Contest winners all move on to the national round of judging against students from 11 other regions.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ News Network, nine School of Communications students and two alumni were named winners and finalists across several categories of the Society of Professional Journalists competition.
Below is the list of the winners:
- BEST AFFILIATED WEBSITE –
- BEST ALL-AROUND NON-DAILY NEWSPAPER – , , and , editions
- BEST ALL-AROUND TELEVISION NEWSCAST –
- GENERAL NEWS REPORTING – Abby Gibbs ’21 for
- BREAKING NEWS REPORTING – ENN Staff for
- IN-DEPTH REPORTING – Cammie Behnke ’19 for
- SPORTS WRITING – Amanda Gibson ’21 for
- FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Clare Grant ’23 for
- SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY – Thomas Denome ’23 for
- IMMERSION JOURNALISM – Anton Delgado ’20 for
- ONLINE FEATURE REPORTING – Oliver Fischer ’19 for
Below is the list of finalists:
- FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Anton Delgado ’20 for
- TELEVISION BREAKING NEWS REPORTING – Margaret Faust ’23 for
- TELEVISION FEATURE REPORTING – Jack Norcross ’21 for
- TELEVISION IN-DEPTH REPORTING – Liam Collins ’20 for
Behnke’s story is the only one on the list that was not completed for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ News Network. She conducted her reporting during Winter Term as a Pulitzer Center Student Fellow. Her 1,500-word feature, 5½-minute video and collection of photos centered on the economic gender reversal in a post-genocide Rwanda, where she spent 12 days working on her story.
SPJ Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards are given in newspaper, TV, radio and online categories. Awards are presented only to those who place in the top three in the region. Regional winners move on to the national competition, at which time they will compete with 11 other first-place regional winners. Region 2 comprises North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware.
Last year, four students won national SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, including Emmanuel Morgan and Alex Hager ’19 (General News Reporting), Anton Delgado ’20 (Breaking News Photography) and Jessica Rapfogel ’19 (Sports Photography).
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has had at least one national SPJ Mark of Excellence winner every year since 2012.