Student Journalists Earn Numerous Awards in Local, Regional and National Competitions

Student journalists across all three student-run media groups in the Division of Journalism 鈥 澳门六合彩预测 Daily Campus, 澳门六合彩预测 Look, and 澳门六合彩预测-TV 鈥 have received awards for their work during the 2023-24 academic year.

Student journalists work on the set of 澳门六合彩预测-TV's Hilltop Now news program.
Figure: Student journalists hard at work on the set of 澳门六合彩预测-TV鈥檚 鈥淗illtop Now鈥 news program.

Students in Meadows’ Division of Journalism have won more than 20 awards for work both as individual journalists as well as awards for the student-run media groups as a whole. Work from the 澳门六合彩预测 Daily Campus newspaper, 澳门六合彩预测 Look magazine, and 澳门六合彩预测-TV has been recognized on local, regional and national levels this school year.

 

Congratulations to our journalism students and student-run media organizations on their achievements so far this year! Read on for a full list of award winners.

 

 

Texas Intercollegiate Press (TIPA) Awards

 

澳门六合彩预测 Look

 

Best Blog: 

  • 澳门六合彩预测Look.com / Shae Walker, Tyler Martin, Meighan Ashford

Sports News Story, 1st Place

  • “Fashion Goals: Women's sports are more popular than ever. If luxury fashion brands want to score with this growing fan base, they need to get in the game and sponsor women's teams.” / Bo Rubenstein

Cover Design, General Magazine, 2nd Place

  • 澳门六合彩预测 Look, Winter 2023/24, “Timeless” / Ella McDonald, Maddie Crisp, Juan Silva, Maddie Miller

Story Package Design, Magazine 1st Place

  • 澳门六合彩预测 Look, “澳门六合彩预测 Style Watch: Five fashion moments capturing attention on The Hilltop” / Juan Silva, Maddie Miller, Maddie Crisp

Story Package Design, Magazine, 3rd Place:

  • 澳门六合彩预测 Look, “We Never Go Out of Style: How Taylor Swift used fashion to take her tour to the next level.” / Maddie Crisp, Juan Silva, Sarah Braun, Maddie Miller

 

澳门六合彩预测 Daily Campus

 

Podcast, 1st Place

  • “Money Talks: Let’s do Some Girl Math” / Katie Bergelin

Podcast, 3rd Place

  • “The Reel Deal: Yes, Chef!” / Katie Bergelin

General News, 2nd Place

  • “澳门六合彩预测’s Pampered Pony” / Caleigh Daugherty

In-depth Reporting, 3rd Place

  • “Thinking Theta? Think Again” / Ellis Rold

 

澳门六合彩预测-TV 

 

Program Production Video 1st Place

  • Hilltop Now Newscast, October 3, 2023 /Lauren McGrath, Katie Bergelin, Cloi Bryan, Peter Warner

News Production, 2nd Place

  • Hilltop Now Newscast, April 25, 2023 / Katie Bergelin, Ellis Rold, Litzy Herrera, Tulsi  Lohani

Newscast Video, 2nd Place

  • Hilltop Now Newscast, October 3, 2023 / Giovanna Scroggins, Sara Hummadi, Ellis Rold, Hannah O'Gara

General News Video Story, Honorable Mention

  • “On the Ballot: Proposed Airport Expansion” / Sara Hummadi

 

 

Society of Professional Journalist Region 8 Awards

 

Investigative Reporting

  • Winner: “” / Ellis Rold, The Daily Campus, 澳门六合彩预测

 

Podcast (Conversational)

  • Winner: “” / Katie Bergelin, The Daily Campus, 澳门六合彩预测

 

Arts/Entertainment/Fashion Journalism

  • Winner: “” / Bo Rubenstein, 澳门六合彩预测 Look, 澳门六合彩预测

 

In-depth Reporting

  • Finalist: “” / Emma McRae, The Daily Campus, 澳门六合彩预测

 

Best Ongoing Magazine

  • Finalist: / Staff, 澳门六合彩预测 Look, 澳门六合彩预测

 

Winners from the Society of Professional Journalist Region 8 awards will go on to compete nationally; winners from the national competition will be released later this summer.

 

 

National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards (Nominations)

 

Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online News/In-depth Reporting

  • “” / Emma McRae
  • “” / Jordyn Harrell

 

Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online Feature Reporting

  • “” / Jordyn Harrell
  • “” / Melanie Jackson

 
Winners in these nominated categories will be announced later this summer.

 

 

In addition to the impressive count of awards won by student journalists, both individually and as a unit, two journalism majors have also been recognized by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), the world’s largest organization of business and financial journalists. Senior Elizabeth Guevara recently  at the annual SABEW conference in Chicago. Guevara took top honors in the Student Journalism-Stories for Professional Media Outlets category of SABEW’s Best in Business Awards for  as a business reporting intern for The Dallas Morning News during the fall of 2023. And junior Caroline Corbin, a double major in Journalism and Environmental Engineering, contributed as an intern to The Outlaw Ocean Project’s “China: The Superpower of Seafood” , which  in the International Reporting category.

 

Senior Elizabeth Guevara poses with her award for student business reporting at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing conference.

Elizabeth Guevara poses with her Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing award at the conference in Chicago.