SLU paper earns two press awards

The Lion’s Roar, the student newspaper at Southeastern Louisiana University, received two awards at the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors annual meeting in New Orleans.

The students competed in the college and university division, which honors student journalists for outstanding performance.

The newspaper took first place for its website, http://www.lionsroarnews.com, in the digital-website portion of the competition.

“Winning this award means that our publication is moving in the right direction in terms of our Web presence,” said Social Media Editor Brooke Kimball, of Walker, who manages the site. “It is especially meaningful since the site is relatively new, and we have been working to bring awareness to students about this new way to receive campus news.”

Photography Editor Tony Romain, of Slidell, took first place in the college/university photography category.

“It’s reassuring to be in the top ranks of others in our region and that I’m capturing special moments of the school’s history in photography,” said Romain. “I feel like I am living up to the legacy of photo editors before me.”