
Previous awards
Announced in 2019
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
A Carnegie-Knight News21 Investigative Report, “Hate in America,” Won the Prestigious 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. It was the fourth RFK Award the school has won — the most of any journalism school in the country.
The package of multimedia stories, a documentary and podcasts examined acts of intolerance, racism and hate crimes across the country. The student journalists found that more than 2.4 million hate crimes were committed across the U.S. between 2012 and 2016, based on an analysis of national crime statistics.
Jacquee Petchel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who serves as executive editor for Carnegie-Knight News21, said the project came at a particularly timely moment, just a year after the Charlottesville, Virginia, protests and clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters.
“This project was an extremely challenging endeavor in which our student reporters were asked to report nationally on one of the most controversial political topics of our times,” Petchel said. “And yet, inevery encounter and interview, they found ways to tell the story of the oppressed
and the oppressors, no matter how uncomfortable.”
The RFK Journalism Awards program honors outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Kennedy’s passions, including human rights, social justice and the power of individual action in the U.S. and around the world. The winning entries were selected by a panel of judges in several rounds.
“To tell a story truthfully and without bias, sometimes you have to travel to great lengths or to a place that makes you uncomfortable,” said Justin Parham, a News21 reporter and ASU graduate student. “As an African American, I never imagined I would interview a member of the Ku Klux Klan. But winning a Robert F. Kennedy Award is a reminder that work around human rights and social justice is important.”
Students, accompanied by Petchel, received the award at a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The school also received a $500 prize and a bronze bust of the late senator and U.S. attorney general.
News21, launched in 2005, brings top journalism students from across the country each year to the Cronkite School to work on a national reporting project. Past projects have won numerous national awards for enterprise, explanatory and investigative reporting.
In addition to Parham, the Cronkite students who participated in the “Hate in America” project were Allie Bice, Scott Bourque, Brendan Campbell, Renata Cló, Alexis Egeland, Kianna Gardner, Jimmie Jackson, Ashley Mackey, Angel Mendoza, Connor Leavy Murphy and Danny Smitherman.
Edward R. Murrow Award
The Carnegie-Knight News21 “Hate in America” project also won the Student Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting. It was the third consecutive year a News21 project has won the award and brings to five the total number of student Murrow Awards the Cronkite School has won — the most of any journalism program in the country.
Allie Bice, a Hearst Journalism Foundations fellow who now works for Politico in Washington, D.C., noted that she and other students spent eight months researching, reporting and producing the “Hate in America” project.
“I like to think we channeled the qualities of Murrow in our day-to-day work ethic,” she said. “We were filled with curiosity and determination to dive deeper into this difficult subject. We grappled with incomplete FBI data and traveled across the country to interview victims and perpetrators of hate. It feels great to have our hard work pay off, but we wouldn’t have been able to do any of it if it weren’t for so many brave sources willing to share their stories with us.”
The 2019 winners were recognized at the Edward R. Murrow Awards black-tie event hosted by the Radio Television Digital News Association in New York City.
Established in 2015, the student awards celebrate excellence in journalism at the collegiate and high school levels. Unlike the professional Edward R. Murrow Awards, which are presented to news organizations, the student Murrows are awarded to individuals in five categories — audio newscast, audio reporting, video newscast, video reporting and digital reporting.
The RTDNA is the world’s largest professional organization exclusively serving the electronic news profession It has been honoring outstanding achievements in professional journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971.
SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
Cronkite students finished first in the 2018 national Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition with 10 awards — more than any other school in the nation.
Students won first place in five categories: online in-depth reporting, television feature reporting, videography, sports photography, and broadcast sports videography as well as five national finalist awards.
In addition, Chris McCrory won “Best in Show” in the national student SPJ competition for a two-part investigative series on abandoned mines in Arizona that appeared in Cronkite News. Photographer Nicole Neri was one of four finalists for the “Best in Show” award for a photo at a sporting event. They were honored at the national SPJ conference in San Antonio, Texas, in September.
Cronkite students have topped the Mark of Excellence Awards program 10 times since 2005 and have won a total of 107 awards. Cronkite holds the record for the most first-place awards in the national competition — a total of 52 — during that same time period.
The school also holds the record for best performance over the past 18 years in the SPJ Region 11 contest, which includes Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands and Nevada. Cronkite students won a total of 47 awards, including 21 first-place awards, in the 2018 regional competition. All first-place winners in regional competitions advanced to the finals.
“We’re especially proud of our students’ performance in this year’s SPJ contest,” said Cronkite Dean Christopher Callahan. “National awards like this prove to our students that they can perform at the highest possible level and that hard work and dedication really do pay off.”
National Winners
Best in Show
Chris McCrory, two-part series on “Abandoned Mines,” Cronkite News
Best in Show Finalist
Nicole Neri, “Ballyard Brawl,” Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska
Broadcast Feature Videography
Matt Lively, “Operation Restoring Hope,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Broadcast Sports Videography
Jake Trybulski and Drake Dunaway, “In Arizona, More Navajo Take to the Dirt for Rez Golf,” PBS NewsHour
Online In-Depth Reporting
Chris McCrory, “In a Hole: Arizona Officials Lack Funds to Find, Secure at Least 100,000 Abandoned Mines,” Two-Part Series, Cronkite News
Television Feature Reporting
Samie Gebers, “Art Class Dementia,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Sports Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students
Nicole Neri, “Ballyard Brawl Mixes It Up in Haymarket Park,” Photo Published During an Internship at Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska
National Finalists
These Entries Won First in the Region and Were National Finalists:
Best All-Around Television News Magazine
Staff of Cronkite News – Phoenix Sports Bureau, “Cronkite Sports Report: Season 10, Episode 6,” FOX Sports Arizona
Best Independent Online Student Publication
ASU’s the State Press
Broadcast News Videography
Lillian Donahue, “Helping With Cleanup After Record Storms,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Television Breaking News Reporting
Staff of Cronkite News, “Midterm Election Coverage,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Television In-Depth Reporting
Courtney Mally, Marissa Roper and Maya Patrose, “Concrete Change,” Arizona PBS
Hearst Journalism Awards
Cronkite students shined at the Hearst Journalism Awards, coming in second among 100 schools nationally in the yearlong competition that led up to the national championship finals. Students finished in the top six in all four categories — broadcast, multimedia, writing and photojournalism.
Cronkite has placed in the top 10 in the Hearst Journalism Awards program for 17 consecutive years and has finished in the top five in nine of those years.
Five Cronkite students were selected for the 2018-2019 national championships, which bring together top journalism students from around the country for several days of live competition during which they write, report and produce stories. Cronkite tied with two other schools for the most students in this year’s championship round.
One of the students, Bryce Newberry, a recent Cronkite graduate now at KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, came in second overall in television broadcast news, winning a total of $8,500 in scholarships. Cronkite students won a total of $18,000 in scholarships during the competition.
The other students and their awards:
- Matt Lively, a recent graduate who is a weekend sports anchor at 23ABC News in Bakersfield, California, received $5,000 for his third-place finish in television broadcast news.
- Senior Jack Harris was a finalist in the writing competition, earning a $1,500 scholarship.
- Senior Nicole Neri was a photojournalism finalist, also winning $1,500.
- Austin Westfall, a recent graduate who is a multimedia journalist at KERO-TV in Bakersfield, California, was a finalist in the radio broadcast newscategory and earned a $1,500 scholarship.
Students Who Placed in the Monthly Hearst Awards Competitions:
Writing
Personality/Profile
Second: Jack Harris, “Apple of His Eye: Children Inspire Visually Impaired Runner After Lifetime of Heartache”
14th: Ethan Millman, “Interview With a Bluesman”
Enterprise Reporting
Fourth: Chris McCrory, “In a Hole: Arizona Officials Lack Funds to Find, Secure at Least 100,000 Abandoned Mines”
21st: Stephanie Morse, “Will Arizona’s Saguaros Survive Climate Change and Drought?”
Sports Writing
Fourth: Ryan Clarke, “Something in the Water: A High School on the Border and Its Many Successful Athletes”
Feature Writing
Sixth: Aydali Campa, “Border Towns Struggle With Students Who Live in Mexico, Learn in Arizona”
Breaking News
11th: Alexis England, “Flake Votes to Approve Kavanaugh — for Now — Demands an FBI Probe”
Multimedia Journalism
Enterprise Reporting
Fifth: Daria Kadovik, “Young Women Rising Interest in Taxidermy”
News
Sixth: Samie Gebers, “Vegas Stronger”
10th: Rebecca Spiess, “No More Deaths Duels With Border Patrol”
Features
Seventh: Charlene Santiago, Hurricane Maria Multimedia Bilingual Video Stories, Part of the Project “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient”
Team/News
Eighth: Claire Cleveland, Carly Henry and Lerman Montoya, “Puerto Rico Universities Grapple With Future After Hurricane Maria”
10th: Cami Clark, Celisse Jones, Chris McCrory and Nicole Neri, “Arizona’s Two Abandoned-Mine Inspectors Face Daunting Task”
Radio News and Features
Third: Austin Westfall, “Vegas Shooting Anniversary” and “Swept Away”
18th: Jordan Elder, “Walk or Rebuild”
Television News
Fourth: Bryce Newberry, “Fentanyl Strips”
Sixth: Gabriella Bachara, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” and “Customs and Border Patrol”
Television Features
Third: Matt Lively, “Veterans Retreat” and “Blind Football Player”
Ninth: Lillian Donahue, “Honor Flight: Korean War Veterans” and “Hurricane Florence Relief”
Photojournalism
News & Features
11th: Nicole Neri
Picture Story/Series
13th: Nicole Neri
16th: Delia Johnson
BEA Festival of Media Arts Awards
Cronkite students again won the most news division awards in the 2019 national Broadcast Education Association’s annual Festival of Media Arts national competition.
Students took home 23 awards in the news, documentary, sports and video categories. It was the ninth time in 10 years that the Cronkite School has finished with the most awards in the news division.
Additionally, Cronkite student Troy Lynch won a Best of Festival King Foundation Award, the competition’s highest honor. His sports package, “Turning Tragedy to Triumph,” was an emotional report about Eric Young Jr., a Los Angeles Angels baseball player whose son died shortly after being born.
Other BEA Winners:
Mixed Pedagogical (Teacher/Student Co-Production)
Best of Competition: Steve Filmer, Bailey Netsch and Juliana Evans, “Science of the Saguaro Cactus,” Catalyst
Television Feature
First: Lillian Donahue, “Honor Flight,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Matt Lively, “Operation Restoring Hope,” Cronkite News
Television Weathercaster
First: Jordan Evans, “Weathercast Reel,” Cronkite News
Third: Lauren Schieler, “Weathercast Reel,” Cronkite News
Long Form Video or Film Documentary
First: Justin Parham and Other Carnegie-Knight News21 Videographers, “American Hate”
TV Sports News Program
First: Terra Pinckley, Hailey Hole, Chaz Frazier and Tyler Paley, “Cronkite Sports Report — Season 10, Episode 6,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Scotty Gange and Blaine McCormick, “The House — Episode 8,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Noah Lau, “The House – Episode 11,” Cronkite News
Short Form Video or Film Documentary
Award of Excellence: Jasmine Spearing-Bowen, “Myeloma Rabbit Virus,” Catalyst
Television Hard News
Second: Lillian Donahue, “Supai Village Residents Fearful for Their Future,” Cronkite News
Television News Anchor
Third: Bryce Newberry, “Anchor Reel,” Cronkite News
Television Newscast
Third: Hayley Brand, Kevyn Gessner and Acuzena Martinez, “March for Our Lives,” Cronkite News
Radio/TV Sports Event: Play-by-Play Talent
Third: Blaine McCormick, “Play-by-Play Arizona State vs. Colorado Football,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Story/Feature
First: Brooke Coltelli, “Coach Kibler,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Jake Trybulski and Drake Dunaway, “Rez Golf,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Anthony Totri, “ACL Brothers,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Bailey O’Carroll, “ASU Groundskeeper,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Chancellor Johnson, “Basketball Virtuoso,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Talent (Anchor/Host)
Award of Excellence: Blaine McCormick, “Fall 2018 Sports Talent Reel”
Award of Excellence: Scotty Gange, “Anchor Reel,” Cronkite News •
Rocky Mountain Emmy Student Production Awards
Cronkite students dominated the 2018 regional intercollegiate Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, taking home seven Student Production Awards, the most of any school in the region.
Students have won 49 Student Production Awards since 2009, the region’s best record. The competition, organized by the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, recognizes the best work in television and radio.
The 2018 college student production award winners:
College Arts and Entertainment/Cultural Affairs
Winner: Lillian Donahue, “The Duncan Dancers, a Family Affair,” Cronkite News
College Craft – Talent
Winner: Blaine McCormick, Cronkite News
College Newscast
Winner: Olivia Anderson, Haley Brand, Kevyn Gessner, Alessandra Luckey, Courtney Mally, Azucena Martinez, Demitria Pilatos and Ann Marie Schlup, “Full Circle,” Cronkite News
College News General Assignment Report
Winner: Lillian Donahue, “Aid Groups Caught in Border Battle,” Cronkite News
College Public Affairs/Community Service
Winner: Claire Caulfield, Brandon Kitchin, Jenna Miller, Corinne Roels, Michael M. Santiago, Karl Schneider, Briana Smith, Jasmine Spearing-Bowen, Adrienne St. Clair and Nicole Tyau, “Troubled Water,” Carnegie-Knight News21
College Short Form: Non-Fiction
Winner: Amanda Mason, “Puerto Rico Recovery Six Months After Maria,” Cronkite News
College Sports
Winner: Tyler Paley, “DACA Boxer,” Cronkite News
Additional Awards
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System National Radio Awards
Best Community Volunteer Program/Personality
Winner: Nick White, Veteran Diaries, Blaze Radio
Best Hockey Play-by-Play
Winner: Josh Schaefer, Pac-12 Hockey, Blaze Radio
Best Sports Director
Winner: Braiden Bell, Blaze Radio
Best Sports Talk Program
Winner: Eliav Gabay and Harley Yearout for Gabay &Amp; Yearout, Blaze Radio
Best Women’s Basketball Play-by-Play
Winner: Lyle Goldstein, Stanford vs. Oregon Women’s Pac-12 Championship, Blaze Radio
Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Award
Student Best in Business Award
Winner: Andres Guerra Luz, “Hurricane Provides Opportunity for Puerto Rico’s Battered Tourism Industry,” part of Cronkite Borderlands Project “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient,” Cronkite News
Society of Environmental Journalists Awards Ray Reece “Excellence in Environmental Journalism” Student Award
Winner: Chris McCrory, “Abandoned Mines,” Two-Part Series, Cronkite News
Honorable Mention: Lillian Donahue (Broadcast Reporter) and Christopher Cadeau (Digital Reporter), “Hands, Heart and Feet: Havasupai Children Write Letters Urging Trump to Ban Canyon Mining,” Cronkite News
Honorable Mention: Jenna Miller, “Feeding Change: Puerto Rico’s Push for Food Independence Intertwined With Debate Over Statehood,” Part of Cronkite Borderlands Project “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient,” Cronkite News
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards
Student Reporting: Large
Finalist: Chris McCrory, “Abandoned Mines,” Two-Part Series, Cronkite News
Online News Association Journalism Awards
David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award
Winner: Meagan Barbee, Adriana De Alba, Eric Jakows and Jenna Miller “Leaving Tracks: The Capture of Wolf No. 1553,” Cronkite News
Pro-Am Student Award
Winner: “Troubled Water,” Carnegie-Knight News21
EPPY Awards
Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Report
Winner: “Hate in America,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Best College/University News
Finalist: “17 Lives, 17 Minutes,” Cronkite News
College Television Awards
Cronkite News Was One of Three National Finalists Nominated in the News Category of the College Television Awards, Presented by the Television Academy in Los Angeles in March 2019.
