10 USU journalists receive Mark of Excellence awards from Society of Professional Journalists
Ten Utah State University students, including four from The Utah Statesman, received 2017 Mark of Excellence awards at the Society of Professional Journalists conference April 21 in Denver.
Student entries competing in Region 9 from Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming colleges were judged by professional journalists. The Aggies combined for 13 total awards — six winners and seven finalists. The winners’ work will be judged at a national competition against students from 12 total regions.
The Utah Statesman’s opinion manager Logan Jones won first place in the Sports Column Writing category for “A personal thank you to the man in the odd cap,” “Rayshad Lewis owes you nothing” and “Nothing but respect for those who kneel.”
Logan Jones - The Utah Statesman Statesman sports senior writer Daniel Hansen was the runner up in sports columns with “On the flipside of a storybook ending,” “End of the Jalen Moore era” and “Crossroads of Utah State football.”
Daniel Hansen - The Utah Statesman Alison Berg and Carter Moore won first place for In-Depth Reporting for their investigative story “$8 million of Huntsman school differential tuition being spent without input from students who pay it.”
SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards 2018The Utah Statesman The following USU students also received Mark of Excellence Awards as winners and finalists:
- Erin Cox — winner, Radio News Reporting — “Words from women who marched.”
- Pono Suganuma — winner, Breaking News Photography — “Welcome home, Hokule‘a.”
- Ben Nielsen (graduated 2017) — winner, Broadcast News Videography — “Goldfish racing.”
- Rhesa Ledbetter — winner, Radio Feature — “‘They’re built on love’: Raising children with Williams syndrome.
- Rhesa Ledbetter — winner, Radio In-Depth Reporting — “A state of addiction: the search for alternative painkillers.”
- Rhesa Ledbetter — finalist, Radio Feature — “Crossing borders: a mother and her transgender son reflect.”
- Bronson Teichert — finalist, Radio Features — “50 years of rodeo photography: a career behind the camera.”
- Bronson Teichert — finalist, Radio In-Depth Reporting —“GOP tax bill lifts burden from farmers and ranchers.”
- Morgan Pratt (graduated 2017) — finalist, Television Breaking News Reporting — “Green preliminary hearing.”
- A-TV News staff — finalists, Best All-Around Television Newscast.
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