2011 Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards results

8/7/2019 2011 Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards results

1/26

Category Place Entrants Media Outlet School

Leah Ellsworth

Leah Ellsworth

Nick Elliott

UATV

UATV Staff UATV

Television SportsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Tiger TV, Cox

Cable

Louisiana State

University

Television NewsPhotography-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Tiger TV, Cox

Cable

Louisiana State

University


Second

Place

The

Southeastern

Channel

Southeastern

Louisiana

University


First

Place

Steven

Calamusa

Tiger TV, Cox

Cable

Louisiana State

University

Television In-DepthReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Tony Cosgrove,Luke Gramlich,

AlexandraMarquez &

Campus

Crossfire Staff

University of

Louisiana at

Lafayette

Television In-DepthReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

University of

Arkansas


2/26

UATV Staff UATV

Anna deTiege

Jessica Leblanc

Chrissy Carter

Evan Bentley UATV

Kelly Carpenter UATV

Nick Elliott

Television In-DepthReporting-4 Year

College/University

First

Place

University of

Arkansas

Television GeneralNews Reporting-4Year College-University

Third

Place

The

Southeastern

Channel

Southeastern

Louisiana

University

Television General

News Reporting-4Year College-University

Second

Place

TheSoutheastern

Channel

SoutheasternLouisiana

University

Television GeneralNews Reporting-4Year College-University

First

Place

The

Southeastern

Channel

Southeastern

Louisiana

University

Television Feature-4YearCollege/University

Second

Place

University of

Arkansas

Television Feature-4YearCollege/University

First

Place

University of

Arkansas

Television FeaturePhotography-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

TheSoutheastern

Channel


University


3/26


4/26

Zac Ellis Daily Beacon

Roberta ReddingKRVS

Chris Holloway

Sports Writing-4 Year

College/University

First

Place

University of

Tennessee

Sports Photography-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Jonathan Gibson

& Bailey

McBride The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas


Second

Place

Jonathan Gibson

& BaileyMcBride The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas


First

Place

Gareth

Patterson &

Bailey McBride

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas

Sports ColumnWriting-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Jimmy Carter,

Matt Watson &

Bailey Elise

McBride

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas

Radio NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

University of

Louisiana at

Lafayette

Radio NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

KUAR Public

Radio

University ofArkansas at

Little Rock


5/26

Knox Graham KRCC

Ryan Broussard

Luke Gramlich KUAF

Lauren Langlois

Nathan Vandiver

Adam Vaccarella

Radio NewsReporting-4 Year

College/University

First

Place

University of

Mississippi

Radio In-DepthReporting-4 yearCollege/University

First

Place

KRVS-FM

88.7

University of

Louisiana at

Lafayette

Radio Feature-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

University of

Arkansas


Second

Place

The Daily

Reveille

(Reveille

Radio)

Louisiana State

University


First

Place

KUAR Public

Radio

University of

Arkansas at

Little Rock

Photo Illustration-4YearCollege/University

Third

Place

The DailyReveille

(lsureveille.co

m)

Louisiana State

University

Photo Illustration-4YearCollege/University

Second

Place

Jonathan

Gibson, Zac

Lehr, MattWatson & Bailey

McBride

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas


6/26

Henrique Ruiz The Bison

Kate Keith

Chelsea Brastad Legacy

Chelsea Brasted Legacy

Natalie Dickson

Photo Illustration-4Year

College/University

First

Place

Harding

University

Online Opinion &Commentary-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Matthew L.

Schafer

Lippmann

Would Roll

Louisiana State

University

Online NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

The Daily

Reveille Staff

The Daily

Reveille(lsureveille.co

m)

Louisiana State

University

Online NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Lumination

Network

Lipscomb

University

Non-FictionMagazine Article-4YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Louisiana State

University


Second

Place

Louisiana State

University


First

Place

University of

Mississippi

University of

Mississippi


7/26

Precious Esie The Maroon

Natalie Dickson

Chelsea Boozer

The Vermilion

Blake Mathews The Bison

Rande Robinson

In-Depth Reporting-4Year

College/University

Third

Place

Loyola

University New

Orleans

In-Depth Reporting-4YearCollege/University

Second

Place

The Daily

Mississippian

University of

Mississippi

In-Depth Reporting-4YearCollege/University

First

Place

The Daily

Helmsman

The University

of Memphis

General NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Craig Malveaux The Times

Picayune

Loyola

University New

Orleans


Second

Place

Zane Hill &

Emily Henagan

University of

Louisiana at

Lafayette


First

Place

Harding

University

General NewsPhotography-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

The Lion's

Roar


University


8/26

Zach Breaux

Alison Moon The Vermilion

Lance Traweek The Tech Talk

Robert Wilson The Tech Talk

Alex McDaniel

Hope Rurik The Advocate

General NewsPhotography-4 Year

College/University

Second

Place

The Daily

Reveille

(lsureveille.co

m)