National Association of Black Journalists Awards
Television Undergraduate – Television Sports Reporting
Winner, Matt Lively, “Blind Brophy Football Player Has Vision for Success,” Cronkite News
Digital Media – Graduate – Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
Winner, “Hate in America,” Carnegie-Knight News21
National Association of Hispanic Journalists Awards
Latino Issues – Tv/Online Video Journalism (Professional Category)
Finalist Charlene Santiago (Video Producer), “Study Puts Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll at More Than 4,600; Some Residents Still Struggle With Power,” Cronkite News
Latino Issues – Student Print/Digital Journalism
Two Finalists: Chris McCrory (Reporter) and Nicole Neri (Photographer), “Footsteps Into America: A Migrant’s Journey of Struggle, Hope and the Unknown,” Cronkite News
Asian American Journalists Association Awards
Student Journalism (General)
Winner: Cronkite Borderlands Project, “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient,” Cronkite News
Association of Food Journalists Awards
Best Writing on Food, Student Division
Second: Tayler Brown, “Native American Farmers Plan Moves to Global Market, Greater Sustainability,” Cronkite News
Maggie Awards Best Student Publications — Best Print Publication
Finalist: State Press Magazine Best Student Publications — Best Print Cover
Finalist: State Press Magazine Webby Awards Advertising, Media & Pr: Student
Honoree: “Puerto Rico: Restless &Amp; Resilient,” Cronkite Borderlands Project, Cronkite News
Best of the West Awards Business and Financial Reporting (Professional Category)
Third: Derek Hall, “For Crew of 2,100-Passenger Cruise Ship, Frenetic ‘Turnaround Day’ in Seattle Starts and Ends the Journey,” the Seattle Times
Arizona Press Club Awards Professional Categories: Community Health Reporting
Third: Claire Cleveland, “Pregnant and Addicted,” Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Community Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award
Second: Megan Janetsky, “Passage Prevented: Trump’s Border Wall Threatens Delicate Wildlife Habitat,” Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Spanish-Language News Reporting
Third: Charlene Santiago, Hurricane Maria Multimedia Bilingual Stories, Part of the Project “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient,” Cronkite Noticias
Spanish-Language Feature Reporting
Third: Mia Armstrong and Miranda Cyr, “Activistas Al Poder,” Cronkite Noticias
Spanish-Language Commentary/Analysis
Third: Charlene Santiago, “Hija Y Periodista, Lo Que Me Enseñó El Huracán María Desde La Diaspora,” Cronkite Noticias
Statewide Education Reporting
Third: Johanna Huckeba, “ASU Professor Teaches in the Dark as Students in Puerto Rico Wait for Light,” the State Press
Statewide Immigration Reporting
Second: Chris McCrory, “Footsteps Into America: A Migrant’s Journey of Struggle, Hope and the Unknown,” Cronkite News
Statewide Public Service Journalism
Second: Chris McCrory, Two-Part Series on Arizona Abandoned Mines, Cronkite News
Statewide Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award
Third: Megan Janetsky, “Passage Prevented: Trump’s Border Wall Threatens Delicate Wildlife Habitat,” Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Statewide Sports Investigative Reporting
Second: Nate Fain, Daniel Perle and Veronica Graff, “I’m Losing Those Memories: Ex-Cardinals Among Thousands in Concussion Suit,” Special Report for the Arizona Republic
Student Categories Investigative Reporting
First: Kianna Gardner, “Social Media: Where Voices of Hate Find a Place to Preach,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Second: Mia Armstrong, “ASU Uses Mandatory Reporting to Fight Sexual Misconduct on Campus,” the State Press
Third: Isaac Windes, “The Elephant in the Room,” the State Press
Student News Reporting
First: Corey Hawk, “Grand Canyon Gap: Arizona National Parks Need $531 Million to Fix Roads, Buildings,” Cronkite News
Second: Rebecca Spiess, “No More Deaths Duels With Border Patrol Over Water and Food Drops for Migrants,” Cronkite News
Third: Kailey Broussard, Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola, Harrison Mantas and Lindsay Walker, “Challenge to Law Could Redefine Native American Foster Care, Adoptions,” Cronkite News
Student Features Reporting
First: Lillian Donahue, “Full Circle: Urban Native American Family Keeps Apache Traditions Alive Through Hoop Dancing,” Cronkite News
Second: Karishma Albal and Maya Shrikant, “Why Do Some Labs Drown in Funding While Others Dry Up?” the State Press
Third: Johanna Huckeba, “ASU Professor Teaches in the Dark as Students in Puerto Rico Wait for Light,” the State Press
Announced in 2018
Arizona Press Club Awards
Community Health Reporting
Third: Claire Cleveland, “Pregnant and Addicted,” Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Community Nina Mason Pulliam Enviromental Journalism Award
Second: Megan Janetsky, “Passage Prevented: Trump’s border wall threatens delicate wildlife,” Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Spanish-language News Reporting
Third: Charlene Santiago, Cronkite Noticias
Spanish-language Commentary/Analysis
Third: Charlene Santiago, Cronkite Noticias
Statewide Education Reporting
Third: Johanna Huckeba, The ASU State Press
Statewide Immigration Reporting
Second: Chris McCrory, Cronkite News
Statewide Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award
Third: Megan Janetsky, “Passage Prevented: Trump’s border wall threatens delicate wildlife habitat”
Statewide Sports Investigative Reporting
Second: Nate Fain, Daniel Perle and Veronica Graff, The Arizona Republic
Student Investigative Reporting
First: Kianna Gardner, “Social Media: Where voices of hate find a place to preach,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Second: Mia Armstrong, “ASU uses mandatory reporting to fight sexual misconduct on campus,” The ASU State Press
Third: Isaac Windes, “The Elephant in the Room,” The ASU State Press
Student News Reporting
First: Corey Hawk, “Grand Canyon gap: Arizona national parks need $531 million to fix roads, buildings,” Cronkite News
Second: Rebecca Spiess, “No More Deaths Duels with Border Patrol,” Cronkite News
Third: Kailey Broussard, Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola, Harrison Mantas and Lindsay Walker, “Challenge to law could redefine Native American foster care, adoptions,” Cronkite News
Student Features Reporting
First: Lillian Donahue, “Full circle: Urban Native American family keeps Apache traditions alive through hoop dancing,” Cronkite News
Second: Karishma Albal and Maya Shrikant, “Why do some labs drown in funding while others dry up?,” The ASU State Press
Third: Johanna Huckeba, “ASU professor teaches in the dark as students in Puerto Rico wait for light,” The ASU State Press
Student Sports Reporting
To be announced
Association of Food Journalists
Best Writing on Food, Student Division
Finalist: Tayler Brown, “Native American farmers plan moves to global market, greater sustainability,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Best of the West
Business and Financial Reporting
Third: Derek Hall
Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts
Best of Festival King Foundation Award – Student Sports
Best of Competition: Troy Lynch, “Turning Tragedy to Triumph,”
Mixed Pedagogical (Teacher/Student Co-Production)
Best of Competition: Steve Filmer, Bailey Netsch and Juliana Evans, “Science of the Saguaro Cactus,” CATALYST
Television Feature
First: Lillian Donahue “Honor Flight,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Matt Lively “Operation Restoring Hope,” Cronkite News
Television Weathercaster
First: Jordan Evans, “Weathercast Reel,” Cronkite News
Third: Lauren Schieler, “Weathercast Reel,” Cronkite News
Television News Anchor
Third: Joey Carrera, “Anchor Reel”
Long Form Video or Film Documentary
First: Justin Parham, “American Hate,” Carnegie-Knight News21
TV Sports News Program
First: Terra Pinckley, Hailey Hole, Chaz Frazier and Tyler Paley, “Cronkite Sports Report – Season 10, Episode 6,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Scotty Gange and Blaine McCormick, “The House – Episode 8,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Noah Lau, “The House – Episode 11,” Cronkite News
Short Form Video or Film Documentary
Award of Excellence: Jasmine Spearing-Bowen, “Myeloma Rabbit Virus,” CATALYST
Television Hard News
Second: Lillian Donahue, “Supai Village Residents Fearful for Their Future,” Cronkite News
Television News Anchor
Third: Bryce Newberry, “Anchor Reel,” Cronkite News
Television Newscast
Third: Hayley Brand, Kevyn Gessner and Acuzena Martinez, “March for Our Lives,” Cronkite News
Radio/TV Sports Event: Play-by-Play Talent
Third: Blaine McCormick, “Play-by-Play Arizona State vs. Colorado Football,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Blaine McCormick, “Play-by-Play Arizona State vs. Colorado Football,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Story/Feature
First: Brooke Coltelli, “Coach Kibler,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Jake Trybulski and Drake Dunaway, “Rex Golf,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Anthony Totri, “ACL Brothers,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Bailey O’Carroll, “ASU Groundskeeper,” Cronkite News
Award of Excellence: Chancellor Johnson, “Basketball Virtuoso,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Talent (Anchor/Host)
Award of Excellence: Blaine McCormick, “Fall 2018 Sports Talent Reel”
Award of Excellence: Scotty Gange, “Anchor Reel”
EPPY Awards
Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Report
Winner: “Hate in America,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Best College/University News
Finalist: “17 Lives, 17 Minutes,” Cronkite News
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award
Winner: Nicole Neri
Second: Ben Moffat
Honorable Mentions: Anya Magnuson and Megan Janetsky
Hearst Journalism Awards
National Journalism Championship Broadcast News
Matt Lively
Bryce Newberry
National Journalism Championship Broadcast Radio
Austin Westfall
National Journalism Championship Photography
Nicole Neri
National Journalism Championship Writing
Jack Harris
Category Winners
Breaking News – Writing
11th: Alexis England, “Flake votes to approve Kavanaugh — for now — demands an FBI probe”
Enterprise Reporting – Writing
Fourth: Chris McCrory, “In a hole: Arizona officials lack funds to find, secure at least 100,000 abandoned mines”
21st: Stephanie Morse, “Will Arizona’s saguaros survive climate change and drought?”
Feature Writing
Sixth: Aydali Campa, “Border towns struggle with students who live in Mexico, learn in Arizona”
Multimedia Enterprise Reporting
Fifth: Daria Kadovik, “Young Women Rising Interest in Taxidermy”
Multimedia Feature
Seventh: Charlene Santiago, Hurricane Maria multimedia, bilingual video stories, part of project “Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient”
Multimedia News
Sixth: Samie Gebers, “Vegas Stronger”
Tenth: Rebecca Spiess, “No More Deaths Duels with Border Patrol”
Multimedia Team/News
Eighth: Claire Cleveland, Carly Henry and Lerman Montoya, “Puerto Rico universities grapple with future after Hurricane Maria”
10th: Cami Clark, Celisse Jones, Chris McCrory and Nicole Neri, “Arizona’s two abandoned mine inspectors face daunting task”
Personality/Profile Writing
Second: Jack Harris, “Apple of his eye: Children inspire visually impaired runner after lifetimes of heartache”
14th: Ethan Millman, “Interview with a Bluesman”
Radio News and Features
Third: Austin Westfall, “Vegas Shooting Anniversary” and “Swept Away”
18th: Jordan Elder, “Walk or Rebuild?” and “Foster Immigrants”
Sports Writing
Fourth: Ryan Clarke, “Something in the water: A high school on the border and its many successful athletes”
Television — News
Fourth: Bryce Newberry, “Fentanyl Strips” and “Abandoned Mines”
Sixth: Gabriella Bachara, “Missing and murdered indigenous women” and “Customs and Border Patrol”
Television — Features
Third: Matt Lively, “Veterans Retreat” and “Blind Football Player”
Ninth: Lillian Donahue, “Honor Flight: Korean War Veterans” and “Hurricane Florence Relief”
Photojournalism
News & Features
11th: Nicole Neri
Picture Story/Series
13th: Nicole Neri
16th: Delia Johnson
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System
Best Community Volunteer Program/Personality
Winner: Nick White, “Veteran Diaries,” ASU Blaze Radio
Best Hockey Play-by-Play: Pac-12 Hockey
Winner: Josh Schaefer, ASU Blaze Radio
Best Sports Director
Winner: Braiden Bell, ASU Blaze Radio
Best Sports Talk Program
Winner: Eliav Gabay and Harley Yearout, ASU Blaze Radio
Best Women’s Basketball Play-by-Play: Stanford vs. Oregon Women’s Pac-12 Championship
Winner: Lyle Goldstein, ASU Blaze Radio
(ASU Blaze Radio staff members were nominated in 11 other categories.)
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards
Student Reporting – Large
Finalist: Chris McCrory, “Abandoned Mines,” two-part series, Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Maggie Awards
Best Student Publications — Best Print Publication
State Press Magazine
Best Student Publications — Best Print Cover
State Press Magazine
Online News Association Journalism Awards
David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award
Winner: “Leaving Tracks: The Capture of Wolf No. 1553,” Cronkite News
Pro-Am Student Award
Winner: “Troubled Water,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Public Relations Lab Aspire Award
Winner: Jackson Dorsey
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Winner: Students in the Carnegie-Knight News21 investigative reporting project at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication won the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for “Hate in America,” a package of multimedia stories focused on acts of intolerance, racism and hate crimes across the country.
Rocky Mountain Emmy Student Production Awards
College Arts and Entertainment/Cultural Affairs
Lillian Donahue, “The Duncan Dancers, a Family Affair,” Cronkite News
College Craft: Talent
Blaine McCormick, Cronkite News
College Newscast
Olivia Anderson, Haley Brand, Kevyn Gessner, Alessandra Luckey, Courtney Mally, Azucena Martinez, Demitria Pilato and Ann Marie Schlup, “Full Circle,” Cronkite News
College News General Assignment Report
Lillian Donahue, “Aid Groups Caught in Border Battle,” Cronkite News
College Public Affairs/Community Service
Claire Caulfield, Brandon Kitchin, Jenna Miller, Corinne Roels, Michael M. Santiago, Karl Schneider, Briana Smith, Jasmine Spearing-Bowen, Adrienne St. Clair and Nicole Tyau, “Troubled Waters,” Carnegie-Knight News 21
College Short Form: Non-Fiction
Amanda Mason, “Puerto Rico Recovery Six Months After Maria,” Cronkite News
College Sports
Tyler Paley, “DACA Boxer,” Cronkite News
Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing – Best in Business Awards
Student Business Reporting
First: Andres Guerra Luz, “Hurricane provides opportunity for Puerto Rico’s battered tourism industry,” Cronkite Borderlands Project/Cronkite News
Society of Professional Journalists’ National Mark of Excellence Awards National Winners
Broadcast Feature Videography
Matt Lively, “Operation Restoring Hope,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Broadcast Sports Videography
Jake Trybulski and Drake Dunaway, “In Arizona, More Navajo Take to the Dirt for Rez Golf,” PBS NewsHour
Online In-Depth Reporting
Chris McCrory, “In a Hole: Arizona Officials Lack Funds to Find, Secure at least 100,000 Abandoned Mines,” two-part series, Cronkite News
Television Feature Reporting
Samie Gebers, “Art Class Dementia,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Sports Photography (Large) 10,000 Students
Nicole Neri, “Ballyard Brawl Mixes it Up in Haymarket Park,” photo published during an internship at Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska
Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards National Finalists
Best All-Around Television News Magazine
Staff of Cronkite News – Phoenix Sports Bureau, “Cronkite Sports Report: Season 10, Episode 6,” Fox Sports Arizona
Best Independent Online Student Publication
ASU’s The State Press
Broadcast News Videography
Lillian Donahue, “Helping with Cleanup after Record Storms,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Television Breaking News Reporting
Staff of Cronkite New, “Midterm Election Coverage,” Cronkite News/Arizona PBS
Television In-Depth Reporting
Courtney Mally, Marissa Roper and Maya Patrose, “Concrete Change,” Arizona PBS
Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
Cronkite students won 47 awards, including 21 first-place awards – more than the total of all other large schools combined – in the 2018 SPJ Region 11 contest.
