During the weekend of April 10-11, members of The Miami Student’s editorial staff attended the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) mega regional conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference, titled “Never Silent,” welcomed attendees from Regions 4, 5 and 12 bringing together student and professional journalists for a series of informational sessions and the presentation of the Mark of Excellence Awards for the best of collegiate journalism.
Editor-in-Chief Shannon Mahoney, Managing Editor Elisa Rosenthal and Greenhawks Editor Sarah Kennel attended the two-day conference to expand their knowledge and receive awards on behalf of Miami University’s student media publications. Miami brought home two wins and was honored as a finalist in five other categories.
As an Ohio-based publication, The Miami Student is a part of SPJ’s Region 4, which includes Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Other attendees from Region 4 included University of Cincinnati’s student newspaper “The News Record,” Ohio University’s “The Post” and Marshall University’s “The Parthenon.”
The Student was a finalist for the Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper in the large newspaper category. The Staff as a whole was named as recipients of the award. In the category for Feature Writing, former Campus and Community Editor Taylor Stumbaugh was a finalist, specifically for her article “After six decades, retired department chair returns to his roots delivering news.”
In the Science/Environmental Reporting category, The Student has both a finalist and the winner of the award. Kennel was the finalist for her article “Hefner highlights: Students and staff steward natural history at Miami,” and writer Julia Hall won the award with her article “EPA grant cuts impact Miami, local climate organizations.”
The Student took home the award for Best Affiliated Website for its website, miamistudent.net. In addition to The Student’s newspaper-related awards, its sister publication The Miami Student Magazine was a finalist for Best Ongoing Student Magazine.
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UP Magazine, another Miami student-run publication not affiliated with The Student, was a finalist in the same category.
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