by Molly Chapple
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has recognized the best college journalism students in Region 7 with 2017 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards. The awards ceremony was held in Ames, Iowa, on April 14.
The following CoJMC students were recognized:
Radio News Reporting
Finalist: Bike safety concerns in Lincoln, Nebraska - Holly Kell, junior broadcasting and journalism major
Television General News Reporting
Winner: Growth threatens fire safety in parts of Lincoln - Kellan Heavican, senior broadcasting major
Television In-Depth Reporting
Winner: DACA uncertainty in Crete, Nebraska - Bree Samani, senior broadcasting, journalism and advertising and public relations major
Best All-Around Television Newscast
Finalist: Star City News - Staff of LNKTV at the CoJMC
Online News Reporting
Winner: Lincoln nonprofit provides training, hope to former inmates - Lauren Brown-Hulme, senior journalism and political science major
Online Feature Reporting
Winner: Fathers and sons - by Marcella Mercer, senior journalism major, and Emily McMinn, senior advertising and public relations and journalism major
Online In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Refuge on the prairie: Lincoln's story of resettlement - by staff of Nebraska Mosaic at the CoJMC
Finalist: From endless pines to oil mines - Hannah Trull, junior journalism and Spanish major
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Finalist: Nebraska Mosaic - by staff of Nebraska Mosaic at the CoJMC
SPJ’s Region 7 comprises Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Honorees received award certificates at the Region 7 Conference. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other regional MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions across the United States.
The CoJMC also had several recipients of Eric Sevareid Awards in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last weekend from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. The winners include:
Sports Reporting: Kellan Heavican, 1st place
Sports Play-by-Play: Kellan Heavican, Award of Merit
Hard Feature News: Bree Samani, 1st place
Individual Multimedia Storytelling: Nela Krawiecová,1st place
Individual Multimedia Storytelling: Lauren Brown-Hulme, Award of Merit
General TV News Reporting: Cassidy Adolf, 1st place
TV Newscast: Star City News students, Tommy Rezac, Lianna Prill, Seth Korte, Joe Harris, Anthony Ainslie, Lucas Bond, Christian Folsom, Reid Hunsaker, Matt Rigby - Award of Merit
Team Multimedia Storytelling: Mosaic staff students, Margaret Davenport, Alexa Horn, Scott Jenkins, Utami Kusumawati, Jason McCoy, Wellesley Michael, Patricia Nangkal, Julia Nguyen, Natasya Ong, Abby Styrker, Matthew Walsh and Tess Williams - Award of Merit
Documentary TV: Professor Barney McCoy, Award of Merit
The Eric Sevareid Awards are named for the North Dakota-born and University of Minnesota-educated journalist best known for his work as a correspondent for CBS Radio and Television.
Each year, the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association presents awards to the best work done by broadcast news operations and and journalists working in small, medium and large markets in a six-state region on radio, television and online. A distinguished panel of judges is made up of journalists and educators who live outside of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska to help ensure impartiality.
