Students take top national honors
Students take top national honors from the Society of Professional Journalists
Students in the UNC School of Journalism of Mass Communication took top national honors in the Mark of Excellence Awards announced this week by the Society of Professional Journalists. They were chosen from more than 3,300 entries in 39 categories submitted by collegiate journalists across the United States.
Adam Rhew, a rising senior from Charlotte, was the national winner in the radio news reporting category for his story on the chemical fire at an Apex hazardous waste plant in October 2006.
The crew of the Carolina Week campus newscast was the national winner in the television newscast category. Since it first went on the air in 2000, Carolina Week has been named the top student newscast in the country 10 times by five different organizations.
“Sometimes staying on top of the mountain is harder than getting there in the first place,” said associate professor C.A. Tuggle, who directs the school’s electronic communication program and works with the students who produce Carolina Week. “Winning awards like this points out the strength of our current students, and is a testament to the solid foundation past Carolina Week news teams have laid. Our students are bright, hard working, and team oriented. That’s a combination that's hard to beat.”
Brian Allen, a rising senior from North Potomac, Md., was a finalist in the TV sports photography category for coverage of the “Late Night With Roy Williams” event kicking off the 2006-07 Carolina men’s basketball season.
Joseph Schwartz, a rising senior from Chapel Hill, and Chris Coletta, who graduated in 2006, were national finalists in the breaking news reporting category for their coverage of a student’s fatal fall from a campus dorm window.
National winners and finalists will be recognized Oct. 5, at the 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C.
The Society of Professional Journalists promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
Society of Professional Journalists Web site: www.spj.org
Carolina Week Web site: carolinaweek.org
Students take top national honors from the Society of Professional Journalists
Students in the UNC School of Journalism of Mass Communication took top national honors in the Mark of Excellence Awards announced this week by the Society of Professional Journalists. They were chosen from more than 3,300 entries in 39 categories submitted by collegiate journalists across the United States.
Adam Rhew, a rising senior from Charlotte, was the national winner in the radio news reporting category for his story on the chemical fire at an Apex hazardous waste plant in October 2006.
The crew of the Carolina Week campus newscast was the national winner in the television newscast category. Since it first went on the air in 2000, Carolina Week has been named the top student newscast in the country 10 times by five different organizations.
“Sometimes staying on top of the mountain is harder than getting there in the first place,” said associate professor C.A. Tuggle, who directs the school’s electronic communication program and works with the students who produce Carolina Week. “Winning awards like this points out the strength of our current students, and is a testament to the solid foundation past Carolina Week news teams have laid. Our students are bright, hard working, and team oriented. That’s a combination that's hard to beat.”
Brian Allen, a rising senior from North Potomac, Md., was a finalist in the TV sports photography category for coverage of the “Late Night With Roy Williams” event kicking off the 2006-07 Carolina men’s basketball season.
Joseph Schwartz, a rising senior from Chapel Hill, and Chris Coletta, who graduated in 2006, were national finalists in the breaking news reporting category for their coverage of a student’s fatal fall from a campus dorm window.
National winners and finalists will be recognized Oct. 5, at the 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C.
The Society of Professional Journalists promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
Society of Professional Journalists Web site: www.spj.org
Carolina Week Web site: carolinaweek.org