Webby Awards
Advertising, Media & PR: Student
Honoree: “Puerto Rico: Restless & Resilient,” Cronkite Borderlands Project/Cronkite News
Announced in 2017
Arizona Press Club Awards
Community Government Reporting
First: Erica Lang, “Child abuse and maltreatment cases languish in Arizona,” Cronkite News
Community Immigration Reporting
First: Staff, “Building a Wall,” Cronkite News
Community Science Reporting
First: Miguel Otarola, “Carbon-capture” could ‘save the planet,’ ASU scientist says,” Cronkite News
Community Short-form Writing
First: Katie Bieri, “It’s a dog-meet-dog world,” Cronkite News
Community Investigative Reporting
Second: Joshua Bowling, “Three days in August: How a water outage in AZ exposed cracks in customer service,” Cronkite News
Community Human Interest Writing
Second: Rebecca Brisley, “The uncertain fate of the Salt River horses,” State Press
Community Sports Feature Reporting
Third: Nick Krueger, “Stabler’s grandson carry on family’s football legacy,” Cronkite News
Arizona Press Club Photojournalism Awards
College Photographer of the Year
Winner: Courtney Pedroza
Third: Ben Moffat
Professional Award – Feature Photography
Second: Ben Moffat
Professional Award – Sports Pictorial
Third: Ben Moffat
Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts
Radio Feature Reporting
Best of Festival: Olivia Richard, “Arizona State University; Phoenix Veterans Courts,” KJZZ
Third: Lauren Negrete, “Muertos Art,” KTAR News
Television Newscast
First: Windsor Smith and Madison Romine, Cronkite News Feb. 17, 2016
Television Feature
First: Adriana De Alba, “Tres Amigos,” Cronkite News
Second: Yahaira Jacquez, “Food Waste at the Border,” Cronkite News
Television Weathercaster
First: Joey Carrera, “Weather Reel”
Television News Anchor
Third: Joey Carrera, “Anchor Reel”
Television Hard News
Award of Excellence: Zack Moran, “Grants Ensure Processing of Untests Rape Kits in Arizona,” Cronkite News
Radio Hard News
Third: Jacob McAuliffe, “Trinity Church,” KJZZ
Long Form Video or Film Documentary
Third: Jennifer Soules, Angela Schuster and Jackie Cotton, “Unzipped: Naming Arizona’s Nameless,” documentary
Radio Sports Story/Feature/News
First: Olivia Richard, “Talent Beyond Age,” Blaze Radio, KASC 1330 AM
Second: Blake Benard, “Michael Phelps Swims at ASU,” Blaze Radio, KASC 1330 AM
Award of Excellence: Matthew Lively, “Arizona State University Softball: The Territorial Cup,” Blaze Radio, KASC 1330 AM
Radio/TV Sports Event: Play-by-Play Talent
Third: Blake Benard, “2016 Cactus Bowl,” Blaze Radio, KASC 1330 AM
Award of Excellence: Gavin Schall, Arizona State Classic First Round: No. 19 Florida Gators vs. Long Beach State
Television Sports Story/Feature
Award of Excellence: Blake Benard, “Phoenix Mercury Jersey Adds Essential for Profitability,” Cronkite News
Interactive Multimedia (Solo Category)
First: Alexandria Coleman, “Decades After Addressing Discrimination, Post 41 Continues to Bring Community Together,” PIN Bureau
Studio (Multi-Camera or Live-to-Tape)
Third: Trever Migliorino, Xavier Smith, Miles Todd and Joey Hardy, “Cronkite News Election Special,” Cronkite News
EPPY Awards
Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Report
Winner: Voting Wars, Carnegie-Knight News21
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award
Winner: Courtney Pedroza
Second: Ben Moffat
Third: Reilly Kneedler
Hearst Journalism Awards
National Journalism Championship
Second: Adriana De Alba, Television Broadcast News
Finalist: J McAuliffe, Radio Broadcast News
Category Winners
Television Features
Fourth: Adriana De Alba
Ninth: Tyler Fingert
Radio Broadcast
Fifth: J McAuliffe
Breaking News Writing
Fourth: Charlene Santiago
Features Writing
19th: Becky Brisley
Enterprise Writing
12th: Nicole Tyau
14th: Alejandra Armstrong
Multimedia IV News Team
Fourth: Molly Bilker, Socorro Carrillo, Anna Copper, Elizabeth Hansen and Courtney Pedroza
Eighth: Clara Benitez, Joshua Bowling, Claire Cleveland, Johanna Huckeba, Emily Mahoney, Ben Moffat, Agnel Philip, Gabriel Sandler, Ryan Santistevan and Jenny Ung
Multimedia Enterprise
21st: Sydney Greene
Multimedia News
17th: Tyler Petersen
24th: Kendra Penningroth
Multimedia Features
19th: Camm Neely
Television News
Eighth: Zackary Moran
11th: Veronica Acosta
Television Features
Ninth: Tyler Fingert
Photojournalism News and Features
Ninth: Courtney Pedroza
Photojournalism Story/Series
19th: Johanna Huckeba
IRE Award
Student Reporting
Winner: Voting Wars, Carnegie-Knight News21
NABEF Excellence in Innovative Technology Award
Winner: Cronkite News VR and Cronkite Border VR, New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab
Public Relations Lab Aspire Award
Winner: Caitlin Bohrer
PR News PR People Awards
Student of the Year
Winner: Caitlin Bohrer
PRSA Awards – Phoenix Chapter
Copper Anvil Award for Special Events
Winners: Teresa Joseph, Tyler O’Tremba, Dylan Foy and Sidney Pearce
PRSA Scholarships
Winners: Caitlin Bohrer and Savannah Harrelson
Rocky Mountain Emmy Student Production Awards
Newscast
Windsor Smith, Nicole Fox, Jennifer Soules, Emily Antuna and Madison Romine
“Election Special: March 22, 2016,” Cronkite News
News: General Assignment
Yahaira Jacquez
“Food Waste Problem Along US-Mexico Border Sees Progress,” Cronkite News
Ben Margiott
“LEGO KidsFest Invades Glendale,” Cronkite News
Yahaira Jacquez
“Navajo Family Without Water and Their Daughter,” Cronkite News
Long Form: Fiction/Non-Fiction
Zackary Moran
“El Otro Lado: The Divide Over Arizona’s Border Crisis”
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy and Rashinda Bankhead
“Stingray,” documentary
Public Affairs/Community Service
Katie Bieri
“Mexico Opening the Door to Legalization of Marijuana,” Cronkite News
Editor
Yahaira Jacquez
“West Phoenix Music Teacher Making a Difference,” Cronkite News
Talent
Megan Thompson
“Anchor Reel”
Rocky Mountain Student Production Award Nominees
Newscast
Windsor Smith and Madison Romine
“Newscast: Feb. 17, 2016,” Cronkite News
Katy Burge
“Newscast,” Cronkite News
News: General Assignment
Jacob Garcia
“Donald Trump’s Arizona Rally Showcases His Polarizing Nature,” Cronkite News
Megan Thompson
“Many Who Have Died Crossing Arizona’s Border Remain Unidentified,” Cronkite News
Megan Thompson
“Phoenix Parking Meter Changes Ease City’s Financial Woes,” Cronkite News
Ross Leviton
“TC Chillemi: Keep on Keepin On”
Yeowon Kim, Suzanne Jumper and Johnathan Rugg
“Tres Rios – A Constructed Wetland”
Long Form: Fiction/Non-Fiction
Langston Fields, Cassie Ronda, Mindy Riesenberg, Rajneesh Bhandari, Nadia Mouelhi, Omar Hassan, and Glaiza Boccelli
“Camels Don’t Fly, Deserts Don’t Bloom”
Alicia Gonzales, Sierra LaDuke and Graham Bosch
“The Blake Project”
Jackie Cotton, Jennifer Soules and Angela Schuster
“Unzipped: Naming Arizona’s Nameless”
Sports
Jacob Garcia
“Building for the Future: Garvin Alston Jr. Quietly Developing for ASU,” Cronkite News
Jacob Garcia
“Tommy Puzey: Marathon Winner Second, Family Man First,” Cronkite News
Public Affairs/Community Service
Lillian Donahue
“Collegiate Tree Planting Challenge”
Editor
Katie Bieri
“Congress Has Gone to the Dogs,” Cronkite News
Talent
Jacob Garcia
“Anchor Reel”
Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition
Winner: Olivia Richard
Society of Professional Journalists’ National Mark of Excellence Awards
Best All-Around Television Newscast
Winner: Tyler Klaus and Xavier Smith, “Cronkite News Election Night,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Photography
Winner: Ao Gao, “ASU Swimmer Represents Serbia in Upcoming Olympic Games,” Cronkite News
Online News Reporting
Winner: Emily L. Mahoney, “Voters Will Face a Maze of New Requirements in November,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Breaking News Photography
Finalist: Reilly Kneedler, “Mill Avenue Protest,” The State Press
Online In-Depth Reporting
Finalist: Lily Altavena, Rose Velazquez and Natalie Griffin, “School Takeovers Leave Parents Without a Voice in Education,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards Regional
Arts/Graphics
Breaking News Photography (Large)
Winner: Reilly Kneedler, “Mill Avenue Protest,” The State Press
Feature Photography (Large)
Winner: Courtney Pedroza, “Border Walk,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Courtney Pedroza, “Dallas Immigrant Family,” Dallas Morning News
General News Photography (Large)
Finalist: Courtney Pedroza, “Through Long Battle with Cancer,” Downtown Devil
Sports Photography (Large)
Finalist: Reilly Kneedler, “Passing the Ball,” The State Press
Newspapers
Feature Writing (Large)
Finalist: Rebecca Brisley, “The Uncertain Fate of the Salt River Horses,” The State Press
Sports Column Writing
Finalist: Cameron Miller, Sports Column Collection, The State Press
Sports Writing (Large)
Winner: Logan Newman, “From California to Kibbutz, Former ASU Track Star Runs Winding Road to Represent Israel in Rio,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Kendall Valenzuela, “Fútbol, Faith and Family Collide for ASU Soccer’s Lucy Lara,” The State Press
Finalist: Danielle Eurich, “Arizona’s Public Universities Working to Diversify Their Athletic Departments,” Cronkite News
Online
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Winner: Downtown Devil staff
Best Use of Multimedia
Winner: “Building a Wall,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Erin Vogel-Fox, Courtney Columbus, Marianne Hauglie and Mike Lakusiak, “Native Americans Still Fight for Voting Equality,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Finalist: Sean Holstege, Emily L. Mahoney, Hillary Davis and Jimmy Miller, “America Scrubs Millions From the Voter Rolls. Is It Fair?” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Online Feature Reporting
Winner: Jacob Goldstein and Devin Conley, “ASU Parties On,” The State Press
Online In-Depth Reporting
Winner: Lily Altavena, Rose Velazquez and Natalie Griffin, “School Takeovers Leave Parents Without a Voice in Education,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Finalist: Kate Peifer and Rose Velazquez, “Lawmakers at Odds Over Voting Rights for Felons,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Online News Reporting
Winner: Emily L. Mahoney, “Voters Will Face a Maze of New Requirements in November,” Carnegie-Knight News21 Voting Wars
Online Sports Reporting
Finalist: Katherine Fitzgerald, Krandall Brantley and Rochelle Romero, “National Anthem Protest Has National Trickle-down Effect,” Cronkite News
Online Opinion and Commentary
Finalist: Ryan Boyd, “Phoenix Rising,” Downtown Devil
Radio
Radio News Reporting
Finalist: Selena Makrides, “Phoenix De-escalation Training,” KTAR News
Radio Sports Reporting
Winner: Olivia Richard, “Unassisted Triple Play,” KJZZ Radio
Television
Best All-Around Television Newscast
Winner: Tyler Klaus and Xavier Smith, “Cronkite News Election Night,” Cronkite News
Television Feature Reporting
Finalist: Adriana De Alba, “School of Luthiery,” Cronkite News
Television General News Reporting
Finalist: Yahaira Jacquez , “Trump Effect Leads to More Immigrants Becoming Citizens,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Giselle Cancio, “Olympic Pin Trading Lives on in Rio de Janeiro,” Cronkite News
Television News and Feature Photography
Winner: Yahaira Jacquez, “Food Waste at Nogales Border,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Photography
Winner: Ao Gao, “ASU Swimmer Represents Serbia in Upcoming Olympic Games,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Reporting
Winner: Giselle Cancio and Lindsey Wisniewski, “Former NFL, ASU QB Plummer Seeks Game-changer to Painkillers,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Rochelle Romero, “Newbury Park Feature — Chris Brooks,” FOX Sports West
Student Edward R. Murrow Awards
Excellence in Video Newscast
Winner: Cronkite News
Excellence in Digital Reporting
Winner: Voting Wars, Carnegie-Knight News21
Announced in 2016
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award
Winner: “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Awards
Innovator of the Year Award for College Students
Winner: Public Insight Network Bureau — Gabrielle Abbott, Stacia Affelt, Sandra Balazic, Jasmine Barta, Christopher Caraveo, Claire Caulfield, Hannah Cissell, Alexandria Coleman, Colette Gordon, Kelsey Linn, Maria Lopez, Alexis Macklin, Jolanie Martinez, Alana Ray Osborne, Lindsay Robinson, Samantha Shotzbarger, Margaret Staniforth, Tamsyn Stonebarger, Miranda VanHorn, Keerthi Vedantam, Alexandra Watts and Sara Weber.
Arizona Press Club Awards
Professional Awards
Community Government Reporting
First place: Kristen Hwang, “Series on Tribal Remains,” Cronkite News
Community Health Reporting
First place: Jessica Boehm, “Vaccine Injury Fund Tops $3.5 Billion as Patients Fight for Payments” and related stories, Cronkite News
Second place: Danielle Grobmeier, “Yuma’s Heroin Problem Is Persistent and Visible,” Cronkite News
Community Sports Feature Reporting
First place: Chris Wimmer, “Basketball at Breakneck Pace a Way of Life in the Navajo Reservation,” Cronkite News
Community Environmental/Science Reporting
Second place: Kristen Hwang, “Thicker Than Water: Town of Williams Confronts Drought,” Cronkite News
Community Business Reporting
Third place: Jason Axelrod, “Chandler Pharmaceutical Company Sees Rapid Financial Gains, But Faces Scrutiny,” Cronkite News
Statewide Government Reporting
Third place: Kristen Hwang, series on tribal remains, Cronkite News
Community Human Interest Writing
Honorable mention: Sean Logan, “For One Couple, Staying Sober Is the Key to Their Relationship,” Cronkite News
Student Awards
Student News Reporting
First place: Amelia Goe, “Inspectors Find Dead Rodent, Undated Food at Cactus League Ballpark Eateries,” Cronkite News
Second place: Travis Arbon, Rachael Bouley, Sarah Jarvis and Courtney Pedroza, downtown Phoenix development stories, Downtown Devil
Student Features Reporting
Second place: Alexandra Scoville, “A History of Okilly Dokilly,” Downtown Devil
Arizona Press Club Arizona Photojournalism Awards
College Photographer of the Year
Winner: Sean Logan
Second place: Courtney Pedroza
Professional Spot News Award
Second place: Ben Moffat
Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Awards
Innovator of the Year Award for College Students
Winner: Public Insight Network Bureau — Gabrielle Abbott, Stacia Affelt, Sandra Balazic, Jasmine Barta, Christopher Caraveo, Claire Caulfield, Hannah Cissell, Alexandria Coleman, Colette Gordon, Kelsey Linn, Maria Lopez, Alexis Macklin, Jolanie Martinez, Alana Ray Osborne, Lindsay Robinson, Samantha Shotzbarger, Margaret Staniforth, Tamsyn Stonebarger, Miranda VanHorn, Keerthi Vedantam, Alexandra Watts and Sara Weber.
