Campus News Named Best College News Magazine by SPJ, Wins 1st Place in Eric Sevareid Awards, Crystal Pillar in Student NATAS Awards
MSU Moorhead’s Campus News newscast has been honored by three different journalism organizations.
The Society of Professional Journalists named Campus News as the winner in the student news magazine category in its annual Mark of Excellence Region 6 Awards. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 6 includes colleges and universities in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Campus News also earned 1st Place in the Student Morning Newscast category in the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association annual Eric Sevareid Awards. The Campus News sportscast also took 1st Place in the sportscast category. The MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards includes the six-state region of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska.
Campus News also won a Crystal Pillar in the College Magazine Program category from the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in its annual Student Production Awards. The NATAS Upper Midwest Chapter includes the five-state region of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Students involved with the broadcasting program also won numerous individual awards. MSUM students took home 14 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards in numerous categories. That included a sweep of the awards handed out in the Student Videography category.
Five of the individual awards were in radio categories. All were students in Professor Aaron Quanbeck’s Broadcast Journalism class and had their work air on KMSC’s Dragon Radio.
The awards were handed out during the Midwest Journalism Conference, recently held in Minneapolis. The Program Director for Campus News, Dr. Aaron Quanbeck, said these awards validate all the time and effort the students put into their work. “The students spend many hours each week gathering what they need for their stories, writing their scripts, and editing it all together. These awards recognize their commitment to quality journalism.” said Quanbeck.
Campus News airs on Prairie Public Television at 8:30 AM during the spring semester. Archived newscasts and stories are also available on the Campus News YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/MSUMCampusNews.
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
Best All-Around Television News Magazine
Winner – Campus News 4-29-23 – Link to Newscast
Television Sports Reporting
Winner – Nick Tabatt – Honoring a Superfan – Link to Story
Finalist – Matt Stewart – Is Esports a Sport?
Food/Restaurant Journalism
Winner – Alex Sapp – Sioux Chef – Link to Story
Radio Feature
Finalist – Jacob Anderson – Bagley Pep Band Revival
Print Category – Feature Writing (Small)
Winner – Mike McGurran, Matty Leingang – Accidental Cannabis Legalization in MN
Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Eric Sevareid Awards
Morning Newscast
First Place – Campus News 4-29-23
Audio – Radio
First Place – Jacob Anderson – Bagley Pep Band Revival – Link to Story
Broadcast Writing – Radio
Award of Merit – Jacob Anderson – Bagley Pep Band Revival
Broadcast Writing – Television
First Place – Alex Sapp Writing Compilation
Award of Merit – Tylar Frame Writing Compilation
General Reporting – Television
Award of Merit – Hunter Schwartz – MState Electric Cars
Award of Merit – Alex Sapp – NDSU Budget Cuts
Soft Feature – Radio
Award of Merit – Jacob Anderson – Bagley Pep Band Revival
Sports Reporting – Radio
Award of Merit – Hannah Morgan – SMSU Baseball Family Weekend
Sports Reporting – Television
Award of Merit – Nick Tabatt – NDSU Pro Day
Sportscast/Program – Television
First Place – Campus News Sportscast 4-29-23 – Link to sportscast
Videojournalism
First Place – Matty Leingang – MSUM Oceanarium Expansion – Link to Story
Award of Merit – Matty Leingang – NDSU Jazz Festival
Award of Merit – Chris Hovden – A Return to the Powwow
Weather – Feature
First Place – Brenda Mendes – Exchange Students Battle Winter – Link to Story
Award of Merit – Bryant Stenberg – Winter Weather Challenges
NATAS Student Production Awards Crystal Pillars
College Magazine Program
Campus News 4-29-23
College Multimedia Journalist
Tylar Frame – Fighter Turned Teacher – Link to Story
College Writer
Alex Sapp Composite
College Photographer
Chris Hovden Composite