DePaul University journalism students won 19 awards — including six first-place finishes — at the SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards April 14 in Indianapolis.
The six winners advance to the national Mark of Excellence Awards to compete with 11 other regions. Those winners will be announced in late September.
Region 5 covers universities and colleges in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
The list of winners:
PUBLICATION CATEGORIES
Best all-around student newscast: Good Day DePaul, FIRST PLACE
Best independent student website: The Red Line Project, SECOND PLACE
Best affiliated student website: The DePaulia, SECOND PLACE
Best student newspaper, non-daily: The DePaulia, THIRD PLACE
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Good Day DePaul
TV General News Reporting: Occupy Chicago Coverage, Rashanah Baldwin and Miguel Torres, SECOND PLACE
TV General News Reporting: 9/11 10th Anniversary Coverage: Courtney Sturgeon, THIRD PLACE
The Red Line Project
Online News Reporting: Blizzard 2011 Coverage (The Staff of the Red Line Project), FIRST PLACE
Online Opinion Writing: Sports Journalism in a Digital World, Sam Kraft, FIRST PLACE
Online News Reporting: Chicago Mayoral Inauguration: AnnCatherine Brady, Bree Tuch and Blythe Meyer, SECOND PLACE
Online In-Depth Reporting: 10 Remember 9/11, The Staff of the Red Line Project, SECOND PLACE
Online Feature Reporting: Firefighter Steve Serb (10 Remember 9/11), Holly Pennebaker, THIRD PLACE
Online Sports Reporting: Chicago’s Young Athletes Deal With Life in the Limelight, Lauren Klopmeyer and Alex Soulier, THIRD PLACE
The DePaulia
Print Breaking News: When in Rome …, Dominic Zinn, FIRST PLACE
Print Sports Opinion Writing: Julian Zeng, FIRST PLACE
Print Feature Photography: Train 7473, Bartosz Brzezinski, FIRST PLACE
Editorial Cartooning: Typical DePaul Student, Matt Iammarino, SECOND PLACE
Online Opinion Writing: This is Our War; Rachel Metea, Michael Collins and Peter Dziedzic, SECOND PLACE
Print Breaking News Photography: Election night disappointment, Bartosz Brzezinski, THIRD PLACE
Print Feature Writing: Chicago’s Strip Search, Cheryl Waity, THIRD PLACE
DePaul University Society of Professional Journalists 