by Erin Turner | Mar 30, 2015 | News Slider
Several Lipscomb journalism students took away 2015 Tennessee AP college journalism awards at the John Seigenthaler Center on Saturday. Lipscomb received nine awards in the competition. Lipscomb’s AP award winners include: Patrick Carpenter — 3rd place, Best Radio Sports Coverage/Program Brianne Welch, Cory Woodroof and Erin Turner — 2nd place, Best Online Multimedia Package Haleigh Ker — 2nd place, Best Radio Specialized/Topic Reporting Cory Woodroof — 3rd place, Best News Story Jamin Craig and Sarah McGee — 3rd place, Best Radio Newscast Janice Ng and Brianna Langley — honorable mention, Best TV Newscast Erin Turner — 3rd place, Best Online Multimedia Journalist Cory Woodroof — 2nd place, Best Online Multimedia Journalist Brianne Welch — 3rd place, Best TV...
by Erin Turner | Mar 3, 2015 | News Slider
Several Lipscomb communication and journalism students took away Best of South awards at the Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last weekend. Lipscomb took home 13 awards in the competition, which included representatives from more than 30 universities. Lipscomb’s Best of South winners include: Carly Bergthold — 8th place, Best TV News Feature Reporter Logan Butts — 6th place, Best Sports Writer Michael Fox, Kyrsten Turner, Kathryn McKinley, Marlee Vogel, Brynn Watkins — 2nd place, Best Public Service Journalism Brianna Langley — 3rd place, Best News Writer Madeline Smith — 7th place, Best TV Hard News Reporter Erin Turner — 4th place, Best Press Photographer Brianne Welch — 4th place, Best TV Journalist Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best Arts and Entertainment Writer Cory Woodroof — 5th place, Best Multimedia Journalist Cory Woodroof — 9th place, College Journalist of the Year In addition to the student awards, Lumination Radio and TV also placed: Lumination Radio — 4th place, Best Audio News Program Lumination Radio — 3rd place, Best College Radio Station Lumination TV — 4th place, Best College Video News Program A few of the students also competed in the on-site competitions. Three of those students took away awards: Sam Webb — 3rd place, Best Sports Photography Haleigh Ker — 2nd place, Best Radio News Reporting Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best News...
by Erin Turner | Jan 6, 2015 | News Slider
Welcome back, fellow Bisons! We’re excited to be back in full swing this spring semester. We were very sad to lose previous Editors-in-Chief Cory Woodroof and Logan Butts, but we are very excited to see where they go in the near future. For now, my name is Erin Turner and I am the new Editor-in-Chief. It is such an honor to follow in the footsteps of Woodroof, Butts and many other wonderful editors. I’m looking forward to carrying on the excellent work that they all did, and I’m very eager for our staff to grow. I’m so excited to share our new staff updates; we have some wonderful talent joining in on the fun. Janice Ng will continue her position as News Director of the Lumination News broadcast. Along her side is Assistant News Director Brianna Langley. As for the radio side of things, Haleigh Ker will continue her position as Program Director and Thomas Jones as Sports Director. For the website, Brianne Welch will continue her great work as Managing Editor, while Jesica Parsley and Erika Thornsberry continue their positions as co-Sports Editors. Following in my steps is Chief Staff Photographer Sam Webb. We have also recently brought on Lana Sydenstricker, who is our new Social Media Manager. We are looking forward to all the fun and excitement that this semester will bring. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter as we strive to be your number one source for anything and everything Lipscomb. Feel free to contact us if you have questions, comments or story ideas at luminationnetwork@gmail.com or editor@luminationnetwork.com. And, if you’re interested in contributing to...
by Logan Butts | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
As you may have already noticed, my name is Logan Butts and I am taking over as the Editor-in-Chief of Lumination for the fall semester. I am following in the footsteps of many great editors including the most recent and longest holder of the position Cory Woodroof. Cory taught me almost everything I know about running a news site, so all complaints regarding my performance in the position should be sent to him. On a serious note, my goal is to continue and build upon the great successes of the former Editors-in-Chief while also putting my own unique spin on the position. I was not the only person to be handed the keys to a branch of Lumination for this semester. Janice Ng will be taking over as News Director of the Lumination News broadcast. If her time as Assistant News Director is any indication, I know she will be successful in the role. Thomas Jones will continue his role as the Program Director of Lumination Radio. Be sure to listen to his show, Sports60, and all the other programs on Lumination Radio. As for the Lumiantion website staff, we lost many great seniors to graduation in the spring, but we also have plenty of great writers and editors returning or joining the staff this fall. Brianne Welch will continue to put in great work as one of our managing editors, while our staff photographer Erin Turner will be joining her in the role. Brianna Langley, who was also named Assistant News Director of Lumination News broadcast, is our new News Editor. Jesica Parsley and Erika Thornsberry have been...
by Cory Woodroof | Jul 19, 2014 | Opinion
As the old cliché goes, all good things must come to an end. On Sunday, July 20, it will be time for me to say a goodbye to all of you, the readers of Lumination – at least in a sense. On that day, I will pass along one of the greatest batons I’ve ever had the chance to carry – the title of Lumination’s Editor-in-Chief. When I took over the position in December of 2012, I really had no idea what to expect. By that point, being editor of Lumination had been one of the main goals I hoped to achieve as a college student. Through all of the experiences I had while working as editor, I can safely say that the days between the one where I took over Lumination to the one where I publish this note have been some of the most important, rewarding days of my life. My time as editor has been a whirlwind of big stories, triumphant Bisons victories, crushing Bisons defeats, fascinating Lipscomb developments and mundane-yet-necessary updates. It’s consisted of late nights in the newsroom, good laughs with friends on staff, precious naps at home and hordes of emails in the inbox. I’ve had to make hard decisions in hard times and applaud brilliant work in times of great joy. Simply put, this has been one of the most hectic-yet-irreplaceable times of my life – one that cannot hold a price but would be worth its weight in gold to relive. While the time has come for me to step away from the editor’s role, Lumination’s future is as bright as...
