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conversation A Conversation with Kevin Devine by Catherine Kavanaugh


Te day Kevin Devine began his job as director of student media, the biggest news event of modern times was unfolding. It was Sept. 11, 2001. Devine and the Eastern Echo staff spent a busy, nerve- racking day covering local angles ranging fom the American Red Cross blood drive to public safety issues to the grounded flights at Detroit Metro Airport. His job has kept him on the run ever since. Te Echo has garnered numerous awards along the way, and this year is no different. Cartoonist Caleb Zweifer won a Pacemaker Award—the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism (see p. 13). Also, editor-in-chief Katrease Stafford took first place in investigative reporting in the Michigan Collegiate Press Association contest while the opinion writers topped their category and the cartoonists swept first, second and third places in the same competition.


Eastern: Te staff is carrying on a long tradition of bringing back top state and national awards. What is it about this group?


Devine: Te cartoonists aren’t just funny—they are consistently funny. Cartoon editor Brandon Neel has been at the Echo six years, and he’s really built the section into something special. He started as a freshman and now he’s a grad student who will be leaving to begin


14 Eastern | WINTER 2012 Photograph by Randal Mascharka


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