SPJ Region 5

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Congratulations again to all the winners and finalists in our Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards! We're thankful for everyone who joined us at our Region 4 + 5 conference in Cincinnati. If you couldn't make it in person today, we hope to see you next year!

Winner, Television In-Depth Reporting: Angela Zhang, Medill News Service, Northwestern University, "A Border and 10 years apart: Mixed-status families call for immigration reform" @anqelazhanq @SPJ_Medill youtube.com/watch?v=YJUYv8…

Winner, Television General News Reporting: Diego Ramos Bechara, Northwestern News Network, "Israelis protest judicial reforms, Palestinians weigh their stake" @DRamosBechara @NNN_News @SPJ_Medill youtube.com/watch?v=9TrA_d…

Finalist, Television General News Reporting: Logan Schiciano, Northwestern News Network, Northwestern University, "Plan to rebuild Ryan Field moves forward despite pushback from residents" @LoganSchiciano @SPJ_Medill

Finalist, Television General News Reporting: Isabela Lisco, WJFW Newswatch 12, Northwestern University, "Locals support allowing undocumented workers to get driver's licenses" @SPJ_Medill wjfw.com/news/locals-su…

Winner, Television Feature Reporting: Logan Schiciano, Medill News Service, Northwestern University, "From Guam to Capitol Hill: A congressman settles in" @LoganSchiciano @SPJ_Medill vimeo.com/819140615

@charvarnes11 Thanks for following up! We lost a few tweets to an X glitch and are reposting now

@SPJRegion5 Will there be a tweet about the sports writing finalists?

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists in this year's @spj_tweets Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 5! Winners will compete for national recognition. Thanks for all your contributions to college journalism.

Winner, Television Breaking News Reporting: Jeremy Fredricks, Lance Wilhelm, Northwestern News Network, Northwestern University, "Northwestern University graduate workers rally" @JSFredricks @LanceWilhelm_ @NNN_News @SPJ_Medill

Finalist, Television Breaking News Reporting: Luis Castaneda, Northwestern University, WEAU 13 News, "Thousands rally for Israel on the National Mall" @Luis_Casta220 @SPJ_Medill youtube.com/watch?v=_egMkM…

Winner, Sports Writing, small schools: Caleb Denorme, The Butler Collegian, Butler University, "When I play soccer, I feel 100% completely Talia'" @caleb_denorme @twiktani @butlercollegian thebutlercollegian.com/2023/09/when-i…

Finalist, Sports Writing, small schools: Michael Harrington, The Reflector, University of Indianapolis, "UIndy alumna becomes Lacrosse coach" @ReflectorUIndy reflector.uindy.edu/2023/11/08/alu…

Winner, Sports Writing, large schools: Charlotte Varnes, Northwestern University, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The hottest ticket in Atlanta: A look at Georgia Tech volleyball’s home court" @charvarnes11 @SPJ_Medill ajc.com/sports/georgia…

Finalist, Sports Writing, large schools: Marissa Meador, Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, "The first season" @marissa_meador @idsnews specials.idsnews.com/the-first-seas…

Finalist, Sports Writing, large schools: Charlotte Varnes, The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, "Northwestern cheerleaders allege unsafe conditions, unfair expectations" @charvarnes11 @SPJ_Medill dailynorthwestern.com/2023/09/11/spo…

Winner, Sports Photography: Abbey Cutrer, Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky, "Men's Soccer" @abbeyycutrer @KyKernel @UKRyanCraig

Finalist, Sports Photography: Angeli Mittal, The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, "Northwestern’s dance comes to a close after losing 68-63 to UCLA" @SPJ_Medill dailynorthwestern.com/2023/03/19/pho…

Hey folks! A few of our posts from the Mark of Excellence Awards failed to publish when X thought we were a little too excited about all this great college journalism and briefly locked our account! Stay tuned in the next few minutes for the remainder of the winners and finalists

Winner, Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper, small schools: F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago @fnewsmagazine @saic_news fnewsmagazine.com