KUJH-TV News, the University of Kansas student-operated television news operation, received 10 awards, including five first-place honors in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence region 7 awards competition. Awards were presented at the region 7 SPJ convention April 8 in St. Louis.
The SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best work in student print, radio, television and online college journalism. The contest was open to degree-seeking students enrolled in a college or university for the 2005 academic year.
Entries are first judged on the regional level, and all first-place regional winners are automatically entered in the national competition. National winners will be honored at the 2006 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Chicago.
In addition to the first-place honors, KU students received two second-place awards, and three third-place awards.
KUJH-TV News and its website provide students with hands-on, professionally supervised work experience. The student-produced news airs at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. Monday through Friday while KU classes are in session during the fall and spring semesters.
To watch select KUJH-TV stories and learn more about the station and the student staff, visit the awarding winning web site.
Students and their awards are listed below. Congratulations to all!
Tom Hipp, first-place for sports reporting, Final preparations for Kansas Relays (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/3172)
Natasha Trefla, first-place for breaking news, Fire Arrest made in deadly apartment fire (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/6582) and third-place for in-depth reporting, Rehab rather than prison (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/8661)
Haley Harrison, second-place for in-depth reporting, Evolution and faith - a peaceful coexistence? (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/8343)
Audrey Esther, second-place for general news, County offering Spanish class to workers (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/7224)
Audrey Esther, Jamie Zarda, Eric Sorrentino, and Jesse Newell, third-place for online in-depth reporting, Clinic attracts record number of patients (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/4882)
Samantha Horner, third-place for general news, Students encounter spring break woes (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/2554)
KUJH-TV News online staff, first-place for online news, tv.ku.edu (http://tv.ku.edu)
Jimmy Chavez, Tracey Perlman and Tim Veatch, first-place for online sports reporting, Arrowhead game may sack local business (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/4780)
Denise Spidle, first-place for online in-depth reporting, Cheerleading becoming a risky business (http://tv.ku.edu/stories/9221)