Louisiana State

University

General NewsPhotography-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

University of

Louisiana at

Lafayette

General ColumnWriting-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Louisiana Tech

University


Second

Place

Louisiana Tech

University


First

Place

Andrew

Robertson

The Daily

Reveille

Louisiana State

University

Feature Writing-4YearCollege/University

Third

Place

The Daily

Mississippian

University of

Mississippi

Feature Writing-4YearCollege/University

Second

Place

University ofLouisiana at

Lafayette


9/26

Natalie Dickson

Ben Corda The Tech Talk

Ciley Carrington

The Maroon

The Bison

Feature Writing-4Year

College/University

First

Place

The Daily

Mississippian

University of

Mississippi

FeaturePhotography-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Brianna

Paciorka

The Daily

Reveille

(lsureveille.co

m)

Louisiana State

University


Second

Place

Louisiana Tech

University


First

Place

The

Gramblinite

Grambling

State

University

Editorial Writing-4YearCollege/University

Third

Place

The Daily

Reveille Editorial

Board

The Daily

Reveille

(lsureveille.co

m)

Louisiana State

University


Second

Place

The Maroon

Staff

Loyola

University New

Orleans


First

Place

Sarah Kyle &

Blake Mathews

Harding

University


10/26

Josh Clark

Whitney Jarreld

Melanie Ziems

Editorial Cartooning-4 Year

College/University

Second

Place

The Daily

Mississippian

University of

Mississippi

Editorial Cartooning-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Bailey Elise

McBride, Marcus

Ferreira & Anna

Jacobs

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas

Breaking NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

Jonathan

Andrews

The Student

Printz

The Universityof Southern

Mississippi

Breaking NewsReporting-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Matthew

Albright

The Daily

Reveille

Louisiana State

University

Breaking NewsPhotography-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

Lumination

Network

Lipscomb

University

Breaking NewsPhotography-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Martin

McCallister

The Daily

Reveille

Louisiana State

University

Best StudentMagazine-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Wolf

Magazine

LoyolaUniversity New

Orleans


11/26

Legacy

Gallery

The Pioneer The Pioneer

Chris Holloway

Best StudentMagazine-4 Year

College/University

Second

Place

Caroline Gerdes

& Kim Foster

Louisiana State

University

Best StudentMagazine-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Meek School of

Journalism and

New Media

Meek School

of Journalism

and New

Media

University of

Mississippi

Best Student

Magazine-2Year/CommunityCollege

Second

Place

Gallery

Magazine Staff

Walters StateCommunity

College

Best StudentMagazine-2Year/CommunityCollege

First

Place

Volunteer State

Community

College

Best IndependentOnline StudentPublication-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

Kate Keith,

Hunter

Patterson, Ryan

Malone &

Whitney Jarreld

Lumination

Network

Lipscomb

University

Best All-AroundTelevision Newscast-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

The

Southeastern

Channel

The

Southeastern

Channel

Southeastern

Louisiana

University

Best All-AroundRadio Newscast-4YearCollege/University

Second

Place

KUAR Public

Radio

University ofArkansas at

Little Rock


12/26

The Bison

The Maroon

Best All-AroundRadio Newscast-4Year

College/University

First

Place

Dr. Terry Likes,

Daniele Berkley,

Alex Parish &

Courtney Raibon

WTST AM-

1600, "The

Blaze"

Tennessee

State

University

Best All-Around Non-Daily StudentNewspaper-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

Bailey Elise

McBride & Mille

Appleton

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas

Best All-Around Non-

Daily StudentNewspaper-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

The Bison,Sarah Kyle &

Blake Mathews

Harding

University

Best All-Around Non-Daily StudentNewspaper-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

The Maroon

Staff

Loyola

University New

Orleans

Best All-Around DailyStudent Newspaper-4 YearCollege/University

Third

Place

The Daily

Mississippian

Staff

The Daily

Mississippian

University of

Mississippi


Second

Place

The Daily

Beacon Staff The Daily

Beacon

University of

Tennessee


First

Place

The Daily

Reveille Staff

The Daily

Reveille

Louisiana State

University


13/26

UATV

Best Affiliated WebSite-4 Year

College/University

Third

Place

Bailey Elise

McBride

The Arkansas

Traveler

University of

Arkansas

Best Affiliated WebSite-4 YearCollege/University

Second

Place

Jonathan

Weaver, John

Thomas, Kaylin

McLoud & Staff

University of

Arkansas

Best Affiliated WebSite-4 YearCollege/University

First

Place

lsureveille.com/The Daily

Reveille staff

lsureveille.com (The Daily

Reveille)

Louisiana State

University


14/26

Entry Title Comments

New Field

Hunting Accidents Nice camera angles and nat sound.

