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Eleven Metro students
have received Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional
Journalists (SPJ). The awards honor "the best in student journalism"
for print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism. The Metro
students won at the regional level and were honored at the SPJ spring
regional conference in Salt Lake City on April 8-9.
The students won
five regional first-place awards, which automatically enters them into
the national Mark of Excellence Awards competition, to be held in Las
Vegas in October.
Last September,
The Met Report won the 2003 national award for Online Broadcast Stations.
The competition was open to pieces that had been published or broadcast
during the 2004 calendar year. Judging was based on "overall excellence,"
criteria for which included: accuracy and completeness; writing style;
enterprise and ingenuity; adherence to high journalistic standards;
effectiveness; extenuating circumstance; creative use of the medium's
unique capabilities; and adherence to the SPJ Code of Ethics.
Associate Professor of Journalism Deb Hurley, who is the regional director
for SPJ and the co-advisor of the SPJ chapter at Metro, said, "The
competition in our region was very stiff this year. These students were
very deserving of these awards and I'm proud of them. It's nice to see
students rewarded for really good work."
Metro students
who won first place awards are as follows:
- The Met Report
Staff, in the Television Non-Daily Newscast category, for The Met
Report
- The Met Report
Staff, in the Best All-Around Online Student Broadcast Station category,
for Metreport.com
- Michelle Gutierrez
and Alex Brancard, in the Television General News Reporting category,
for Drunk Driving Simulator
- Alex Brancard
and Dan Williams, in the Television Sports Photography category, for
North Central Regional Finals
- Noelle Leavitt,
Dan Whittle and Alex Brancard, in the Television In-Depth Reporting
category, for Coors vs. Salazar
The following Metro
students won second place awards:
- Clayton Woullard,
in the Spot News Reporting—Newspaper category, for RTD Light
Rail Accident
- Carlos Montoya,
in the Television Feature category, for 2004 Film Festival Ends
- Tom Livingston
and Alex Brancard, in the Television Sports Reporting category, for
Basketball Finals v. Southern Indiana
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