Associated Press Television and Radio Association Broadcast Contest
Best Newscast
Winner: Jake Gadon, anchor reel, Cronkite News
Best General News
Winner: Megan Thompson, “Phoenix Parking Meters,” Cronkite News
Best Feature
Winner: Yahaira Jacquez, “Music Teacher in West Phoenix Making a Difference,” Cronkite News
Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts
Television Newscast
First place: Nicole Fox and Tien Bischoff, newscast, Cronkite News
Television News Anchor
First place: Megan Thompson, anchor reel, Cronkite News
Honorable mention: Lauren Michaels, Cronkite News, anchor reel
Radio Hard News Reporting
First place: Jacob McAuliffe, “Homeless Center for Men Closes,” KTAR News
Radio Sports Story
Third place: Jacob Garcia, “Senior Day Feature: Vi Teofilo and his Ironman Selflessness,” SunDevilSource.com
Television Feature Reporting
Honorable mention: Megan Thompson, “Many Who Died Crossing the Border Remain Unidentified,” Cronkite News
Television Sports Talent (Anchor/Host)
Honorable mention: Kerry Crowley, anchor reel, Cronkite Sports
Radio Feature Reporting
Honorable mention: Olivia Richard, “Looking for Laurie,” The Blaze
Radio/TV Sports Event, Play-by-Play Talent
Honorable mention: Jacob Garcia, CCBL Playoffs Game 1: Wareham Gatemen at Bourne Braves, SunDevilSource.com
Short Form Video or Film Documentary
Honorable mention: Carolina Marquez, Mauricio Casillas and Cammeron Neely, “OTMs: Layover in Nogales,” Cronkite School Project
Honorable mention:Bailey Netsch, Kiegan Stewart and Kyley Jameison, “Speak,” Cronkite School Project
Long Form Video or Film Documentary
Honorable mention: Emily L. Mahoney, Stephan Blake Harvey and Kristy Westgard, “Fresh Out,” Cronkite School Project
College Sports Media Awards
Outstanding Live Studio/Remote Hosted Programming
Winner: Cronkite Sports Live: Brett Deckert and Joey Hardy
Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative
Edson Grant
Winner: Terrainial — Carolina Marquez, Chandler Longbons, Stevi Rex, Curtis Spicer and Ryan Hayes
EPPY Awards
Societal Concerns – Program/Special
Erin Patrick O’Connor, Elizabeth Blackburn and Sean Logan, “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Hearst Journalism Awards
National Journalism Championship
Third: Yahaira Jacquez, Television Broadcast News
Finalist: Jacob McAuliffe, Radio Broadcast News
Best Use of Radio for News Coverage: Jacob McAuliffe
Category Winners
Radio Reporting
First Place: Jacob McAuliffe, collection of radio stories for KTAR-FM and The Blaze, KASC-AM
18th Place: Olivia Richard, “Looking for Laurie, GOP Debate,” The Blaze, KASC-AM
TV Feature Reporting
Third Place: Yahaira Jacquez, “Child Life Specialists in Phoenix Children’s Hospital,” Cronkite News
18th Place: Sydney Glenn, “Taliesin West,” Cronkite News
TV II/News
Fourth Place: Julia Thatcher, “Curbing Wrong Way Drivers,” Cronkite News
11th Place: Audrey Weil, “Untested Rape Kits,” Cronkite News
Multimedia II/News
Sixth Place: Becky Brisley, “Quagga Mussels in Arizona: Understanding the Enemy,” Cronkite News
26th Place: Erica Lang, “Auto Title Loans Offer Quick Holiday Cash but Critics Warn about Mounting Debt,” Cronkite News
Personality/Profile Writing
Sixth Place: Miguel Otárola, “Canal Opposition Leader Ready to Fight for the Land in Nicaragua,” Cronkite Borderlands Project
Feature Writing
Eighth Place: Kristen Hwang, “Thicker than Water: Town of Williams Confronts Drought,” Cronkite News
10th Place: Danielle Grobmeier, “Yuma’s Heroin Problem Is Persistent and Visible — the Result of Life on the Border,” Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona
Multimedia III – Enterprise Reporting
10th Place: Daniel Santa Cruz, “Deforestation in Nicaragua Could be Accelerated by Canal,” Cronkite Borderlands Project
25th Place: Alexis Macklin, “DREAMERS Work to Thrive Without Threat of Deportation,” Cronkite News
Photojournalism
11th Place: Sean Logan, photojournalism portfolio
20th Place: Reilly Kneedler, photojournalism portfolio
27th Place: Courtney Pedroza, photojournalism portfolio
Breaking News Writing
12th Place: Nihal Krishan, Arizona Advocates Vow to Fight on as Supreme Court OKs Same-sex Marriage,” Cronkite News
Multimedia Features
23rd Place: Ben Margiott, “ASU Hockey to Honor Deceased young Player,” The State Press
27th Place: Erica Lang, “Nicaraguans Who Live in Canal Path Fear for Future,” Cronkite Borderlands Project
Enterprise Writing
23rd Place: Molly Bilker, “Solar Energy Illuminates Lives in Small Nicaraguan Village,” Cronkite Borderlands Project
Multimedia IV – Team Reporting
24th Place: Molly Bilker, “Celebration of Pope Francis’ Visit Resonates on Both Sides of the Border,” Cronkite News
29th Place: Katie Bieri, “Paying respects to Scalia,” Cronkite News
National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation
President’s Special Award
Winner: “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Excellence in Innovative Technology Award
Winner: New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab
Online News Association Online Journalism Awards
Student Projects Pro-Am
Winner: “Gun Wars,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Public Relations Lab Aspire Award
Winner: Morgan Rath
Rocky Mountain Emmys (Professional)
Governors’ Award
Winner: Jacquee Petchel, Mark Lodato, Erin Patrick O’Connor, Elizabeth Blackburn and Sean Logan, “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Societal Concerns – Program/Special
Winner: Jacquee Petchel, Mark Lodato, Erin Patrick O’Connor, Elizabeth Blackburn and Sean Logan, “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Rocky Mountain Emmys (Collegiate)
Newscast
Winner: Shannon Scharrer, Jan. 26, 2015 newscast, Cronkite News
News: General Assignment
Winners: Megan Thompson, “Old-fashioned Dairy Farm,” Cronkite News and Peyton Gallovich and Melissa Yingst Huber, “The Man Accused of Pretending to Interpret Is Actually Certified,” DHN: The Deaf and Hearing Network
Long Form: Fiction/Non-Fiction
Winner: Maria Thompson, Florentino Luna and John Martinez, “Good as Gold,” Cronkite School project
Sports
Winner: Kari Osep, “Concussions: It’s a Girl Thing, Too,” Cronkite Sports on FOX Sports Arizona
Public Affairs/Community Service
Winner: Kassandra Gonzalez, Kristen Hwang and Jacob Tibi, “Thicker Than Water,” Cronkite School Project
Photographer
Winner: Kari Osep, “Greener Side of Golf,” Cronkite Sports on FOX Sports Arizona
Talent
Winner: Jamie Warren, anchor/reporter reel, Cronkite News
Video Essay (Single camera only)
Laura Sposato, “The Annual Mexican Grey Wolf Count,” Cronkite News
Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award
Best Radio Documentary
Winner: “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Society of Professional Journalists’ National Mark of Excellence Awards
Editorial Writing
Finalist: The State Press
Online In-depth Reporting
Finalist: “America’s Weed Rush: A News21 Investigation,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Online News Reporting
Finalist: “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Television Feature Reporting
Finalist: Yahaira Jacquez, “Child Life Specialists Help Young Patients, Families,” Cronkite News
Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards Regional
Online In-Depth Reporting
Winner: “America’s Weed Rush,” Carnegie-Knight News21
Finalist: Cydney McFarland, “Planned for Centuries, Nicaragua’s Canal Plan Steps Forward,” Nicaragua: Channeling the Future
Online News Reporting
Winner: “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” Cronkite News
Best Digital-Only Student Publication
Winner: Ben Margiott, Shelby Slade and Devin Conley, The State Press
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Winner: Nicaragua: Channeling the Future
Finalist: Downtown Devil
Editorial Writing
Winner: The State Press
Online Feature Reporting
Winner: Alexandra Scoville and Courtney Pedroza, “Okilly Dokilly: Phoenix’s Half Urban Legend, Half Viral Internet sensation,” Downtown Devil
Online Sports Reporting
Winner: Chris Wimmer, “Basketball at Breakneck Pace a Way of Life on Navajo Reservation,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Evan Webeck, “Meet the First ASU Women’s Hockey Recruit: KC McGinley,” The State Press
Sports Column Writing
Winner: Evan Webeck, “In Faceoff of Flaws, Texas A&M Has Fewer Exposed”; “Todd Graham: A Coach in Denial”; “ASU vs. Oregon: An Epic Battle for the Pac-12 Disappointment Bowl,” The State Press
Feature Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist: Courtney Pedroza, “Phoenix Pigeons,” Downtown Devil
General News Reporting (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist: Agnel Philip, “Phone Call Rates Squeeze Inmate Families, Boost State Prison Revenues,” Cronkite News
Best Use of Multimedia
Finalist: Alicia Clark and Sara Weber, “Arizona Exporters Tout Benefits of Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership,” Cronkite News
Television General News Reporting
Winner: Julia Thatcher, “‘Robo-deer’ Dispatched to Arizona Forests to Thwart Poachers,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Lauren Michaels, “Buffelgrass and Drones,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Audrey Weil, “Quarterback of the Battlefield,” Cronkite News
Television Feature Reporting
Winner: Yahaira Jacquez, “Child Life Specialists Help Young Patients, Families,” Cronkite News
Television News and Feature Photography
Winner: Yahaira Jacquez, “Phoenix Children’s Hospital Child Life Specialists Help Ease Pain for Young Patients, Their Families,” Cronkite News
Finalist: Yahaira Jacquez, “Music Teacher in West Phoenix Making a Difference,” Cronkite News
Television In-Depth Reporting
Finalist: Sonny Scott Jacquee, “Guadalupe Coping with Chronic Poverty,” Cronkite News
Radio In-Depth Reporting
Finalist: Olivia Richard, “Looking for Laurie,” The Blaze
Announced in 2014
Accolade Awards
Award of Excellence Public Service Programming
Award of Merit for Contemporary Issues/Awareness
Award of Merit for Editing
Annie Carson, Montserrat Camacho, Nora Merza, Michelle Rivas and Morgan Theys
Arizona Bridge to Independent Living, “Be Bold. Be Strong. Be Able/ABIL.”
Award of Excellence in Content/Message Delivery
Award of Merit in Script/Writing
Abby Dugan, Cristina Peralta, Alex Lancial and Kyleigh Zmijewski (public service announcement); Kara Burns, Valerie Nunez, Victoria Stangl and Emily Wininger (Web development and social media outreach)
National Newspaper Association
Award of Merit for Public Service Programming
Jessica Choi, Alexa Chrisbacher, Kelsey Pfeffer, Kayla Pologa and Joshua Skalniak
Arizona Broadcasters Association, “Inform. Inspire. Insight.”
Award of Merit in Public Service Programming
Jennifer Borbon, Zander Buel, Hannah Lurie and Leila O’Hara (production work on PSA); Marlee Bever, Wahida Ifat, Steven Kapoloma, Ashley Provenzano and Torunn Sinclair (script, concepts and initial shooting of PSA)
Tempe Coalition
AP Television and Radio Association Regional Awards
Best Use of Sound
Second: Cooper Rummell, KTAR, “Maricopa County Jail Flags”
Arizona Photojournalism Awards
College Photographer of the Year
Jessie Wardarski
Aspire Award
Torunn Sinclair
Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts 2014
Radio Hard News Reporting
Best of Festival: Cooper Rummell, “Maricopa County Jail Flags”
Television Hard News Reporting
First Place: Kristina Zverjako, “Immigration Partner”
Honorable Mention: Vivian Padilla, “Online Sex Demand”
TV Sports Talent Anchor/Host
First Place: Nicholas Marek
Second Place: Robby Baker
Television News Anchor
Second Place: Caiti Currey
Honorable Mention: Gabriela Rodiles
Radio Hard News Reporting
Third Place: Caiti Currey, “Playworks”
Excellence in Editing: Promotional Video 90 Seconds and Longer
Kimberly Pestalozzi, “Experience Cronkite”
Excellence in Research: Documentary Short Form Video
Alex Lancial, Tara Molina and Perla Farias, “Two Borders”
Documentary Long Form Video
Honorable Mention: Gabrielle Bizzarro and Bailey Frasier, “Blisters of a Butterfly”
Radio Feature Reporting
Honorable Mention: Caiti Currey, “YouTube Guru”
Radio Sports Story/Feature
Honorable Mention: Kerry Crowley, “Men’s Senior Baseball World Series”
Television Weathercaster
Honorable Mention: Marissa Scott
CADCA GOT OUTCOMES!
Coalitions of Excellence Milestones Award
Cassidy Olson, Rachel Steingard and Samantha Womer
Biotech University
First: Rachel Lund, “Milk for America”
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award
Winner: Connor Radnovich
Second Place: Carla Leon Celaya
Honorable Mentions: Adrian Borunda and Cierra Eubank
Edson Student Entrepreneurship Initiative
Finalist: Arielle Hurst
EPPY Awards
Best College/University Investigative or Documentary Report
Carnegie-Knight News21, “Back Home”
Hearst 2014 National Championship
Television Broadcast News
First: Shayne Dwyer
Hearst Journalism Awards 2013-2014
Personality/Profile Writing
Second: Connor Radnovich, “Gulf War Veteran Mike White Faces His Toughest Battle Yet: ALS”
10th: Ashley Footer, “Teen Pokemon Player Sees Victory in the Cards”
TV News Reporting
Fourth: Shayne Dwyer, “Few Physicians Handing Out High Share of Pot Prescriptions” and “AZ Doctors Teach Burn Care to Military Medics”
10th: Tara Molina, “Mesa Police Officers’ Standard Issue Now Includes an On-body Camera” and “Arizona State Parks That Lost Funding Seek State Support”
Feature Writing
Fourth: Molly J. Smith, “Immigration Reform Poses Challenges for Farmers Along Two Borders”
21st: Alexis Smith, “Phoenix Widower Uses Craft-beer Nonprofit to Advance Brain-cancer Research and Grieve Loss”
Multimedia News
Fifth: Erin O’Connor, “American Dreamers”
21st: Dominick DiFurio, “Students Take Responsibility for National Safety”
TV Feature Reporting
Sixth: Robby Baker, “Florence High School Coach” and “Phoenix Tunnels”
33rd: Gabriela Rodiles, “Phoenix Museum Is Saving the Music with Instrument Conservation” and “Phoenix Graffiti”
Radio Feature Reporting
Seventh: Mark Remillard, “Food Trucks” and “Vet Medic”
Ninth: Cooper Rummell, “Maricopa County Jail Flags” and “Catholic Tech Changes”
Enterprise Reporting
Eighth: David Robles, “Law Enforcement Officials: Flow of Drugs Across U.S. Borders Continues ‘Every Day, All Day Long’”
28th: Aaron Rop, “The Secrets of Tempe Town Lake”
Multimedia Team Reporting
Ninth: Yihyun Jeong and Laura Sposato, “A Way of Life”
15th: Caitlin Cruz, Alexandra Lancial, Kate Mykleseth, Tara Molina and Lillian Reid, “Two Borders: Security”
Breaking News
10th: Connor Radnovich, “Border Patrol Union Offers Cut in Overtime Pay Rate to Avoid Furloughs”
13th: Marianela Lichtscheidl, “Supreme Court Frees Arizona From Advance Federal Voting Law OK”
Photojournalism Picture Story/Series
10th: Connor Radnovich, “Gulf War Veteran Mike White Faces His Toughest Battle Yet: ALS”
17th: Jessie Wardarski, a selection of photos
Multimedia Feature
12th: Sean Logan, “A.skate Foundation Comes to Woodward West”
16th: Erin O’Connor, “Dan Fulton’s Comeback”
Photography – News and Features
16th: Aaron Lavinsky, a selection of photos
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards
Finalist: Carnegie-Knight News21, “Back Home”
NABJ Salute to Excellence
Carnegie-Knight News21, “Who Can Vote?”
Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Student Newscast
Cronkite NewsWatch
Student Sports
Kimberly Pestalozzi, “Overcoming the Odds”
Online News Association Online Journalism Awards
Large Student Reporting
Winner: “Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing Post-9/11 Veterans,” Carnegie-Knight News21
SABEW Best in Business Competition
Student Publications
Winner: Chad Garland, Andrew Knochel, News21, “Scoundrels, Thieves and Rip-off Artists’ Prey on Veterans”
Student Professional Publications
Finalist: Brandon Brown, The Arizona Republic, “Superior Hopes Magma’s Makeover will help transform a Copper Town into a Tourist Destination”
Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards Competition
Newspaper Breaking News Reporting
Winner: Mary Shinn, Cronkite News, “Back Home: Giffords Urges Lawmakers to ‘Be Courageous’ on Gun Violence Measures”
Online Sports Reporting
Winner: Sean Peick, Cronkite News, “Special Report: Combatting Concussions in High School Sports”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Winner: Kristina Zverjako, Cronkite NewsWatch, “New Jersey Snowstorm”
Television Sports Reporting
Winner: Robby Baker, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Florence Coach”
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Finalist: Downtown Devil
General News Reporting
Finalist: Kay Miller, Carnegie-Knight News21, “Hearing Loss Prevalent Among Post-9/11 Vets”
Online In-depth Reporting
Finalist: Carnegie-Knight News21 staff, “Back Home: The Failures”
Society of Professional Journalists Regional Mark of Excellence Awards Competition
Television Breaking News Reporting
Winner: Kristina Zverjako, Cronkite NewsWatch, “New Jersey Snow Storm”
Finalist: Angelica Brown, Cronkite NewsWatch, “After Cool Fitness”
Finalist: Andrea Perez, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Businesses on the Border”
Television Feature
Finalist: Grant Inman, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Father Craig”
Television In-depth Reporting
Finalist: Cronkite NewsWatch staff, “Religion in Arizona”
Finalist: Kelsea Wasung, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Arizona Experience Museum”
Television News/Feature Photography
Winner: Gabriela Rodiles, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Save the Music”
Finalist: Gabriela Rodiles, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Graffiti in Phoenix”
Television Sports Photography
Winner: Robby Baker, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Florence Coach”
Television Sports Reporting
Winner: Robby Baker, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Florence Coach”
Finalist: Ryan Foote, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Geriatric Gym”
Finalist: Nicholas K. Marek, Cronkite NewsWatch, “NFL Dodgeball”
Best All-around Radio Newscast
Winner: Annika Cline, Kevin Fallon and Joey Hardy, Downtown Devil, “The Rundown: Celebrating Our Cultures”
Radio Feature
Winner: Cooper Rummell, The Blaze 1330 KASC-AM, “Catholic Tech Changes”
Finalist: Mark Remillard, 92.3 KTAR-FM, “Food Trucks”
Finalist: Alec Damiano, The Blaze 1330 KASC-AM, “Halloween Pets”
Radio In-depth Reporting
Finalist: Alec Damiano, The Blaze 1330 KASC-AM, “Music Impact”
Radio News Reporting
Finalist: Cooper Rummell, 92.3 KTAR-FM, “Maricopa County Jail Flags”
Best Digital-only Student Publication
Winner: Carnegie-Knight News21 staff, “Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing Post-9/11 Veterans”
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Winner: The Downtown Devil
Best Use of Multimedia
Winner: Downtown Devil staff, “Art Detour 25”
Finalist: Asha Anchan, Kelsey Hightower, Caitlin Cruz and Gregory Kohn, Carnegie-Knight News21, “Record Numbers of Female Vets Strain System”
Finalist: Cronkite News staff, Cronkite News Service, “Obesity in America”
Online Feature Reporting
Finalist: Erin O’Connor, The State Press, “Dan Fulton’s Comeback”
Finalist: Caitlin Cruz and Rachel Leingang, Carnegie-Knight News21, “Leesville, La., Embraces Veterans as Their Own”
Online In-depth Reporting
Winner: Carnegie-Knight News21 staff, “Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing Post-9/11 Veterans”
Online News Reporting
Winner: Cale Ottens, Los Angeles Times, “Life at the top: In L.A.’s skyscrapers, diverse firms, great views”
Online Sports Reporting
Winner: Sean Peick, Cronkite News Service, “Special Report: Combatting Concussions in High School Sports”
Finalist: Shelby Slade and Nick Prete, The State Pres, “ASU Power Soccer Team Gives Students Second Chance at Competition”
Finalist: Nathan Humpherys, MLB.com, “Collmenter Carves Own Niche en Route to D-backs”
Breaking News Reporting (Large)
Winner: Mary Shinn, Cronkite News, “Giffords Urges Lawmakers to ‘Be Courageous’ on Gun Violence Measures”
General News Reporting (Large)
Winner: Kay Miller, Denver Post, “Back Home: Hearing Loss Prevalent Among Post-9/11 Vets”
Sports Writing (Large)
Finalist: Breanna Slocum, State Press Magazine, “The Number One Sun Devil Baseball Fan”
General News Photography (Large)
Winner: Courtney Pedroza, Downtown Devil, “Monsoon Storm”
Non-fiction Magazine Article
Finalist: Mackenzie McCreary, State Press Magazine, “Here and There”
Sports Photography (Large)
Winner: Diana Lustig, The State Press, “Volleyball”
Announced in 2013
AEJMC International Communication Division
News Story Contest
First: Stephanie Paprer, Lindsay Hoffman and Selena Larson, “Scars of War”
Second: Julia Tylor and Mary Shinn, “Citizens of Nowhere”
Annual Press Visit to the European Union
Lorri Allen and Mary Shinn
Arizona Partnership for Immunization
Big Shots for Arizona Spot Shot Award: Danielle Verbrigghe
Arizona Photojournalism Awards
College Photographer of the Year: Aaron Lavinsky
Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts 2013
Longform Documentary
Second: Alex Lancial, Tara Molina and Jake Stein, “Scholarslip”
Long-form Documentary
Honorable Mention: Morgan Cox, Nicole Shumate, Erin Collins and Mary-Catherine Parent, “Paying The Price”
Short-form Documentary
Honorable Mention: Dan Neligh, “The Incidents At Church Rock”
Student TV News
Best of Festival: Dan Neligh, “Traveling to Mexico For Dental Work”
TV Feature Reporting
Third: Jack Highberger “Bootmaker in Nogales”
TV Hard News Reporting
First: Nathan O’Neal, “Navajo HIV”
Third: William Melugin, “Scottsdale City Council Finances”
Honorable Mention: Ryan Haarer, “Buffalo Invasion”
Honorable Mention: Jack Highberger, “Juarez Reporter”
TV Newscast
First: Cronkite Staff, “Cronkite Newswatch”
TV News Anchor
Second: Ryan Haarer
Radio Sports Story / Feature / News
First: Hayden Packwood, “Halloween Baseball”
TV Sports
Honorable Mention: Kimberly Pestalozzi “The Price of Playing”
Award of Excellence in Videography: Lisa-Charise Blanco
Award of Excellence in Storytelling: Fahim Rasul
TV Sports Talent
Honorable Mention: Amber Harding, “Cronkite NewsWatch & SportsWatch 101”
College Television Awards
Best Newscast
Cronkite NewsWatch: Kristin Couturier and Amber McMurray
Cosmopolitan for Latinas
Blogger Award
Michelle Rivas
EPPY Award
Best College/University Investigative Report: Documentary Report
First: Corbin Carson, Maryann Batlle, Jack Fitzpatrick, Joe Henke, Natasha Khan, Jeremy Knop, Khara Persad and AJ Vicens, Carnegie-Knight News21 “Who Can Vote?”