New Levee Proposal Great camera angles and b-roll.

FETI Excellent job!

Campus Crossfire

Investigates Substance

Abuse

A good discussion, but I needed theperspective of a drug user, current

or reformed to really put this over

the top.

On The Hill: A Tribute to

WWII

Nicely done, but it was missing the Xfactor. I like the production

elements (music, black and white).


15/26

New Levee Proposal Good story.

EBooks

Dickson Street Rambler

Tibetan Sand Mandala

On The Hill: Northwest

Arkansas Ice Storm

A very thorough report.. however, it

took too long to get to the realpeople. Too many faculty -- not

enough students or real people.

Creative use of video and still

photographs.

Tracking Disease Trends

with Twitter

Interesting story with good

interviews.

Good overall story with nice stand up

and editing.

to be creative and shoot tight cutaways of hands, guitar, amp,

something. 2) the standup. Your

story was done and you just piled on

too much with the standup

principally.. then in execution ruined

it.

Well shot.. well paced.. the standuphung on a little long.. but you seem

to get the idea.. and watch your

lighting: the interview was dark.

Children's Discovery

Museum

Some shaky shots.. could have been

more creative.


16/26

Slidell School Rebuilt

BRECPARK

Midnight in Middleton

Heisman Hog?

Not very compelling.. but just solid

shooting.

Some creative shots.. but also some

shaky shots. Need more tight

closeups.

NewsWatch 8/31/2010,Stephen Quinn, Masoli

Live Shot

Flooding in Nashville

affects campus and

students

Solid overall package! Smooth

editing and use of different camera

shots and good interviews.

"Turning point: Upset

victory against

Tennessee in 2000jumpstarted LSUs return

to prominence"


17/26

A Family Affair

Eibner's Fastball

Hogs Child-less

Traveler Sports Columns

Good audio and production quality.

Razorbacks' Ricketts No

Sophomore Slump

I like the composition - how this

attracts the eye and makes the

action easy to understand. Good job

of capturing the moment.

Excellent effort getting the keyelements of a play in action

together.

Rare are the photos that capture not

just the event but its significance.

This one does well to illustrate a

moment crucial to the accompanying

story and exhibits excellent

composition as well.

Good effort at using facts and

numbers to persuade the reader.

LIFE BEHIND PRISON

WALLS

Chris Holloway, KUAR

News

Opening sound is good way ofconnecting background audio to

story subject.


18/26

Medano Fire

Race To The Top

Little Rock Bike Polo

Hole Lotta Love

The Year in Sports

Though a short news brief, Knox

answers the essential questions inthis situation and uses a National

Park Service representative

effectively. Good transitions between

narrative and actuality.

Young Entrepreneur Has

A Passion For Truffles

"Organization works to

reverse wrongful

convictions"

the sport in enough detail to makeme visualize what is going on, but

it's not so complex as to lose the

listener. Very well done, and a clear

example of the kind of storytelling

and visualization skills every radio

journalists strives to master.


19/26

Anorexia Dot Com

The Tiger Whisperer

I'm Real: The Faces of

Breast Cancer

WikiLeaks and the Media:

Ethics and Coverage

Schafer, a self-appointed press critic,

enriches the discussion about

WikiLeaks by telling us what

questions we need to be asking. He

manages to be provocative without

sounding strident.

Timeline: 2010 Budget

Cuts

Well done. I would have liked somecontext and some meaning to all this

as someone coming in new.

Flooding in Nashville

affects campus and

students

Well written text piece. Video story

was fine until the line about

"Lipscomb Island."

Clarksdale Sings the

Blues

A well-reported and -written story

about a struggling Delta town with asliver of hope. This entry is

professional grade in all respects.


20/26

State of the union

Clifton Steps Down

ZOMBIES INVADE

A balanced look at a push on campusto unionize some workers. I am

pleased to say I understood the

issues of the various sides, but

couldn't tell where the writer stood.

Emmett Till Commission

Seeks Unity

Very readable tale about a touchy

topic. Good use of quotes and

historic details.

"Inside RSOs" Three Part

Series

This series stood out in the

competition for the initiative of the

reporter. I also commend the writerfor deftly using the facts and figures

she uncovered to carry her reports.

Local familys annual

camping trip takes tragic

turn in Arkansas

Tragic slaying of young

UL student leaves

questions unanswered

Tough story to report, with studentgovt and admin withholding key

facts, but well written piece hits theright notes on what must have been

a big topic of discussion around

campus.


21/26

The Student Voice

In the Face of Adversity

Jazz Funeral for Higher

Education

Rebuilding a broken

government; Time

confirms slow economy ;Another opinion on US

health care

Hate never sleeps; Open

textbooks, kiss class

goodbye; My experience

with UC

Good mix of important issues

coverage and first-person

experiential writing. Wilson is a very

clear writer.

