DePaul Wins First SPJ National Mark of Excellence Award

The Red Line Project’s Election 2012 coverage won the SPJ National Mark of Excellence award for best online news reporting on May 1. It was DePaul University’s first national SPJ MOE award. Twenty-five graduate and undergraduate students worked on the project, which included coverage of President Obama’s acceptance speech, key congressional races, voting trends, maps, …

DePaul Students Win 16 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

DePaul University College of Communication journalism students won 16 SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards Saturday at a ceremony in St. Louis. Region 5 covers schools in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. First-place finishers advance to the national Mark of Excellence competition and will compete against winners from 11 other regions. Good Day DePaul 1st …

SPJ DePaul Outstanding Leadership Award Winners: Lauren Camplin and Katie Karpowicz

SPJ DePaul founding members Lauren Camplin and Katie Karpowicz received the organization’s highest honor on June 9 — the Outstanding Leadership Award. Nicknamed the “SPJ MVP award” by the students, the award recognizes significant contributions to the chapter by its executive board members. Both Camplin and Karpowicz helped launch the chapter as sophomores in 2010. …

SPJ DePaul Named National and Region 5 Campus Chapter of the Year

NEW ORLEANS — SPJ DePaul received the Society of Professional Journalists National Campus Chapter of the Year and Region 5 Campus Chapter of the Year awards this week at the Excellence in Journalism convention at the New Orleans Sheraton Hotel. The honors give SPJ DePaul three awards – one each at the national, regional and …