Film, Television, New Media and Videography Awards
Award of Merit for Creativity/Originality and Sales/Branding
Nesima Aberra, Deni Donevski, Lily Zimmel, “Sealed Sweets: Uniquely Sweet Gifts”
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award 2012
Winner: Danielle Gregory
Honorable Mentions: Peter Haden, Diana Lustig, Cydney McFarland
Hearst 2012 National Championship
Television Broadcast News
First: Dan Neligh
Finalist: Nathan O’Neal
Best Use of Television for News Coverage
Winner: Nathan O’Neal
Writing
Third: Weston Phippen
Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Competitions 2012-2013
Broadcast News
Arizona State University
Multimedia
Arizona State University
Writing
Arizona State University
Overall
Arizona State University
Hearst Journalism Awards 2012-2013
Broadcast News
Fifth: John Genovese, “Posse Training & Attorney Threats”
Seventh: Jack Highberger, “Bootmaker, Juarez Journalist”
Radio Broadcast News
Third: Nick Franck, “Super Fan & Pet Detective”
12th: Kristen Weisell, “Rooster Cogburn’s Ranch & Sex Offender Halloween”
Broadcast News Television Features
13th: Jessica Goldberg
Multimedia
Ninth: Alexandria Gregory
Multimedia Enterprise
17th: Aaron Lavinsky, “Journey Home”
25th: William Melugin, “Scottsdale Campaign Finances”
Multimedia News
21st: Julia Tylor, “Bighorn Sheep”
Photojournalism News & Features
Seventh: Aaron Lavinsky
25th: Molly J. Smith
Team Reporting
Tia Castaneda
Ellie Cano
Kylee Gauna
Jessie McDonough
Maycie Thornton
Channing Turner
Colton Shone
Aldo Vazquez
Laura Yanez
Alysson Zepeda
Television News
30th: Kristina Zverjako
Writing-Enterprise Reporting
Eighth: Jessica Testa
Writing-Features
Eighth: Veronica Jones
16th: Diana Martinez
Princeton in Asia Fellowship
Julie Vitkovskaya
PRSA, Phoenix
Public Affairs Copper Anvil Award
Cassidy Olson, Rachel Steingard and Samantha Womer, “21 or Too Young Campaign to Reduce Underage Drinking”
PRSA, Phoenix
Public Affairs Platinum PR Award
Cassidy Olson, Rachel Steingard and Samantha Womer, “21 or Too Young Campaign to Reduce Underage Drinking”
Robert F. Kennedy Award
College Reporting
Joshua Armstrong, Serena Del Mundo, Michel Duarte, Lauren Gilger, Carie Gladding, Joanne Ingram, Bastien Inzaurralde, Lindsay Erin Lough, Tarryn Mento, Nick Newman, Nathan O’Neal, Whitney Phillips, Brandon Quester, Cristina Rayas, Lisa Ruhl, Stephanie Snyder, Dustin Volz, “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”
36th Annual Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Student Newscast
Cronkite NewsWatch
Student News: General Assignment
Blake Essig, “Unemployed Military Veterans”
Student Sports
Blake Essig, “Brad Evans Homecoming”
Student Photographer
Jessica Goldberg, “Cadets Train to Become Firefighters”
Student Editor
Jessica Goldberg, “Tough Workouts at The Duce Bring Out the Best”
Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards 2012 Competition
General News Reporting
National Winner: AJ Vicens and Natasha Khan, News21, “Voters Feel Intimidated by Election Observers”
Online Feature Reporting
National Winner: Natasha Khan and Fara Illich, Borderlands Initiative, “Dominican Immigrants Fight for land Rights in Puerto Rico”
TV General News Reporting
National Winner: Bill Melugin, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Scottsdale City Council Bought and Paid for by Liquor Industry?”
TV News Photography
National Winner: Blake Essig, Cronkite Newswatch, “Vets Training to become Firefighters”
TV Sports Reporting
National Winner: Amber Harding, Justin Beatty and Kim Pestalozzi, Cronkite NewsWatch, “In Depth: The Price of Playing”
Feature Photography
National Finalist: Aaron Lavinsky, nationalgeographic.com, “Painting the Painted Desert”
Feature Photography
National Finalist: Aaron Lavinsky, nationalgeographic.com, “Painting the Painted Desert”
General News Photography
National Finalist: Aaron Lavinsky, The State Press, “Election Night”
TV Feature Photography
National Finalist: Jack Highberger, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Nogales Old West Tradition Survives”
Breaking News Reporting
National Finalist: Dustin Volz and Victoria Pelham, Cronkite News Service, Washington Bureau, “SB1070 Arguments before Supreme Court”
Feature Writing
Maryann Batlle, Borderlands Initiative
“Violent Campaign for Puerto Rico Independence Shatters Families on Both Sides of the Fight”
Best Affiliated Website
Statepress.com, The State Press
Online Opinion & Commentary
Gabriel Radley, The Downtown Devil, A selection of columns
Society of
Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards 2011 Competition
Best Independent Online Student Publication National Finalist
Downtown Devil
Online In-depth Reporting
National Winner: Alicia Cormie, Nicole Gilbert, Joanne Ingram, Max Levy, Tarryn Mento, Nathan O’Neal, Whitney Phillips, Brandon Quester, Stephanie Snyder, Dustin Volz, “How Safe Is Your Food?”
Online News Reporting
National Finalist: Cronkite News Staff, “24 Hours at the Border Reveals Region That Defies Stereotypes”
Online Opinion and Commentary
National Winner: Vaughn Hillyard, Opinion Columns
Best All-Around Television Newscast
National Winner: Cronkite NewsWatch
General News Reporting
National Finalist: Kylee Gauna, “Citizen Group Uses Controversial Methods to Patrol the U.S.-Mexico Border”
Television News Photography
National Finalist: Dan Neligh, “A Line In the Sand: The Story of Two Volunteers on the U.S.-Mexico Border”
SPJ Regional Competition 2012
Best Affiliated Website (Large)
First: Julie Vitkovskaya, Caitlin Cruz, StatePress.com
Best All-around Daily Student Newspaper
First: Yvonne Gonzalez, Caitlin Cruz, Julie Vitkovskaya, The State Press
Best All-around TV Newscast
Second: Cronkite NewsWatch
Best Independent Online Publication
First: Corbin Carson, Maryann Batlle, Jack Fitzpatrick, Joe Henke, Natasha Khan, Jeremy Knop, Khara Persad, AJ Vicens, “Who Can Vote?”
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Second: Downtown Devil
Breaking News Photography
Second: Murphy Bannerman, “ASU Breaking News Photography Entry”
Breaking News Reporting (Large)
First: Victoria Pelham, Dustin Volz, “SB1070 Arguments Before Supreme Court”
Feature Photography (Large)
First: Aaron Lavinsky, “Painting the Painted Desert”
Feature Writing
First: Maryann Batlle, “Violent Campaign for Puerto Rican Independence Shatters Families on Both Sides of the Fight”
General Column Writing
First: Savannah Thomas
General News Photography (Large)
First: Aaron Lavinsky, “Election Night”
General News Reporting (Large)
First: AJ Vicens, Natasha Khan, “Voters Feel Intimidated by Election Observers”
In-Depth Reporting (Large)
First: Corbin Carson, Natasha Khan, “Comprehensive Database of U.S. Voter Fraud Uncovers No Evidence That Photo ID Is Needed”
Third: Sarah Pringle, “State’s Workplace-safety Efforts Focus Primarily on Construction”
Nonfiction Magazine Article
Third: Veronica Jones, “The Cannabis Consligliere”
Online Feature Reporting
First: Natasha Khan, Fara Illich, “Dominican Immigrants Fight for Land Rights in Puerto Rico”
Online Feature Reporting (Large)
Third: Anna Ramirez, “Visual Artist – Space Paintings”
Online In-depth Reporting
Second: Maryann Batlle and Carl Straumsheim, “States Vary Widely on Restoring Voting Rights for Felons”
Online News Reporting
Third: Brandon Ross and Alyssa Deitsch, “Can a Piece of Paper Block Border Smuggling Tunnels? New Law Will Try”
Photo Illustration (Large)
Second: John Sullivan, ASU Photo Illustration Entry
Radio Sports Reporting
Second: Nick Franck, “Super Fan”
TV Breaking News Reporting
First: Kristina Zverjako, “Attorney General Investigation”
Second: Cassondra Strande, “Maricopa County’s Troubles With Hispanic voting Materials”
Third: Liz Kotalik, “Border Patrol Agent Killed”
TV Feature Photography
First: Jack Highberger, “Nogales Old West Tradition Survives”
Second: Nathan O’Neal, “Court Judge in Rock Band”
TV General News Reporting
First: Bill Melugin, “Scottsdale City Council Bought and Paid for by the Liquor Industry?”
Third: Joe Nemec, “Crossing the Border for a Better Deal”
TV In-Depth Reporting
First: Cronkite NewsWatch, “Failing Our Future”
Second: Jack Highberger, “Juarez Orphanages”
Third: Jessica Goldberg, “Drug Culture”
TV News Photography
First: Blake Essig, “Vets Training to Become Firefighters”
Second: Dan Neligh, “Dental Work in Mexico”
Third: Nathan O’Neal,”Navajo HIV”
TV Sports Photography
First: Jessica Goldberg, “Valley Woman Hopes to Bring her Boxing Talents to the Olympics”
Second: Jordan Hamm, “Swimmer Overcomes Injuries”
Third” Cailyn Bradley, “All-Female Rowing Team”
TV Sports Reporting
First: Amber Harding, Justin Beatty and Kim Pestalozzi “In-Depth: The Price of Playing”
Voxxi News
Top Latina Health Blogger of 2012
Michelle Rivas
Announced in 2012
Accolade Competition
Corporate/Employee Communication
Award of Merit: Lejla Kapetanovic, Rachel Sutherland, Sabrina Willard, Intel (SurReal)
Special Effects/Animation
Award of Merit: Lejla Kapetanovic, Rachel Sutherland, Sabrina Willard, Intel (SurReal)
Public Service Programming/PSA
Cassidy Olson, Rachel Steingard, Samantha Womer, Tempe Coalition (21 or Too Young)
Best of the West
General Reporting
First Place: State Press Staff, “After Brewer Signs Immigration Bill, Protestors Vow to Keep Fighting”
Feature Writing
First Place: Shanna Wester, “Does ASU Have a Porn Problem?”
Multimedia
First Place: State Press Staff, “Seeing it Through”
Sports Reporting
Second Place: Nathan Meacham, “Robles Provides Inspiration On and Off The Mat”
Broadcast Education Association
Student Newscast
Best of Festival: Vaughn Hillyard, Shanda Hurst, McKenzie Manning, Matthew Trotter, Cronkite NewsWatch
Documentary Longform
Best of Festival: Lisa Blanco, Arielle Horsch, Samantha Lloyd, Angela Ortega, “Tipping the Scales”
Honorable Mention: Nathan O’Neal, “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”
TV Feature Reporting
First Place: Dan Neligh, “Symphony Conductor”
Honorable Mention: Gardenia Coleman, “From DOPE to HOPE”
Honorable Mention: Andrew Ellison, “Land Preserves”
Honorable Mention: Nathan O’Neal, “Underground Hotel”
Honorable Mention: Taryn Hale, “For Rancher, Life on the Border Means Crossers Cutting Fences, Leaving Litter”
Honorable Mention: Krystal Klei, “Homeless Sleeping Mats”
Honorable Mention: Siera Lambrecht, “Sun Devils 101: Episode 6”
TV Anchor
Third Place: Lindsay Nadrich
Honorable Mention: Andrew Ellison
Honorable Mention: Dan Neligh
TV Hard News Reporting
Second Place: Lindsay Nadrich, “Obama Campaign in Arizona”
Honorable Mention: Matthew Trotter, “Superstition Crash”
TV Weathercaster
First Place: Daryl Bjoraas
Third Place: Taryn Hale
Radio Feature Reporting
Second Place: Isaac Easley, Golden Grannies
TV Sports Talent
Third Place: Brandon Kamerman
Radio Hard News Reporting
Honorable Mention: Lydia Camarillo, “Occupy Phoenix”
Chips Achievement Prize, Chips Quinn Scholars
Outstanding Enterprise Reporting
Salvador Rodriguez, “Free Texting Alternatives Get Thumbs Up”
Fulbright Scholar
Dustin Volz
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award
First: Aaron Lavinsky
Honorable Mentions: Blake Wilson, Stephanie Snyder, Duyen Tran
Hearst National Championship
Multimedia National Championship
Third Place: Dan Neligh
Radio National Championship
Finalist: Gardenia Coleman
Writing National Championship
Finalist: Lauren Gambino
Hearst Journalism Awards
Multimedia News
First Place: Dan Neligh, “A Line in the Sand: The Story of Two Volunteers on the U.S.-Mexico Border”
Third Place: Cristina Rayas, “FBI Data, Scholars: As Illegal Immigration Rose, Crime
Rate Fell”
TV News Reporting
First Place: Nathan O’Neal, “Food Safety, Navajo HIV”
Sixth Place: Ryan Haarer, “Alabama Immigration Law, Buffalo Invasion”
Feature Writing
First Place: Weston Phippen, “Wrap ‘em Up Tightly”
Sixth Place: Dustin Volz, “Illegal Haitian Workers in Demand”
TV Feature Reporting
Fourth Place: Dan Neligh, “Symphony Conductor, Food Trucks”
Fourteenth Place: Krystal Klei, “Homeless Sleeping Mats, Female Boxing Promoter”
Radio Feature Reporting
Ninth Place: Lydia Camarillo, “Occupy Phoenix, Pow Wow”
Multimedia Reporting-Human Condition
Ninth Place: Alexandria Gregory, “Living Independently with ALS: One Man’s Story”
Eleventh Place: Selena Larson, “Child Slaves of West Africa”
Multimedia Feature Reporting
Twelfth Place: Jeremy Knop, “The Art of an Immigrant’s Dream”
Fifteenth Place: Selena Larson, “Scars of War”
Enterprise Reporting
Thirteenth Place: Griselda Nevarez, “College But a Dream for Many Undocumented Workers”
Eighteenth Place: Kyle Daly, “Uninvited: Desk Closings Lead to Homeless Entering Dorms”
Breaking News Reporting
Eighteenth Place: Dustin Volz, “Giffords Casts Last Vote, Resigns Seat in Emotional Day in Congress”
Twenty-fifth Place: Connor Radnovich, “Wallow Fire Consumes 60,000 Acres Near Alpine”
Multimedia News Reporting
Nineteenth Place: Stephanie Snyder, “Farmers Markets Thrive While Concerns Grow”
Journalism Interactive
Entrepreneurial Pitch Contest
First Place: Nick Gnat, Qayto
National Headliner Award
Innovation
First Place: Daniel Baxley, David Cardoza, Kim Ferrari, Justine Garcia, Maritsa Granillo, Jeremy Knop, Lindsey Kupfer, David Luzader, Alex MacLean, Kelsey Makings, Ellen McManus, Dan Neligh, Allie Nicodemo, Molly Pfister, Taylor Renfro, Salvador Rodriguez, Don Romeo, Christie Roshau, Stephanie Snyder, Anne Stegen, Megan L. Thomas, Janice Vega, Danni Marie Vicha, Beth Wischnia, Danae Young, Britton Zogg, “Arizona Storytellers”
Radio Television Digital News Association Rob Sunde Broadcasting Fellowship
Gardenia Coleman
Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Newscast
Winner
NewsWatch Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
News, General Assignment
Winner: Courtney Godfrey, “Superior Mining Controversy”
Nominee: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Nominee: Anthony Spehar, “Tempe Land Battle”
Long Form
Winner: Nathan O’Neal, Cristina Rayas, Lisa Ruhl, “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”
Nominee: Nicholas Blumberg, Gardenia Coleman,
Mallory Kydd, “The Keepers”
Sports
Winner: Mallory Kydd, Sun Devils 101/Jim Brock
Nominee: Tom Miller, Sun Devils 101/ASU Hockey
Photographer
Winner: Dan Neligh, Border Volunteers
Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition
Jack Highberger
Scripps Howard Scholarship
Aaron Lavinsky
Mugo Odigwe
Master Tesfatsion
Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Best in Business – Student Publications
Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente, “Deteriorated Properties Prompt Battles Between Struggling Towns, Professor”
Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards Competition
TV News Photography
First Place: David Gonzalez, “Please Come to Mexico”
TV Feature Photography
First Place: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Best TV Newscast
First Place: Cronkite NewsWatch
TV Breaking News
First Place: Cronkite NewsWatch, Winter Storm Report
Feature Writing
Finalist: Grant Martin, “As Climate Warms, Deserts, Forests, Cities Face an
Uncertain Future”
SPJ Regional Competition
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
First Place: Nathan Meacham, Jessica Testa, The State Press
Best All-Around TV Newscast
First Place: Cronkite NewsWatch Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
Best Independent Online Student Publication
First Place: LeeAnn DiSanti, Dan Neligh, Salvador Rodriguez, Stephanie Snyder, Dustin Volz, Downtown Devil
Online Feature Reporting
First Place: Dylan Abrams, Kortney Tenaglia, “Life On The Light Rail”
Online In-Depth Reporting
First Place: News21 Staff Alicia Cormie, Nicole Gilbert,
Joanne Ingram, Max Levy, Tarryn Mento, Nathan O’Neal, Whitney Phillips, Brandon Quester, Stephanie Snyder, Dustin Volz, “How Safe Is Your Food?”
Second Place: Joshua Armstrong, Serena Del Mundo, Michel Duarte, Lauren Gilger, Carie Gladding, Joanne Ingram,
Bastien Inzaurralde, Lindsay Lough, Tarryn Mento,
Nick Newman, Nathan O’Neal, Whitney Phillips,
Brandon Quester, Cristina Rayas, Lisa Ruhl, Stephanie Snyder, Dustin Volz, “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”
Online News Reporting
First Place: Cronkite News Service Staff: Ellie Cano, Kylee Gauna,
Jessie McDonough, Lisa Ruhl, Colton Shone,
Maycie Thornton, Channing Turner, Aldo Vazquez,
Laura Yanez, Alyson Zepeda, “24 Hours at the Border Reveals Region That Defies Stereotypes”
Third Place: Selena Larson, Lindsay Hoffman, “Scars of War”
Online Opinion & Commentary
First Place: Vaughn Hillyard, 2011 Columns
Second Place: Brendan Capria, 2011 Columns
TV Breaking News Reporting
First Place: Lauren Titus, “Occupy Phoenix”
TV General News Reporting
First Place: Kylee Gauna, “American Border Patrol”
Second Place: Taryn Hale, “Bark Beetles”
Third Place: Gardenia Coleman, “Head Start Expands”
General News Reporting
Third Place: Shawn Raymundo, “Tattoo Parlor Case Draws First Amendment Debate”
TV In-Depth Reporting
First Place: Lisa Ruhl, “The Daily Journey”
Second Place: Dan Neligh, “A Line in the Sand: The Story of Two Volunteers on the U.S.-Mexico Border”
Third Place: Matthew Trotter, “Medicaid Cuts Put Rural Hospitals on Tougher Financial”
TV News Photography
First Place: Dan Neligh, “A Line in the Sand: The Story of Two Volunteers on the U.S.-Mexico Border”
Second Place: Taryn Hale, “Border Rancher”
Third Place: Gardenia Coleman, Gila River Shelter
TV Sports Photography
First Place: Brandon Kamerman, “Volleyball Smarties”
Third Place: Isaac Easley, “The New Battlefield”
TV Sports Reporting
First Place: Lisa Blanco, Isaac Easley, “Kenny Mitchell”
Second Place: Jason Lewis, “ASU Lacrosse”
Third Place: Mallory Kydd, “Jim Brock”
Best Student Magazine
Second Place: Colin Lecher, Jessica Testa, State Press Magazine
Editorial Cartooning
Second Place: Chelsea Rash
General News Photography
Second Place: Michel Duarte
Online Sports Reporting
Second Place: Andrew Gruman, “Men’s Hoops Tops OSU on Emotional Senior Day”
Third Place: Domenico Nicosia, “Roller Derby Teams Skate, Collide Toward Championship”
Radio Feature Reporting
Second Place: Nick Gnat, “Johnny D”
Sports Photography
Second Place: Beth Easterbrook, “Football Steamrolls UC Davis”
TV Feature Photography
Second Place: Dan Neligh, “Symphony Conductor”
Third Place: Nathan O’Neal, “Underground Hotel”
TV Feature Reporting
Second Place: Krystal Klei, “Female Boxing Promoter”
Third Place: Dan Neligh, “Symphony Conductor”
TV Breaking News Reporting
Third Place: Ryan Haarer, “Occupy Light Rail”
Society of Professional Journalists Valley of the Sun Chapter
First Amendment Award
Heather Billings, Tia Castañeda, Lauren Gambino, “Special Report: Emergency-action Plans Lacking for Some Arizona Dams”
First Amendment Award
Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente, “Deteriorated Properties Prompt Battles Between Struggling Towns, Professor”
2011 Student Awards
(For work produced in calendar year 2010)
Associated Collegiate Press
Online Pacemaker – Large-school Newspaper: Statepress.com
Associated Press TV-Radio Association
Best Radio Light Feature Story: Colton Shone, “Rabbit Menu”
Best Use of Sound – Serious or Hard News: Colton Shone,”The Million Man March”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Magazine Awards
Investigation and Analysis
First: David Kempa, Crossing Lines
Specialized Business Press Article
Second: Christine Rogel, Dueling Policies
Online Magazine
Third: Claire Lawton, State Press Magazine
Best of the West Awards
General Reporting
First: Derek Quizon, “Defining Nearly Free”
Feature Writing
First: Tessa Muggeridge, “The World Down Under”
Sports Reporting
First: Gina Mizell, “Back on the Court”
Multimedia Reporting
First: Daryl Bjoraas and Yousef Hawash, “One-legged Cage Fighter”
Broadcast Education Association Awards
Best of Festival
Television Reporting: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Interactive Media – Group Authorship: Graduate Multimedia Boot Camp, State of Change
Interactive Media – Group Authorship
First: Graduate Multimedia Boot Camp, State of Change
Long-form Documentary
First: Sharon Diehl, Aaron Granillo, Collin McDowell and Jenna Lee Thomas, Stuck in Traffick
Radio Feature Reporting
Third: Siera Lambrecht, “Spanish Immersion”
Radio Sports Reporting
Third: Siera Lambrecht, “Senior Softball”
Short-form Documentary
Honorable Mention: Jordan Currier, Alex Rosen and Desiree Salazar, “Disciples”
Television Feature Reporting
First: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Second: Lindsey Reiser, “Racetrack Minister”
Third: Kylee Gauna, “Arizona Burn Center”
Honorable Mention: Toby Phillips, “Jockstrap Maid”
Television Hard News Reporting
First: Tony Spehar, “Tempe Land Battle”
Second: Steve Doty, “AZ City Manager Salary Review”
Honorable Mention: Steve Doty, “Flagstaff Flood Relief”
Honorable Mention: Mike Pelton, “Abandoned Mines”
Honorable Mention: Aldo Vazquez, “Haiti Amputee Soccer”
Television Sports Anchor
First: Siera Lambrecht
Television Sports Reporting
Honorable Mention: Thomas Miller, “Desert Hockey”
Television Weathercaster
First: Kylee Gauna
College Televison Awards
Collegiate Newscast
Second: Christy Little and McKenzie Manning, Cronkite NewsWatch
Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award Contest
First Place: Molly Smith
Honorable Mention: Michel Duarte
Honorable Mention: Lauren Hillhouse
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Snyder
Hearst Journalism Awards – National Championship
Radio
Second: John LaBarbera
Television
Second: Lindsey Reiser
Finalist: Toby Phillips
Writing
Finalist: Allison Gatlin
Hearst Journalism Awards
Feature Writing
Fourth: Weston Phippen, “Dying in the Desert: Stories from the Border”
In-depth Reporting
Second: Lauren Gambino, “Operation Streamline”
Multimedia Visual Storytelling
Fourth: Taryn Brady Hale, “Higher Ground”
Honorable Mention: Christie Roshau, “Bike Saviours”
Opinion Writing
23rd: Dustin Volz, “The New American Problem”
Radio Feature Reporting
Third: Gardenia Coleman, “Finding My Shoes” and “Santa School”
16th: Siera Lambrecht, “Immersion Program” and “Senior Softball”
Spot News
Seventh: Brennan Smith, “Bill Badger, Not Realizing He Was Shot, Helped Hold Suspect”
19th: Tessa Muggeridge, “Census Returns Lower Than Expected”
TV Feature Reporting
Eighth: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing” and “Toymaker”
10th: Kylee Gauna, “Burn Unit” and “Dental Clinic”
Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition
First: Dan Neligh
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Tessa Muggeridge, News21
Edward R. Murrow Award
Best Use of Sound: Colton Shone, “Scream Farm”
PR News Platinum Awards
Pro Bono
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Aalmo, Adrianna Bigard, Jennifer D’Ottavio, Kelley Moore and Erika Simington, “Phoenix Zoo Komodo Dragon”
PSAid
Print
Second: Rachel Steingard, “Different Words…Same Meaning”
Third: Katie Johnsen, Amanda Markell and Brian Olson, “Make Your Donation Matter”
Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Newscast
Winner: Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
News: General Assignment
Winner: Courtney Godfrey, “Superior Mining Controversy”
Nominee: Anthony Spehar, “Tempe Land Battle”
Nominee: Courtney Godfrey, “Superior Mining Controversy”
Long Form
Winner: Nathan O’Neal, Cristina Rayas and Lisa Ruhl, “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”
Nominee: Nicholas Blumberg, Gardenia Coleman and Mallory Kydd, “The Keepers”
Sports
Winner: Mallory Kydd,”Pat Brock”
Nominee: Tom Miller, “ASU Hockey/Sun Devils 101”
Photographer
Winner: Daniel Neligh,”Border Volunteers”
Nominee: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Editor
Winner: Lisa Ruhl
Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Student Publication Business Story
First: Jennifer Johnson, “Copper Mine Pact”
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence
National Winners and First in Region
Best All-Around TV Newscast
Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
TV Breaking News Reporting
Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Winter Storm Special Report”
TV Feature Photography
Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
TV News Photography
David Gonzalez, “Please Come to Mexico!”
National Finalists and First in Region
Best All-Around TV Newscast
Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Staff, Downtown Devil
Feature Writing
Grant Martin, “As climate warms, deserts, forests, cities face uncertain futures”
Online Feature Reporting
Derek Cooley, “Speaking in Code: Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers”
Online Opinion and Commentary
Janice Vega
Radio Feature
John LaBarbera, “D-Backs National Anthem Auditions”
TV Breaking News Reporting
Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch, “Winter Storm Special Report”
TV Feature Reporting
Lindsey Reiser, “Racetrack Minister”
TV General News Reporting
Toby Phillips, “Rocky Point”
TV In-Depth Reporting
Courtney Godfrey, “Superior Mining Controversy”
TV Sports Reporting
Siera Lambrecht, “Ice Fishing”
TV Feature Photography
Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
TV News Photography
David Gonzalez, “Please Come to Mexico!”
TV Sports Photography
Thomas Miller, “ASU Hockey/Sun Devils 101”
Radio Feature
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards
Best Affiliated Website
Second: Staff, StatePress.com
Breaking News Reporting
Second: Rheyanne Weaver, “Lake Drain”
Feature Writing
Second: Rebekah Zemansky, “Trapped in Violence”
General Column Writing
Third: Andrew Hedlund
In-Depth Reporting
Third: Kristena Hansen and Ryan Van Velzer, “Most frequent Arizona Lottery players a little older, a little wealthier”
Online In-Depth Reporting
Second: Lisa Ruhl and Rebekah Zemansky, “Dealing With the Dead”
Third: Heather Billings, Lauren Gilger, Lisa Ruhl and Rebekah Zemansky, “The Women”
Online News Reporting
Second: Tessa Muggeridge, “Driving While Tired”
Third: Staff, Cronkite News Service, “Live Election Coverage”
Radio In-Depth Reporting
Third: Gardenia Coleman, “Finding My Shoes”
Sports Writing
Second: Gina Mizell, “5 Years Later, Love Still Heart of ASU Athletics”
TV Breaking News Reporting
Third: Heather Turner, “Teen Shot”
TV Feature Reporting
Second: Natalie Podgorski, “Garage Boxing”
Third: Natalie Podgorski, “Toy Maker”
TV In-Depth Reporting
Third: Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch, “SB 1070 Continuing Coverage”
TV General News Reporting
Second: David Gonzalez, “Travel Warnings Affect Mexican Border Businesses”
Third: Heather Turner, “Child Care Fees”
TV Sports Reporting
Second: Cameron Gidari, “Sky Diving”
Third: Cameron Gidari, “MMA Bill”
TV Feature Photography
Second: Lindsey Reiser, “Racetrack Minister”
Third: Tara Prindiville, “Prescribed Burns”
TV News Photography
Second: Heather Turner, “Child Care Fees”
Third: David Gonzalez, “Wildlife Refuge Cleanup”
TV Sports Photography
Second: Siera Lambrecht, “Ice Fishing”
Third: Jacob Fadden, “Northland Prep Academy”
Society of Professional Journalists—Valley of the Sun Chapter
First Amendment Award
Yvonne Gonzalez, “Disclosures Don’t Allow Estimates”
Alyssa Newcomb, “Some Clean Elections Money Went Toward Laptops”
Student Press Law Center
Courage in Student Journalism
Vaughn Hillyard
Telly Awards
Silver: Chris Parkinson and Jillian Sloan, “The Torn Identity”
Silver: Elizabeth Rohe and Ruben Veloz, “The Inner Light”
Zenith Awards
Campaign: Robyn Moore
Case Study: Katie Johnsen
Public Relations Writing: Erika Bagg
Associated Press Mark Twain Award
Best Use of Sound: Colton Shone, “Scream Farm”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Best of the Web Awards
Team Innovation
First (tie): “Streets of Dreams”
First (tie): “Latino America”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student International News Story Contest
Second: Derek Quizon, “Unholy Union”
Third: Sarah Whitmire, “Rocking the Foundation”
Broadcast Education Association Awards
Best of Festival
Cronkite NewsWatch
Faculty Documentary, Short-form
Award of Excellence: Jim Jacoby and Melanie Alvarez, “Brian Williams Tribute”
Faculty Interactive Multimedia, Educational
Award of Excellence: Leslie-Jean Thornton, “Multimedia Journalism”
Radio Hard News Reporting
First: Jill Galus, “Tour Bus Crash”
Honorable Mention: Colton Shone, “Broken Dreams on Burgess Lane”
Radio Sports Reporting
Second: Joe Cox, “Desert Diamonds of Spring”
Third: Elena Difiore, “NFC Championship Game”
Honorable Mention: Jill Galus, “Cardinals Super Bowl”
Student Interactive Multimedia, Group Authorship
First: MCO 598 & JMC 470, “Bordering Change”
Television Anchoring
Third: Kristen Keogh
Television Feature Reporting
Third: Maxine Park, “Drive-Through Prayer Stand”
Honorable Mention: Amber Dixon, “Harmonica Therapy”
Honorable Mention: Brian McBride, “80 Year Old Bowler”
Television Hard News Reporting
First: Lindsey Reiser, “Repatriation Flights”
Second: Liz McKernan, “Right to Light”
Third: Toby Phillips, “National Socialist Movement March”
Honorable Mention: Rafael Carranza, “Swine Flu in Border Schools”
Honorable Mention: Brian McBride, “Horse Tripping”
Honorable Mention: Tara Prindiville, “Crime on Public Transportation”
Honorable Mention: Jeff Skrzypek, “Rocky Point Economy”
Television Sports Reporting
First: Cameron Gidari, “Golfer Artist”
Second: Mike Pelton, “Grand Canyon University Basketball”
Honorable Mention: Kristen Keogh, “Senator Jordan”
Hearst Journalism Awards
Radio Multimedia
First: John LaBarbera, “Light Rail One Year Later: Pains, Trains and Automobiles”
TV News Reporting
First: Lindsey Reiser, “Repatriation Flights”; “Sheriff Joe Rally”
Honorable Mention: Heather Turner, “Luggage Theft”; “Sedona Flood”
Editorial Writing
First: Megan Ann Martin, “Whose Pants Are These?”
