UWIRE 100 recognizes school students, top collegiate journalists

Two J-school students – Andrew Dunn and Monique Newton – and UNC first-year student Jarrard Cole were named members of the UWIRE 100, a list of the nation’s top collegiate journalists as selected by the UWIRE organization for college student media.

Dunn, a junior from Apex double-majoring in journalism and Spanish, is the 2009-2010 editor of The Daily Tar Heel. Newton, a senior journalism and mass communication major from Kansas City, Mo., is president of the Carolina Association of Black Journalists. Cole, from Athens, Ga., is the 2009-2010 multimedia editor at The Daily Tar Heel.

The students were selected from more than 825 nominations – representing students from more than 135 schools nationwide – submitted by professionals, students and educators. A UWIRE panel evaluated each candidate based on demonstrated excellence in the field of collegiate journalism.