Mass Communications students receive Mark of Excellence Awards
The following entries have been selected to receive Region 6 Mark of Excellence Awards. The actual place awarded will be announced at the awards ceremony April 12-13 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bloomington, Minn.
First-place regional winners will automatically advance to the national round of the competition. A list of regional winners will be posted on spj.org the Monday after the conference. Congratulations!
| Category | Entrants | Media Outlet | School | Entry Title |
| Best Independent Online Student Publication (Medium) |
Staff | Doing It Downtown | MSU Moorhead | Doing It Downtown |
| Online Feature Reporting (Medium) |
Lane Zyvoloski | Doing It Downtown | MSU Moorhead | Being Queen: Life in Drag |
| Online Feature Reporting (Medium) |
Meghan Feir | Doing It Downtown | MSU Moorhead | Hanging the Dairy Queen: How to live gluten and dairy-free |
| Best Independent Online Student Publication (Medium) |
Staff | Horizonlines.org |
MSU Moorhead | Horizonlines.org |
| Feature Photography (Medium) |
Kaitlyn Teske | Horizonlines.org |
MSU Moorhead | Kaffestua: Sunburg Man Serves Authentic Norwegian Food |
| Feature Photography (Medium) |
Kaitlyn Teske | Horizonlines.org |
MSU Moorhead | Living Tall |
| Television Breaking News Reporting |
Kim Kressin | KVRR-TV | MSU Moorhead | Apartment Fire |
| Online Feature Reporting (Medium) |
Jasmine Maki & Lane Zyvoloski | Makin’ It Better | MSU Moorhead | Even the hardest, saddest cases need shelter from the cold |
| Best All-Around Television Newscast |
Staff | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | Campus News |
| Television Feature Photography |
Robert Swansen | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | The Advocate |
| Television Feature Photography |
Robert Swansen | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | Toothpick Bridge Competition |
| Television Feature Reporting |
Zach Denzer | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | Powwow at NDSU |
| Television General News Reporting |
Zach Denzer | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | The Study Drug |
| Television In-Depth Reporting |
Kallyn Klein | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | From Homeschool to College |
| Television News Photography |
Megan Havig | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | MSUM Cancer Research |
| Television News Photography |
Kristi Larson | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | EMT Class at M-State |
| Television Sports Photography |
Garrett Matteson & Andreas Foreid | MSU Moorhead’s Campus News | MSU Moorhead | Dragon Dribblers |
| Television In-Depth Reporting |
Broadcast Documentary Class | Prairie Public Television | MSU Moorhead | Dairy Farming |
| Breaking News Reporting (Medium) |
Bryce Haugen | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Sanford gives $2 million to Dragon Athletics |
| Feature Writing (Medium) |
Jasmine Maki | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Military experience gives veteran push to overcome struggles |
| Feature Writing (Medium) |
Becki DeGeest | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | ‘Nerds’ unite at Fargo-Moorhead’s ValleyCon 38 |
| General News Photography (Medium) |
Lane Zyvoloski | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Bill Clinton rallies support for Heidi Heitkamp |
| General News Photography (Medium) |
Jessica Fleming | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Students help set voting record |
| General News Reporting (Medium) |
Charly Haley | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Internship recruiters misrepresent on campus |
| General News Reporting (Medium) |
Meredith Wathne | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | Moorhead cracks down on alcohol policies |
| General News Reporting (Medium) |
Kayla Van Eps | The Advocate | MSU Moorhead | West Nile threats loom |
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