites behind for other digital news outlets, studies are finding that the newspaper is still a vital source of information for the millennials. Some 56 percent of those ages 18-34 read newspapers, in print or online, during the course of an average week.

See the numbers for yourself in this great infographic from the Newspaper Association of America.

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The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech is looking to add a full-time professional advertising adviser to the staff.

The Advertising Adviser is responsible for developing student media revenue through advertising sales and underwriting (print, digital, broadcast) and for meeting revenue goals; developing new revenue streams; responsible for hiring, training and motivating student sales managers; and develops strategies, tactics, sales plans and profit targets for Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech student media divisions: Collegiate Times, College Media Solutions, WUVT 90.7 FM, VTTV Channel 33, Silhouette Literary and Art Magazine, and the Bugle yearbook.

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ABOUT EDUCATIONAL MEDIA COMPANY AT VIRGINIA TECH

Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, Inc. (EMCVT) manages the student media outlets on the Virginia Tech campus, including the Collegiate Times, collegiatetimes.com, WUVT 90.7 FM, VTTV Channel 33, Silhouette Literary and Art Magazine, Student Publications Photo Staff and the Bugle yearbook. We reach thousands of people daily with our student media products. College Media Solutions is student media’s advertising and marketing agency. The Advertising Adviser is employed by EMCVT, not Virginia Tech. We are located in lovely Blacksburg, Virginia, with a low cost of living, endless outdoor activities and all the advantages of a big college campus.

EMCVT is taking applications for the position of Bugle Business Manager for the spring semester.

The Bugle business manager is responsible for business operations, including Bugle sales, marketing and portraits.

The deadline is 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Email all materials to carrie@collegemedia.com. Interviews will be Dec. 5, 2013, beginning at 6:30 p.m.. Download the application packet and be sure to read the enclosed instructions.

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Download additional documents: SOPs, Bugle Ad

EMCVT is accepting applications for the student advertising director of College Media Solutions for Spring 2014. The deadline to apply is 9:00 AM Monday November 4, 2013. Download the application materials here and submit your completed application via email per the instructions.

Applications are open for 2013-14 student leadership positions. The deadline is 9:00 AM Friday, February 22, 2013. Interviews will be held either March 1 or March 2, 2013. Download the appropriate application packet and be sure to read the enclosed instruction PDF:

Bugle yearbook editor in chief

Bugle yearbook business manager

Silhouette editor in chief

Silhouette business manager

SPPS director of photography

SPPS business manager

VTTV general manager

VTTV business manager