Three entries from

"Cancel the Apocalypse,"

weekly series of columns

by Andrew Robertson

A column on matters of faith isn't

what one expects to find on a

campus editorial page, but

Robertson presents well-argued,

thought-provoking topics, and he

does it with a touch of humor.

Interesting look at how a new

chancellor got swept into an old

campus controversy.

Bourre all-nighters

endangered

Nicely told tale about a card game

probably few of us have heard about.

The writer expertly explained the

game's cultural significance whileexploring why its popularity is on the

decline.


22/26

Delta Tamales

Slacklining

X-Treme Makeover

Homecoming photos

Bison Staff Editorials

Well-crafted piece on a little slice ofDelta culture. The writer deftly

weaved in quotes and details to

create a pleasant and educational

read.

This photo was shot from such an

unusual angle that the judge had to

stare at it for some time to take it in.

But it illuminated the story well in a

way that words just can't.

While sports photography lends itself

to great photos, this stand-alone is a

stand-out because it shows the

skiers determination amid defyinggravity. Excellent cropping and

composition.

This was a competitive category with

excellent entries all around. But this

set of photos really captured the

mood, the intensity and the

exhilaration of homecoming.

Our View: a series of

staff edits by The Daily

Reveille's editorial board

Strong crusading editorials on the

critical subject of university funding.

Loved the "days Bobby Jindal has

ignored our concerns" box.

Men need to step up,

take responsibility

Maroon has a strong editorial voice

on the extremely important issue of

rape on campus.

,university, clearly has an audience

that doesn't understand traditional

journalistic values, including truth-

seeking. It does a good job of

explaining the journalist''s function insociety, and explaining its staff's

journalistic decisions.


23/26

Editorial Cartoons

Daily Mississippian

editorial cartoons

These cartoons hit hard on relevant

topics and contribute to a smart

editorial-page package.

USM senior wins FOX's

MasterChef

This was a nice, concise snapshot of

an event. It captured the anticipationand excitement with good quotes

and clean writing.

"Hundreds of students

protest budget cuts at

State Capitol"

This was a cleanly written piece that

captured the emotion and color of

the protest. Good quotes and vivid

details made it stand out.

Dairy King During May

Flood

A fine photo of a devastating natural

disaster, but there was no

movement or emotion in the scene.

Armed suspect arrested

near campus

An excellent evocative photo that

captured the stress and emotion of

the moment.

Wolf Magazine, Volume

69, Issue 2


24/26

Legacy

Gallery

The Pioneer

Lumination Network

Northshore News

The Roads of Broken

Dreams

Excellent journalism of a professional

quality presented in a dynamic

magazine with strong images to

illustrate. Especially strong was the

summary of actions needed to

improve the Mississippi Delta's

predicament.

A lovely collection of photos, art and

poetry. Sadly no short stories. A

tough competitor in a category

tending to be dominated byjournalistic entries. Still, well done

and highly readable.

Interesting story selection,

engagingly written. Clean layout

although a bit repetitive. Limited

reporting and sourcing but a solid

effort.

Very nice site. Look is clean.

Navigation is easy to follow. Content

appears to be updated frequently.

Videos are well edited. ,

are technically clean and well

produced with some good writing.Good enterprise with multiple

segments in the field and good webties.

Chris Holloway - KUAR

Newscasts


25/26

The Arkansas Traveler

The Maroon

The Daily Mississippian

The Daily Beacon

The Daily Reveille

Tiger News Network

Report for WTST, AM-

1600 "The Blaze"

The three newscasts highlight themission of The Blaze - to provide

relevant news of local, state and

national appeal to a TSU student

audiences. Well done.

Excellent package on the parking

issue; well written articles

throughout the paper.

The Bison, a HardingUniversity Student

Publication

Crisp design, good variety of content

on the editorial pages.

This paper gets a lot of things right:

appealing design, lively opinion

page, a sports page that covers rec

teams alongside the varsity. Its

comprehensive coverage of student

elections makes it a standout.

A good student newspaper.

Interesting mix of news, features

and opinion.

Solid journalism throughout this

paper. The focus is clearly on what's

happening on campus and what

students are interested in. Stories

are well written and edited andproperly played. Headlines are tight.

Photos are used well.


26/26

UATrav.com

UATV News Online

Some good elements.. but I wanted

more. Pictures are a great way to

attract eyes but all I saw was a logo.

Nice clean layout.. Frequent

updates.. very useful and well done.

lsureveille.com (onlinecomponent to The Daily

Reveille)

Very impressive for a student

enterprise. Great pictures, modules,social tools and comments. Best

thing I've judged so far.

Documents

2011 Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards results