"This award recognizes a reporter/editor with fewer than 12 months of professional experience for outstanding achievement."
"This award recognizes journalism that performs a public service through compelling coverage of a vital community issue or event, either by an individual member or by members who collaborated on a community service project. Entries should be above and beyond routine coverage and should contribute substantially to understanding or solution of community issues. Entrants will also be judged to what extent they furthered the welfare and progress of their communities."
National finalist/runner-up for column writing in the national SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards for student journalists From the SPJ website: "The awards honor the best in student journalism. As such, judges were directed to choose only those entries which they felt were outstanding work worthy of a national honor."
Awarded to one graduating journalism senior