Third: Allison Gatlin, “Playing His Twisted Game”
Personality/Profile Writing
Fourth: Allison Gatlin
Feature Writing
Fifth: Kendall Wright, “Seeing Stars and Stripes”
Sixteenth: Daniel Newhauser, “Culture and Border Enforcement Collide”
Spot News
Sixth: Chelsea Smith, “Uncle Arrested After Girl, 5, Found Dead in Apartment”
16th Place: Michelle Price, “Probe Ordered in Captured-Jaguar Case”
In-Depth Writing
Eighth: Jonathan Cooper
Photojournalism News and Sports
Honorable Mention: Matt Pavelek
TV Feature Reporting
Third: Toby Phillips, “Unlikely Survivor”; “Heritage Hats”
Twentieth: Kristen Keogh, “Senator Jordan”; “MASH Unit”
Radio Feature Reporting
Eighth: Liz Lastra, “Guitar Making School”; “Female Chain Gangs”
Eleventh: Kim Foley, “Train Tracks”; “Packages From Home”
Radio Multimedia
Tenth: Liz Lastra, “Dinner In a Dumpster”
Multimedia Reporting
14th place: Channing Turner, “Undocumented Students and the Dream Act”
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
College Print Winner: David Kempa, “Crossing Lines”
Knight Foundation News Challenge
Aleksandra Chojnacka, Adam Klawonn, “The Daily Phoenix”
Online Journalism Awards
Finalist: Student Journalism, Large Team, “South Africa, at the Crossroads of Hate and Hope”
Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Student Production
Winner: Carolyn Carver, Amber Dixon, Emily Graham and Jen Wahl, “South Africa: At The Crossroads of Hate and Hope”
Winner: Michael Pelton and Josh Zuber, “Cronkite NewsWatch”
Nominee: Michelle Algazi and Esther Blue, “Staring Shadows”
Nominee: Laura Kennedy, Erica Nwosu and Andre Barker,
“Click For a Soul Mate”
Documentary
Nominee: Chris Parkinson and Jillian Sloan, “The Torn Identity”
Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition
Natalie Podgorski
Society of News Design
Quarterly Winner (October-December 2009)”Latinos in the Military”
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence
National Winners and First in Region
TV Breaking News Reporting
Toby Phillips, “NSM March in Arizona”
TV Feature Photography
Liz McKernan, “Uganda Medical Mission”
National Finalists and First in Region
Best Affiliated Website
Staff, The State Press, statepress.com
In-Depth Reporting
Derek Quizon
, “Dream Deferred”
Online In-Depth Reporting
Melanie Kiser, Carleen McGillick and Jeremy Rudy, “Photo Enforcement”
TV Feature Reporting
Liz McKernan, “Uganda Medical Mission”
TV In-Depth Reporting
Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch
, “Cronkite News Tracks H1N1”
TV News Photography
Amber Dixon, “Ocean Smuggling”
TV Sports Photography
Mike Pelton, “GCU Basketball”
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence
First
Non-Fiction Magazine Article
Celeste Sepessy, “A Commander’s Challenge”
Television Sports Reporting
Nick Landauer, “Manzanita Closes”
Online News Reporting
Jonathan J. Cooper, “Border’s Virtual Fence: Over-budget and Under-performing”
Television General News Reporting
Christie Post, “Indigent Burial”
Best All-Around Television Newscast
Cronkite NewsWatch Staff, Cronkite NewsWatch 2009
Sports Writing
Andrew Pentis, “A Labor of Love”
Editorial Writing
The State Press Editorial Board, “Backward Bound,” “All Broken Up” and “Much Ado about Nothing”
Second
Television Sports Photography
Maxine Park, “Night Golf”
Best Independent Online Student Publication
Advanced Online Media Class, “CronkiteZine”
Radio In-Depth Reporting
Colton Shone, “Broken Dreams on Burgess Lane”
Television Feature
Toby Phillips, “Heritage Hats”
Online News Reporting
Stephanie Riel, “Living on the Line: Border Fence is Boon to Some, Bother to Others”
Television News Photography
David Gonzalez, “Lightrail Platform Safety”
Television General News Reporting
Brian McBride, “Horse Tripping”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Desiree Dietiker, “Light Rail Crash”
General News Photography
Deanna Dent, “Border Patrol”
Feature Writing
Tessa Muggeridge, “The World Down Under”
In-Depth Reporting
W.J. Hennigan, “Special Report on Mexican Economy”
General News Reporting
Melanie Kiser, “Legislator: Abuse Still Rampant in Arizona’s Polygamist Communities”
Online In-Depth Reporting
Jeremy Pennycook and Elizabeth Shell, “Building Success”
Online Feature Reporting
Jonathan J. Cooper, Corey Schubert, Tessa Muggeridge and Megan L. Thomas, “Pulse of a Corner”
Radio Feature
Colton Shone, “Growing Your Own Garden”
Third
Radio Sports Reporting
Jill Galus, “Cardinals Super Bowl”
Television Feature
Brian McBride, “80-year-old Bowler”
Television Sports Reporting
Maxine Park, “Night Golf”
Television News Photography
Kenneth Wong, “Agua Linda Checkpoints”
Television General News Reporting
Amber Dixon, “Ocean Smuggling”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Rafael Carranza, “Swine School”
General News Reporting
James Kindle, “Danger Along Border Threatens Research on Endangered Species”
Sports Photography
Matt Pavelek, “ASU Throttles ULM, 38-14”
Online In-Depth Reporting
2009 Cronkite Boot Camp, “Streets of Dreams”
Online Sports Reporting
Andrew Pentis, “Examining Football’s Two-Way Risk”
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
The State Press Staff, The State Press
Telly Awards
Bronze: Thomas Miller, Taryn Brady, Will Posthumus and Emily Wilson, “Healing Reins”
Zenith Awards
Best Campaign: Erika Simington, Kelley Moore, Jennifer Dottavio, Adrianna Bigard and Alyssa Aalmo, “The Phoenix Zoo Komodo Dragon Campaign”
Best PR Writing: Amy Fleishans, “Students Get More than Caffeine from Starbucks”
Best PR Publication: Devin Creer, “Give $1, Give Life”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Magazine Awards
Consumer Magazine Article—Feature
First: James Kindle, “No Refuge”
Consumer Magazine Article—Service and Information
Second: Marilyn Hawkes, “A Gift from the Heart: Leaving an Ethical Road Map”
Specialized Business Press Article
First: W. J. Hennigan, “Maquiladoras’ Uphill Battle”
Second: James Kindle, “Where David Waits”
Third: Celeste Sepessy, Fowl Play
Single Issue of an Ongoing Print Magazine—Design
Honorable Mention: Joshua Schoonover, editor, HealthE: Environments, Elements, Experiences
Single Issue of an Ongoing Print Magazine—Editorial
Honorable Mention: Joshua Schoonover, editor, HealthE: Environments, Elements, Experiences
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication International Communication Division
First: Dan O’Connor, “Finding a Home”
Second: James Kindle, “Scarred”
Third: Annalyn R. Censky, “Ostrich – The Other ‘Green’ Meat”
Best of the West Awards
Sports Reporting: Andrew Pentis, “Letting Go of It All”
Hearst Journalism Awards
Feature Writing
Third: Ryan Kost
13th: James Kindle
Radio Feature Reporting
Second: Joe “JW” Cox
Fourth: Colton Shone
Radio News Reporting
Fifth: Jill Galus
Television Feature Reporting
First: Liz McKernan
Television News Reporting
Fifth: Amber Dixon
Radio Broadcast News
First: Colton Shone
Personality/Profile Writing
Fifth: James Kindle
11th: Lillie Brower
In-Depth Writing
11th: Clarice Wziatek
14th: William Hennigan
Spot News Writing
11th: Jonathan J. Cooper
Sports Writing
17th: Alex Espinoza
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
College Print Journalism
JMC 470 and JMC 494, “Divided Families”
Robert Novak Collegiate Journalism Award
Second Place: James Kindle, “Scarred,” “Divided They Stand” and “Johannesburg’s Babel Falls”
Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Student Production
Stjepan Alaupovic, Jamie Murdick, Zabihullah Noori, “Holy Hunger”
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence Awards
National Winners
General News Photography
Deanna Dent, “Border Orphans”
Online Feature Reporting
Ryan Kost, “U.S. children stuck in Mexican orphanages”
Online In-Depth Reporting
JMC 470 & JMC 494, “Divided Families”
Best All-Around Independent Online Student Publication
JMC 470 & JMC 494, Arizona State University, “CronkiteZine”
National Finalists
Television Feature
Amber Dixon, “Dairy in the city”
Television In-Depth Reporting
Amanda Soares, “Children of the borderlands”
Television Feature Photography
Amber Dixon, “Dairy in the city”
Television Sports Photography
Michael Seiden, “Fighting for redemption”
Online News Reporting
Alison Denny, Matthew Burrows and Michael Shawn Tucker, “ASU Crime”
Best Affiliated Web Site
The State Press and ASU Web Devil
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards
First
Online News Reporting
Allison Denny, Matthew Burrows and Michael Shawn Tucker, “ASU Crime”
Online Feature Reporting
Ryan Kost, “U.S. Children Stuck in Mexican Orphanages”
Online In-Depth Reporting
JMC 470 and JMC 494, “Divided Families”
Best Affiliated Web Site
Staff, the ASU Web Devil
Best All-Around Online Student Publication
Staff, CronkiteZine
General Column Writing
Christopher Ogino, column collection
General News Photography
Deanna Dent, “Border Orphans”
Best All-Around Online Student Publication
Staff, CronkiteZine
Editorial Cartooning
Joseph Ward, Arizona State University
Radio Feature
Colton Shone, “Tattoo”
Television Feature
Amber Dixon, “Dairy in the city”
Television In-Depth Reporting
Amanda Soares, “Children of the borderlands”
Television Feature Photography
Amber Dixon, “Dairy in the city”
Second
Online Feature Reporting
Keridwen Cornelius and Jillian Sloan, “Diepsloot: A Township”
Online In-Depth Reporting
Ryan Kost and Jourdan Rassás, “Defining Change”
Online Sports Reporting
Andrew Pentis, “Small Town Transfer Finding Success”
Sports Writing
Andrew Pentis, “Letting Go of It All”
Sports Photography
Matt Pavelek, “ASU on wrong side of Saturday night surprise”
Best Student Magazine
Staff, “Divided Families”
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper (published at least 4 times per week)
Staff, The State Press
Radio Sports Reporting
Dana Granillo, “Ticket scalping”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Emily Graham, “Los Angeles Mongols gang bust”
Television General News Reporting
Emily Graham, “McCain’s final rally”
Television Feature
Jeff Skrzypek, “Mobile Doctor”
Television In-Depth Reporting
Michelle Ashworth, “Teen Prostitution”
Television Feature Photography
Liz McKernan, “Musical Peers”
Third
Online News Reporting
Monique DeVoe, Jeremy Alm, Shea Drefs and Kim Foley, “ASU Students Face Economic Hard Times”
General News Reporting
Matt Culbertson, “Justice Served 30 Years Later”
In-Depth Reporting
W.J. Hennigan, “Last Resort”
Magazine Non-Fiction Article
Ryan Kost, “Border Orphans”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Jeff Skrzypek, Arizona State University, “Immigrants found”
Television Feature Photography
Amber Dixon, “Special Needs/Young Adults”
Hearst Journalism Awards
In-Depth Reporting
Second: James Kindle
Multimedia
Seventh: Annalyn Censky
Feature Writing
Eighth: Celeste Sepessy
Television News Reporting
Fourth: Bonnie Bolt
Fifth: Michelle Ashworth
Radio News Reporting
11th: Dana Granillo
14th: Sam Eshelman
Radio Feature Reporting
14th: Sam Gavin
Photojournalism, Picture Story Series
11th: Deanna Dent
Photojournalism, News & Sports
17th: Deanna Dent
NASA Means Business Competition
First: Public Relations Campaign Class
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence Awards
First
General News Reporting
Ryan Kost, “State Tries to Treat Hospital Violence”
Radio Feature
Carolyn Carver, “Girl Scout Prison Program”
Television Breaking News Reporting
Erika Taillole, “Memorial Union Fire”
Best All-Around Independent Online Student Publication
JMC 494 Advanced Online Media, “CronkiteZine: Spring and Fall 2007”
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards
First
Television In-Depth Reporting
Cronkite NewsWatch, “MU Fire Coverage”
Television News Photography
Nikki Rowley, “Phoenix Graffiti”
Television Newscast
Cronkite NewsWatch Staff, “Cronkite NewsWatch”
Broadcast Education Association
Best of Festival
Elias Johnson, TV Reporter, “Bayou Rebirth” and “Chandler Rapist”
Student Newscast
Second: Cronkite NewsWatch Staff, “Cronkite NewsWatch”
Television Hard News Reporting
First: Elias Johnson, “Chandler Rapist”
Third: Erika Taillole, “Fatty Breakfast”
Television Sports Reporting
First: Jason Snavely, “Sundogs Hockey”
Second: Evan Doherty, “Practice Squads”
Television Sports Anchor
Second: Evan Doherty
Radio Hard News Reporting
Third: Martha Castaneda, “Pit Bull Attack”
Interactive Media
First: Lorelei Cretu, “Gila River Indian Community”
Second: Tiffany Tcheng, “The Business of Death”
Second: Lorelei Cretu, “Arizona State Fair”
Honorable Mention: Ashley Biggers, “The Business of Immigration”
Short Documentary, Short Form
Best of Festival: Ray Gonzalez, “Lessons in Loyalty”
Student Magazine Contest
Consumer Magazine Article—Places
Second: Keridwen Cornelius, “48 Hours: Phoenix”
Consumer Magazine Article—Investigation and Analysis
Second: “Playing with Fire” by Brian Indrelunas
Consumer Magazine Article—Investigation and Analysis
Honorable Mention: Joshua Schoonover, “Healthcare Without Borders” (PDF)
Consumer Magazine Article—Features
Second: “The Story of Los Niños Mejia” by Ryan Kost
Honorable Mention: Keridwen Cornelius, “Healing the Battle-Scarred Brain”
Consumer Magazine Article—First Person
Honorable Mention: Keridwen Cornelius, “Eating With Your Hands”
Specialized Business Press Article
First: Annalyn R. Censky, “Ostrich – The Other ‘Green Meat?’”
