J-School Students Win SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

The Society of Professional Journalists announced the 2009 Mark of Excellence Award Winners for Region 11 on May 1st and J-School students earned top honors in a variety of media. The contest received over 3,600 entries. Congratulations to all the winners!

Breaking News Photography:

Third Place: Bryan Gibel (’11), “Strong Winds Fell Scaffolding”

Feature Photography:

Second Place: Armand Emamdjomeh (’10), “Mission Nights”

Feature Writing

First Place: Dara Kerr (’10), “U Can’t Touch This”

Third Place: Diana Monta̱o (’10), “Latinos Tackle Alzheimer’s”

General News Reporting

First Place: Diana Monta̱o (’10), “Raids Leave Immigrants Living in Fear”

Best Independent Online Student Publication

First Place: Mission Loc@l

Online News Reporting

Third Place: Alissa Figueroa (’11) and Deia De Brito (’11), “Last Call for the 26-Valencia”

Radio In-Depth Reporting

First Place: Adelaide Chen (’11), “Neither Here nor There: Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S.”

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