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