Third: Jonathan Cooper, “Veterinarian Shortage”
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Investigation and Analysis
1st: Ryan Kost
Service and Information
1st: Anya Britzius
Online Magazine
2nd: Staff
“The Devil’s Tale”
Broadcast Education Association
TV Hard News Reporting
1st: Ian Schwartz
“Meth Houses”
2nd: Andrea Evenson
“Election Phone Scam”
TV Feature Reporting
1st: Elias Johnson
“Rosie’s House”
TV Sports Anchor
1st: Nick Oviedo
“ASU NewsWatch”
Radio Hard News Reporting
2nd: Mike Daniel
“MLK Violence”
Radio Feature Reporting
3rd; Michiko Howlet
“Window Cleaners”
Radio Sports Reporting
1st: Justin Karp
“D-Backs Organist”
Hearst Journalism Awards
Television Feature Reporting
First: Elias Johnson, Manson, Iowa
11th: Hailey Frances, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Television News Reporting
Amanda Goodman, Yuma, Ariz., second
17th: Hailey Frances, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Radio News Reporting
Third: Martha Castaneda, Glendale, Ariz.
Sixth: Molly O’Brien, Renton, Wash.
Radio Feature Reporting
15th: Justin Karp, Santa Clara, Calif.
16th: Laura Kennedy, Phoenix
Portrait/personality and feature photography
Fourth: Deanna Dent, Tempe, Ariz.
Eighth: Jeremiah Armenta, Phoenix
News and sports photography
15th: Jeremiah Armenta, Phoenix
Picture story/series photography
17th: Jeremiah Armenta, Phoenix
Personality/profile writing
First: Tatiana Hensley, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
Second: Kyle Odegard, Gilbert, Ariz.
Sports writing
13th: James Schmehl, Troy, Mich.
Spot news writing
Second: Samantha Novick, Chandler, Ariz.
16th: Carolyn Carver, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Feature writing
17th (tie): James Kindle, Riverton, Wyo.
NASA Means Business Competition
First: Public Relations Campaign Class
National Press Photographers Association
In-Depth
1st: Elias Johnson
Weekly Assignments
1st: Ian Schwartz
2nd: Ian Schwartz
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence
First Place
Television Feature Photography
Sam Salzwedel
“Donut Peddler”
Online In-Depth Reporting
Online Media Class
“Autism Arizona”
Online Sports Reporting
James Schmehl
“NFL Pros Return to Classroom”
Best Affiliated Website
Staff: “ASU Web Devil”
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence
Feature Photography
Brandon Quester
“Two Sisters, Two Lives”
Radio Sports Reporting
Justin Karp
“D-backs Organist”
Television News Photography
Ian Schwartz
“Papago Park Development”
Television Sports Photography
Elias Johnson
“Special Wrestler”
Online Feature Reporting
Ljiljana Ciric and Michael Lisi
“Children of the Borderlands”
Online Opinion and Commentary
Chris Sheppard
“Coming Home from Iraq”
Best of the West
Sports Reporting
1st: Beth Cochran
Feature Writing
1st: Megan Irwin and Matthew Ekstrom
Broadcast Education Association
Best of Festival Winner: Ian Schwartz
Radio Sports Reporting
1st place: Elias Johnson and Justin Karp
TV News Reporting
2nd: Jeff Stensland
“Adderall”
TV News Reporting
3rd: Elizabeth Herrgott
“Methamphetamine”
General News
1st: Ian Schwarz
“Airport Parking Fees”
Radio Hard News Reporting
Finalist: William Pitts
“Police Officer Violence”
Radio Feature Reporting
3rd: Michiko Howlett
“Open Mike”
Hearst Journalism Awards
Feature Writing
1st: Nicole Williams
16th: Erika Wurst
Radio Feature Reporting
1st: Michiko Howlett
7th: Sam Gavin
Spot News Reporting
6th: Amanda Keim
10th: Brian Indrelunas
Editorial/Column Writing
8th: Tyler Thompson
Personality Profile
10th: Megan Irwin
In-Depth Reporting
10th Jennifer Girardin
16th: Ryan Kost
Sports Writing
19th (tie): Beth Cochran and James Schmehl
Radio News Reporting
7th: Carrie Marchese
8th: Mike Daniels
Television Feature Reporting
8th: Ian Schwartz
13th Monique Griego
Television News Reporting
9th: Ian Schwartz
NASA Means Business Competition
1st: Public Relations Campaign Class
Society of Professional Journalists—National Mark of Excellence
First Place
TV Feature
Ian Schwartz
TV Feature
“Drifting”
TV Newscast
“ASU NewsWatch”
Radio News Reporting
William Pitts
“Police Officer Violence”
Online Sports Reporting
Adam Wright
“Hoops & Hollers….”
Society of Professional Journalists—Region 11 Mark of Excellence
TV Breaking News Reporting
1st: Adriana Alvarado
“Snow Storm”
TV Feature
1st: Zahid Arab
“Crime Scene Cleanup”
Online News Reporting
1st: Sky Schaudt
“Cruising the freeway…”
2nd: Chris Sheppard
“122-Millimeter…”
TV News Photography
2nd: Ian Schwartz
“Airport Parking Fees”
3rd: Adriana Alvarado
“Snow Storm”
TV Feature Photography
1st: Jeff Stensland
“AIDS”
2nd: Jeff Aguila
“Drifting”
3rd: (tie): Jeff Aguila
“Coupon Sense”
3rd: (Tie)
Zahid Arab
“Yo Yo Champ”
In-Depth Reporting
2nd: Ryan Kost
“University Cooling Costs”
3rd: Lynh Bui
“Foot in the door”
TV Sports Reporting
2nd: Josh Careswell
“Bordes Brothers”
Online Feature Reporting
2nd: Keith Chartier
“For the little people”
Online In-Depth Reporting
1st: Stephen Harding
“Nations within a nation”
2nd: Staff
“Jambalaya”
3rd: Shannon Cook, Callie Parkinson, Jessica White
“Public Art @ ASU”
General Column Writing
1st: Tracy Franks
Online Feature Reporting
1st: Audrey Froehlich
“In this skin”
Online Opinion & Commentary
1st: Dianna Nanez
“Miomy”
2nd: Lindsey Gay
“Politically Inactive”
General News Reporting
2nd: Sarah Muench
“Mexican culture…”
Sports Writing
2nd: Kyle Odegard
“Devils bound for Insight Bowl”
Radio News Reporting
1st: William Pitts
“Police Officer Violence”
TV In-Depth Reporting
1st: Carina Sonn
“Human Smuggling”
Best All-Around Online Newspaper
Staff: “The ASU Web Devil”
Best All-Around Daily Newspaper
2nd: Staff
“State Press”
Best All-Around Independent Online
2nd: Staff
“The Devil’s Tale Fall 2005”
Best All-Around Independent Online
1st: Staff
“The Devil’s Tale Spring 2005”
Kappa Tau Alpha
Each semester at the Cronkite convocation, the top 10 percent of the school’s graduating class are inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, the national journalism student honor society. The Cronkite chapter of the society was formed at ASU in the fall of 2006. Inductees to date are:
Spring 2019
Mia Armstrong
Allison Barton
Jamie Bowen
Charles Bramlett
Gabriela Calles Monsivais
Jordan Elder
BrieAnna Frank
Madeleine Holler
Marguerite MacKrell
Kelsey Mo
Jaime Muldrew
Bryce Newberry
Keri Orcutt
Kirstin Pellizzaro
Daniella Rudoy
Case Smith
Skyler Snider
Rebecca Spiess
Imani Stephens
Adin Tarr
Ashlee Thomason
Jakob Wastek
Robert Werner
Jade Nicole Yeban
Fall 2018
Meagan Barbee
Evan Billingsley
Michael Bluhm
Ariana Bustos
Daniel Crumbley
Kade Garner
AnnMargaret Haines
Guy Harrison
Lauren Intrieri
Madison Kerley
Benjamin Leibowitz
Alessandra Luckey
Davyn Matte
Maya Patrose
Nicole Randock
Monica Sampson
Ann Marie Schlup
Spring 2018
Alexander Argeros
Michael Baron
Bryce Bozadjian
Delilah Cassidy
Simran Dave
Adriana De Alba
Nicole Dusanek
Kristiana Faddoul
Tyler Fingert
Tynin Fries
Alicia Gonzales
Isabel Greenblatt
Nicole Hernandez
Ellanna Koontz
Madeleine Liseblad
Sydney Maki
Sloane McGowan
Bailey Netsch
Kendra Penningroth
Nicole Praga
Tea Price
Kristy Roschke
Skyler Snider
Madison Stark
Sierra Theobald
Lisa Travis
Fall 2017
Elliott Adams
Libby Allnatt
Taylor Bishop
Taylor Clark
Hannah Dickens
Emily Liu
Andrea Neff
Mallory Prater
Adrienne St. Clair
Nicole Walker
Spring 2017
Melanie Abramoff
Madison Alder
Adriana Becerra
Charity Bidegain
Isabella Castillo
Tynin Fries
Savannah Harrelson
Shelby Hyde
Mija Maslar
Danielle McNally
Kasey McNerney
Bailey Netsch
Maya Patrose
Samantha Pell
Agnel Philip
Nicole Praga
Tyler Prime
Miranda Reddy
Anya Rogers
Taylor Seely
Rebecca Smouse
Alisa Stone
Jessica Swarner
Kristina Vicario
Fall 2016
Katy Burge
Giselle Cancio
Alexander Caprariello
Joshua Glatt
Madalyn Heimann
Heather Hudzinski
Amanda Jensen
Celina Jimenez
Catherine Ann Nolen
Preston Scott-Hall
Cassidy Trowbridge
Spring 2016
Stacia Affelt
Molly Bilker
Skylar Clark
Alexandria Coleman
Carolyn Corcoran
Nicole Fox
Jacob Garcia
Kristen Gioscia
Kimberly Koerth
Tamara Kraus
Erica Lang
Emily Lierle
Cattarina Lovins
Emily Mahoney
Miguel Otárola
Theresa Poulson
Morgan Rath
Alexa Salari
Jessica Schultz
Katherine Sitter
Shelby Slade
Brooke Stobbe
Emma Totten
Kristina Vicario
Fall 2015
Jason Axelrod
Gregory Breeden
Maribel Castillo
Steven Dent
Peyton Gallovich
Paulina Iracka
Richard Johnson
Mario Kalo
Miranda Perez
Jeffrey Vinton
Siera Whitten
Whitney Woodworth
Spring 2015
Michael Bartelt
Jessica Boehm
Andrew Catanzariti
Annika Cline
Mackenzie Concepcion
Caelen Demos
Mariah Ellis
Stephanie Habib
Sepeedeh Hashemian
Kristen Hwang
Amanda Janczak
Tayllor Lillestol
Sierra Loerch
Lauren Loftus
Brett Nachman
Emily Nicholas
Domenico Nicosia
Kari Osep
Meiti Prang
Erin Regan
Shannon Scharrer
Matthew Seeman
Janice Sweeter
Kelsey Tardio
Tara Terregino
David Van En
Fall 2014
Angel Almendares
Elizabeth Candello
Alex Gallant
Megan Guthrie
Joshua Hamel
Stephen Hamway
Isabelle Higuera
Jennifer Johnson
Laurie Liles
Rachel Lund
Nicole Northcutt
Patricia Oliverio-Lauderdale
Nathaniel Pallone-DeLaTorre
Alyssa Prano
Spring 2014
Lauren Basile
Kailin Biggerstaff
Elizabeth Blackburn
Joshua Chesler
Austin Controulis
Caitlin Cruz
Ryan Foote
Brittany Hargrave
Harmony Huskinson
Ellen Kuni
Katie Kunkel
Rachel Leingang
Jeffrey Marshall
Valerie Nunez
Kyle Renick
Kelsey Roderique
Genevieve Roublick
Jacob Stein
Cassandra Strauss
Clarissa Tapia
Mauro Whiteman
Emily Wininger
Fall 2013
Tara Boyd
Ashton Buccola
Christopher Carr
Chad Garland
Alexandria Gregory
Ashley Haines
Aiyana Havir
James O’Donnell
Janslle Ong
Jason Pacini
Jordan Pena
Kay Temple
Derek Trebesch
Spring 2013
Nesima Aberra
Kirsten Adams
Lorri Allen
Ryan Bawek
Danielle Chavez
Sarah Edelman
Alex Ferri
Danielle Gregory
Zachary Haptonstall
Brenna Kearney
Amanda Kesting
Nicole Lavella
Sean Peick
Kyle Porter
Lillian Reid
Minerva Ruelas
Mary Shinn
Haley Shore
Sara Smith
Samuel Tongue
Julia Tylor
AJ Vicens
Julie Vitkovskaya
Kelsea Wasung
Jacob Wipf
Fall 2012
Kristen Barrett
Nicholas Gnat
Rachel Hancock
Amber Harding
Chelsey Heath
Joseph Henke
Kevin Keller
Kyle Newman
Mugo Odigwe
Kara Philp
Caroline Porter
Amanda Roberts
Haley Shore
Spring 2012
Gardenia Lamadrid Coleman
Morgan Cox
Adriana DiMatteo
Beth Easterbrook
Jaclyn Gettinger
Krystal Klei
Shala Marks
Meghann McKendry
Daniel Neligh
Christina O’Haver
Brandon Quester
Stephanie Russo
Roshanak Safarmehdi
Elias Small
Jessica Testa
Emily Timm
Jessica Von Schell
Kiali Wong
Fall 2011
Patricia Anderton
Kyle Daly
Jennifer Hoagland
Jordan Johnson
Thomas Lenneberg
Ando Muneno
Cassidy Olson
Whitney Phillips
Tye Rabens
Michael Sackley
Leigh Anne Zinsmeister
Spring 2011
Tara Alatorre
Alecxandra Boyle
Tara Burns
Elena Difiore
Stacy Dillier
Lauren Gambino
Danee Garone
Kylee Gauna Cruz
Lauren Gilger
Timur Guseynov
Taryn Hale
Jessica Hickam
Heidi Homa
Scott Huscher
Jessica Johnson
Alexander MacLean
Staci McCabe
Rudi O’Keefe Zelman
Samuel Pagel
Maria Polletta
Adam Sneed
Kirsten Stubbs
Channing Turner
Chelci Vaughan
Lacey Zellmer
Fall 2010
Callie Baumgartner
Andrea Ervin
Kylie Gifford
Jennifer Hellum
Britt Johnson
Tyler Lockman
Jolie McCullough
Natalie Podgorski
Michelle Price
Christie Roshau
Spring 2010
Nathan Abdo
Jessica Andrews
Emily Bratkovich
Nancie Dodge
Kasandra Joyner
Kirsten Keane
Robert Lundberg
Carleen McGillick
Sarah McLellan
Gina Mizell
Maxine Park
Michael Pelton
Andrew Pentis
Tara Prindiville
Lindsey Reiser
Elizabeth Smith
Ashley Strazzara
Emily Wilson
Fall 2009
Christopher Cameron
Monique DeVoe
Ehren Highfill
Zachary Humphrey
Martha Knight
Erin Kozak
Parker Leavitt
Jennifer McClellan
Erica Nwosu
Andre Radzischewski
Spring 2009
Kate Bruce
Jocelyn Buras
Carly Campo
Katie Charland
Jonathan Cooper
Shea Drefs
Leah Duran
Amanda Fruzynski
Alex Gerstel
Ashley Gilliam
Megan Gjersvig
Meghan Keck
Laura Kennedy
Claudia Koerner
Cameron Lue Sang
Krystle Moritz
Caitlin Przeniczny
Stephanie Sheppard
Fall 2008
Amy Brooks
Nicole Hadley
Philip Haldiman
Brian Indrelunas
Shanen Lloyd
Natalie Nicol
MariaLinda Medina Torres
Spring 2008
Andrea Aker
Annalyn Censky
Jane Christie
Laura Corrigan
Judith Crawford
Marisa Freed
Benjamin Glicksman
Lauren Hengl
Lisa Hewitt
Jacob Karp
Jordan LaPier
Brenna Morgan
Maria Ronan
Monis Rose
Patrick Schaefer
Sky Schaudt
Grayson Steinberg
Matthew Storey
Ashley White
Fall 2007
Delynn Bodine
Patricia Erika Borja
Briana Buxbaum
Anna Evenson
Hilary Griffith
Ashley McNamee
Courtney Stahl
Ashley Stubbs
Spring 2007
Andrea Balderrama
Stephanie Berger
Kathryn Burnett
Ljiljana Ciric
William Hayes
Kellyn Johnson
Michael McVean
Molly O’Brien
Shannon Pagels
Callie Parkinson
Noelle Paul
Melody Rodriguez
Monica Skrautvol
Ljubinka Slaveska
Tyler Thompson
Francesca Van Der Feltz
Mary Vinzant
Fall 2006
Tzitziki Cortes-Fraga
Emily Denniston
Loraine German
Amanda Giovetti
Kimberly Lerdall
Michael Lisi
Sara McElroy