Students honored for work on campus media

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication have been honored for their contributions to campus media. John Hudnall, director of Kansas Scholastic Press Association, said KU campus media was one of the major successes of the University.

“I think student media is a reflection upon the school,” Hudnall said. “Any time we see success in the media that generally reflects positively on the School of Journalism and the curriculum we’re trying to provide.”

Mike Williams, News and Information Chair, said the awards were a result of hard work from the students and the school’s standard of excellence.

“Regardless of what’s happening in the profession people still want info and our students are doing a great job of giving it to them.”

The Kansas Association of Broadcasters gave the following 14 awards to students involved with KJHK.

1st Place

Best Public Affairs Program: The KJHK News Staff

Best Complete News Feature: Danny Spence and Derek Zarda

Best Station Website: Zach Gardner

Best 30-Second PSA, Graduate: Peter Adany

Best Station Promotion Announcement, Graduate: Peter Adany

Best Station Promotion Announcement, Undergraduate: Annie Harrigan

2nd Place

Enterprise News Package: Connor Donevan

Complete News Feature: Justin Leverett

Complete Sports Feature: Sean Levine, Taylor Witt and Alex Beecher

Sports Play-by-Play: Michael Spero and Kyle Larson

Promotional Event/Activity: Rachael Gray

Honorable Mention

Enterprise News Package: Abby Olcese

Complete News Feature: Justin Leverett

Sports Play-by-Play: Kyle West and Kyle Larson

Station Promotion Announcement: Sean Wilson and Taylor Ford

The University Daily Kansan, Kansan.com and KUJH received the following regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.

General News Reporting: Haley Jones, Alex Parker

In-Depth Reporting: Brenna Hawley, Ryan McGeeney

Feature Writing: Thor Nystrom

Sports Writing: Thor Nystrom

Best All-Around Daily Newspaper (published at least four times a week): The University Daily Kansan staff

Television Feature: Wendy McCart

Television In-Depth Reporting: Wendy McCart

Online In-Depth Reporting: Alex Parker

The Associated Collegiate Press named Kansan.com as a finalist for the Online Pacemaker award. It is the third year in a row that Kansan.com has been honored.

The SPJ regional awards will be presented to students April 25 and the recipients will advance to the national competition. Winners of the national awards will be announced Oct. 8 to Nov. 1.

— Edited by Liz Schubauer

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